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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.

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