Research Seminar: Sprott Student Research in Sustainability

Join us at the next research seminar to learn about the sustainability research that our Sprott students are undertaking! PhD in Management student Narmin Tartila Banu will be discussing her thesis proposal and undergraduate students Taylor Morris and Noah Geens will be sharing insights from their recent Sprott Undergraduate Summer Research Experience. Please see below for more information.

*Click this Zoom link to join the seminar on December 3rd – no rsvp required*

Narmin’s research broadly focuses on consumer behavior and sustainability. Currently, she is working on developing her thesis proposal under the guidance of her supervisor Dr. Lindsay McShane. In the upcoming seminar, Narmin will be talking about her ongoing thesis proposal. More specifically, her proposal is focused on sustainable consumer behavior following various forms of interaction situations such as i) interaction with a relevant (vs. irrelevant) person ii) upward (vs. downward) comparison with a person and iii) hypocritical (vs. consistent) behavior of a person. She will share her hypotheses, expected findings and possible next steps going forward.

Insight into Sprott students’ interest and awareness of significant environmental sustainability issues
Taylor and Noah will provide insight into the research they undertook during their recent internship in the Sprott Undergraduate Summer Research Experience. Under the supervision of Dr. Ruth McKay and Dr. Gary Martin, they worked to gauge students’ understanding of, and interest in learning about, the challenges faced by businesses related to environmental sustainability issues. The goal was to determine where students need to enhance their learning about environmental sustainability to have the skills and knowledge necessary to shape business strategies as the next generation of leaders. This helped shape the content and design for a future Sprott course, Business and Environmental Sustainability II and speakers for current environmental sustainability courses.