09:00

Registration and refreshments

09:40

Welcome

Professor Caroline Gatrell, Associate Dean, Research, University of Liverpool Management School; Chair, Chartered ABS Research Committee

Professor Robert MacIntosh, Faculty Pro Vice Chancellor - Business and Law, Northumbria University; Chair, Chartered ABS

09:50

Keynote Panel Discussion:

Nurturing positive research cultures in business schools

This high-level panel will look at the culture of research programmes within business schools; including how the key issues of EDI and sustainability are being embedded in research strategy and how research leaders can create an inclusive, supportive environment that encourages strong, diverse and progressive teams.

Professor Katy Mason, Associate Dean Research, Lancaster University Management School

Professor Ken McPhail, Director for Research, Deputy Head & Incoming Head of School,
Alliance Manchester Business School

Dr Martin McGurk, Head of Operations and Impact - Business Growth, Innovate UK EDGE

Professor Lilian Otaye-Ebede, Director of Studies, MSc HRM Programme; Chair, Race Equality Charter Community Visibilty and Staff Sub-group, University of Liverpool Management School

Chair: Professor Caroline Gatrell, Associate Dean, Research, University of Liverpool Management School; Chair, Chartered ABS Research Committee

10:50

Break

11:20

Morning breakout sessions

Interdisciplinarity in research - the function and benefits

This session will consider the valuable contributions business schools are making to important interdisciplinary research projects, and how this drives benefits for parent universities, businesses and society in general.

Professor Kevin Ibeh, Pro Vice Chancellor (International), Birkbeck, University of London; UK Representative, European International Business Academy (EIBA)

Professor Dr Rudolf R Sinkovics, Professor of International Business, University of Glasgow

Chair: Professor Kirsty Newsome, Associate Dean Research, Sheffield University Management School

Held in Main Room

The contribution of business school research to the sustainability agenda

This session will look at how business school research is contributing to the sustainability agenda and the opportunities and challenges facing the wider research community in making tangible progress on the UN Sustainability Development Goals (SDGs).

Professor Paul Dewick, Professor of Sustainability, Faculty of Business and Law, Manchester Metropolitan University

Dr Nana O Bonsu, Assistant Professor in Responsible Business & Sustainability, Birmingham Business School

Chair: Professor Hisham Farag, Director of Research, Birmingham Business School

Held in RAD Space 20

Driving inclusion and supporting the progression of researchers from under-represented and disadvantaged backgrounds.

This session will consider the importance of improving gender diversity, recruiting more minority ethnic staff and supporting the progression of ECRs, mid-career researchers, and doctoral students from disadvantaged and underrepresented backgrounds.

Dr Sunny Lee, Deputy Director (Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion), UCL School of Management

Professor Martyna Śliwa, Associate Dean for Ethics, Responsibility and Sustainability, Durham University Business School

Chair: Professor Paresh Wankhade, Director of Research, Edge Hill University Business School

Held in RAD Space 17

The impact of KEF and the value of research partnerships

This roundtable discussion will consider what is being done in the area of Knowledge Exchange, with special attention to the work done by Chartered ABS, and consider the impact of KEF for business schools and the wider economy. It will address the opportunity for universities to demonstrate their value and impact through research partnerships.

Lead by: Professor Steve Johnson, Assistant Dean (Research), Sheffield Business School

Held in RAD Space 25

12:20

Lunch

13:25

Keynote Panel Discussion:

Supporting access to research funding

In this session a high-level panel will explore how to support members to better access research funding, including considering: training for the specialist skills needed; implementing incentive schemes; strategic partnerships. Crucially, how do academics balance the time constraints of applying for funding with actual research: how to maintain growth and quality goals without the risk of over-stressing staff.

Professor Nuran Acur, Professor of Innovation Management, Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow

Professor Matthew Gorton, Professor in Marketing, Newcastle University Business School; Deputy Director, National Innovation Centre for Rural Enterprise

Professor Norin Arshed, Associate Dean, Research & Knowledge Exchange, University of Dundee School of Business

Professor Ramakrishnan Ramanathan, Director of MSc Business Analytics & Master of Business Management courses; Professor, Essex Business School

Chair: Professor Graeme Currie, Professor of Public Management, Warwick Business School

14:25

Closing remarks from Professor Robert MacIntosh, Faculty Pro Vice Chancellor - Business and Law, Northumbria University; Chair, Chartered ABS

14:30

Break

14:50

Afternoon breakout sessions

Evaluating research and the pressures to publish

This session will consider how research is evaluated, how business schools promote and value good research, and how societal impact is assessed and included in these evaluations. Inter-connected with these are the pressures to publish.

