Adam Smith Business School

Dr Stephen Buzdugan, Manchester Metropolitan University

'Shaping up IB research for policy audiences' 
Wednesday 1 June 2022, 1pm - 2pm 
Zoom online seminar 

Register at business-school-research@glasgow.ac.uk

Abstract 

What is public policy and how can international business research engage with policy issues, the policy community and policymaking institutions to make impact?  In 'Shaping up IB papers for policy audiences’, Dr Stephen Buzdugan will discuss different models of public policy making and research impact, including the co-production of research, and present effective ways for International Business research to engage with policy at the domestic and international levels. This workshop will be interactive and will draw on examples from Dr Buzdugan’s impact role in the Faculty of Business and Law at Manchester Metropolitan University. 

Biography

Dr Stephen Buzdugan is the interim Research Impact Lead in the Faculty of Business and Law at Manchester Metropolitan University, and core member of the International Business programme team.  His current research focusses on the global governance of foreign direct investment, using institutional frameworks from the field of international political economy to understand the relations between multinational enterprises, states and international organisations.  His previous research on inward FDI, industrial policy and development generated impact through UNCTAD and two UK Parliamentary Subcommittees, which was the subject of an Impact Case Study for REF2021.  He has a PhD in International Political Economy and an MA in Development Studies from the University of Manchester, and was the recipient of an ESRC/SAMS Postdoctoral Fellowship in International Business from 2011-2012.  Prior to returning to academia, Dr Buzdugan was an Executive at Accenture and had briefly worked for a Member of Congress in Washington, DC. 

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Further information: business-school-research@glasgow.ac.uk 

First published: 11 April 2022