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Responsible business: Theoretical foundations and futures

The Centre for Responsible Business (Area 1) warmly invites you to a half-day workshop on Responsible Business: Theoretical Foundations and Futures. The workshop will focus on the conceptual and theoretical underpinnings of responsible business research. It will bring together colleagues to reflect on the field’s development, identify key tensions and emerging directions, and explore how different theoretical perspectives can inform ongoing work.

  • Date: Monday, 15th June
  • Time: 12:00-15:30
  • Location: University House, Room 106

CRB Panel: Applying for interdisciplinary grants

The Centre for Responsible Business would like to invite you to a panel on Applying for Interdisciplinary Grants. The aim of the panel is to start a conversation on interdisciplinary bids, including the ways that interdisciplinary research projects can be developed, how to join or develop interdisciplinary teams, approaches to developing stakeholder networks, and the benefits and challenges involved in interdisciplinary work.

  • Date: Thursday 25th June 2026
  • Time: 1-2pm.
  • Location: University House, Room 111

Past 2025-26 events:

  • BBS Green Week, 16th-20th March 2026, Birmingham Business School: Green Week included a series of activities and talks focusing on Textiles, People and Planet and Connecting with Nature. Co-organised by CRB and the Responsible Business Group.
  • Ecological Citizens in the Business School: Working with Nature in Developing Entrepreneurial Practice, 23rd February 2026, Winterbourne, Birmingham. Workshop led by Dr Caroline Chapain (Centre for Responsible Business Strategic Area Lead on Responsible Business Education), Dr Emma Surman and Dr Fatos Ozkan Erciyas. This research event explored how engaging with nature as part of the business curriculum can change the way that business students relate to, and think about, their entrepreneurship practices. The workshop brought together academics, students, business practitioners, community and environmental organisations, and members of the public to share experiences and explore implications for education and practice. Participants also had the opportunity to take part in a nature-based activity.
  • Centre for Responsible Business/Birmingham Plastics Network Research Sandpit, 3rd December 2025, Birmingham Business School. Led by Prof Caroline Moraes, Centre for Responsible Business Director.
  • Using Role Play in Education, a series of workshops across 2025-26. Led by Dr Ann-Christine Frandsen and colleagues, hosted by the Centre for Responsible Business at Birmingham Business School.
  • Annual In-person Meeting of the Responsible Business Group (RBG) of Volunteers, 27th November 2025, hosted by the Centre for Responsible Business at Birmingham Business School. Led by Laura Contrasti, RBG Lead.
  • In Conversation: Sustainable and Inclusive Growth Opportunities in the Transition to Net Zero, 25th November 2025, Birmingham Business School. Hosted by Dr Ceren Ozgen, Centre for Responsible Business, Strategic Area Lead on Sustainable Innovation and Technologies. Guest speakers: Dr Anna Valero (LSE) and Prof Robert Elliott (UoB).
  • Text as Data, 14th November 2025, Birmingham Business School. Hosted by Dr Ceren Ozgen, BVRN and Centre for Responsible Business Strategic Area Lead on Sustainable Innovation and Technologies. Guest speaker: Dr Apurav Bhatiya.
  • Examining and Measuring Responsible Business Workshop, 12th November 2025, Birmingham Business School. Led by Prof Nick Rowbottom, Centre for Responsible Business Strategic Area Lead on Examining and Measuring Responsible Business.
  • Performative or Principled? Exploring Organisational Authenticity in EDI and Sustainability, 11th November 2025, Centre for Responsible Business/ Department of Management Research Seminar, Birmingham Business School. Guest speaker: Andrew Marcinko, University of Durham.
  • Centre for Responsible Business/BISCA Grant Writing Event for Flood Risk Management, 6th November 2025, The Exchange, led by Prof Jane Binner, Centre for Responsible Business Associate.
  • Defining the Academic Foundations of Responsible Business Workshop, 6th November 2025, Birmingham Business School. Led by Dr Adam Nix, Centre for Responsible Business Strategic Area Lead on Defining the Academic Foundations of Responsible Business.
  • Imagining Production and Consumption Futures for Responsible Business, workshop series, 30th October 2025, 27th November 2025 and 13th January 2026, Birmingham Business School. Led by Prof Lisa De Propris, Centre for Responsible Business Strategic Area Lead on Imagining Production and Consumption Futures for Responsible Business.
  • International Business as Responsible Business: Theory and Practice, book launch event, 24th September 2025, Birmingham Business School. Book authored by Prof John Bryson, Prof Jennifer Johns, Dr Laura Salciuviene and Dr James Blackmore-Wright, published by University of Bristol Press.