Leading academics from the University of Bristol Business School met virtually with our alumni recently to discuss why businesses should pursue a low carbon strategy, as we hosted the third in our Discovery Series of Thought Leadership events.
Category: Thought leadership
BAFA SWAG 2022 Doctoral Colloquium and Annual Conference
On 8th and 9th September, the University of Bristol Business School hosted two in-person academic events in partnership with the British Accounting and Finance Association (BAFA) and its South-Western Area Group (SWAG). The 9th was the SWAG Annual Conference, preceded by a Doctoral Colloquium on the 8th.
Professor Palie Smart awarded BAM Fellowship for Outstanding Contribution to Business and Management Scholarship
We’re proud to announce that on 1st September 2022, Professor Palie Smart of the University of Bristol Business School was conferred the British Academy of Management (BAM) Fellowship.
Research funding secured by Giovanna Michelon and her team on the impact and financial materiality assessments in corporate sustainability
Members of the Accountability Sustainability and Governance (ASG) Research Group were successful in responding to a call for research promoted by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS) on “Materiality – Financial Statements and Beyond”. Xi Chen, Stuart Cooper, Ziyi Guo, Tim Kasim and Giovanna Michelon were able to secure funding to work on a project on “Impact and financial materiality assessments in corporate sustainability and financial reporting: interconnections, practices, processes, and challenges”.
Dr Rutvica Andrijasevic appointed to Board of Trustees of Electronics Watch
Dr Rutvica Andrijasevic has been elected to the Board of Trustees of Electronics Watch. This will give her the opportunity to make leadership decisions regarding how to safeguard workers’ rights in the electronics industry at a global level.
New report launched on the impact of COVID-19 on Air Navigation Service Providers
An international research team consisting of Professor Peter Turnbull (University of Bristol), Dr Huw Thomas (University College Dublin) and Professor Geraint Harvey (Western University) have spent the past two years researching the impact of COVID-19 on Air Navigation Service Providers (ANSPs).
Women in Leadership | MSc Strategy, Change and Leadership
I found my way to the MSc in Strategy, Change and Leadership at the University of Bristol when I was three years into my role as CEO of a Bristol charity. The charity provided therapy to children and adults who’d experienced sexual abuse, and it was a challenging role.
Leading in Crisis | Discovery Series
Hear from our alumni and academic community
‘A crisis is an event which has low predictability and high uncertainty. It is a poorly defined problem and has a lack of clarity about impact and options. Therefore as leaders it is only natural when faced with this situation that we fall back onto the domain we are most competent at- be that in strategy, operations, or interpersonal skills.’
Is Zuckerberg’s Metaverse a good idea?
Lecturer in Digital Marketing at the University of Bristol Business School, Dr Ana Javornik, explores the Metaverse announcement – but is it a good idea?
COP26: How accounting and finance can take sustainability beyond ‘blah, blah, blah’. – Dr Alice Bryer
“Accounting and finance, isn’t that all about about making the world a worse place?” – I’m paraphrasing, but this is basically the response from a friend, involved in climate activism, when I mentioned that sustainability is now a core topic in University of Bristol’s Business School. (more…)