The PhD in Sustainability Management will be the flagship degree program of School of Environment, Enterprise and Development (SEED) and it will contribute to advancing scholarly knowledge and training on sustainability management in an integrated manner. It will prepare PhD students for a host of career paths making them fully trained for careers within and outside the academia, including research, policy and practice oriented careers with government and non-government organizations. Given its interdisciplinary nature, the program will appeal to Canadian and international students from a broad range of master’s programs in management, the social sciences, applied sciences, engineering and others, which address the role of for-profit, government and third sector organizations in realizing and managing sustainability goals through innovative approaches in both developed and developing economies.

The program is oriented towards those students who want to pursue a PhD on a full time basis and who are interested in applied research based careers in academia, public policy, and business. This PhD degree will add to the existing graduate program offerings in SEED. In particular, it will complement the existing research based master’s program in Sustainability Management (MES). The proposed program will enhance research skills, and develop scholarly knowledge, methods and tools through course work and research in sustainability management.