STAKESBringing society to stakeholder theory. A four-year study of what business does for people in seven fragile countries.

Work packages 1 to 4

Eight researchers from political science, business ethics, law and peace research.

The same corporate promise looks different to a political scientist, an ethicist and a lawyer, and the team was put together so those readings could argue with each other.

Funder
Research Council of Norway
Project number
353416
Scheme
FRIPRO Researcher Project for Scientific Renewal
Term
1 Jul 2025 to 29 Jun 2029
Host
Centre for Global Sustainability (GLOBE/SUM), University of Oslo
Lead
Jason Miklian

The eight

Jason MiklianPrincipal investigator
University of Oslo
WP4 · Bangladesh · Indonesia
ORCID 0000-0003-1227-0975
Sarah CechvalaPostdoctoral fellow
University of Oslo
WP3 · Mozambique · Coral Triangle
ORCID 0000-0002-0718-6229
Angelika RettbergProfessor of political science
Universidad de los Andes
WP2 · Colombia
ORCID 0000-0002-7777-1722
John KatsosProfessor of sustainability and law
American University of Sharjah
WP1 · Ukraine
ORCID 0000-0002-5346-631X
Harry Van Buren IIIPatten Chair of business ethics
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
ORCID 0000-0001-9730-0349
Jamal MaaloufAssociate professor
American University of Sharjah
Lebanon
ORCID 0000-0002-7200-3644
Mark van DorpResearch associate
London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
DR Congo
Vesna Bojicic-DzelilovicSenior research fellow, LSE IDEAS
London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Political economy of conflict · Southeast Europe
ORCID 0000-0002-7831-9316

Still to be appointed

The project will also recruit two PhD students and a postdoc; openings appear on the opportunities page.