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Strategic Research Goal: Develop Tomorrow’s Research Leaders
Lang will increase its capacity to support the success of the next generation of highly qualified personnel by providing high-quality and meaningful training opportunities to a diverse and inclusive population of researchers across a variety of disciplines and approaches to research.
2021-2022 Lang Doctoral Entrance Scholars
Lang doctoral scholarship recipients demonstrate: a high level of academic achievement; strong research skills and potential; leadership within and/or beyond the academic community; and strong alignment with the vision of the Lang School. The scholarships are funded by Kim and Stu Lang’s $21-million gift to name the business school.
2021 Lang Doctoral Entrance Scholars
PhD Management, Services Management
Advisor: Dr. WooMi Jo
Research: Revisiting hotel reward programs through the subscription economy
Bajgiran
PhD Economics
Advisor: Drs. Nikola Gradojevic & Fred Liu
Research: Artificial Intelligence in financial markets
PhD Management, Organizational Leadership
Advisor: Dr. Agnes Zdaniuk
Research: Forgiveness in the workplace
PhD Management, Organizational Leadership
Advisor: Dr. Felix Arndt
Research: Do unintentional knowledge absorption promote firms’ innovation?
Milad Ghasemi Ariani Iranian Memorial Scholarship recipient:
Akierah Binns
Established in memory of Milad Ghasemi Ariani, a Ph.D. in Management student who perished in the Iran plane crash in January 2020. This scholarship is awarded annually to a qualified international graduate student.
Akierah Binns, PhD Management student, is the inaugural recipient of the 2021-2022 Milad Ghasemi Ariani Scholarship. She aims to examine how organizational communication strategies have informed downsizing processes during the Covid-19 pandemic. Her research was recognized with a Best Student Paper award at ASAC 2022.
Highly Qualified Personnel Scholarship
Recipient: Maryamsadat Hashemi Fesharaki
The Ontario Agri-Food Innovation Alliance and Food from Thought fund the Highly Qualified Personnel (HQP) Scholarship Program to support the development of highly skilled graduates who can meet the changing demands of the agri-food and rural sector. Maryamsadat Hashemi Fesharaki, aims to study the impact of smart and virtual food retailing on organic food purchases, with advisor Dr. Simon Somogyi.
