Think Women’s 40 Outstanding Global Women 2025 | Patrizia Kokot-Blamey
Dr Patrizia Kokot-Blamey is a Senior Lecturer in Organisation Studies at Queen Mary, University of London, and her research interests are in gender at work. In her current research, she seeks to better understand the experiences of women undergoing IVF while working. Her broader research interests focus on motherhood, breastfeeding and women’s bodies at work.
21 March 2025
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Patrizia’s upbringing in Germany was shaped by her young and energetic parents, who instilled in her a curiosity for the world beyond national borders. Encouraged to learn multiple languages, she studied in the Netherlands and the UK before working across Germany, Belgium, and Spain in her twenties, eventually settling in the UK. Reflecting on this international experience, she acknowledges that there are great benefits to being multilingual and having experience of working internationally.“I have very young parents,” she says. “They were full of energy during my childhood, and I was always encouraged to look across borders, learn languages, and keep an eye out for opportunities to work abroad.“I grew up in Germany and was able to take French, Spanish, English, and Dutch lessons as part of our secondary curriculum, which was very lucky. With hindsight, I think that there are costs and opportunities to moving around as well as to staying put, and I appreciate that a bit more now.”“My parents really believed that you could do something if you persevered. They always encouraged me to explore my options and to travel. So I had a rule until I was in my mid- twenties that if it didn't fit in my car, it wasn't coming.Patrizia’s research on the accounting profession underscores its significant role in shaping the modern world. She credits her time in Glasgow as pivotal in her understanding of the broader societal impact of accounting.“Accountancy is really underappreciated in the role it plays in actively shaping the modern world,” she says. “I studied in Glasgow during a year abroad in university, and there are some wonderful critical accounting scholars and accounting historians working there. We need accountants to help us see the bigger picture and to trust one another in public life.”
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