Social Responsibility Symposium

Join AMBS’ Social Responsibility Committee, chaired by Hongwei He, for our first AMBS Social Responsibility Symposium.

Hear from colleagues and external speakers on how SR could be embedded into your teaching and learning, and research and discovery at AMBS, UOM and beyond.

Attendees are welcome to stay for all of the sessions, or opt to attend just those specific to their interests.

Location: 4th Floor, 4.009

Schedule:

- 10.00 – 10.15

Welcome by Professor Fiona Devine and Professor Hongwei He

- 10.15 -11.00

Research with social impact: Linking research to SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals)

Speakers:

Dr Julian Skyrme (University Director of Social Responsibility)

Dr Oliver Laasch (Senior Lecturer in Entrepreneurship and Innovation)

Dr Ilma Nur Chowdhury (Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Marketing)

Chair:

Professor Wing Lam (Professor of Organisational Psychology, Director of PGR)

Objectives:

To explore how and why it is important for the University and Alliance MBS to contribute to SDGs; to share knowledge on how to develop research and collaborate among ABMS to enhance our contribution to the university’s research with social impact as measured by SDGs.

- 11.00 – 11.15, room 4.010

Coffee Break

- 11.15 – 12 :00

Engaging with the Sustainable Futures Platform

Speakers:

Professor Michael Shaver (Director of Sustainable Futures)

Professor Jonatan Pinkse (Director of Manchester Institute of Innovation Research, MIoIR)

Chair:

Professor Marie Dutordoir (Professor of Finance)

Objectives:

To explore opportunities on how Alliance MBS can further contribute to the SF platform and use it as a mechanism to engage our colleagues to conduct research with social impact.

- 12.00 -12.15, room 4.010

Coffee Break

- 12:15 – 13.00

Cross-disciplinary Social Responsibility research: learning from Alliance MBS research institutes and centres

Speakers:

Professor Andrew McMeekin (Sustainable Consumption Institute, SCI)

Professor Jonatan Pinkse (Director of MIoIR)

Dr Ning Gao (CAIR (Centre for the Analysis of Investment Risk, CAIR)

Chair:

Professor Timothy Devinney (Chair of International Business)

Objectives:

Learn from institutes and centres about their research contributing to SDGS and research collaboration they are looking for. To encourage school-wide, cross-divisional, and inter-institute/centre research collaboration to develop high social impact research.

- 13.00 – 13.45, The Mill

Lunch and networking

- 13.45 -14.30

Developing socially responsible graduates through PRME principles

Speakers:

Dr Oliver Laasch (Senior Lecturer in Entrepreneurship and Innovation)

Dr Jenny Rodriguez (Alliance MBS EDI Committee Chair)

Chair:

Dr Saleema Kauser (Associate Head for Social Responsibility, PMO Division)

Objectives:

To build up awareness of PRME principles, share knowledge on how the six PRME principles can and should be applied to our teaching and education

- 14.30 – 15.15

Operational processes

Speakers:

Dr Jonny Huck (Director of Social Responsibility and Senior Lecturer in Geographical Information Science, SEED)

Julia Durkan (Sustainable Campus Officer)

Chair:

Michelle Kipling (Academic Services, Social Responsibility and Accreditation Manager)

Objectives:

To understand the work being undertaken by the University in relation to sustainable travel; including an overview and update on the SEED pilot; with a view to discussing what could be implemented at Alliance MBS.

- 15.15 – 15.30

Closing Remarks