December 2020: Researcher Update



 


 

 

 

 



 

 

 


Sustainability Centres Community Workshop Moves Online



Leaders of business school sustainability centres will gather online for the Sustainable Centres Community (SCC) Workshop, July 12-14, 2021. Look out in January for more details on this interactive, inclusive, transformative event.


 

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December 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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Opportunities and Announcements



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

Events
  • Course: Sustainability Ambassador Programme (January 4-8, 2021, Virtual, National Institute of Technology, Jaipur, India)
  • Webinar: Decolonizing the Business School Curriculum (January 28, 2021, Virtual, City University of London, London, England)
  • Conference: Administrative Sciences Association of Canada (June 12-15, 2021, Virtual, University of Concordia, Montreal, Canada)
  • Seminar for PhD Students & Emerging Scholars: Business and Society in Times of Crises: Researching for New Directions (June 17-18, 2021, University of Namur, Namur, Belgium)
  • Symposium: Corporate Governance Research Symposium (June 21-23, 2021, Virtual/in person, TBS Business School, Barcelona, Spain) 
Journals and Publications
  • Call for Papers: Environmental Responsibility and Disclosures by SMEs (Business Strategy and the Environment)
  • Call for Papers: Digital Technologies and the Internationalization of SMEs (Sustainability)
  • Call for Papers: Grand Societal Challenges: The Contributions of Business, Management and Organization Studies (International Journal of Management Reviews)
  • Call for Papers: The Futures of Business Schools: Identity, Strategies, and Imagined Futures in a Pandemic/Post-pandemic World (Futures)
Positions
  • Doctoral Scholarships: Ethics and Responsible Leadership in Business (The Wittenberg Center for Global Ethics, Wittenberg, Germany)
  • Postdoctoral Fellowship: Erb Institute Postdoctoral Fellowship (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, United States)
  • PhD Program: Organizations and Social Change (University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, United States)

Funding and Resources

  • Grant: Food Waste Reduction Challenge (January 18, 2021, Government of Canada)
  • Publication: Applied Sustainability Monitor: Applied Sustainability Insights for the Philippines and Globally (Center for Social Responsibility, University of Asia and the Pacific)


 




Good Wishes for the New Year


 


2020 was an unprecedented year in so many ways. The pandemic created injustices, inequalities, and tragedies. And issues often previously neglected, such as Black Lives Matter and MeToo, came to the foreground.

Although most of us experienced hardship, 2020 also showed us the importance of our collective enterprise and shared prosperity. It showed us opportunities to improve both our own lives and those around us. Our future depends on our ability to work together.

We at NBS want to wish you, your families, and your communities happy holidays and a healthy and prosperous 2021. 


 


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