Reducing Financial Vulnerability within Birmingham's Muslim Community
This project aims to reduce the financial vulnerability of those most susceptible to financial hardship within Birmingham’s Muslim Pakistani and Bangladeshi (PB) community.
Inclusive, Sustainable and Ethical Business and Society
The Inclusive, Sustainable and Ethical Business and Society (ISEBS) cluster consists of a highly transdisciplinary group of researchers with a strong social science foundation. The research team is very eclectic in nature, conducting cutting-edge Research & Knowledge Exchange activities addressing questions related to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI), Ethics and Sustainability.
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Focus of our research
The ISEBS research cluster addresses questions related to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) throughout the lifecycle and ecosystem of business and society. A strong analytical lens underlying much of our work is the ethics of business, society, economy, and environment. Aspects of sustainability also feature prominently in our perspectives across areas ranging from inclusive economic development to climate change and the green economy.
Our vision is to be a vibrant, inclusive, innovative and financially sustainable Thematic Hub of RKE excellence with societal influence and impact, working closely with the multiple internal and external stakeholders it serves, to meet CRBS and CU’s strategic objectives while upholding CU’s distinctive identity and values.
Consistent with Coventry University’s identity and values, our ISEBS research mission is to create opportunities and transform lives to help deliver a more productive, ethical and sustainable society while promoting EDI values, accountability, ambition and resilience.
Our key areas of work include:
- EDI in business and society
- Social justice and righting wrongs in business and society
- Wealth and income inequality
- Gender inequality
- Reducing the Public’s Financial Vulnerability (especially about ethnic minorities and marginalised groups of individuals)
- Innovation and entrepreneurial activity on sustainable economic growth in low, medium and high technology sectors/economies
- Corporate Social Responsibility
- Corporate Board Diversity
- Sustainable economic development
- Circular economy and sustainability
- Climate issues and the green economy
Academic staff
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Professor Glauco De Vita | Professor and Theme Lead |
| Dr Jason Begley | Associate Professor and Deputy Theme Lead |
| Dr Esin Yoruk | Associate Professor |
| Dr Rita Goyal | Assistant Professor |
| Dr Hussan Aslam | Assistant Professor |
| Dr Jessica Robins | Assistant Professor |
Project spotlights
Electric mobility technology in Kenya: Understanding and empowering women entrepreneurs
This project aims to explore and map the pathway to e-mobility entrepreneurship among Kenyan women by assessing their needs and developing a training programme to strengthen women's skills.
Do higher public and private debt levels benefit the wealthy?
This project investigates empirically whether rising levels of UK public and household debt benefit the wealthy and thus widen the gap between the ‘haves’ and ‘have-nots’.
