Two fully funded PhD scholarships at Esade’s Institute for Social Innovation!
If you are interested in pursuing a PhD in Management, Esade now offers the possibility of applying directly through the Esade’s Institute for Social Innovation (https://www.esade.edu/en/faculty-and-research/research/knowledge-units/institute-social-innovation/research), a vibrant research group in the broad area of organization studies and social, environmental, economic, and political change and impact. Our research projects include topics such as tensions and paradoxes in corporate sustainability and CSR, private governance and sustainability, business ethics, social innovation, the sharing economy, the transformation of work, social exclusion and precariousness, collective action and grand challenges, social entrepreneurship and social innovation.
We are offering two scholarships which cover full tuition for the Master of Research (MRes) program (1 year), which comprises the specialized research coursework of the PhD, and a living stipend. Once the MRes is passed successfully, the scholarships can be extended for the remainder of the PhD program.
In this program you will develop the necessary skills to become an outstanding scholar, next to faculty members with an exceptional international network that will help you gain research knowledge and skills. Our research faculty include: Tobias Hahn, Maja Tampe, Daniel Arenas, Josep Maria Lozano, David Murillo, Ignasi Martí, Pep Mària, Sira Abenoza, Ignasi Carreras, Alfred Vernís, etc. At present, there is a total of 12 MRes and Phd Students in our group.
You will also be a part of our Institute. You will get to participate in our international research seminar series, attend top international academic conferences, receive additional training and the possibility to be a part of a dynamic and engaged team of researchers and collaborators.
The application is open until end of February. If you are interested, have a look at the admissions requirements: https://www.esade.edu/en/programmes/research-programmes/master-research-management-sciences/admissions
For more information please contact: ignasi.marti@esade.edu
Bhavesh Sarna is a University Teacher at the Jyväskyla School of Business and Economics, University of Jyväskylä. His current research interest is in microfoundations of sustainability for a better understanding of sustainability transitions in an organizational setting. Currently, he is finishing his doctoral thesis, which is about micro-CSR from employees’ perspectives in the Indian and Finnish context. In the future, he is also interested in exploring green supply chain models and green production values in emerging markets. For this, he wants to examine the interaction between firms and non-market stakeholders such as society, NGOs and governments.