Last week Friday the School of Business launched their 2019/2020 Seminar Series with a presentation by the faculty’s newest member, Dr. Saeed Rahman.
Saeed’s current research interests include ecological knowledge, regenerative sustainability, systems theory, social-ecological systems perspective, organizational unlearning, climate change governance, and reverse innovation. His research on ecological knowledge focuses on exploring how agriculture/agri-food businesses can successfully develop sustainable strategies based on critical knowledge about business-nature interface, and traditional/indigenous and scientific knowledge on agricultural practices and ecosystem dynamics.
His presentation on Friday was based on his Dissertation paper, “Strategic Shifts Toward Regenerative Sustainability: The Pivotal Role of Ecological Knowledge”. The main question being answered was, what are the processes through which organizations can effectively access, co-create, integrate and utilize ecological knowledge with current organizational knowledge and strategies?