Cary L. Cooper is 50th Anniversary Professor of Organizational Psychology and Health at Manchester Business School, University of Manchester. He is the author/editor of over 120 books (on occupational stress, women at work and industrial and organizational psychology), has written over 400 scholarly articles for academic journals, and is a frequent contributor to national newspapers, TV and radio.

He is Founding Editor of the Journal of Organizational Behavior, Founding Editor of the International Journal of Management Reviews, immediate past Editor-in-Chief of the medical journal Stress & Health and currently Co-Editor of the Journal of Organizational Effectiveness: People and Performance.

In 2001, Cary was awarded a CBE by the Queen for his contribution to occupational health. He holds Honorary Doctorates from Aston University (DSc), Heriot-Watt University (DLitt), Middlesex University (Doc. Univ), Sheffield University (DSc), Wolverhampton University (DBA) and Bath University (Doctor of Laws).

Professor Cooper is Chair of the UK’s Academy of Social Sciences (an umbrella body of 47 learned societies in the social sciences, comprising 90,000 social scientists). In November 2010, he was awarded the Lord Dearing Lifetime Achievement Award by the Times Higher Education for his distinguished contribution to higher education. In 2014, HR Magazine voted him The Most Influential HR Thinker in the UK. In 2014 Professor Cooper was awarded a Knighthood by the Queen for services to the social sciences.

Professor Cooper has been an adviser to two UN agencies; the World Health Organisation and the ILO; published a major report for the EU’s European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Work Conditions on `Stress Prevention in the Workplace’. Professor Cooper is also the President of the Institute of Welfare, Immediate Past President of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy, President of RELATE and former national Ambassador of The Samaritans.