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VISA Scheme Awards

List of detailed information re Visiting International Scholar Award (VISA) recipients, hosts and visiting dates since 2012.

Visitor Details Host Details Proposed Visit
Professor Julienne Brabet, Professor Emeritus of Management, University Paris - Est Créteil, FranceNonna Martinov-Bennie and Daryll Hull20 February 2017
(2 weeks)
Professor Max Gottsche, Chair of Auditing and Management Accounting, Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, GermanyAndreas Hellmann22 February 2017
(4 weeks)
Professor Alain Klarsfeld, Head of the CSR and HR Department of Toulouse Business School, FranceLucy Taksa and Meena ChavanApril 2017
(3 months)
Professor Richard Freeman, The Herbert Ascherman Chair in Economics, Harvard University, USAZhiming Cheng16 July 2017
(2 weeks)
Professor Edith Smit, Dean of the Graduate School of Communication, Professor at the Amsterdam School of Communication, University of Amsterdam, The NetherlandsScott Koslow and Lawrence Ang4 September 2017
(4 weeks)
Professor Yuri Kabanov, University of Franche-Comté (Besançon), FrancePavel Shevchenko31 October 2017
(3 weeks)
Associate Professor Ashish Tiwari, Henry B. Tippie College of Business, University of Iowa, USALorenzo Casavecchia20 November 2017
(2 weeks)
Visitor Details Host Details Visiting Details
Professor Marco Wilkens, Chair of Finance and Banking, University of Augsburg, GermanyStefan Trueck and Lurion DeMello11 January 2016
(10 weeks)
Professor Dorothy Cobble, School of Management and Labor Relations Rutgers University, State University of New Jersey Lucy Taksa, and Alison Barnes

February 2016

Professor Christian Nielsen, Director, Business Model Design Center, Aalborg University, GermanyNonna Martinov-Bennie and Chris Patel1 February 2016
(2 weeks)
Associate Dean / Professor Lingfeng Yi, School of Business, East China Normal University, Shanghai, ChinaYue Wang and
Lucy Taksa
February 2016
(3 weeks)
Professor Martin Eisend, Chair International Marketing, European University, GermanyScott Koslow and Lawrence AngFebruary 2016
(4 weeks)
Professor Helmut Lutkepohl, Dean of the Graduate Center of the German Institute for Economic ResearchGeorge Milunovich and Lance Fisher15 February 2016
(4 weeks)
Professor Marcel Prokopczuk, Institute for Financial Markets, School of Economics and Management, Leibniz, University Hannover, GermanyStefan TrueckFebruary 2016
(6 weeks)
Professor Chris Warhurst, Director, Institute for Employment Research, University of Warwick, UKRay Markey
Louise Thornthwaite
March 2016
(2 weeks)
Professor Juwei Zhang, Director General, Institute of Population and Labor Economics. The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, ChinaFei Guo
Zhiming Cheng
15 July 2016
(2 weeks)
Professor Miklos Vasarhelyi, Rutgers University, USANonna Martinov-Bennie and Elaine Evans26 September 2016
(2 weeks)
Dr Roy Kouwenberg, Associate Professor and Director of the PhD Program at Mahidol University, Bankgkok, Thailand.Lurion DeMello
Elizabeth Sheedy
14 November 2016
(2 weeks)
Professor Michel Beine, Professor and Head CREA, Department of Economics, University of Luxembourg, BelgiumJeffrey Sheen
Roselyne Joyeux
1 December 2016
(3 months)
Visitor Details Host Details Visiting Details
Professor Ruth Simpson (Brunel University, UK) Alison Pullen, and  Anne Ross-Smith 30 Jan – 20 Apr 2015
Professor Rudi Zagst, Technische Universitat Munchen, Germany Elizabeth Sheedy and Stefan Trueck From 15 Feb 2015 (5 weeks duration)
Professor Helmut Lutkepohl, Dean of the Graduate Center of the German Institute for Economic Research George Milunovich and Stefan Trueck 14 Feb -15 Mar 2015 (4 weeks)
Professor Brendan O'Dwyer, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands Nonna Martinov-Bennie and James Guthrie 16 – 27 March 2015
Dr Marc Gronwald, University of Alberdeen Business School, UK Stefan Trueck and Lurion DeMello 15 Apr 2015
Professor Peter Ackers, Loughborough University, UK Nikola Balnave 13 Jul - 7 Aug 2015
Professor Dr Indre Maurer, Gottingen University, Germany Meena Chavan  3  – 21 Aug 2015
Professor Edward Altman, Leonard N Stern School of Business, New York University Egon Kalatay, Stefan Trueck

Oct 2015 (5 week duration)

