IPSERA UK-Ireland Regional Conference: Early-Career Researchers in Sustainability

IPSERA UK and Ireland Regional Conference: Early-Career Researchers in Sustainability

Thurs 2^nd to Fri 3^rd February 2023

Location: Newcastle University Business School, Newcastle University

This conference is for PhDs, postdoctoral researchers and early-career faculty to help develop papers for publication on any sustainability topic including:

• Labour issues in supply chains
• Modern slavery in supply chains
• Environmental issues in supply chains
• Greenwashing
• Systemic change
• Food supply chains
• Fashion supply chains
• NGOs and MSIs and their role in sustainable supply chains

Hosted and sponsored by the Regional IPSERA Centre for Competence (RICC) at Newcastle University; the RICC hosted at University College Dublin (UCD), and UCD Earth Institute; and the IPSERA Sustainability Special Interest Group; this conference will showcase the latest research on sustainability issues by early-career researchers and will also feature talks and discussions with IPSERA scholars on:

• Navigating Academia as an International, Female Scholar – Ying Yang, Newcastle University
• Sustainable Food Chains in Emerging Economies – Haiyan Lu, Newcastle University
• Surviving Academia – Donna Marshall, University College Dublin
• Reviewing, Responding to Reviewers and How to Talk to AEs and Editors – Constantin Blome, Lancaster University Leipzig
• New Avenues of Sustainability Research with High Publication Potential – Andreas Wieland, Copenhagen Business School
• Bringing Black Scholarship into Supply Chain Management – Ade Oyedijo, Leicester University

As this is a developmental conference all sessions will be face to face. Please book early as places are limited to 25. If you are planning to attend, please contact Ying Yang ying.yang2@newcastle.ac.uk and Donna Marshall donna.marshall@ucd.ie with your name, university affiliation, title and abstract (100 words) of your paper by Friday 16^th December.  Accepted papers (2000 words) should be submitted by Friday 13^th January 2023.

Bursaries

We have a small pot of money for bursaries, so get in touch at the email addresses above, if you would like to come but do not have funding to travel within the UK/Ireland.

Registration

Registration for this in-person regional event is here.

PhDs can attend for free (Note: If you are a PhD and not a member of IPSERA contact Veronica Leon Bravo awards@ipsera.com who will set up membership).

There will be a €50 fee for members of IPSERA to partially cover food costs.

The fee for non-members is €100 (€50 membership fee; €50 conference fee).

We are delighted to welcome you to Newcastle!