Our early-stage researchers Aura, Chiara, Laura and Xinyue, had the opportunity to give presentations at the Fourth International Conference on Public Procurement Law Africa 2023 in Cape Town, South Africa.
Events
A Leap Towards Sustainable Procurement: The 6th European Conference on Sustainable and Innovative Public Procurement
As the world grapples with climate change and environmental degradation, sustainable procurement has emerged as a solution that holds great potential. This was made abundantly clear during the 6th European Conference on Sustainable and Innovative Public Procurement...
How does the US federal government contract with small businesses? – An introduction to set-aside procurement
In May 2023, our Early-Stage Researchers Natalia Spataru, Valentina Bianchini and Xinyue Xue were seconded to our partner organisation George Washington University Law School in Washington DC, USA. In this blog post, Xinyue shares her experience researching relevant rules and practices for promoting small businesses in US federal procurement. Her PhD project at the University of Birmingham focuses on facilitating Small and Medium-sized Enterprises in public procurement.
Recap: SAPIENS Network Project Meeting 3
Event Summary On 20-21 April 2023, the bi-annual project meeting of the SAPIENS Network was held in Budapest, Hungary, hosted by the Corvinus University of Budapest, one of the beneficiaries of the network. The event aimed to monitor the research progress of the Early...
ACT6/ PhD course: Policy Advice, Outreach & Dissemination of Research
The purpose of this advanced training is for PhD students to learn how to:
COMMUNICATE – share their research in an efficient, authentic, understandable, and interesting way
DISSEMINATE – identify and translate their research findings to prospective broader audiences, including various stakeholders and journalists
IMPACT – transform their academic research into actual societal impact
Socially responsible public procurement: Opportunities and limitations
Our early stage researchers Laura Treviño-Lozano and Ezgi Uysal participated on the 28th of November 2022 in Oxford Pogo’s session on ‘Supply chain due diligence and public procurement’ and on the 8th of December 2022 on WorldCC Foundation 's compliance and...
