Call for application to the PhD programs in Milano
The University of Milan has launched a call for application, based on qualifications and interviews, for admission to the Graduate School in Social, Economic and Political Sciences for the following Ph.D. Programmes:
Ph.D. in Economics
Ph.D. in Labour Studies
Ph.D. in Political Studies
Ph.D. in Sociology
For the academic year 2007/2008 there are two selection phases.
The first selection has been closed at the end of April and five scholarships have been assigned (3 by the Ph.D. in Economics and 2 by the Ph.D. in Sociology).
In this second selection, there will be 12 scholarships, assigned as following:
Ph.D. in Economics – 4 scholarships
Ph.D. in Labour Studies – 3 scholarships
Ph.D. in Political Studies – 3 scholarship
Ph.D. in Sociology – 2 scholarships.
Up to eight of these twelve scholarships can be designated to non EU applicants. This selection will offer also 16 positions without scholarship. Candidates that already applied in the first stage may re-apply for this second selection. The admission committee will be the same of the first selection for every Ph.D. programme.
Applications are invited for an ESRC CASE (+3) Studentship in Geography at the School of Environment and Development, University of Manchester, jointly supervised by Dr Neil Coe and Professor Kevin Ward along with the respective CASE partner.
This project offers exciting opportunities to explore the changing nature of labour markets and patterns of migrations in the European Union at a time of unparalleled dynamism and expansion. As such, they should appeal to researchers in a broad range of social science disciplines. They also offer the opportunity to be part of the vibrant Geographical Political Economy Research Group (GPERG) at Manchester.
The institutional context for temporary staffing: a European cross- national comparative study.
This three year doctoral project will explore the role of temporary staffing agencies within the wider landscape of public and private sector labour intermediaries, and how and why this differs from country to country. Three national political-economic systems will provide illustrative case studies: The UK – a neoliberal policy environment in which labour markets are characterised by short-term employment relationships, low levels of unionisation and individualised and competitive employment relations; Germany – a corporatist policy regulatory context characterised by significant human capital investment, medium-term employment relationships and strong union representation in a tripartite system; The Czech Republic – a post-socialist labour regime that has undergone profound and rapid change since 1990, and in which a central command economy has moved somewhat unevenly towards a flexible, market-based labour regime.
In particular, research will investigate how the role of placing people into employment is undertaken by different combinations of private and public sector agencies and intermediaries in the different regimes.
This cross-national comparative study will combine both quantitative and qualitative methodologies, and use both primary and secondary data. The project will offer considerable potential for international fieldwork and research, and applicants with experience of that kind are advised to make this clear in their application.
Contact information: Dr. Neil Coe (0161 275 3646)
neil.coe@manchester.ac.uk
Professor Kevin Ward (0161 275 7877)
k.g.ward@manchester.ac.uk
Please do not hesitate to contact us if you would like to talk further about any aspects of the studentships. ESRC meets the tuition fees and pays a basic (tax free) maintenance grant of £14,300 p.a. The collaborating organisation pays an additional £2,000 p.a.
We invite applications from potential UK/EU research students who have a
2.1 or above Bachelors degree and a good Masters qualification and meet the eligibility criteria for ESRC doctoral funding. Suitably qualified candidates from a wide range of social science disciplines – including geography, sociology, politics, anthropology, management and economics – are encouraged to apply.
All applications should be submitted through the PHD HUMAN GEOG option within the University's online Postgraduate Research application system:
The deadline for the online application, with CV and covering letter, is Friday August 21st and short-listed candidates will be interviewed during the week beginning September 3rd. The successful candidates will be expected to take up the studentships in October 2007.
IAll nominees must satisfy ESRC's academic and residential eligibility requirements which can be downloaded from
Miss Samantha Blachford
Postgraduate Research Admissions
School of Environment and Development
Harold Hankins Building
University of Manchester
Manchester
M13 9QH
Tel: +44 161 275 0336
samantha.blachford@manchester.ac.uk
AccountAbility Launches The AA1000AS Revision & Invites Participation In The Process
AccountAbility launched this week the revision process for the leading AA1000 Assurance Standard (AA1000AS) and is inviting interested individuals to get involved in the process.
The AA1000 Assurance Standard will position itself as an international sustainability assurance standard that can be linked to other dominant business audit and assurance standards and that provides support for important reporting standards and guidelines.
The ways of engaging with us are:
By registering on the AccountAbility website now, so you can be kept up to date on the revision process, download useful documents, participate in blog discussions and sign up for a national consultation.
