Cementing Desautels鈥櫶齬eputation as a听world-leading听management faculty听through the rigour听and relevance听of our research.
Research drives innovation and enriches the society we live in. Not only do our world-class faculty members receive external recognition for their achievements, the Desautels Faculty of Management is fortunate to be able to offer support and encouragement through donor-established scholar awards, chairs, research centres and institutes as well as teaching awards and PhD fellowships.
Research and Teaching Awards
Nancy J. Adler was conferred the 91社区 Medal of Exceptional听Academic Achievement at the 2021 Spring Convocation for her听prolific contributions to 91社区 and the study of global leadership for听more than 40 years.
Patrick Augustin was awarded the Canada Research Chair in Macrofinance and Derivatives for his work on sovereign and corporate credit risk, insider trading, and new financial technologies.
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Maxime Cohen was awarded the Wickham Skinner Early-Career听Research Accomplishments Award given by the Production and听Operations Management Society (POMS).
Alain Pinsonneault received an honorary doctorate from Aix-Marseille University for his exceptional commitment to academic听excellence.听Alain Pinsonneault also received the Distinguished James 91社区听Professor Award, which recognizes a senior scholar鈥檚 status as听an outstanding and original researcher of global calibre and an听international leader in his field.听Learn more
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Robert Nason (2021) and Juan Serpa (2020) each received听the William Dawson Scholar Award, which recognizes scholars听developing into outstanding and original researchers of world-class听calibre.
Laurent Barras and Jan Ericsson received Desmarais Faculty Scholar Awards supported by Paul Desmarais (BCom鈥�77, LLD鈥�12)听and given by the Desautels Faculty of Management to outstanding听tenured or tenure-track finance professors. Learn more
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Ernan Haruvy received the Cleghorn Faculty Scholar Award听supported by John Cleghorn (BCom鈥�62, LLD鈥�04) and given by the Desautels Faculty of Management to outstanding tenured or tenure-track professors.
Sujata Madan was named one of ten 3M National Teaching Fellows听for 2020鈥攖he highest recognition of individual teaching excellence听and educational leadership at the university level in Canada.听Learn more
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Jiro Kondo received the Fetherstonhaugh Family Foundation Distinguished Teaching Award for undergraduate programs at听Desautels for being a champion of experiential learning.
Lisa Cohen received the Morty Yalovsky Distinguished Teaching Award for graduate programs at Desautels for creating a classroom听environment in which all students feel welcome and represented due听to a diverse array of guest speakers, case protagonists, and examples.
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Don Melville received the BCom Core Teaching Award for his talent听in linking course content with real world examples, making the听learning experience more engaging.
Ashesh Mukherjee received the BCom Elective Teaching Award听for often challenging his students to develop new insights and听applications.
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Kartik Ganju received the Master of Management in Analytics听Teaching Award for frequently giving students hands-on听opportunities to apply the learnings.
Laurent Barras听received the Master of Management in Finance听Teaching Award for consistently showing how theoretical knowledge听applies to real-world cases and current events.
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John-Paul Ferguson received the MBA Core Teaching Award for his masterful way of teaching students how to think critically and听analytically.
Saku Mantere received the MBA Japan Teaching Award for听integrating creative and diverse multimedia elements such as听podcasts into his teaching.
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Jingjing Zhang received the Henry Mintzberg PhD Teaching and听Mentorship Award for her exceptional commitment to guiding her听students in their research and career development.
Matissa Hollister received the Innovation in Teaching Award for her collaborative and analytical approach in helping students solve听problems using cutting-edge tools.
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Liette Lapointe, Saku Mantere, Robert Nason, and David听Schumacher received the Desautels Faculty Scholar Award听supported by Marcel Desautels (LLD鈥�07, CM, O Ont, OM) and given听by the Desautels Faculty of Management to outstanding tenured or听tenure-track professors.
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Research Grant听Successes
SSHRC Insight Grants
- Warut Khern-am-nuai听(Principal Investigator), Yossiri Adulyasak,听Alain Pinsonneault (Co-applicant), Karthik N. Kannan, and Yinan听Yu: 鈥淭he Role of Social Technologies in Online Review Platforms.鈥�
- Sebastien Betermier (Principal Investigator) and Laurent E. Calvet: 鈥淎 Supply and Demand Approach to Equity Pricing.鈥�
- David Schumacher (Principal Investigator) and Mancy Luo: 鈥�(Why) Are females more successful in the exchange-traded fund (ETF) industry?鈥�
- Laurent Barras听(Principal Investigator) and David Schumacher听(Collaborator): 鈥淗ow do Active Funds React to the Rise of Passive Management?鈥�
- Sergei Sarkissian (Principal Investigator): 鈥淚mpact of Employee Satisfaction on Cross-Firm Performance and Corporate Policies.鈥�
- Lisa Cohen听(Principal Investigator): 鈥淭ask Mobility: The Movement of Work Tasks across Jobs and Organizations.鈥�
- John-Paul Ferguson (Principal Investigator), Victor Bennett, Adam J. Cobb, Rembrand Koning, Sampsa Samila, and Kaisa Snellman: 鈥淩acial Employment Segregation and the Boundary听of the Firm.鈥�
- Alberto Cambrosio (Principal Investigator) and Samer Faraj (Co-applicant): 鈥淜nowledge Flows and Knowledge Production in Large-Scale Research Networks: Building data platforms to听open science.鈥�
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SSHRC Insight Development Grants
- Maxime Cohen听(Principal Investigator): 鈥淯sing Data Science and Behavioral Analytics to Alleviate Traffic Congestion.鈥�
- DaHee Han (Principal Investigator): 鈥淭he Effect of Life Transitions on Consumer Preference.鈥�
- Ernan Haruvy (Principal Investigator): 鈥淧rice Discrimination and Bargaining in B2B: Empirical Evidence From Tech Manufacturing.鈥�
- Warut Khern-am-nuai (Principal Investigator), Hyunji So (Co-applicant) and Nathan Yang (Collaborator): 鈥淭he Economic Implications of AI Implementations on Online Platforms.鈥�
- Wei Qi (Principal Investigator), Michelle Lu (Co-applicant), and Minkyung Kim (Collaborator): 鈥淭ackling Inequality in Urban On-demand Bikeshare Services.鈥�
- Camille Grange (Principal Investigator) and Alain Pinsonneault听(Co-applicant): 鈥淚n algorithms we trust? Exploring the roles of听disclosure and explanations on the societal acceptance of highly听automated decision-making systems (ADMS).鈥�
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SSHRC Partnership Grant
- Patricia Hewlin (Co-applicant) and colleagues: 鈥淚nclusive Innovation and Entrepreneurship Network.鈥�; Wendy Cukier (Principal Applicant - Ryerson University)
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IVADO Fundamental Research Grants
- Mehmet Gumus (Principal Investigator), Erick Delage, Arcan Nalca, and Angelos Georghiou: 鈥淒ata-driven Demand Learning and Sharing Strategies for Two-Sided Online Marketplaces.鈥�
- Wei Qi (Principal Investigator), Xue (Steve) Liu, Max Shen, and Michelle Lu (Co-applicant): 鈥淒eals on Wheels: Advancing Joint ML/OR Methodologies for Enabling City-Wide, Personalized and Mobile Retail.鈥�
- Saibal Ray (Principal Investigator), Maxime Cohen (Co-applicant), James Clark, and Ajung Moon: 鈥淩etail Innovation Lab: Data听Science for Socially Responsible Food Choices.鈥�
Research Impact Stories
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