Winners of IFSAM 2024 Awards
15/04/2025
Through the IFSAM General Assembly’s committee on awards, the Federation has named the following colleagues as recipients of the IFSAM Awards:
- Chiara Spina, IFSAM Award for Excellence and Innovation in Management Pedagogy
- Amanda Williams, IFSAM Award for Excellence in Societally Relevant Management Scholarship
We congratulate the winners, and we wish them continued success.
We thank the GA Awards Committee and its Chair, Prof. Baniyelme Zoogah, as well as the external experts Prof. Moses Acquaah, University of North Carolina; Andrew Jack, Global Education Editor at the Financial Times; and Prof. Brian V. Tjemkes from Vrije University Amsterdam, for the evaluation process performed and for their outstanding and continued service to the Federation.
IFSAM Award for Excellence and Innovation in Management Pedagogy
Winner: Prof. Chiara Spina
The International Federation of Scholarly Associations of Management (IFSAM) is dedicated to the development of management research and teaching as a field of scientific inquiry and its advancement in all nations. In order to give tangible expression to the centrality of pedagogy as part of this effort, the Federation has inaugurated the IFSAM Award for Excellence and Innovation in Management Pedagogy. The aim of the award is to identify, showcase and share excellent, impactful pedagogy in the field of business and management (all subfields included) from around the world. The award will be given to a body of published research on showcase, pedagogy in the management field, made by an individual or a team, based on a sustained commitment to pedagogy in their particular operating context. Drawing from the Federation’s contextualized approach, differences in pedagogy (i.e., way of teaching) across different contexts will be considered.
Award Criteria
- Evidence of impact on curriculum design and innovation;
- Evidence of impact on the student learning experience; and
- Evidence of impact on the discipline.
Award Submission Material
- One-page background biographical note on the nominee/s;
- The files (in .pdf possibly) of the scholarly/team work being tendered for consideration;
- Maximum two-page retrospective statement by the nominee/s on the particular ways in which the body of work elucidates the specific context and impacts either pedagogy and/or the policy/practice in that context.
- Two letters of support from peers; and
- Two letters of support from students.
IFSAM Award for Excellence in Societally Relevant Management Scholarship
Winner: Prof. Amanda Williams
IFSAM places particular value on published scientific research in management which improves our understanding of the ways in which society as a whole can be advanced and the world made a better place. In order to give expression to this value, in 2021 the Federation created the IFSAM Award for Excellence in Societally Relevant Management Scholarship. This award aims to encourage researchers to prioritize research which serves society. The award will be given to a body of published research which addresses societal challenges at local and/or global levels with the ultimate aim of making a contribution to societal wellbeing. This might be done, for example, through empirical studies which investigate different types of organizations (e.g., traditional businesses, social enterprises, NGOs) and various groups and individuals (e.g., disadvantaged groups, employees, employers and other stakeholders) in relation to real life problems and sustainable development goals. An alternative approach might be through conceptual works which problematize the existing values, structures and practices to emancipate individuals and society as a whole and which introduce innovative ways of dealing with existing and future problems.
Award Criteria
- Evidence of excellence in societally relevant management scholarship;
- Evidence of important insights yielded as a result of pursuing a societally relevant research agenda; and
- Evidence of impact of the scholarship on the field, on a line of inquiry, or on policy/practice.
Award Submission Material
- One-page background biographical note on the nominee/s;
- The files (in .pdf possibly) of the published scholarly work being tendered for consideration; and
- Maximum two-page retrospective statement by the nominee/s on the particular ways in which the work addresses societal challenges and impacts either the scholarly conversation and/or the policy/practice context.