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The Finnish Doctoral Programme in Business Studies

Prof. Janne Tienari (lead educator): Management and Organisation, Hanken School of Economics. Tienari’s research and teaching interests include gender and diversity, strategy work, managing multinational corporations, mergers and acquisitions, and branding and media. His latest passion is to understand management, new generations, and the future. Tienari’s work has been published in leading organization and management studies journals such as Academy of Management Review, Organization Science, Organization Studies, Organization, Human Relations, and Journal of Management Studies.
 

Prof. Martin Fougere: Professor in Management and Politics and Business, board member at Centre for Corporate Responsibility (CCR) Institute Hanken School of Economics. His research interests focus on business and society, business and politics, corporate responsibility, critical management studies, governmentality, postcolonialism, responsible management education, social innovation, transnational governance.


 

Dr. Pia Polsa: Associate Professor of Marketing, Hanken School of Economics. Her current research interests are poverty, service and relationship marketing at non-profit settings like health care in developing countries, international marketing channels, and cross-cultural methodology. Additionally, her research includes grocery retailing and consumer behaviour in China and sustainable poverty alleviating business models in India. She has published in journals such as Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Business Research, Industrial Marketing Management, Journal of Macromarketing, Journal of Services Marketing, Supply Chain Management, among others.

Dr. Nikodemus Solitander: Director of Centre for Corporate Responsibility (CCR) Institute, Researcher in Supply Chain Management and Social Responsibility, Hanken School of Economics. Solitander’s research interests are in business and politics, CSR, critical management studies, business & human rights, responsible management education, financialization, critical geography.


 

Man Yang Associate Professor, Hanken School of Economics. Man's current research interests include sustainable entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial ecosystems (Principal Investigator of the Finlands Akademi 2020-2023 postdoctoral research project, 267 340 EUR), female entrepreneurship, and international entrepreneurship. Her doctoral research at the University of Vaasa (2013-2017) studied decision-making and entrepreneurial marketing in global business.

 

The aim of the course is to give an in-depth overview of the current state and contribution of Responsible Organising research on social inequalities. Responsible Organising (RO) is a research area at Hanken School of Economics, which has been evaluated as reaching highest international standard.

At the core of Responsible Organising (RO) is research on how different actors are organising for transformative action towards sustainability, as expressed in the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Common for RO research is a rejection of the idea that moral concerns and business decisions are something separate. Instead, within RO ethics/morality and business as inseparable, intertwined, and interconnected. Simultaneously it recognizes the complexity, multifacetedness, and intersectionality of societal inequalities.

The course brings together faculty from different subjects to explore the intersections between social responsibility and social inequalities.

After completing the course, the participants are able to:

• evaluate different perspectives on social inequalities
• position your own research in relation to different Responsible Organising perspectives
• understand the evolution of Responsible Organising research and how you can contribute to that evolution
• collaborate with other researchers to develop research ideas into joint paper

Instruction and examination: a) pre-assignment tasks b) participation to the lectures c) contribution to mentoring sessions d) writing a learning diary.

Credits: 6 ECTS will be assigned upon completion of the seminar

Grading: Pass or fail

Deadline applications: last places available
Notification: between October 4 and 8, 2024

Group - Preferably second and third-year doctoral students.

Responsible Organising is not a separate division/function but covers all aspects of life from social to ecological, therefore the course is targeted to all doctoral candidates including all Kataja graduate schools (Doctoral Education Network in Marketing; The Finnish Graduate School of International Business; the Graduate School of Management and Organisation; the Graduate School of Accounting; the Graduate School of Finance; and the Graduate School of Logistics and Supply Chain Management).

Admittance:
The maximum number of participants is 25. If more apply, the selection is based on the relevance to the applicant’s thesis topic as well as previous studies.

APPLICATIONS
Interested doctoral students should register online (and add the required documents) no later than 30 September 2024. The number of participants will be limited to create a stimulating environment. The selection among the applicants will be conducted by the Institute’s Faculty. They will review the following documents which should necessarily complement each application form:

• the applicant’s curriculum vitae demonstrating his/her capabilities of doing research ;
• a letter of recommendation of his/her local faculty supporting the application ;
• a two-page description of his/her doctoral research, indicating the general objectives, Students should outline the methodological approach of their proposed study.

PARTICIPATION FEE

As part of the collaboration between KATAJA and EIASM, the participation fee is waived for students from KATAJA Finnish member universities.

Thanks to the generous support of the Kataja in Finland, we are able to offer a considerable reduction for International students.

This fee covers participation to the seminar, the course materials. 

CANCELLATION POLICY - Cancellations made before 25 October 2024 will be reimbursed with 10% deduction of the total fee. No reimbursement will be possible after this date.

TIME AND LOCATION

The seminar will be held at Hanken School of Economics, Arkadiankatu 22, 00100 Helsinki, Finland.

The programme will start on November 11 (morning), 2024 and is scheduled to end November 15 (afternoon), 2024

Apply via the Register button below