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When: October 16-19, 2014
Where: Spencer Leadership Centre, London, Canada

The PhD Sustainability Academy, co-hosted by the Ivey Business School and Alliance for Research on Corporate Sustainability (ARCS), convenes 15 promising PhD students and 5 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.

"It's true: This is NOT vacation for a week. And it is not for the faint-hearted. In all truthfulness, it is the most intense and honest feedback I have ever had - bar none. The time is dedicated to scholar boot camp and the range of backgrounds is very enriching. Research in sustainability can be a lonely venture, but I found my people at the PhD Academy.
- 2011 PhD Academy Participant

Faculty mentors, 2014

Oana Branzei (host)

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

Magali Delmas

Magali Delmas

University of California, Los Angeles, UCLA Anderson School of Management

Professor of Management, Luskin Scholar,?Director of the Center for Corporate Environmental Performance,?Co-Director of the Leaders in Sustainability Program

Andy Hargadon

Andy Hargadon

University of California, Davis, UCDavis Graduate School of Management

Professor of Technology Management, Charles J. Soderquist Chair in Entrepreneurship, Founding Director of the Child Family Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship and the Energy Efficiency Center

Susan Jackson

Susan Jackson

Rutgers University, Rutgers School of Management and Labor Relations

Distinguished Professor of Human Resource Management, Senior Editor of Oxford Research Reviews: Business and Management, Co-Editor of a book series in Global Human Resources Management (Routledge).

P. Devereaux (Dev) Jennings

P. Devereaux (Dev) Jennings

University of Alberta, Alberta School of Business

Incoming Director of the Canadian Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility, Winspear Professor of Business, Field Editor of Journal of Business Venturing, Incoming Associate Editor of Administrative Science Quarterly, Co-Founding Editor of Strategic Organization.

Dean Shepherd

Dean Shepherd

Indiana University Bloomington, Kelley School of Business

Professor of Entrepreneurship, David H. Jacobs Chair in Strategic Entrepreneurship, Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Business Venturing.

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