The Society for the Advancement of Management Studies (SAMS) and British Academy of Management (BAM) are delighted to announce the latest award in their collaborative Research and Capacity Building Grant Scheme.
Both societies welcomed the success of the joint scheme, noting the high level of interest as well as the quality of the applications for this third round of funding, which attracted 14 proposals from a wide range of business and management and other disciplines. The SAMS-BAM Research and Capacity Building grants, worth up to £60,000 for one project in 2024, are aimed at UK-based researchers who want to boost their research capacity and/or network within and beyond academia by:
- extending or adding a new dimension to a substantial existing research project.
- undertaking a substantial new research project highlighting the social value of management research on their own or with a small team of co-investigators.
- connecting with other scholars across disciplines to produce collaborative outputs or build an interdisciplinary and/or international investigator team as a foundation for further research.
This grant scheme is an important means of supporting the business and management research community to produce high-quality collaborative research that will have clear benefit to society.
Following a peer-review process, and interviews held in the summer, the awarded project for 2024 is:
Orchestrating Sustainability: Examining the Emergence of the Circular Fashion Ecosystem in the UK
- Principal Investigator: Dr Tulin Dzhengiz (Manchester Metropolitan University) LinkedIn
- Dr Alaa Abed (Manchester Metropolitan University) LinkedIn
The project focuses on the UK’s fashion industry, a key sector in the sustainable transition through circular economy practices. It aims to shed light on the evolving circular fashion landscape, emphasizing ecosystem orchestration and the development of niche circular ecosystems. The project team explores the roles of multiple stakeholders, including entrepreneurs, industry associations, universities, and local authorities, in shaping or orchestrating these ecosystems.
The research will highlight the complex nature of such ecosystems, ranging from grassroots initiatives to broader collaboration. The theoretical contribution of this study lies in uncovering how circular ecosystems emerge and the intricate roles within them, offering vital insights into the future of sustainable fashion through interviews and collaborations across disciplines such as material science, engineering and fashion design. This interdisciplinarity fosters capacity building among researchers and practitioners, enhancing their ability to engage effectively in circular fashion ecosystems
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The Society for the Advancement of Management Studies (SAMS) is a charity founded in 1963 to advance education in the field of management and to develop the management studies community. It also provides a governance structure for the Journal of Management Studies, an FT50 journal with an Impact Factor of 7.
www.socadms.org.uk
The British Academy of Management (BAM) is the leading authority on the academic field of management in the UK, supporting and representing the community of scholars and engaging with international peers. It has over 2000 members, from the UK and around the globe, who include management researchers, practitioners and doctoral students.
www.bam.ac.uk