Emeritus Professor Christopher Grey from the School of Business and Management at Royal Holloway has been honoured by Fellowship with the Royal Historical Society for his original contribution to historical scholarship.

Emeritus Professor Christopher Grey.

Professor Christopher Grey has been awarded Fellowship with the Royal Historical Society (RHS) for his original contribution to historical scholarship, including through the authorship of Decoding Organization: Bletchley Park, Codebreaking and Organization Studies. The title was the first social scientific account of Bletchley Park, that challenged many popular perceptions of both the birthplace of modern computing and organisational analysis.

Professor Grey expressed his excitement upon receiving the Fellowship: “It is a huge honour to receive this recognition and, I hope, an encouragement to those undertaking historical research within organisation and management studies.”

Professor Christopher Grey, who is also a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, is an Emeritus Professor of Organisation Studies at Royal Holloway, University of London. He was actively engaged in teaching at Royal Holloway’s School of Business and Management during 2012-2020. He also authored the best-selling student primer A Very Short, Fairly Interesting and Reasonably Cheap Book about Studying Organizations, the fifth edition of which was published in 2022.

Specialised in organisation studies with a focus on sociological and historical analysis, Professor Grey has been prolific in his research besides his teaching role at Royal Holloway. He has published extensively in leading academic journals on organisational behaviour, and founded what became the Centre for Critical and Historical Research on Organisation and Society (CHRONOS) at Royal Holloway.

Professor Christos Tsinopoulos, Executive Dean for the School of Business and Management at Royal Holloway, congratulated Professor Grey on his accomplishment: “We are thrilled with the news that Professor Grey has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. His distinguished scholarship and mentorship over three decades have profoundly impacted both our institution and the broader academic community. This well-deserved recognition reflects the enduring influence and impact of his research and exemplifies the excellence our business school strives to achieve.”

Founded in 1868, the Royal Historical Society is the UK’s foremost society working for historians and history. It is the UK’s largest membership organisation for historians of all kinds, and from all walks of life –held in high regard by historians internationally, and a partner to many similar organisations overseas.