Early Career Academic Network (ECA)
The Early Career Academic (ECA) network is a multi-disciplinary community of business and management scholars currently at the start of their academic careers. The aim of this Network is to create a space for Doctoral and Early-career BAM members to learn, network and develop as future leaders in the field.
The ECA Network offers:
- Academic support
- Professional development events
- Mentoring (through the annual Mentorship Month)
- Networking (online and offline)
- Wellbeing support
- A friendly community (online and offline)
Who can join:
All BAM members who are in the mid-late stages of their doctoral journey, and/or up to 5 years in their first academic position.
Upcoming ECA Network Events
Social media:
Sign up to the Early Career Network LinkedIn group by clicking here
Who is this network run by?
The Network is part of the Academic Affairs and Capacity Building doctrine at BAM and is led by Dr Sahar Bakr, Dr Rebecca Beech and Dr Mollie Bryde-Evens (on maternity leave).
Contact us via our profiles below:
Dr Sahar Bakr
Dr Sahar Bakr is a Senior Lecturer and Researcher in Marketing at Nottingham Trent University.
A pharmacist by background she holds an MSc in Biotechnology and Entrepreneurship and a PhD in Business and management from the University of Nottingham which focuses on consumer use of smart devices in the context of health, fitness and self-tracking.
Sahar spent time in the pharmaceutical and medical device industry as a Product Manager, where she managed several social media campaigns and worked with organisations to launch both consumer (B2C), and medical-grade (B2B) products successfully in the MENA region.
Her experience in industry has formed the basis of her teaching ethos which is centred around the power of industry-focused marketing education and the application of theoretical concepts, to real-life situations.
Before joining NTU, Sahar held a full-time position at De Montfort University, after working part-time at the University of Nottingham and Birmingham City University while doing her PhD.
During her time in higher education, she designed, led and taught several modules on undergraduate, MSc, and MBA courses which included Direct Marketing, Global Marketing, Digital Consumer Behaviour, Digital Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurial Marketing and Project Management.
- Email:
- [email protected]
- LinkedIn:
- https://linkedin.com/in/sahar-bakr/
Dr Rebecca Beech
Dr Rebecca Beech is a Senior Lecturer in Marketing at Oxford Brookes Business School, at Oxford Brookes University.
Her research interest entail online consumer behaviour, online communities, social media and knowledge sharing, and is interested in sustainable fashion and the circular economy.
Rebecca was awarded my PhD in Marketing in July 2020 from Coventry University. Her research was based within the Centre for Business in Society (CBiS). Rebecca's thesis title was 'Understanding Knowlege Sharing in an Online Community: Within the Context of Green clothing'. She submitted my PhD in January 2020, and was awarded very minor corrections in her Viva in April 2020.
She gained my qualification as a Fellow in the Higher Education Academy (HEA) in Nov 2021 and was awarded the External Examiner qualification from Advance HE in December 2022. Rebecca has been a deputy course director, module leader and seminar tutor across modules in Business Management and Marketing.
Rebecca previously studied BA Hons Business and Marketing at Coventry University, graduating in November 2014 with an Upper 2:1. Rebecca studied MSc Strategic Marketing at Coventry University, in which she was awarded a Distinction and the Course Tutors Prize, she graduated in November 2015.
- Email:
- [email protected]
- LinkedIn:
- https://linkedin.com/in/dr-rebecca-beech-3b165359/
Dr Mollie Bryde-Evens
Dr Mollie Bryde-Evens finished her VC-Scholarship funded PhD in October 2023 and is currently a full-time Lecturer in Ethical Business and Responsible Management at Liverpool Business School.
Mollie’s scholarly background is in philosophy and normative ethics, and her broad areas of interest are triple bottom line sustainability and business ethics, with a focus on normative ethical theories.
She was awarded the Emerging Scholars Award by the Society of Business Ethics in 2022. Mollie is also interested in and passionate about EDIR related issues, and was a co-founder of the first EDIR society at Liverpool John Moores: the RIDE (Respect, Inclusivity, Diversity and Equity) Society.
She also co-leads an inclusion and diversity project titled 'I Belong!'. Beyond this, Mollie is Co-lead of the Early Career Academic Network for the British Academy of Management (BAM) and is a BAM council member.
On Maternity Leave
- Email:
- [email protected]
- LinkedIn:
- https://linkedin.com/in/molliebryde/