What does research tell us about innovation in industries with significant impacts on the environment?
Zinc is delighted to be partnering with Teesside University to host a roundtable discussion with researchers interested in the focus of our next mission: to transform the industries that most impact our environmental crisis.
This event will provide an interesting opportunity for cross-disciplinary discussion, and deliver valuable research-based insights into some of the key considerations for early-stage innovators keen to make a real impact in our next mission area.
We invite you to join us at this roundtable at Teesside University on 27th June from 12:00 to 13:00. Following the panel discussion there will be time for Q&A.
Speakers:
- Dr. Nugun P. Jellason, Senior Lecturer in Sustainability and International Business, Teesside University International Business School
- Dr. Muhammad Imran Qureshi, Senior Lecturer in Sustainability and International Business, Teesside University International Business School
- Dr. Wendy Ruan, Senior Lecturer of FinTech & Financial Innovation, Teesside University International Business School
- Dr. Xihui Chen, Assistant Professor of Accountancy, Edinburgh Business School, Heriot-Watt University
Chaired by Dr. Mansoor Soomro, Senior Lecturer in Sustainability and International Business, Teesside University International Business School.
Join us at Teesside University for this roundtable event.
27th June, 12:00-13:00
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Speaker bios
Dr. Nugun is a Senior Lecturer and co-Lead Circular Economy Research Group at the Teesside University International Business School. Nugun’s research interests encompass two converging themes: climate change adaptation for resilience in smallholder food systems and natural resources governance; and business transition to sustainability.
He currently teaches sustainability in business at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
Muhammad Imran Qureshi is a Ph.D. in Operations Management from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. He is an enthusiastic academician in operations management and big data analytics. He served as a senior lecturer at Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka from 2019 to 2022.
On the research side, his research profile consists of more than 160 research publications in renowned journals with a cumulative impact factor above 100. He has written several impact factor publications with world-renowned publishers like ELSEVIER and SPRINGER in operations management, environmental management, sustainability, and organizational behavior.
Dr. Wendy worked as an academic in Accounting and Finance disciplines in universities of Australia and China. Wendy’s research areas include corporate finance, green finance, corporate R&D & innovation, FinTech, corporate environmental information disclosure, and ESG investment. Wendy’s research has attracted attention by attaining a series of high-quality publications on top academic journals with impact.
Wendy enthusiastically seeks opportunities for industry collaborations to put her research into practice.
Dr. Xihui Chen has been an Assistant Professor of Accountancy at Edinburgh Business School, Heriot-Watt University since May 2022. She is a visiting professor at the University of Economics in Katowice in Poland. She was a Senior Lecturer in Accounting and Finance at the Department of Finance, Performance & Marketing, Teesside University International Business School.
She joined Teesside in 2019 after completing her PhD in Corporate Governance and Innovation from Nottingham Trent University. The focus of her research is interdisciplinary, and she is currently exploring the impact of disruptive technologies and digital transformation on corporate governance and management accounting practices.
More about Zinc
Next mission: to transform the industries that most impact our environmental crisis.
Zinc builds research-rich, mission-focused start-ups that create new commercial products and services responding to four social impact missions. Those missions are to: improve mental health; support healthy ageing; unlock new opportunities for people in places hard hit by globalisation and automation; and reduce environmental harms.
In October 2022, we will be kicking off our fifth venture-builder programme with a mission to transform the industries that most impact our environmental crisis. This platform offers up to £250k in funding, up to 12-months of programmatic support and access to our ecosystem of 100+ visiting fellows, all experts in their field.
We're looking for researchers and people passionate about leading innovation in this space to join our cohort of 70 ambitious and Learn more at our website.
More about Teesside University International Business School
Teesside University International Business School (TUIBS) is a modern, enterprising and dynamic business school offering a blend of academic excellence, entrepreneurial thinking and real-world orientation. Through entrepreneurship education, we develop leaders with the skills, knowledge and mind-set to make a real, practical difference to people's lives and the success of businesses and economies. We have a rich and deeply embedded culture of innovation and enterprise where academic theory is explored through real-world examples within a supportive but challenging learning environment.