By participating in one of the 14 local consultations that will take place in different countries around the world, convened by AccountAbility’s partners. Participants will be able to debate the main issues of the current AA1000AS and provide recommendations for the 2nd edition of the standard. The consultations will take place from September to December. To sign up for a workshop in your region, please click here.
By engaging in the wiki platform that will be developed in cooperation with openDemocracy. The AA1000AS 2nd edition will be the world’s first mainstream corporate accountability standard to be developed using a web-based wiki approach that makes it possible to submit comments and directly update the standards drafts online. This process will go live in October 2007.
For all additional information please visit AccountAbility's website here.
We are very pleased to share with you some positive news regarding EABIS’ active engagement with a major UN Global Compact initiative.
A Global Collaboration to Shape Future Generations of Leaders On July 5, at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, the EABIS network was invited to join a distinguished group to lead the implementation phase of the UNGC Principles for Responsible Management Education.
Modelled on the original UNGC Principles for Business, these call for business schools and universities worldwide to build corporate responsibility issues into their Purpose, Values, Method, Research, Partnerships and Dialogue. Click here to read them in full.
Highlighting their relevance in his closing remarks on 6 July, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon commented: “The Principles […] have the capacity to take the case for universal values and business into classrooms on every continent”.
World’s Major Management Development Institutions to Drive Progress Together
This high-level initiative will look to shape a new global agenda on corporate responsibility and management development. The role will mean EABIS working closely alongside 5 of the world’s most influential organisations to design and implement further consultations and the roll-out process:
Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)
European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD)
Globally Responsible Leadership Initiative (GRLI)
Aspen Institute Business in Society Program
Net Impact First Steps:
An Unveiling in Barcelona As a first tangible step, EABIS will organise the European launch of the Principles on the eve of the Annual Colloquium (September 19, ESADE Business School). This official unveiling will take place with the close support of the UN Global Compact team and senior representatives from the group of co-convening organizations. We cordially invite all of you to join us!
Executive Director Peter Lacy – one of the formal presenters of the Principles to Ban Ki-Moon – noted: “The launch of the UN Principles represents a unique moment for management education globally and a chance to build a platform for responsible and sustainable future leaders in developed, emerging and developing countries. EABIS is proud to have been recognised for our work by the UN by being included in this founding group, alongside the world's top institutions, and we look forward to working with and engaging the network’s members in the next phase”.
For Further Information
Various materials, news and information can be downloaded or accessed around this important initiative.
Please click here to listen to the official UN press conference.
Please click here to read the official UN Global Compact Press Release.
Please click here for the Secretary General’s Closing Remarks at the Leaders Summit.
The New England Journal of Entrepreneurship is published twice annually by the John F. Welch College of Business at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Connecticut. The objective of the journal is to be aforum for exchange of scholarly ideas, practices and policies in the field of entrepreneurship and small business management. The Journal seeks contributions relating to Entrepreneurship Education that fall within one or more of the following four tracks: Visionary Articles, Theory Articles, Critical Issues Articles, and Nuts & Bolts Articles. Submissions must be received by April 30, 2008.
Visionary Articles: “Some people see things as they are and ask ‘Why?’ I dream of things that never were and ask, ‘Why not?’”
Submissions to this track should briefly review the following:
the variety of approaches used in programs/courses on Entrepreneurship, and acknowledge
the strengths and the limitations of these approaches. Submissions will then proceed to articulate
what could/should be achieved in Entrepreneurship programs/courses of the near future.
The only limitation to contributions for this track is that the vision must be implementable by a typical business school (i.e. authors should not assume unlimited resources will suddenly be available to all business schools) and achievable by typical business students (i.e. authors should not assume that all students can suddenly be molded into successful, high-potential entrepreneurs).
Theory Articles: Submissions to this track should build on existing theories from other disciplines (e.g. economics, sociology, psychology, or political science) and reinterpret them in terms of theories applicable to entrepreneurship education. Theory articles that expand upon our understanding of the interdisciplinary nature of entrepreneurship and the challenges this presents for entrepreneurship education are welcome.
Critical Issues Articles: Submissions to this track should deal with an issue that is critical to Entrepreneurship Education. Topics may include, but are not limited to, the following:
Entrepreneurship Education: Issues Affecting Ph.D. Students
Measuring Outcomes: What Are/Should Be the Measures of Success for Entrepreneurship Education
Models for Improving Student Exposure to the Sources of Ideas for New Businesses
Career Advice for Students Aspiring to Be Entrepreneurs
Models for Entrepreneurship Education & Training in Countries with Authoritarian Regimes (e.g. North Korea) Seeking to Transition to Market Economies. (Articles that can draw empirically or anecdotally from cases/experiences in former satellite states of the Soviet Union or from Latin America are especially welcome).
