Jay Joseph (Phd 2017, UniSA) is an Assistant Professor at the American University of Beirut, focused on the role of entrepreneurship/business in peace & development.
As a research consultant, Jay has completed 27 research projects totaling over $500,000USD - working with the humanitarian sector (e.g. IOM, UNIDO), and multiple private (e.g. Tourism, FMCG, Women's Fashion, Forestry, Banking, Food Beverage, Homewares) and public (e.g. City Councils, Healthcare, Water Utilities) sector organizations.
In line with his research focus, Jay leads the Business-in-Conflict Research Group (BICAR) which hosts over 95 members and 30 affiliate researchers from Iraq, Lebanon, the UK, US, and across Europe, focused on understanding how local businesses in conflict can contribute to poverty reduction and peace. Jay works directly with several UN Agencies including UNIDO (Iraq), UNIDO (Lebanon), and IOM (Iraq), to translate this knowledge into improved livelihood development programs that aid in reducing poverty and limiting the impact of war on vulnerable populations. Jay has received several recognition's such as the inclusion of his work (Joseph et al. 2020) in the 75th UN General Assembly Report on Business and Human Rights, his BICAR group being recognized as a 2020 AACSB Innovation that Inspires, while winning the Best Paper Award at the International Council for Small Business 2019 Conference. Jay has published in the Journal of Business Ethics, Business & Society, Business Strategy and the Environment, Journal of Intellectual Capital, Journal of Organizational Change Management, and the British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies. Furthermore, Jay acts as an advisor to several NGOs (Bring Hope Humanitarian Foundation, Sweden; Alissar, France), and is a Research Affiliate for the CLEO group at Queens University Belfast.