Professor Nachiappan Subramanian, Professor of Operations & Logistics Management & Supply Chains, University of Sussex Business School

Professor Chidiebere Ogbonnaya, Professor of Human Resource Management; Head, Department of Leadership and Management, Kent Business School

Chair: Professor Constantin Blome, Academic Dean, Lancaster University Leipzig

Held in RAD Space 17

Supporting Early Career Researchers

This session will consider the opportunities and options for supporting early career researchers. This vital issue is pivotal to almost everything but is currently extremely variable across the sector. The session will share good practice and look at new initiatives such as mentoring and peer-to-peer support through early career researchers’ networks.

Dr Oluwasoye P. Mafimisebi, Faculty Head of Research Students Leicester Castle Business School

Professor Alison Truelove
Director of the Centre for Innovation in Business Education, University of Exeter Business School

Chair: Professor Sukanlaya Sawang, Associate Dean (Global Engagement), Faculty of Business and Law | Coventry University

Held in RAD Space 20

15:50

Close

Professor Nuran Acur
Professor of Innovation Management, Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow

Professor Norin Arshed
Associate Dean, Research & Knowledge Exchange, University of Dundee School of Business

Norin Arshed is a Professor of Entrepreneurship and Associate Dean of Research in the School of Business at the University of Dundee. Norin’s work focuses on the process of enterprise policy – the formulation, implementation, and exploitation of the policy - she draws on institutional theory to understand the actors, processes and institutions within the policy domain. Norin also explores inclusive entrepreneurship, scale-ups, the entrepreneurial ecosystem and contextual entrepreneurship. Norin’s research has been published in Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Regional Studies, International Small Business Journal, Small Business Economics and International Journal Management Reviews. Her external roles include an appointment as an Independent Government Advisor to the Scottish Government’s Minister of Business, Fair Skills and Work, Scottish Parliament Fellow, a subject expert on the Peer Review Group at the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy, Research Director of Innovation and Entrepreneurship for 89Initiative (London School of Economics think tank), Impact Assessor for REF 2021 Sub-panel 17: Business and Management Studies and Advisory Board member for the Innovation Caucus (ESRC and Innovate UK).

Professor Constantin Blome
Academic Dean, Lancaster University Leipzig

Constantin Blome is Academic Dean of Lancaster University Leipzig (Germany) since September 2022. He is also Co-Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Operations & Production Management. Constantin is also co-owner and board member of two scale ups (n-side, Belgium, and Procurence, Poland). Before Constantin was Associate Dean of Research and Professor of Operations Management at the University of Sussex Business School where he was also responsible for the REF submission. Before Constantin was the GlaxoSmithKline Chaired Professor in Strategic Sourcing and Procurement at UCLouvain, Belgium and affiliated with the Center of Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE). In 2020 and 2021, he received the highly cited research award from Clarivate in the category "cross field", highlighting the top 0,1% cited scholars.

Dr Nana O Bonsu
Assistant Professor in Responsible Business & Sustainability, Birmingham Business School

Dr Nana O Bonsu is an Assistant Professor in Responsible Business & Sustainability at the Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham.

Nana's professional and research interests focus on sustainability policy and the governance frameworks required to transition towards sustainable futures. His problem-solving-oriented research focuses on Circular Economy and Net-Zero Emissions transition, links to cleaner energy technologies, e.g. electric vehicle transition, and interplay with the Global Value Chains and Sustainable Development Goals. Recent projects look at environmental sustainability issues,  the impacts of climate change and air pollution in low and medium-income countries, focusing on Africa. Nana's expertise addresses sustainable innovation, responsible business models and value creation.

Before joining the University of Birmingham, Nana's professional experience included working in the mining sector and for Surrey County Council, London Borough of Hounslow and London Councils in the UK, where he worked on  Infrastructure, Transport, and Environment Health-related policies and projects.