Nuts & Bolts Articles Submissions to this track should deal with an issue that is essential to the delivery of superior Entrepreneurship courses. Topics may include, but are not limited to, the following:
Accommodating Different Modes of Learning in Entrepreneurship Courses
Teaching Technoentrepreneurship to [non-technical] Business Majors
Teaching Lifestyle Entrepreneurship to non-Business majors
Models for Collaborating with University Technology Transfer Offices for the Delivery of Courses on Technology Commercialization & Entrepreneurship
Teaching Entrepreneurship through Entrepreneurship Centers/Models for Collaborating with Entrepreneurship Centers for the Delivery of Courses on Entrepreneurship
Micro-businesses and Courses on Entrepreneurship/Incubators as Vehicles for Learning By Doing
Motivating Entrepreneurship Students to Discard Strategies of Doing the Least Amount of Work in Order to Get the Highest Possible Grade in Favor of Adopting a Strategy of Studying Hard Enough and Producing Well-Enough to Succeed in the Real World
Challenges to Teaching Entrepreneurship
Manuscripts should be sent as an MS Word file via email to:
Sean M. Hackett
Assistant Professor of Management LeBow College of Business Drexel University sean.m.hackett@drexel.edu, +1 (215) 895-2875 (Telephone) +1 (215) 895-2891 (Fax) www.seanmhackett.com and
Miles Davis
Associate Professor of Management Harry F. Byrd, Jr. School of Business, Shenandoah University mdavi3@su.edu, +1 (540) 545-7314 (Telephone) +1 (540) 665-5437 (Fax)
Please be certain to indicate in your email that your submission is for the Special Issue.
EABIS and INSEAD-Led Consortium Announce RESPONSE Project Conference For October 12.
EABIS is pleased to invite you to the final conference of the RESPONSE “Understanding and Responding to Societal Demands on Corporate Responsibility” Project, the world’s largest research project on corporate responsibility and strategic stakeholder management. RESPONSE is the EABIS network’s flagship research initiative, receiving € 1.1 million of funding from the EU Commission’s FP6 Programme and supported by EABIS’ corporate founding partners – IBM, Johnson & Johnson, Microsoft, Shell and Unilever.
Why Attend?
The RESPONSE Project findings and recommendations have a strong and resonant message to communicate to all interested parties. The conference will offer participants, among other benefits:
Genuine thought leadership from company CEOs, senior policy makers and civil society leaders
In-depth dialogue on the implications of its findings for managers, stakeholders, policy makers and management educators
Debate on the future knowledge and learning agendas for business around stakeholder management themes
High level interaction and networking opportunities
Prominent speakers are expected to include:
Mario Monti, former EU Commissioner, President of Bocconi University
Jean Philippe Courtois, Chairman, Microsoft International
Richard Evans, CEO, Alcan (tbc)
Frank Brown, Dean, INSEAD
Simon Zadek, CEO, AccountAbility
Chris Marsden, Chair, Amnesty International Business Group
Gilbert Lenssen, President, EABIS
Peter Lacy, Executive Director, EABIS
Senior representatives of the EU Commission
What is RESPONSE?
Since 2004, the RESPONSE Project has been the flagship research initiative within the EABIS knowledge development and learning portfolio – a unique attempt to study systematically corporate responsibility as both an organisational practice and an individual behaviour. It was the first and principal research effort initiated by academic partners of EABIS and supported by its corporate founding partners (IBM, Johnson & Johnson, Microsoft, Unilever and Shell), who provided critical but constructive input to ensure a balance of academic rigour and managerial relevance.
Under the guidance of Academic Director Maurizio Zollo, RESPONSE has engaged 21 global companies and over 100 stakeholder organizations. Based on observations and data from 440 interviews and over 1,000 questionnaires, the research team has developed unique and novel insights on the factors distinguishing the leading innovators in corporate responsibility from other companies. In addition, the RESPONSE team conducted cutting-edge learning experiments to identify the most promising approaches to the problem of developing social consciousness in business managers.
The project sought to answer two crucial questions:
What do managers consider to be their company's responsibility towards society and how that differs from what societal actors consider the company's responsibility to be?
How do multi-national corporations attempt to respond to societal expectations and how effective is their response in enhancing the alignment between business and society?
Registration & Additional Information Registration for the event is now open online here.
For logistical details, please contact Catherine Billault at: Catherine.billault@insead.edu
For additional information on the RESPONSE Project, please visit the official website at: www.insead.edu/ibis/response_project or contact Professor Maurizio Zollo, Academic Director of RESPONSE at Maurizio.zollo@insead.edu.
