DrEsther Canonico Martin

Senior Teaching Fellow-Leadership & Organisational Behaviour

Department of Management and Entrepreneurship - Business School

BIO

Dr. Esther Canonico is a senior lecturer and researcher at Imperial College Business School. She holds a PhD in Organisational Behaviour from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), an MBA from London Business School (LBS), and a PGCert in Higher Education.

She has teaching experience at undergraduate, graduate, and executive levels. She led several Executive Leadership workshops and masterclasses, e.g., for LSE (e.g., ‘Women in Business’), Fundación Areces (‘Gender, Inclusion and Society’ masterclass), Inclusive Boards (Leadership workshops), or The Guardian (‘One day MBA’ masterclass). Before joining Imperial College in 2021, she taught at LSE for a decade, and guest lectured at LBS and ESCP Business School.

Her research specialises in the work-life interface, flexible working practices, and workplace diversity & inclusion, focusing on gender and disability. Her research in teleworking has received attention in the UK media, having been featured in media outlets such as the Financial Times, the Guardian, and the BBC.

She also has extensive management experience in the telecom and financial sectors, having worked at British Telecom and co-founded an internet start-up in retail financial services. Dr. Canonico started and built her professional career in French, Spanish, and U.S. corporates in the financial sector.

Dr. Canonico is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a member of the Gender and Diversity in Organizations Division of the Academy of Management and the Work and Family Researchers Network.


Media coverage selection:

"Employee referrals hinder neurodiverse hiring". LSE, 02/04/2025
“A travers l’Europe, la révolution du télétravail”, Le Monde, 24/08/2020
“What are the pros and cons of remote working?”, Changeboard, 10/04/ 2019
“Why flexible workers keep turning up at the office”, Financial Times, 14/02/2019
“What does long-term remote working do for your professional development?” HRD Connect, 26/09/2018
“Getting the best from workspaces”, Raconteur, 07/07/2017
“Is Working From Home Good For You? 43% Of Americans Now Work Remotely, Study Says”, International Business Times, 04/05017
“Working from home may actually hurt your career”, BBC Capital, 18/04/2017
"Does working from home harm your career?”, The Guardian, 08/11/2016
“KEEP IN TOUCH FOR HAPPIER HOME WORKING", FINANCIAL TIMES, 27/09/2016
"No pyjama party: working at home fosters bad habits”, The Times, 6 September 2016

DEGREES

  • PhD in Organisational Behaviour
    London School of Economics and Social Science, London, United Kingdom3 Oct 2011 - 1 Jul 2016
  • Master in Business Administration
    London Business School, United Kingdom3 Oct 1994 - 8 Jul 1996

CERTIFICATIONS

  • PGCert in Higher Education
    London School of Economics and Political Science, London, United Kingdom30 Jun 2015 - present

LANGUAGES

  • Spanish; Castilian
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review
  • French
    Can read, write, speak and understand

FACULTY

  • Business School

POSITION NAME

  • Senior Teaching Fellow-Leadership & Organisational

FIELDS OF RESEARCH