Professor Graeme Currie
Professor of Public Management, Warwick Business School

Professor Paul Dewick
Professor of Sustainability, Faculty of Business and Law, Manchester Metropolitan University

Professor Hisham Farag
Director of Research, Birmingham Business School

Caroline Gatrell
Associate Dean, Research, University of Liverpool Management School

She offers a distinguished research record and was awarded the British Academy of Management Research Medal in 2020. Her research critically analyses, from a socio-cultural perspective, how professional workers (often parents) balance paid work and family lives. Current research projects include a focus on fathers and employment; studies on the ‘maternal body’ within organizational settings and research on how senior women clergy experience careers, work and family

Caroline is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences and a Fellow of the British Academy of Management.

Caroline is presently Chair of the Research Committee, Chartered Association of Business Schools and is General Editor, Journal of Management Studies

Professor Matthew Gorton
Professor in Marketing, Newcastle University Business School; Deputy Director, National Innovation Centre for Rural Enterprise

Matthew Gorton is a professor of Marketing at Newcastle University Business School and Deputy Director of the National Innovation Centre for Rural Enterprise, which is funded by Research England.  He has contributed to eight European Union funded projects, relating to consumer food behaviour, agri-food supply chains, and rural development, and co-ordinated the Strength2Food Horizon 2020 project on markets for quality foods. He previously undertook work for the World Bank, FAO, and OECD. He is an associate editor of the Journal of Agricultural Economics and a Certified Member of the Market Research Society.

Professor Kevin Ibeh
Pro Vice Chancellor (International), Birkbeck, University of London; UK Representative, European International Business Academy (EIBA)

Professor Steve Johnson
Assistant Dean (Research), Sheffield Business School

Dr Sunny Lee
Deputy Director of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI), UCL School of Management

Dr Sunny Lee is the deputy director of equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) and an associate professor at the School of Management, University College London. In her EDI position, Dr Lee played a critical role in the school’s recent success in receiving the Athena SWAN Award. She has taken the lead in implementing several diversity initiatives at the school, such as developing a scholarship for women, monitoring gender- and race-disparities in the school’s recruitment data, and educating staff on the importance of diversity and inclusion.

Dr Lee, through her research focusing on the topics of diversity in the workplace and biases in organizational decision-making, has endeavoured to contribute to the ethos of diversity and fairness. Her work has been published in prestigious academic journals and featured by BBC Radio, The Financial Times, The Guardian, and other global media outlets. Dr Lee earned an MPP from the University of Chicago and a PhD in organizational behavior from the London Business School. She has been working as a consultant and subject matter expert for various organisations in South Korea and U.K.

Professor Katy Mason
Associate Dean Research, Lancaster University Management School

Katy Mason is Chair of the British Academy of Management, Associate Dean for Research and Professor of Markets and Management at Lancaster University Management School. Following a career in marketing, Katy’s engaged research explores how different market actors organise and manage to make and shape markets. Drawing on practice and performativity theories, Katy has engaged in a number of collaborative research projects where innovation is transforming markets, working with practitioners to make ‘good’ and ‘moral markets’ that are inclusive and fair. She has worked with SMEs, blue chip companies, catalysts, and in policy settings. These projects have driven her parallel interest in management learning and engaged research programmes that bring about productive changes to the marketized societies in which we live. She has argued that, “…we need to rethink how our Business and Management Schools contribute to society and the messages we give our academics about the value of engaged research in relation to the need to publish 4* quality research.”  Katy’s work has been published in Journal of Management Studies, Organisation Studies, Long Range Planning, Marketing Theory, and Industrial Marketing Management.

Dr Oluwasoye P. Mafimisebi
Associate Professor & Reader in Strategic Management; Faculty Head of Research Students, Leicester Castle Business School.

Dr Oluwasoye P. Mafimisebi is Associate Professor & Reader in Strategic Management; Faculty Head of Research Students at Leicester Castle Business School and has active ambitious research agenda around Risk and Resilience, Fintech, Global Challenges and Tackling Crises in the Global South. He’s currently the Research Degrees Leader for Business and Law and Chair of the Faculty Research Degrees Sub-Committee. Dr Oluwasoye is a Senior Consulting Editor – Review of Management Literature and has published widely in top journals and acted as external examiners for UK business schools as well as reviewers for several top-tier journals. He has completed a number of recent GCRF funded projects in Nigeria, Ghana, Bangladesh and UK. Prior to joining academia, he held senior managerial positions (e.g., Chief Risk Officer and Senior Wealth & Risk Manager, etc.) in the Nigerian banking and insurance sectors.