Professor Barbara Czarniawska, University of Gothenburg, Sweden Lucy Taksa, Troy Sarina  30 Nov - 14 Dec 2015
Professor David Knights, Open University Business School, Milton Keynes. UK Alison Pullen, Carl Rhodes Nov 2015 (1 month duration)
Michael Carney, Prof and APJM Chief Editor, John Molson School of Business, Concordia University, Canada; 
Mike W Peng, Prof and SI Consulting/guest editors, University of Texas at Dallas, USA;
Ravi Ramamurti, Prof at Northeast University, USA, and  Xuefei Ma, A/Prof at Chinese University of Hong Kong
Yue Wang and Lucy Taksa 7 Dec 2015 (1 week duration)
Visitor Details Host Details Visiting Details
Miklos A. Vasarhelyi, KPMG Distinguished Professor of Accounting Information Systems, Rutgers Business School, US Nonna Martinov-Bennie and James Guthrie 9 - 22 Mar 2014
Robert L. Lattimer, Senior Fellow, Diversity Studies, John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. Lucy Taksa 13 - 31 Mar 2014
Jean-Francois Chanlat, Prof. of Management and Director of the EMBA program at the University of Paris IX Dauphine, France.   Lucy Taksa 17 - 29 Mar 2014
Graeme Martin, Prof. and Chair of Management at the Graduate School of Natural Resources Law Policy and Management, University of Dundee , UK Paul Gollan 11 - 21 Mar and 25 Nov - 5 Dec 2014
Alexander Colvin, the Martin F. Scheinman Professor of Conflict Resolution at the ILR School, Cornell University, USA. Paul Gollan 5 - 16 May, 2014
Jeffrey Unerman, Prof. of Accounting and Corporate Accountability and Head of the School of Management, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK Nonna Martinov-Bennie and James Guthrie 30 Jun - 4 Jul,14 - 18 Jul 2014
Carine Nourry, Professor of Economics, GREQAM and Aix-Marseille University, France Jeffrey Sheen and Shuping Shi 7 Jul 2014
Chris Brewster,  Prof. of International Human Resource Management, Henley Business School, University of Reading, Whiteknights, Reading, RG6 6UD, UK Paul Gollan 2 - 15 Nov 2014
Don Chance, the James C. Flores Endowed Chair of MBA Studies and Professor of Finance at the E. J. Ourso College of Business at Louisiana State University, US. Elizabeth Sheedy, and Stefan Trueck Nov 2014
Pamela Jane Broadbent, Prof. in Accounting, School of Management, Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Provost of Roehampton University, UK Nonna Martinov-Bennie and James Guthrie 17 - 28 Nov 2014
Richard Charles Laughlin, Emeritus Prof. of Accounting and Accountability in the Public Services, King's College London, UK Nonna Martinov-Bennie, and James Guthrie 17 - 28 Nov 2014
Christian Nielsen, Professor with Specific Responsibilities and Director of Center for Research Excellence in Business modelS(CREBS) at Aalborg University in Denmark. James Guthrie, and Nonna Martinov-Bennie 1 Nov. 2014 - 25 Apr. 2015
Professor  Christelle Lecourt Jeffrey Sheen, and Stefan Trueck 15-19 Dec 2014
Visitor Details Host Details Visiting Details
Magnus Klofsten, Prof of Innovation & Entrepreneurship, Linkping University, Sweden. Erik Lundmark 8 - 21 Dec 2013
Herman Knudsen. Prof. in Technology and Labour Studies, Aalborg University, Denmark. Ray Markey Nov 2013
Sally Gunz, Prof. in Business Law and Ethics, School of Accounting and Finance, University of Waterloo, Canada. Nonna Martinov-Bennie 2 - 13 Sep 2013
Wolfgang Haerdle, Prof. at the Humboldt-University zu Berlin, GermanyStefan TrueckAug 2013
William Brown, Prof. in Industrial Relations, Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge, UK. Chris Wright 27 May - 7 Jun 2013
Jan Mouritsen, Prof. in Management Control, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark. Nonna Martinov-Bennie 28 Feb - 21 Mar 2013 
Victor Ginsburgh, Prof. at the European Center for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES), University Libre de Bruxelles and Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE), UniversityCatholique de Louvain, Belgium. David Throsby 18 Mar - 5 Apr 2013
Professor Wujin Chu, Professor of Management, SNU Business School, Seoul National University Chris Baumann 20 Jan - 4 Feb 2014
Visitor Details Host Details Visiting Details
John Budd, Prof. at the Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota, US. Paul Gollan Dec 2012
Christophe Hurlin, Prof. in Economics, University of Orleans, France. Roselyne Joyeux, George Milunovick, Jeffrey Sheen, and Stefan Trueck Aug 2012
Bertrand Candelon, Prof. in International Monetary Economics, Maastricht University, Netherlands. Roselyne Joyeux, Jeffrey Sheen and Stefan Trueck Aug 2012
Matloob Piracha, Dr. at the School of Economics, University of Kent, U.K. Max Tani Dec 2012
Graeme Martin, Prof. at the University of Glasgow Business School  in Scotland, UK. Paul Gollan Oct 2012
Carla Lipsig-Mumme, Prof. in Work and Labour Studies, York University, Canada. Ray Markey Apr/May 2012
Paul, Willman, Prof. in Management, London School of Economics, UK. Paul Gollan May 2012
Olaf Korn, Prof. in Finance, University of Gettingen, Germany. Stefan Trueck, Ken Siu Sep/Oct 2012
Jan Mouritsen, Prof. in Management Control, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark. Philomena Leung, Nonna Martinov-Bennie, James Guthrie Mar 2012
Stefan Schaltegger, Prof. in Sustainability Management, Leuphana University of Luneburg, Germany. Philomena Leung, Nonna Martinov-Bennie, James Guthrie Apr/May 2012
Karen Pincus, Prof. in Accounting, University of Arkansas, US. Philomena Leung, Nonna Martinov-Bennie, James Guthrie Feb 2012
Wolfgang Shultze, Prof. at the Department of Accounting and Control, University of Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany. Philomena Leung, Nonna Martinov-Bennie, James Guthrie Jan/Feb 2012