This call is open to PhD students and Early Career Researchers across different disciplines working in Africa or carrying out research based in an African setting.
The workshop will be held online on Thursday, March 9, 2023, at 2:00pm CAT
Our global events are scheduled in local time. That may mean it is not convenient for everyone to attend in real-time. We don’t want you to miss anything, so our events are always recorded.
The deadline to submit abstracts has passed.
Program
Welcome
02:00pm-02:10pm (CAT)
- Ismail Ateya, Director, Office of Faculty Affairs, Strathmore University
- Prof. Joel Gehman, Vice President of B Academics
Part I. B Lab Africa
02:10pm-02:25pm (CAT)
- Fred Muchina, Business Development at B Lab Africa
Part II. Teaching
- Prof. Jessica Thomas, Executive Director of B Academics – North Carolina State University. “Engaging Students and B Corps through B Impact Teams”
- Dr. Mumbi Wachira, Member of B Academic’s Global Engagement Committee – Lecturer at Strathmore University. “An African perspective to Responsible Management Education“
Part III. Research
03:05pm-04:00pm (CAT)
- Prof. Ralph Hamann, University of Cape Town. “Opportunities for research on and with impact”
- Prof. Amon Chizema, Loughborough University. “Towards social purpose-oriented organizations: The re-emergence of an old institutional logic”
- Prof. Emamdeen Fohim, University of Bern. “A Research Agenda for African Smart Public Value Governance – Insights from a Webinar Series”
- Prof. Judy Muthuri Nottingham University. “Participatory Methodologies in Business and Society Research”
Part IV. Colloquium
04:00pm-4:50pm (CAT)
- Prof. Ralph Hamann, University of Cape Town
- Emamdeen Fohim, University of Bern
- Prof. Joel Gehman, VP of B Academics – George Washington University
Closing
04:50pm-5:00pm (CAT)
- Mumbi Wachira , Strathmore University
- Prof. Martina Pasquini, B Academics Events Chair – IE University
Questions? Contact Dr. Veronica Devenin, B Academics Chair of Global Outreach and Engagement, at global@bacademics.org
