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Our purpose
Our purpose is to co-create a sustainable future through academic excellence, strategic partnerships and impactful projects sharing the knowledge, skills, and values necessary to lead and inspire sustainable practices and responsible corporate behaviour that builds a sustainable and equitable future for all. We are committed to empowering the next generation of leaders to turn knowledge into action and create lasting positive change.
Our people
Our Sustainability Hub is an interdisciplinary community of researchers, teaching staff, PhD students, and practitioners, all united by a shared passion for making the world a better place. Each of us brings our own unique expertise and a commitment to promoting sustainable practices and responsible corporate behaviour.
Professor Nitha Palakshappa
Nitha is a professor of marketing and sustainability in the School of Management. Her research interests sit broadly within an umbrella of sustainability and social responsibility.
Dr Aymen Sajjad
Aymen is a Senior Lecturer in Sustainability and Business Management. His research focuses on sustainability issues that confront organisations and societies. Aymen's research interests include sustainable supply chain management, green supply chain management, business sustainability, corporate social responsibility, United Nations sustainable development goals, and sustainable business strategy.
Dr Sarah Dodds
Dr Sarah Dodds has over 15 years of experience teaching marketing at the tertiary level. She also owned a health business and began her marketing career in New Zealand tourism. Her expertise lies in Consumer Behaviour and Services Marketing with a healthcare emphasis. Underlying her work is the philosophy marketing can contribute positively to society and specifically to people's well-being.
Associate Professor Ralph Bathurst
Ralph is a leadership scholar focusing on the arts of leadership and the aesthetics of organisations. He's published in Leadership, Journal of Management Inquiry, International Journal of Arts Management, ephemera: theory & politics in organization and Philosophy of Management. His interest is in arts organisations and their sustainability, focusing on how the arts can influence business practice.
Dr Kazunori Kobayashi
Kazunori's research interests are in corporate social responsibility (CSR), sustainability practices and strategies, human and social sustainability, wellbeing, sustainable development goals and enterprise, and business ethics.
Professor David Tappin
David is a work and organisation scholar and co-director of the Healthy Work Group in Massey Business School. His background is industry-based research & consultancy in NZ, and his research interests are the nature and quality of work and its effects on health, sustainability and performance. This research background informs and guides his teaching, research, and supervision.
Jessica Crewe-Brown
I am a senior tutor in the School of Management where I teach a range of undergraduate papers in management and strategy. My research interests are sustainability, strategy as a practice, and open strategy. I am also a PhD student, and my thesis focuses on the consequences of inclusive and transparent strategy practices.
Omer Nazir
Omer seeks to engage with, support and collaborate with communities that address the most urgent issues in contemporary society related to unsustainable practices and socio-ecological crises. His theoretical framework draws on critical management studies, neo-institutional discourse, and theories of political economy.with a focus on post-capitalist approaches to organising for social change.
Hiva Rastegar Moghadam Moadab
I recently completed my PhD in Management at Massey. My research examined the impact of climate change-induced natural disasters on renewable energy innovation. My research interests include sustainability, renewable energy innovation, corporate resilience, and the strategic responses of firms to climate change uncertainty. I have taught business and management courses at Massey.
Upcoming events
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Collaborate with us
We're always eager to explore new collaborations. If you're interested in discussing potential partnerships or have ideas for future events, please email Nitha Palakshappa at N.N.Palakshappa@massey.ac.nz