Martin McGurk
Head of Operations & Place - Business Growth, UKRI-Innovate UK

Professor Ken McPhail
Director for Research, Deputy Head & Incoming Head of School,
Alliance Manchester Business School

In December 2022, Ken was appointed incoming Head of Alliance Manchester Business School (AMBS) at the University of Manchester, a position he will assume form August 2023.  Prior to this, Ken was Deputy Head and Director of Research, where he was responsible the schools’ 2021 REF return, and was instrumental in bringing the 32 million pound Productivity Institute to AMBS.  Before this, Ken was Vice Dean, Social Responsibility in the Faculty of Humanities where he oversaw the strategic development and implementation of the Universities distinctive social responsibility agenda across 5 schools, 36 disciplines, 18,000 students and 1,800 academic and support staff.

Ken was made an honorary member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Australia and New Zeeland in 2012 and his seminal work on business and human rights was recognised in 2018 when he was made a fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences.

Professor Chidiebere Ogbonnaya
Professor of Human Resource Management; Head, Department of Leadership and Management, Kent Business School

Chidi is a Professor of Human Resource Management and Head of the Department of Leadership and Management at Kent Business School. His scholarship focuses on effective people management, with topics such as job quality, employment relations, workplace values, responsible leadership, well-being, and productivity being of particular interest. He is also studying the employment practices and experiences of disadvantaged workers in low- and middle-income economies. His work has appeared in prestigious journals such as Human Relations, Journal of Management, Journal of Management Studies, Human Resource Management Journal, Human Resource Management, Journal of Organizational Behavior and Harvard Business Review. He currently serves on the editorial board of Human Resource Management Journal and as an Associate Editor for Human Relations.

Professor Lilian Otaye-Ebede
Director of Studies, MSc HRM Programme; Chair, Race Equality Charter Community Visibility and Staff Sub-group, University of Liverpool Management School

Lilian Otaye-Ebede (PhD) is a Professor in Human Resource Management and Organisational Behaviour at the University of Liverpool, holding a PhD in Management from Aston University. She is the Programme Director for the on-campus MSc in HRM and the Online MSc IHRM Programmes. Her research interests are in the areas of diversity management, strategic Human Resource Management (HRM), work/life interface and employee well-being. She has published academic papers in world leading journals, co-authored book chapters, authored and co-authored a number of practitioner articles, and has extensively presented her research at national and international conferences and workshops. Lilian currently serves as an Associate Editor of Personnel Review Journal and as an editorial board member on the International Journal of HRM; the Journal of Organizational Effectiveness: People and Performance and the African Journal of Management. Additionally, she serves as a Representative-at-large of the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion division executive committee of the Academy of Management and is on the Board of Directors for the Open Eye Gallery UK, advising on HR & race related matters.

She is the Race Equality Charter (REC) Community Visibility and Staff sub-group Chair for the University of Liverpool.

Professor Ramakrishnan Ramanathan
Director of MSc Business Analytics & Master of Business Management courses; Professor, Essex Business School

Professor Jo Richardson
Associate Dean Research and Innovation, Leicester Castle Business School

Professor Sukanlaya Sawang
Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship and Associate Dean

Dr Sukanlaya Sawang is a research Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship and Associate Dean (Global Engagement) at Coventry University. She is also the adjunct Professor in QUT Business School (triple accredited) at Queensland University of Technology, Australia and Chulalongkorn University, Thailand. Sukanlaya’s research primarily focuses on psychology aspects of small business/entrepreneurship and innovation management. Three broad topics frame her research are (1) small business and innovation; (2) small business and well-being; and (3) technological innovation and well-being.

Professor Martyna Śliwa
Associate Dean for Ethics, Responsibility and Sustainability, Durham University Business School

Martyna Śliwa is Professor of Business Ethics and Organisation Studies, as well as Associate Dean for Ethics, Responsibility and Sustainability at Durham University Business School. Her research spans across a range of topics within the fields of organisation studies and international management. She is particularly interested in diversity, inclusivity and intersectionality in organisations, and especially in the ways in which gender and linguistic diversity influences people’s work experiences and careers, as well as organisational power relations and hierarchies. Martyna also serves as Vice-Chair of the British Academy of Management for Equality, Diversity, Inclusivity and Respect, and as Co-Editor-in-Chief of Management Learning.

