Dr Babita Bhatt

Babita Bhatt

RSM

Research School of Management

Position
Senior Lecturer
Email
babita.bhatt@anu.edu.au
Phone number
+61 2 612 57278
Office
Room 1056, PAP Moran Bld (26B)
https://researchportalplus.anu.edu.au/en/persons/babita-bhatt
Research areas

Management; Sharing economy; Social Entrepreneurship; Community Collectives, Community Enterprises

Collective capabilities, Social cohesion; Social capital.

Biography

My research focuses on the role played by innovative business models in addressing societal challenges. In particular, I explore the interaction between organisational hybridity, resource constraints, and social complexity and their effects on social outcomes using social capital and capability approaches. My  research has been published in many top-ranked journals including Organization Science (ABDC Rank: A*; FT-50), Journal of Management Studies (ABDC Rank: A*; FT-50), Organization Studies (ABDC Rank: A*; FT-50) Journal of Business Venturing (ABDC Rank: A*; FT-50) and Journal of Business Ethics (ABDC Rank: A; FT-50).

I have also written various policy-relevant reports on social impact assessment, social finance, and social inclusiveness during my affiliation with the Carleton Center for Community Innovation, Canada and the United Nation Research Institute for Social Development.

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Research grants and awards

Research Grants

  • Social cohesion, Diversity and Inclusion, ANU Grand Challenge project, 2019 to 2023
  • Social Outcomes of Social Enterprise: A Social Capital Framework, Research Grant Council Hong Kong, 2011-2014 
  • How to measure Social impact of Social enterprises, The International Development Research Centre, Canada, 2013-2014

SPARC Research Grants

  • Agricultural Knowledge Transfer at the Base of the Pyramid: A Sociological Perspective, Scheme for Promotion of Academic and Research Collaboration, 2019-2021
  • The Dynamics of Polarization and Formation of Echo Chambers: Insights on Cultural Products in India and Australia, Scheme for Promotion of Academic and Research Collaboration, 2019-2021
  • Who Bridges Across Social Divides?, Scheme for Promotion of Academic and Research Collaboration, 2019-2021

Other Research Grants 

  • IE Business School Research Grant, Spain, 2015 -2017
  • Norman Paterson School of International Affair Scholarship, Canada, 2011
  • Carleton University scholarship, Canada, 2011
  • University of Western Ontario Graduate Research Scholarship, Canada, 2006

Research engagement and outreach

University Service

  • Member of Leadership team in Social Cohesion, Diversity and Inclusion Project, Australian National University (ANU)
  • Member of the Asia Pacific Delegated Ethics review committee (DERC)
  • Member of Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) committee, College of Business and Economics (CBE)
  • Member of Research Committee, Research School of Management (RSM)

Ad-hoc reviewer for:

  • Organization Studies
  • Journal of Business Venturing
  • Journal of Management Studies
  • Business and Society

Co-Guest Editor

  • Special Issue on Digitally Enabled Sharing Economy Models at the Base of the Pyramid to be published by Information Systems Journal (ISJ) (a top management Journal, ABDC A*)
  • Special Issue on Social Media-Induced Polarization to be published by Information Systems Journal (ISJ) (a top management Journal, ABDC A*)

Teaching

MGMT 3016 Business Ethics

MGMT 2008 Social Enterprise and Social Business

BUSI 7280 Managing In Global Context