The 8th Annual Ivey/ARCS PhD Sustainability Academy was hosted by the Ivey Business School at Western University from November 5-8, 2015. Please view the Ivey event page for full information: http://www.ivey.uwo.ca/sustainability/for-researchers/phd-academy/2015/.

The PhD Sustainability Academy, co-hosted by the Ivey Business School and the Alliance for Research on Corporate Sustainability, convenes 15 promising PhD students and senior researchers. Each student receives intensive feedback on their research project. The participants and faculty members represent a range of management disciplines and methodologies. This Academy represents one of the foremost learning and networking events for students researching social and environmental issues.

Faculty mentors, 2015

Oana Branzei (Host)
Western University, Ivey Business School
Associate Professor of Strategy, Director of the HBA Sustainability Certificate Program, Visiting Professor at Ross School of Business, University of Michigan

Amy Edmonson
Harvard Business School, Harvard University
Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management at the Harvard Business School. Author of Teaming: How Organizations Learn, Innovate and Compete in the Knowledge Economy and Teaming to Innovate.

Witold (Vit) Henisz
The Wharton School, The University of Pennsylvania
Deloitte & Touche Professor of Management in Honor of Russell E. Palmer, former Managing Director at The Wharton School

Gail Whiteman
Lancaster Unversity Management School
Professor & Rubin Chair in Sustainability
Director of Pentland Centre for Sustainability

G. Thomas Lumpkin
Whitman School of Management, Syracuse University
The Chris J. Witting Chair in Entrepreneurship

Information on past academies may be found here.