Portrait of Dr M. May Seitanidi

Dr M. May Seitanidi

GCDC Academic Affiliate | Kent Business School

About

M. May Seitanidi (PhD, University of Nottingham) is a Reader in Strategy at Kent Business School, University of Kent, UK. She is a Visiting Professor in CSR at LUISS Business School, in Rome, Italy and former Editor of The Annual Review of Social Partnerships (ARSP). Her research interests focus on the enabling conditions, governance processes and outcomes of cross-sector social interactions, (philanthropy, socio-sponsorship and social partnerships) in addressing complex social issues. She has published three books (The Politics of Partnerships, 2010; co-edited Social Partnerships & Responsible Business. A Research Handbook, 2014 and co-authored Creating Value in Nonprofit-Business Partnerships. New Thinking & Practice, 2014, which received the 2014 Finalist ‘The Terry McAdam’ Book Award) and co-edited four Special Issues in the field of cross-sector social partnerships. She has published in academic journals including the Journal of Business Ethics, Nonprofit Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Corporate Reputation Review, Management Decision, International Journal of Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Marketing, European Management Journal.

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Research interests

GCRF-related research interests:

1) Collaborative Suicide Prevention in DAC countries
2) Collaborative Climate action through local authorities
3) Collaborative Circular Business Models Innovation for addressing Hunger
4) Industry Innovation and Infrastructure through Global Value Chains
5) Collaborative Prevention & Intervention for preventable diseases
6) Collaborative Societal Governance
7) Collaborative Societal Value Creation

GCRF challenge areas addressed in my research:

1) Sustainable economies and societies
2) Human rights, good governance and social justice

The UN SDGs supported by my research: 1, 2, 3, 9, 11, 12, 13, 16, 17.

The DAC-list countries benefiting from my research: India, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Jordan.

Supervision

The types of GCRF-related research projects I would be interested in supervising:

1) Collaborative Suicide Prevention in DAC countries
2) Collaborative Climate action through local authorities
3) Collaborative Circular Business Models Innovation for addressing Hunger
4) Industry Innovation and Infrastructure through Global Value Chains
5) Collaborative Prevention & Intervention for preventable diseases
6) Collaborative Societal Governance
7) Collaborative Societal Value Creation

Last updated 9th June 2020