April 2020: Researcher Update

Impact Scholar Community: Collective Action toward Impact

The Impact Scholar Community supports early-career management scholars in developing impact capabilities. Our initial inquiry reveals where we want to help most.

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April Table of Contents

NBS’s monthly compilation of the latest business sustainability research prioritizes in-press articles, in order to highlight cutting-edge knowledge. The list draws from Financial Times Top 50 journals and other publications.

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Final Call: Research Impact on Practice Award Submissions

This award recognizes sustainability research that has important implications for practice. It rewards actual or potential impact. Submissions are due April 30.

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New Date: Sustainability Centres Community Workshop

Looking forward to better times, organizers have rescheduled the Sustainability Centres Community Workshop for July 12-14, 2021, in Vienna, Austria. Mark your calendar: Registration will open this fall.

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Opportunities and Announcements

Please share your information about opportunities related to sustainability scholarship at discuss.nbs.net. Events

Webinar: Impact Scholar Community – Research Impact as an Early Career Researcher (April 23, 2020, 10:30am – 12:00pm ET, Virtual)
Summit: Innovative Solutions for a Sustainable Tomorrow: Social Entrepreneurship Summit 2020 (September 9-11, 2020, Virtual)
Webinar: 50 Years of Earth Day: MIT Perspectives in the Face of Radical Change (April 22, 2020, 2:00 PM EST, Virtual)
Symposium: Governing Sustainability in a Digitalized World:False Solutions for Real Issues?: Corporate Governance Research Symposium (June 25, 2020, Virtual)

Funding

Call for Proposals: The Role of Business in Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals in the Global South (B Lab)

Positions

Tenure-Track Professor in Management (Aalto University School of Business, Finland)

Awards

Call for Nominations: Ideas Worth Teaching Awards (Aspen Institute)

Journals and Publications

Call for Book Chapters: Exploring the Societal and Environmental Impacts of Corporate Social Responsibility (Routledge, Taylor & Francis)
Call for Papers: Change Agency in Sustainability Transitions (Sustainability)
Call for Papers: Sustainability and Adaption: Navigating COVID-19 (Sustainability Management Forum)
Call for Papers: Grand Societal Challenges: The Contributions of Business, Management and Organisation Studies (International Journal of Management Reviews)
Call for Papers: Our House is on Fire! The Role of Business in Achieving the 2030 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (Business Research Quarterly)
Call for Papers: Managing Inequalities through a Pandemic: The Place of Opportunities, Disadvantage and Inclusion amid COVID-19 (Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: An International Journal)
Call for Papers: The Roads Less Travelled: Transformation Towards a Sustainable and Equitable Community (Qualitative Research in Organizations and Management)

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