We hope to see you in October at what promises to be a landmark event for the EABIS network and for future developments in the integration of corporate responsibility within business corporations’ operating and strategic processes.
"The Emerging Global Governance Paradigm: The Role of Business and its Implications for Companies, Stakeholders and Society" September 20 and 21, 2007
Hosted by ESADE Business School, Barcelona, Spain
Free Places Available For All EABIS Partners (2) and Members (1) Register For Early Bird Fees Until Monday, July 16!
EABIS’ 6th Annual Colloquium is shaping up to be one of the most significant business-academic-stakeholder events worldwide in the field of corporate responsibility. More than 350 senior representatives are expected to join us at ESADE in Barcelona to debate cutting-edge issues on global governance and the role of business in society.
In view of the upcoming deadline for early bird fees – MONDAY JULY 16 – we wanted to present you with some of the Colloquium highlights and encourage you to register online to benefit from the reduced rates available.Please note that the full programme will be posted online next week on the conference website.
Delving Deep into Global Governance and the Role of Business
The 6th Annual Colloquium will create an outstanding arena for participants to engage with leaders from business, academia, policy and civil society on the emerging global governance paradigm. The conference will address this subject in plenary from four different angles:
The Context of Global Governance and the Role of Business in Society New Forms of Global Governance
Self Regulation, Voluntary Standards and Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships Business, Global Governance and Global Issues
The Challenges and Opportunities of Climate Change
New Kinds of Leadership for Global Governance and the Implications for Management Developmen
Emphasis will be placed throughout on a high level of audience participation and a genuinely interactive debate of the core issues.
Engaging Leaders from Across the Stakeholder Spectrum
This year’s Colloquium has already attracted an excellent range of senior representatives that reflect the multi-stakeholder ethos of the event. We are pleased to announce that the following prominent figures have accepted speaking roles:
Hans Ulrich Maerki, Chairman (EMEA), IBM
Antonio Brufau Niubó, Chairman & CEO, Repsol
Georg Kell, Executive Director, UN Global Compact
Daniel Litvin, Managing Director, C-Resource and Author of “Empires of Profit: Commerce, Conquest and Corporate Responsibility”
Chris Marsden, Chair, Amnesty International Business Group
Prof. Robert Keohane, Public & International Affairs Department, Princeton University
Frank Brown, Dean, INSEAD
Dr. Polly Courtice, Director, University of Cambridge Programme for Industry
Prof. Ans Kolk, Research Director, University of Amsterdam Business School
Prof. Atle Midttun, Centre for Corporate Citizenship Director, BI Norway
We expect to confirm more high level speakers in the next couple of weeks, but already we are excited at the calibre of inputs that will enrich the Colloquium debate.
Other Colloquium Highlights and Special Events
As in previous years, the EABIS Colloquium will go beyond the in-depth plenary sessions and offer a wide range of networking, knowledge development and learning opportunities. The programme will include:
European Unveiling of the UN Global Compact Principles for Management Education
3 Sessions of Cutting Edge Knowledge and Learning Input on Global Governance
3rd EABIS Education and Training Exchange on Corporate Responsibility Gala Dinner with International Awards Ceremony and Cocktail Receptions
Annual PhD Conference hosted by IESE Business School Public
Launch of 2 EABIS Special Issue Publications
Conference Fees & How to Register
Registration will this year be administered online here. You may also download the registration form if you wish to register via fax/ email.
For further inquiries please contact Christina Komrowski, ESADE Business School Coordinator, via e-mail christina.komrowski@esade.edu or Tel. +34 934 952 064 / +34 932 806 162.
We strongly encourage you to book early and make your travel plans for what promises to be an exceptional event in Barcelona!
EABIS, Europe’s reference point on corporate responsibility knowledge development and learning, and the Aspen Institute Business and Society Program, a leading US think tank dedicated to developing leaders for a sustainable global society, are very pleased to announce a continuation of their successful partnership to run the fourth edition of the European Faculty Pioneer Awards.
We hereby invite members and friends to nominate outstanding candidates for this prestigious initiative. The Faculty Pioneers are an extremely select group, among the most promising and accomplished management educators in the world. The awards receive global attention, both within and outside the academic world. As in previous years, the European Awards will be presented during the Gala Dinner at EABIS’ 6th Annual Colloquium in Barcelona on 20 September.
