Dr Matteo Ciccognani

I was awarded my Bachelor's degree in Humanities with a focus on Cinema in 2007 and a Master's degree in Film Studies, Theatre, and Digital Media in 2009 from the Università degli Studi di Roma. More recently, I worked as a Graduate Teaching Assistant at the School of Business at the University of Leicester from 2013 to 2017, until the completion of my PhD, which was entitled Metacinematic Gestures: An Investigation of the Productionist Aspect of Self-Reflexive Films. I held the position of Teaching Fellow until 2023. I currently work as a Lecturer in Management and Organisation in the School of Management and am a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

My research interests span across film theory, organisational performance in narratives and cinema, the use of films in teaching management topics, self-reflexivity in figurative art, film, and media, the relationship between cinema and surveillance, the evolution of language in corporate-sponsored films, ideology critique in movies, and audiovisual products promoting local and regional development.

I am specifically focused on how audiovisual products can serve as blueprints for practitioners across various sectors to reflect on their performative roles and reorient them towards fostering a productive climate of mutual collaboration in the workplace.

Latini, G. (2024). Image-Worlds: A brief history of corporate cinema, Translated and Edited by Matteo Ciccognani, Roma: Edizioni Kappabit.

Ciccognani, M. (2023) 'The enduring legacy of Hollywood’s "individualist revolutionaries"', Interregnum, 6 November. Available at: https://interregnum.ghost.io/the-enduring-legacy-of-hollywoods-individualist-revolutionaries/ 

Ciccognani, M. (2022) 'Exploring Modes of Surveillance in Films', CINEJ Cinema Journal, 10(1), 89-123.

Ciccognani, M. (2020) 'A critical glance into the metacinematic gestures of The Act of Killing', Journal for Cultural Research, DOI: 10.1080/14797585.2020.1836979.

Ciccognani, M. (2020) 'Organising the illumination of the filmmaking process: The experimental contribution of The Five Obstructions', Organizational Aesthetics 9(2), 42-61.

Ciccognani, M. (2018) Metacinematic Gestures: an investigation of the productionist aspect of self-reflexive films, PhD thesis, University of Leicester, Leicester.

Social Sciences and Management topics

Film and Media Studies

Organisational Culture and Storytelling

Corporate Social Responsibility

MN2018 - Management Theory and Debate (UG)

MN3126 - New Technology, Work and Organisation (UG)

MN2116 - Corporate Social Responsibility (UG)

MN1014 - Business, Economy and Society (UG)

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Modules taught in the past:

MN7203 - Organisational Behaviour (MN2014)

MN7407 - Management in Practice (PG)

MN3102 - Critical Analysis for Management (UG)

MN2503 - Management in Organisations (UG)

MN7036 - Corporate Governance (PG)

MN3100 - Strategy (UG)

MN7558 - Strategy, Business, Information and Analysis

MN3201 - Project (Management) (UG)

MN3200, MN3510 - Dissertation (UG)

MN7410, MN7411 - Dissertation (PG)

MN7371, MN7504 - HRMT Research Methods and Dissertation (PG)

• Student-Nominated Superstar Award for Best Lecturer, 2024, University of Leicester.
• Full tuition waiver and maintenance grant for PhD studies, 2013 – 2017, University of Leicester.
• Best Presentation Awarded, Winter Ph.D. Conference, “The Metacinematic Gesture and an Introduction of its Productionist Side”, 2016, University of Leicester.