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November 21-25, 2013

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 his or her research project.  The participants and faculty members represent a range of management disciplines and methodologies. This Academy is 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, 2013

• Tima Bansal, Ivey Business School, Western University. Canada Research Chair in Business Sustainability, Associate Editor of the Academy of Management Journal, Executive Director of the Network for Business Sustainability
• Jennifer Howard-Grenville, Lundquist College of Business, University of Oregon. Associate Professor of Management, 2013 Thomas C. Stewart Distinguished Professor, Incoming Associate Editor of the Academy of Management Journal.
• Tom Lyon, Ross School of Business and School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan.  Dow Chair of Sustainable Science, Technology and Commerce, editorial board member of the Journal of Economics and Management Strategy and Journal of Regulatory Economics.
• Deborah Rupp, Department of Psychological Sciences, Purdue University. William C. Byham Chair in Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Editor-in-Chief for the Journal of Management, SIOP Representative to the United Nations.
• Roy Suddaby, Alberta School of Business, University of Alberta. Eldon Foote Chair of Law and Society, Academic Director of the Canadian Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility, Editor of the Academy of Management Review.

• Blinded manuscript (with all personally identifying information removed and following the AMJ style guide)
• Cover-page with author details
• Two-page executive summary (up to 1000 words)
• 150-word abstract, a 150-word biography and a recent photo (to be published on the website, if accepted).

For more information on submission guidelines, visit the PhD Academy website.  The selection committee includes the faculty members involved with the Academy and members of ARCS. 

All local expenses are covered by the Beryl M. Ivey Fund. Invited participants are responsible for their own travel.

For more information or to submit an application, contact Chelsea Hicks (chicks@ivey.uwo.ca)