This event will take place in-person only.
The UN has recently announced it finds ‘no credible pathway to 1.5C in place’ with current global commitments to reduce global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The global food system is responsible for one-third of GHG emissions, and must be addressed if this target can be achieved. With more targeted livestock management to reduce methane in digestive systems, and improving water and residue management in crop and in nutrification processes can reduce carbon footprints – credible solutions are out there. From energy conservation to soil fertility – and so the list goes on – pursuing sustainable environmental management practices will likely put pressure on global food security, which is additionally impacted by the Ukraine crisis and revival of global supply chains from the Covid-19 pandemic.
Since the University of Kent’s inception in 1965, sustainability and climate impact had been the core of its management, and more recently has put together a policy commitment for meeting environment related SDGs. More specifically, Kent Business School is leading numerous projects that to address global food security. In collaboration with the British Academy of Management’s special interest group in performance management and leading academic and practitioner experts in this field, this workshop will explore possible solutions and mitigation strategies in response to the changing climate, including what role the global food system can play in the world effort to meet emission targets. Following on from our recent event at the University of York on Pathways to Net Zero, this event will bring together participants from academia, policy and practice, and additionally current doctoral researchers, to exchange ideas on how to transform what is probably the most pressing challenge of the century into reality.
A set of keynote presentations from thought leaders in sustainability related performance will be showcased. Current strategies from different perspectives on addressing global food crises will be presented, and preliminary results from current/recent projects will be shared. Practice perspective networking sessions and current doctoral research project workshops will also be held to provoke new thinking on addressing the key constraints affecting global sustainability success.
Event Programme
9:30 am – Arrival (refreshments available)
10:00 am – Welcome
Professor Jonathan Liu, Ming Ai Institute London
10:15 am – Introducing Kent Business School and sustainability and global food security
Dr Vinh Sum Chau & Professor Soo Hee Lee, University of Kent
10:30 am – PhD Workshops on developing research on the future of food security
Professor Soo Hee Lee, University of Kent
10:30 am – Informal networking session for non-doctoral researchers
Professor Jonathan Liu, Ming Ai Institute London
11:30 am – Sustainable production, food security and productivity; reflections on the global challenges that lie ahead
Professor Catherine Robinson, University of Kent
12:15 pm – Lunch
1:15 pm – Measures to stabilize global wheat supplies and food security
Professor Nigel Poole, SOAS University of London
2:00 pm – Food justice, and developing the world’s first Right to Food University
Professor Iain Wilkinson, University of Kent
2:45 pm – Break
3:00 pm – Value chain and sustainability of the Italian Slow Food Movement
Dr Luca Cacciolatti, University of Westminster
3:25 pm – Food, technology and sustainability
Dr Marios Samdanis, Brunel University London
3:50 pm – Developmental Workshop on developing research on ‘Strategies towards achieving Net Zero targets in local/regional food systems’
Dr Luisa Huaccho-Huatuco, University of York
4:30 pm – Round-up and Conclusion
4:45 pm – Close
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Benefits of attendance:
- Becoming well-informed on the broad agenda of global food security
- Networking opportunities
- Learning lessons on sustainability management from across sectors
- Identifying opportunities for collaboration
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Provider Information
BAM Performance Management Special Interest Group
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Who Should Attend?
- Academics interested in sustainability and global food security
- Doctoral students whose research projects are on the topic
- Policy makers with an agenda to address issues of sustainable food management
- Practitioners working within the broad field of sustainability management
The morning session is targeting new researchers and research students, the afternoon session is policy and strategies.
The event speaks to sections A1,A2, B1, B2, B3, C2, C3, D1, E2 and E3 as detailed in the BAM Framework.
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Facilitators
Professor Jonathan Liu
Chairman of the Board of Trustees at Ming-Ai (London) Institute and is responsible for the strategic direction of Ming-Ai. He is a founding Dean of the School of Management and Leadership, and Vice Provost at Elite Innovation College Cambridge. He is an adjunct Professor with the University of Wales, Trinity St David where he supervises research students.
Dr Vinh Sum Chau
Vinh Sum Chau is a Senior Lecturer in Strategy at the Kent Business School, University of Kent (UK). He is an area editor (strategy and organization) of the European Management Review and formerly an associate editor of British Journal of Management; he is the Deputy Chair of the British Academy of Management’s special interest group and currently annual conference co-track Chair in Performance Management.
Dr Chau’s main research focus is on strategic performance management and implementation. His publications include the British Journal of Management, International Journal of Operations and Production Management, Applied Psychology, and Asia Pacific Journal of Management. His co-authored textbook, Strategic Management: Principles and Practice, was the bestselling ‘2010 new concise management textbook’, now in its second edition in EMEA and a Chinese edition in Asia.
