Theme: Sustainable Development Goals in the post-pandemic world

As opposed to the traditionalist management view, which highlighted the difficulties in achieving the conflicting goals of “economic benefit” versus “environmental benefits”, the revisionist management view proposes that both can be achieved together, in fact the triple target of “people, profit and planet” are complimentary to each other in the long run. The need of the hour is to align these goal at individual, corporate, country and supranational level. A combination of well-planned environmental friendly policies by regulators and adoption of environmental friendly practices by corporates and individuals or households is the only hope to provide a habitable ecosystem for the next generations.

The COVID-19 pandemic brought the world to a standstill with the travel restrictions and lockdowns imposed by governments worldwide to curb the spread of the deadly virus. The only positive impact of the pandemic is perhaps the drop (although severely insufficient) in pollution across the world with improved air and water quality, clean beaches and environmental noise reduction. As the world restart their economic engines to reach the pre-pandemic levels of productivity, we need to pause and design a greener route this time to ensure a stronger, resilient and sustainable post-pandemic world. As COP26 summit reaffirms the common commitment of the parties across the world to accelerate action towards the goals of the Paris Agreement and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, we Rajagiri School of Business, Rajagiri School of Social Sciences and Fiji National University (FNU), dedicate this conference to the theme of the greening the recovery from the pandemic through development of sustainable policies and adoption of sustainable practices.

Triple-category submissions:

The conference has three categories of submissions;

1. Research papers from academia
2. Case Studies and practice papers from industry
3. Research proposal from doctoral students

Hybrid-mode of participation:

The conference allows the participants to choose between the two modes

1. Online paper presentation
2. Paper presentation in person

Pre-Conference Workshop:

The conference also comes with a pre-conference workshop on research methods and data analysis on 20^th and 21^st April 2022.

Publication possibilities:

The conference provides you with an opportunity to publish your papers in the special/regular issue of the following journals. Although the selection of the paper for the conference does not ensure acceptance for the journals. To increase the chances of publication, submit papers matching the scope of the journals. Refer to each journal’s homepage for more details.

1. Sustainability (Scopus Q2, WoS SCIE|SSCI)
2. Journal of Public Affairs (ABDC-B, Scopus Q3)
3. Journal of Risk and Financial Management (ABDC-B , WoS ESCI)
4. Arthaniti: Journal of Economic Theory and Practice (UGC CARE)
5. Energies (Scopus Q2 , WoS SCIE)
6. Environmental Quality Management (Scopus Q3)
7. Journal of Sustainable Finance and Investment (Scopus Q2 , WoS ESCI)
8. Rajagiri Management Journal (UGC CARE)

Keynote Speakers 

• Prof. Arun Elias  
  • Dean College of Business, Hospitality and Tourism Studies, Fiji National University
• Prof. Ronald De Marco
  • Pro Vice-Chancellor Research and Innovation at Fiji National University
• Dr Pat Obi
  • White Lodging Professor of Finance Purdue University, NorthWest. USA

Submission Guidelines

All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. All papers should be submitted through EasyChair.

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Please note you need to have an EasyChair account to upload your paper. (If you don’t have an account CLICK HERE to create one).

• Please select the appropriate category a) Research paper b) Case studies or practice papers c) Research Proposals while submitting the paper.
• The title page should contain paper title, name(s) of the author(s), affiliation(s),
• JEL classification codes, and e-mail address of corresponding author.
• The paper must accompany an abstract (strictly between 250 and300 words) and 5-6 keywords.
• The main document should be double-spaced, with one inch margins on all sides, and all pages should be numbered consecutively.
• Text should appear in 12-point Times New Roman or Arial.
• Papers must be submitted in PDF file format.

Pre-Conference Workshop:

The conference also comes with a pre-conference workshop on research methods and data analysis on 20^th and 21^st April 2022.

Important Dates

• Start of submission                                       : 10^th February, 2022
• Deadline for Submissions                             : 31^st March, 2022
• Pre-Conference Workshop                           : 20^th-21^st April, 2022
• Conference Date                                          : 22^nd-23^rd April, 2022

For More details about Conference, Subthemes, Important Dates, Registration Fee etc.., Please view the conference Brochure: Download

Conference Convenor

• Prof. Garima Sisodia
  • Assistant Professor
  • garima@rajagiri.edu
• Prof. Minimol M.C.
  • Associate Professor & Dean Research
  • minimol@rajagiri.edu