Engage in research that has a positive impact on sustainable development and participate in workshops to new skills for teaching business and management. On the research side, GBSN offers an array and projects, programs, and learning communities to address important business and management problems in and about the developing world. On the teaching side, GBSN offers workshops, webinars, and other programs to develop valuable skills.
Learning Communities
GBSN Learning Communities bring together scholars and business practitioners to address management and entrepreneurship challenges relevant to emerging economies. This creates knowledge, experiences, and relationships. Interest in forming learning communities is growing, with new ones emerging in human rights, sustainable energy, healthcare, and community-engaged learning.
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International Teachers Program Scholarships
INSEAD is offering two full scholarships to faculty from GBSN member schools to join its International Teachers Training Program 2022 cohort. The ITP Program was started to respond to the new challenges business school teachers face. The program is designed to involve one remote module and one face-to-face module. Application period is open until 1 August, 2021.
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GBSN Certified Inbox Simulations
GBSN and Capsim have joined forces to help bring quality and experiential business learning to developing communities around the globe. Each simulation is built with CapsimInbox — a no code platform to build day-in-the-life simulations where students face real-world problems faced by real companies. How do you create a GBSN Certified Inbox Simulation? Click the link for more information.
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The Online Teacher Training Series
Online teaching itself will evolve in the coming years and faculty will need to rethink many aspects of how they teach and engage with students online. GBSN is pleased to present a certificate program for online teaching. This certificate program is being offered in partnership with the Portulans Institute (a Washington, DC based not-for-profit research institute), Igesia.co (a digital learning education tech company) and the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). This certificate program has been designed to help faculty make online teaching more effective and efficient. The program will consist of ten live virtual interactive workshops, each hosted by relevant experts addressing key themes. Enrollment is open!
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Developing Talent for Africa Virtual Forum
Presented by GBSN and Ecobank Academy
In this unique, virtual forum, speakers focus on the future that Africa wants and the power of its people to achieve it. The conversations are built to review new opportunities for innovation and collaboration—especially across business and business schools—to overcome these challenges.
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Call for Papers: Policy & Program Learning (PPL)
Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) Virtual
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