Personal profile
Research Statement
Grace Carson is Lecturer in Marketing at Queen's University Belfast. Her research areas focus on small business marketing strategy, market intelligence, agri-food markets and buyer-supplier relationships. Grace also holds a keen interest in institutional support programmes for SMEs and has expertise in small business marketing capability development, with particular reference to the skills and resources required to deploy market intelligence and product-market strategies. As part of her research Grace works alongside several stakeholders in the agri-food industry inclusive of Invest NI and DAERA.
Research Interests
Market Intelligence, Marketing Capabilities, Small Business Marketing, Marketing Strategy and Agri-food Markets
Achievements
Grace holds a BA(Hons) in History from the University of Stirling and a MSc in History from the University of Edinburgh. In addition, she holds a MSc in Marketing and a PhD in Management from Queen's University Belfast. Grace is also an Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing.
Teaching
Grace has taught on various undergraduate and postgraduate modules in Marketing:
2021-2022 MGT7108 International Marketing (Module Co-ordinator)
2020-2021 MGT1013 Principles of Marketing (Module Co-ordinator)
2019-2020 MGT7175 Strategic Marketing (Module Co-ordinator)
2019-2020 MGT7156 Marketing Management (Module Co-ordinator)
2017- 2019 MGT1013 Principles of Marketing (Teaching Assistant)
Grace has supervised several MSc dissertations and marketing internship projects. She currently acts as Advisor of Studies for Level One BSc Management with Placement and has previously acted as Interim Programme Director of the MSc International Business programme.
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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First Brexit, then Covid-19: exploring strategic and crisis management in Northern Irish Agri-Food SMEs
Messina, L. M., Quinn, B., Miller, K. & Carson, G., 23 Aug 2023.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
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The role of market intelligence in enhancing regional buyer-supplier relationships in agri-food SMEs
Carson, G., Gilmour, A., Simmons, G., O'Connor, C. & Moran, G., 17 May 2023.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
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The role of social capital for innovation. Commissioned report by Innovation Caucus on behalf of the ESRC and Innovate UK
Miller, K., Carson, G. & Messina, L., 30 Jan 2023, 36 p.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
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The role of formative experiential learning In addressing the multifaceted nature of skills required by future marketers
O'Connor, C., Moran, G. & Carson, G., 25 May 2022.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
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Understanding the information behaviour of Generation Z business students
Carson, G. & O'Connor, C., 25 Aug 2022.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
Prizes
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Best Colloquium Paper, Academy of Marketing Conference: Regents College London 2019
Carson, G. (Recipient), Simmons, G. (Recipient) & O'Connor , C. (Recipient), 01 Jul 2019
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Best Student Paper in Conference, Irish Academy of Management Conference: Univeristy College Cork 2018
Carson, G. (Recipient), Simmons, G. (Recipient) & O'Connor, C. (Recipient), 2018
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
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Queen's Business School Carbon Literacy Training
Steele, L. (Organiser) & Carson, G. (Organiser)
05 Feb 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
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Academy of Marketing Science Annual Conference 2023
Carson, G. (Meta-reviewer)
May 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
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Majella Haran
Carson, G. (Host)
20 Apr 2023Activity: Hosting a visitor types › Hosting of external, non-academic visitor
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Cassie - Jane Buckley
Carson, G. (Host)
16 Mar 2023Activity: Hosting a visitor types › Hosting of external, non-academic visitor
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UCA EIKON Fair 8-9 March
Carson, G. (Participant)
08 Mar 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in Festival/Exhibition
Thesis
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Exploring the influence of market intelligence on the development of small business marketing capabilities
Carson, G. (Author), Downey, H. (Supervisor), Dec 2021Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy
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