Ginny Gibson
Professor
Corporate Real Estate
Henley Business School University of Reading
United Kingdom
Biography
Ginny is Deputy Dean of Henley Business School and Professor of Corporate Real Estate. During her career at the University of Reading she has held a number of senior roles including the Director of Teaching and Learning for the Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences (2002-2008) and the Head of Real Estate & Planning, one of the subject groups within Henley Business School (2008-2010). Ginny's research and teaching are at the nexus of management and real estate, drawing on her academic background in both fields. She is recognised a leading academic in the field of corporate real estate, focusing on the way in which organisations align their property with their changing business environment and has worked on research with a range of organisations including BT, Barclays, Boots, MWB, and JCI. Drawing on this research, she developed an executive post-experience Masters programme in corporate real estate to which she has contributed for the last 10 years. Ginny also has a keen interest in teaching and learning in higher education. She was an auditor for the Quality Assurance Agency and has undertaken numerous institutional audits and led a strategic University-wide project funded by HEFCE linking quality enhancement and quality assurance processes.
Research Interest
Corporate Real Estate Management, Alternative Workplace Strategies, Managing Professional Service Firms
Publications
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Gibson V (2003) Flexible working needs flexible space? Towards an alternative workplace strategy, Journal of Property Investment and Finance, 21: 12-21.
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Gibson V, Luck R (2004) Flexible Working in Central Government: Leveraging the Benefits, Office of Government Commerce, London.
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Gibson V, Luck R (2006) Longitudinal analysis of corporate real estate practice: changes in CRE strategy policies, functions and activities, Facilities, 24: 74-89.
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Gibson V, Luck R (2006) Trends in CRE: a Decade of Learning, JCI and University of Reading.
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Gibson V, Moriarty M (2008) Property in the Economy A digest of key statistics. Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, London.