This year we are especially pleased to announce that EABIS and Aspen will honour outstanding educators in two different categories:
the European “Rising Star” Faculty Pioneer Award
the European “Lifetime Achievement” Faculty Pioneer Award
A New Prize to Recognize Europe’s Brightest Young Faculty Talent
The European “Rising Star” Faculty Pioneer Award is being launched by EABIS and Aspen for the first time in 2007. It will acknowledge the next generation of faculty who are demonstrating innovative pedagogy, student engagement and thought leadership in European business schools and universities. Designed to reward educators with fewer than 10 years of full-time teaching experience, the “Rising Star” Award recognizes the vital importance of this group who will be at the forefront of business in society knowledge and learning in the years to come.
Rewarding A Career of Ground-Breaking and Visionary Work
The European “Lifetime Achievement” Faculty Pioneer Award is awarded to an individual who over the course of his/her career has demonstrated exceptional leadership and accomplishment. Previous winners have been distinguished by the quality of their teaching, cutting edge research, curriculum reform and innovation, engagement with business, and the integration of corporate responsibility issues into mainstream disciplines.
Eligibility
Nominees must be a faculty member (tenured or non-tenured) at any institution offering a graduate management degree in any European country. Candidates can be nominated by any member of their institution, from Deans & Directors down to graduate students.
For further information, including the submission form, visit www.eabis.org or contact Anna Biga via email: anna.biga@eabis.org.
The State of Responsible Competitiveness 2007: Making Sustainability Count in Global Markets is essentially a progress report on countries’ efforts in advancing competitiveness based on responsible business practices. The report was launched on July 6th at a special Ministerial Roundtable on the role of governments in promoting corporate citizenship at the UN Global Compact Leaders Summit, involving hundreds of chief executives, several heads of state, and more than 40 government ministers.
It includes a foreword from Al Gore and a dozen essays on responsible competitiveness from experts such as Sir Nicholas Stern (climate change), Laura Tyson (the gender gap), Jean-Philippe Courtois (ICT, social inclusion and competitiveness), Nick Butler (energy security), Peter Eigen (corruption) and Jonathan Lash (preparing for a carbon-constrained future), as well as key constituency views on the need for more assertive policies in advancing this agenda, including Anwar Ibrahim, AccountAbility’s Honorary President and Malaysia’s former Deputy Prime Minister and Günter Verheugen, European Commission’s Vice President for Enterprise.
The Responsible Competitiveness Index, covering 108 countries accounting for 96 per cent of global economic activity, blends 21 data streams from authoritative sources in assessing countries progress in advancing responsible business practices at the heart of their competitiveness strategies and practices.
The Index responds to some of these questions: Has US climate policy harmed its long-term competitiveness? Does Canada deserve its responsible reputation? Which is the sounder country to source from: Cambodia or China? Which Nordic country is less than squeaky clean? How do minerals exporters Zambia and Bolivia compare on labour standards?
The full report is now available on Accountability's website (www.accountability21.net) where you can also access sound material - podcasts - on the report by Accountcability's CEO & the Head of Programmes.
The Six Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME), were launched today at the 2007 Global Compact Leaders Summit at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. The principles were presented to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and hundreds of leaders representing business, civil society, government, and academia from around the world.
Developed by an international task force of sixty deans, university presidents and official representatives of leading business school the Principles are set to be the framework for academic institutions to advance the broader cause of corporate social responsibility and a call for the incorporation of universal values in curricula and research.
Please click here to read the Global Compact Official Announcement
This year, the FIR (Forum pour l'investissement Responsable) has decided once again to reward research works contributing to deepen knowledge about finance and sustainability.These works can be written in French or in English.
3 categories of awards :
Master's Thesis (master's degree, graduate school of management, graduate school of engineering)
PhD Thesis
Academic Published Articles Each award is granted a €5000 prize.
In addition to these research awards, the FIR finances 3 research grands of €3000 each for research projects in the areas of :
Research Projects Funded by Practitioners From Research Network for Business Sustainability
The Research Network for Business Sustainability has generated two research projects funded by practitioners. The projects were identified and funded by our Leadership Council of practitioners with representatives from industry, government and non-governmental organizations. These projects are a direct result of the efforts of the Network to bridge research with practice.
The first project pertains to valuing business sustainability and the second to community engagement. The Research Network for Business Sustainability seeks to bridge research in business sustainability with practice.
The calls for proposals are posted here (click Funded Knowledge Projects).
The calls are open to all qualified applicants, although preference will be given to research teams involving at least one permanent resident of Canada. Approximately 200 researchers are engaged in the Network. The Network is funded by the Canadian government and the corporate sector.
The deadline for submissions of proposals is August 6th, 2007.
For further information please contact:
Dr. Tima Bansal Executive Director, Research Network for Business Sustainability Associate Professor, Ivey Business School, University of Western Ontario.
Mr. Tom Ewart Managing Director, Research Network for Business Sustainability (tewart@ivey.uwo.ca)
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