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Dr Songdi Li

Lecturer in Strategic Management
Cardiff School of Management

Overview

Songdi currently holds the position of Lecturer in Strategic Management at Cardiff Metropolitan University. She is a Fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy (FHEA) and has extensive experience teaching undergraduate and postgraduate students in the field of management. Additionally, she has supervised numerous master's students' final research projects.

Previously, Songdi worked as an hourly paid lecturer at Nottingham Business School, where she successfully completed her PhD in December 2022. Her doctoral research focused on exploring the congruence between organizational and middle manager personal values as drivers of manager-led Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) implementation and its impact on perceived Corporate Reputation. Her study specifically examined the context of Higher Education institutions in both the UK and China.

Following the completion of her PhD, Songdi worked as a Research Associate, leading a team of master's students in a project that investigated the cost-of-living crisis in Nottinghamshire. The research project employed a quadruple-helix innovation model to gain insights into the issue.

Research Publications

Like peas and carrots: The complementary role of digital transformation in the achievement of university social responsibility objectives

Li, S., Mohamed Hashim, M. A. & Tripathi, V. C., 4 Sept 2025.

Research output: Contribution to conferencePaperpeer-review

An investigation of landscape of environmental education (EE): A bibliometric and systematic literature review

Li, S., Liu, Z., Tripathi, V. C. & Mohamed Hashim, M. A., 28 Jun 2025, In: International Journal of Management Education. 23, 3, 101229.

Research output: Contribution to journalLiterature reviewpeer-review

Educating The Educators: The Emerging Significance of Environmental Literacy Training for Educators

Li, S., Liu, Z., Tripathi, V. C. & Mohamed Hashim, M. A., 17 Jun 2025, Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings . Academy of Management

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingConference contributionpeer-review

Developing innovation capabilities through Programme Communities of Practice: Evidence from Wales

Walpole, G., Liu, Z., Clifton v, N. & Li, S., 2 Jun 2025, In: International Journal of Management Education. 23, 3, p. 101215 101215.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Implementing circular economy principles: evidence from multiple cases

Liu, Z., Clifton, N., Faqdani, H., Li, S. & Walpole, G., 16 Oct 2024, In: Production Planning and Control. 36, 13, p. 1774-1791 18 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Corporate social responsibility and corporate reputation: A bibliometric analysis: Journal of Construction Materials

Li, S., Spry, L. & Woodall, T., 2 Apr 2021, In: Journal of Contruction Materials. 2, 3

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Values Congruence on CSR and Its Impact on Corporate Reputation: European Journal of Sustainable Development

Li, S., Spry, L. & Woodall, T., 1 Oct 2019, In: European Journal of Sustainable Development. 8, 5

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

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