Description
This interactive on-line event is designed for those interested in submitting to the BAM Conference and/or the associated Special Issue of the Journal of Management Development (Emerald). Participants will hear directly from the Guest Editors and Symposium Chair about what they are looking for in conference and journal papers, with practical guidance on how to enhance submission quality and likelihood of acceptance.
Each Guest Editor will briefly introduce their focus and what they are looking for, followed by small-group and one-to-one breakout discussions on participants’ ideas and extended abstracts. Contributions are encouraged at the levels of analysis below:
Macro level (societal/planetary)
- P1 Strategic Leadership (SL) capability development for managers can be a force for ‘good’ in facilitating a flourishing world in a troubled and depleted earth requiring rapid turnaround and innovative solutions (Giacalone and Promislo, 2013; Shin et al., 2022).
- P2 Biodiversity loss and extinction reflect anthropocentric assumptions that limits leaders and professionals to engage with planetary health and multi-species justice (Kopnina, 2025)
Meso Level (industry, organisational, community)
- P3 SL capability development can be applied systematically and systemically in attempts to resolve or mitigate common, complex and disruptive challenges in novel and re-discovered ways (PiwowarSulej and Iqbal, 2023; Nelson and Shilling, 2018) Micro level (individual/behavioural level)
- P4 SL capability development can have agency through the enactment of managers’ specific personal values, morals, behaviours, decisions and actions by those possessing benevolent influence (individual and collective). (Aitken et al., 2023; Carroll, 1991; Schwartz, 2007; Watton et al. 2019).
Provider Information
Staged jointly by the BAM Sustainable and Responsible Business and Leadership and Leadership Development Special Interest Groups.
Who Should Attend?
Academics, researchers at any career stage, doctoral students, and interested practitioners.
Speakers
Dr Scott Lichtenstein
Dr Scott Lichtenstein is an Associate Professor in Strategic Leadership at BCU, and Managing Guest Editor of the sustainability leadership Special Issue at the Journal of Management Development. Previously Subject Area Leader in Leadership, he runs an MSc core course in Strategy and has run a Managing Strategic Change workshop for executive MBAs in Ghana for a European Top 10 business school. He publishes articles in the Leadership, Entrepreneurship and Strategy areas, and his latest lead-authored book with Prof. Malcolm Higgs, Strategy through Personal Values, published by Palgrave Macmillan was released in January 2022.
Scott is also a European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC) qualified coach and coaches start up founders, C-suite executives and senior managers pursuing social and or environmental impact. He coached Southampton MBAs for a number of years.
Dr Helen Kopnina
Dr Helen Kopnina (PhD Cambridge University, 2002) is currently employed at Northumbria University in Newcastle, UK, coordinating the Sustainable Business program and conducting research within four main areas: sustainable business, environmental sustainability, environmental education and biological conservation. Kopnina is the author of over two hundred peer-reviewed articles and co)author and (co)editor of seventeen books.
Dr Krish Saha
Dr Krish Saha is an Associate Professor in Circular Economy and Sustainability at Birmingham City University Business School. His research examines circular economy adoption, sustainability leadership, and organisational transitions across sectors. He is a Guest Editor of a sustainability leadership Special Issue at the Journal of Management Development and is active in the British Academy of Management.
Dr Truzaar Dordi
Dr. Truzaar Dordi is a Lecturer in Sustainability Management at the University of York, UK – working in the fields of climate finance, energy policy, and sustainability transitions. His research uncovers the interconnected and complementary roles industry, policy, and capital markets play in contributing to both barriers and solutions to sustainability transitions.
Truzaar leads postgraduate modules on change management, leadership, and innovation and serves as the Director of Partnerships and Engagement for the Department of Environment and Geography.
Facilitator
Dr Simon Smith
Dr Simon Smith has been working in Higher Education for nearly 20 years. He is Principal Lecturer in Business, Management and Enterprise at Oxford Brookes University.
Simon is co-Chair for the Sustainable and Responsible Business SIG at BAM and his research has developed over time to be very much focused on sustainable development, responsible management/leadership and better achieving the SDGs. He has had successes with funding, but would be the first to admit that there are many others who are much more successful in terms of amounts of money brought in and levels of success.
Simon comes at this series as someone who has had some funding success, but happy to share his experiences with a view to improve success for all involved
Dr Kelly Rogers
Dr Kelly Rogers is an Assistant Professor of Leadership in the Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham. Her research explores Educational Leadership in the Further Education sector. Prior to joining the University of Birmingham, Kelly was a Senior Lecturer in Management at Birmingham City University. Before moving to Higher Education, Kelly held various leadership and management positions in Further Education colleges. Kelly began her career in the Tourism industry, holding several roles spanning leisure, business, and corporate travel.
Kelly’s higher education was obtained at the University of Birmingham, graduating in 2004 with a BSc (Hons) in Tourism Management, 2006 with a CertEd in Further Education Teaching, and 2021 with an EdD in Educational Leadership. Kelly is a Senior Fellow of Advance HE (SFHEA) and a Certified Management and Business Educator of CABS.
Benefits of attending
- To understand what editors are looking for when applying for conference papers and/or journal articles.
- To explore and build ideas for sustainability leadership papers.
- By the end of the sessions participants should have clearer, more refined ideas for sustainability leadership papers and stronger insight into how to position their work for the symposium and/or Special Issue.
Contact
Please contact the BAM Office at [email protected] with any queries.
Event Fee
BAM Members and Student Members: Free
Non-Members: £60
If you are booking multiple paid events as a Non-Member, it may be cheaper for you to purchase a BAM Membership as nearly all BAM Events are free or at a discounted rate for Members.
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Registration closes on 1st April 2026 at 23:59 BST