Jay Joseph (Ph.D.)

Assistant Professor, American University of Beirut

Research Expert: Entrepreneurship/Business, Peace, and Development

Jay Joseph (Ph.D.)

Assistant Professor, American University of Beirut

Research Expert: Entrepreneurship/Business, Peace, and Development

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.

Current Positions

Assistant Professor

Freelance Consultant

Management

American University of Beirut

Freelance Consultant

Entrepreneurship/Business, Peace, and Development

American University of Beirut

Director

Freelance Consultant

Director

Business in Conflict Areas Research Group (BICAR)

American University of Beirut

Advisor

Working Group Membership

Director

Alissar (France)

Business-based humanitarian response to the Beirut explosion

Bring Hope Humanitarian Foundation (Sweden)

Livelihood support in the MENA region

Working Group Membership

Marketing Ethics Research Cluster

Copenhagen Business School

Strategic Sustainable Business Lab

Aston Business School

Research Affiliate

Working Group Membership

Centre for Leadership, Ethics and Organisation

Queens University Belfast

In the media

Entrepreneurship, Conflict, and Peace (In Press: Business & Society). 3-minute video synopsis

Afghanistan: Accepting failure, and placing blame

17 August 2021

Harry Van Buren & Jay Joseph Business and Peace Research

Media Release 11 July 2021

Why Business Schools Should be Interested in Peace PRME ( ft. Dr Jay Joseph)

Media Release 4 Dec 2020

SMEs in Lebanon: An untapped force for good

Media Release 13 October 2020

AWARD - 2020 AACSB Innovations that Inspire

The Business-in-Conflict Research Group was recognized among AACSB Business Schools as one of the 2020 Innovations that Inspire

Jay Joseph, entrepreneurship, peace, conflict, livelihood, poverty

WINNER: Best Paper Award, 2019 International Council for Small Business World Congress

MEDIA RELEASE: Business and Human Rights Consultation, Beirut

MEDIA RELEASE: BICAR, Transforming Conflict Areas through Business

About

I currently live in Lebanon and work at the Suliman S. Olayan School of Business at the American University of Beirut (AUB). AUB is the premier tertiary institution in the region, which has been operating exclusively in Lebanon for over 150 years. Before AUB, I spent time in Erbil Iraq from 2017-18, working with several UN agencies on livelihood development programs for post-conflict recovery. These experiences have provided exposure which I couldn't have received elsewhere, and I'm grateful to those who have welcomed me along this journey, and express my wholehearted appreciation for the businesses, individuals and communities in the region working to build a better future.