Safer Ocean Industries: Defining social sustainability expectations
Tuesday 20 October 2026, 2:00pm to 3:30pm
Venue
Infolab C60b/c and via TeamsOpen to
External Organisations, Postgraduates, Public, Staff, UndergraduatesRegistration
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Event Details
The Pentland Centre is holding a seminar on Safer Ocean Industries: Defining social sustainability expectations, with Dr Mahmoud Gad, Dr Ophelia Chidgey, and Dr Hesham Yousef.
The Corporations for Safer Ocean Industries project is a research project (funded by the Lloyds Register Foundation) that focuses on social sustainability in the blue economy. For an introduction to the project, see here: https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/pentland/activities/hubs/people-and-the-ocean/c4safe/. This seminar is designed to introduce the details of the project to anyone who is interested in it and in ocean stewardship. The session will involve a series of presentations from members of the research team focusing on: (1) why transparency matters, (2) why focusing on cohorts of corporations is valuable, (3) how we can establish the responsibilities of corporate actors, and (4) what other elements are required to create safer ocean industries. Scholars from any discipline will be welcome, as will companies and their partners who are interested in understanding how social sustainability can be enabled. Jan Bebbington will host the seminar with other project team members providing specialised insights during the seminar. There will also be opportunities for discussion during the seminar.
NB: The seminar runs from 14:00-15:30 in InfoLab21 C60b/c and on Teams.
Photo at top of page by Christopher Boswell at Adobestock.
Speakers
Management School Postgraduate Office, Lancaster University
Dr Hesham Yousef is part of the C4SAFE research team as a Senior Research Associate. He is examining corporate governance, reporting and accountability for social sustainability across ocean industries, with particular attention to worker protection, community impacts and supply-chain due diligence. His research examines corporate sustainability, accountability and governance especially how corporate reporting and management control shape organisational behaviour & sustainability outcomes.
Accounting and Finance, Lancaster University
Mahmoud Gad is Associate Professor of Accounting at Lancaster University Management School and a member of the Pentland Centre for Sustainability in Business. His research covers corporate transparency, modern slavery disclosure and the use of AI in corporate reporting, combining accounting research with computational text analysis. He has worked with the Financial Reporting Council on several corporate reporting projects and has given evidence to House of Commons Select Committees.
Management School Postgraduate Office, Lancaster University
Dr Ophelia Chidgey is a Researcher in Stakeholder Engagement on the C4SAFE Safer Ocean Industries project. Her research focuses on social sustainability, human rights and stakeholder engagement, with particular interests in how industries affect workers and communities. She holds a PhD in Management Science from Lancaster University, where her research examined gender inequality and the experiences of women workers in global garment supply chains.
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