Professor Nachiappan Subramanian
Professor of Operations & Logistics Management & Supply Chains, University of Sussex Business School

Nachiappan Subramanian is a Professor of Operations and Logistics Management & Supply Chains at the University of Sussex Business School. He was the Head of the Department of Management in the past and mentored several junior colleagues to excel in research through collaborative projects. He supports a few UK universities to assess their faculty research outputs and reviews international funding applications as a subject expert in the panel. He has secured funding worth one million pounds in his career and has co-edited several special issues on the topics i) sustainable supply chains, ii) risk and resilience and iii) technology-enabled operations and marketing interfaces in top-tier ABS journals. He serves as an Associate Editor in the following journals i) International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management, ii) Socio-Economic Planning Sciences and iii) International Journal of Logistics Management.

Professor Lilian Otaye-Ebede
Director of Studies, MSc HRM Programme; Chair, Race Equality Charter Community Visibility and Staff Sub-group, University of Liverpool Management School

Professor Rudolf R. Sinkovics
Professor of International Business, Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow; Visiting Professor, LUT University, Finland.

Rudolf Sinkovics was Deputy Head of Department for Research, Management and Int. Business and Founding Director of the Responsible Business Beacon (University of Auckland, NZ), Director of Research of Alliance MBS, Head and Director of Comparative and International Business (University of Manchester). In his leadership roles he has de-emphasized output monitoring and instituted research facilitation mechanisms and contributed to the development of necessary conditions for cross-disciplinary engagement.

Professor Alison Truelove
Director, Centre for Innovation in Business Education, University of Exeter Business School

Professor Alison Truelove is Director of the Centre for Innovation in Business Education at the University of Exeter Business School, leading on student and staff academic development with a focus on designing inclusive and innovative approaches to teaching and learning. She is also Project Director/Principal Investigator on the £5m UKRI/Research England Developing Business-Aware Academics project, working with Chartered ABS and other UK business schools to improve collaborations between universities and industry. She has previously held teaching and research positions at the Universities of London and Cambridge, and has taught and published in the areas of historical linguistics, medieval culture and literature, and digital humanities. She is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, and a Certified Management and Business Educator.

Professor Paresh Wankhade
Professor of Leadership and Management, Edge Hill University Business School

Paresh Wankhade is a Professor of Leadership and Management at Edge Hill University Business School, UK.  He is the Editor-In-Chief of International Journal of Emergency Services. His research and publications focus on analyses of strategic leadership, organisational culture, organisational change and interoperability within the public services with a focus on blue light services. Paresh has published in major journals including Work, Employment and Society, International Journal of Management Reviews, Public Management Review, Regional Studies, Public Money and Management and International Journal of Human Resource Management. His latest  monograph  explores options to bridge the theory-practice divide in emergency services research.

The Annual Research Conference takes place at The Slate - University of Warwick

The Slate
University of Warwick
Coventry
CV4 7SH

Getting to The Slate (click here)

• Easily accessible from many major routes: M1, M6, M5, M42, A5 and A14
• Travel by bus Regular buses from the University campus to Coventry city centre and rail station. Taxis are freely available at the bus terminal
• Travel by train Coventry is on the West Coast Mainline and serviced by regular trains, 7 days a week
• Travel by plane Birmingham International Airport is approximately 20 minutes away

The evening before the conference we will host a Dinner at the University of Warwick in the Radcliffe Private Dining Room. It will be a great opportunity to connect with fellow attendees for informal networking ahead of the main event.

The evening will commence with a Drinks Reception from 19:00. Dinner will be served at 20:00. Dress code: casual

Participants are responsible for their own accommodation arrangements. Warwick Conferences offer bed and breakfast options and bookings can be made here.

25% Group Booking Discounts available

Members

Not sure whether your institution is a member? Full list available here.

• Full conference with Dinner - £530
• Full conference without Dinner - £490
• Two participants for full conference with Dinner - £928 (save 25% on the second place)

For groups of 3 or more participants or for bespoke combinations of tickets please contact natasha.reid@charteredabs.org

Non-Members

Universities, public sector, commercial

• Full conference with Dinner - £610
• Full conference without Dinner - £570
• Two participants for full conference with Dinner - £1,068 (save 25% on the second place)

Important: Non-member organisations are are allowed a maximum of two tickets. If you wish to bring more people to the conference please contact Natasha Reid to discuss sponsorship opportunities natasha.reid@charteredabs.org

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If you register and decide that you cannot attend you can transfer your pass to a colleague free of charge. If you decide to cancel there may be a cancellation fee. Please refer to our Terms & Conditions for full details.

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