Dr. Michael Roy

Senior Lecturer in Social Business, Yunus Centre for Social Business and Health , Glasgow School for Business and Society, Glasgow Caledonian University
United Kingdom

An economic sociologist and public policy specialist, Dr Michael Roy’s main research interests relate to thinking about and evaluating social business as a form of health and well-being ‘intervention’. Michael teaches on a range of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes and is Programme Leader of a Masters in Social Business and Microfinance.

He continues to present his work and contribute to conferences and workshops in many different countries internationally.

A skilled project and programme manager, social entrepreneur and – from over a decade working in the Scottish Government - policy analyst, Michael was also a freelance consultant working with a range of public sector and third sector clients on research projects and on business and policy development.