Dr Luisa Huatuco
Luisa Huatuco is a Reader in Operations Management. She joined the University of York Management School in September 2015. Her research expertise in Manufacturing Systems Complexity is the context for several topics: Sustainability, Resilience, Disruptions, and Performance. She is a Co-Track chair of the British Academy of Management conference, Performance Management track. She has published in: International Journal of Production and Operations Management, European Journal of the Operational Research Society, International Journal of Production Economics, International Journal of Production Research, and Production Planning and Control, as well as in several international conferences. She has also been fostering links with researchers in Latin America and Europe. She is a Co-Editor for the International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management (IJPPM).
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Speakers
Professor Soo Hee Lee
Professor Soo Hee Lee joined Kent Business School in July 2012 as Professor in Organisation Studies. He has previously worked at Birkbeck, University of London, Cass Business School, and University of Sheffield. He also had visiting appointments at University of Science and Technology of China, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Syungkyunkwan University, ESSEC Business School, and TiasNimbas Business School.
He is on the editorial board of Technological Forecasting and Social Change and Global Transitions. He is also a member of the scientific committee of the International Conference of Social Theory, Politics and the Arts.
Professor Catherine Robinson
She is an applied economist working with microdata on issues relating to productivity and performance, having obtained her PhD from Durham University in 2005. Previously, she has worked at Swansea University (2009-2014), the National Institute of Economic and Social Research in London (2002-2009) and the University of Portsmouth. She has published her research in teaching and learning in the International Review of Economics Education and Innovations in Education and Teaching International as well as participating in a number of Teaching & Learning Conferences.
Since August 2020, Professor Robinson has been a Deputy Dean of the Division, Academic Lead for KBS at Medway and for Accreditations.
Professor Nigel Poole
Professor Poole originally trained in natural sciences and agricultural extension. He switched into socioeconomics and has experience in diverse countries in Latin America, the Mediterranean Basin, Sub-Saharan Africa and South and South-east Asia. His teaching is mainly in marketing, business and knowledge management. Since 2004 he has supervised 16 PhD students to completion and co-supervised a number of others. His research interests are in agrifood systems organisation and performance, principally in developing economies. He is currently completing analyses of dairy production and consumption as part of research on agrifood health and nutrition value chain linkages with the DFID-funded multi-institutional LANSA research programme in South Asia, covering Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Afghanistan. He is Chairman of a small charity supporting schooling in Delhi, India (Wye and Brook India Trust).
Professor Iain Wilkinson
His research involves him working across a range of fields that include sociological theory, the sociological of health and illness, the sociology of humanitarianism, the sociology of the body and emotions, the sociology of risk and anxiety, the sociology of mass media and the history of sociology. Professor Wilkinson’s work concerns a range of issues relating to problems of social suffering. He explores how individuals are socially disposed to interpret and respond to problems of human suffering. He attends to occasions where encounters with the problem of suffering are involved in changing people’s beliefs, attitudes and behaviours.
He is also currently involved in developing the Kent’s civic mission to promote food justice, tackle food insecurity and become the world’s first Right to Food University.
Dr Luca Cacciolatti
His research areas or interests are broadly categorised in (i) Innovation, (ii) Entrepreneurship, (iii) Marketing and (iv) Sociological Institutionalism. He has published in the area of supply chain management. Within those main themes, the main sub-themes my research focuses on are: regional innovation systems, the triple and quadruple helix, social innovation, innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystems, small businesses internationalisation, radical institutional change, organisational and marketing capabilities, technology use in the learning organisation.
Dr Marios Samdanis
Prior to joining Brunel, he was a Lecturer in Digital Creativity and New Media Management at Birkbeck College, University of London, and a Lecturer in Art Business at Sotheby’s Institute of Art, London. He has a PhD in Management from University of Kent, and a Master degree in Innovation Management and Technology Policy from Birkbeck College. His research has been published in journals such as International Journal of Management Reviews, Journal of Business Research, European Management Review, Information and Organization and International Journal of Human-Computer Studies. He is active reviewer for a wide range of journals in the areas of innovation and entrepreneurship.
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Event Fee
BAM Members: £20
BAM Student Members: £10
Non-BAM Members: £50
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Registrations close on the 28th March 2023 at 23:59 UK time
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Contact
Please contact the BAM Office at [email protected] with any general queries.
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Venue details
Darwin Conference Suite,
University of Kent,
Canterbury,
Kent,
CT2 7NZ
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