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Dr Md Nazmul Hasan

Dr Md Nazmul Hasan

Senior Lecturer

Nottingham Business School

Staff Group(s)
Department of Management

Role

Md Nazmul Hasan joined the Department of Management at Nottingham Business School in July 2024. Previously, he held academic appointments (2014–2024) at University College London (UCL), Royal Holloway – University of London, the University of Northampton, and the University of Bath. Over the past decade, he has taught research methods, organisational behaviour, business ethics, and sustainability to students from undergraduate to PhD level.

Hasan  studied Environmental Sustainability (PhD, fully funded Dean’s Scholar, Pass with No Corrections) at Royal Holloway – University of London, Applied Research in Social Sciences (ESRC-recognised MRes, with Distinction) at the University of Stirling, and International Business Economics (MSc, with Distinction) at the University of Dundee. He also holds a Postgraduate Certificate in Skills of Teaching to Inspire Learning (PGCHE, with Commendation) and a Postgraduate Certificate in PhD Degree Supervision (PGCert).

Hasan is currently leading the following modules at Nottingham Business School: Leading Responsible and Sustainable Organisation (FT MBA, Online MBA, Senior Leader Apprenticeship MBA); Responsible and Sustainable Management (MSc); and Social Value and ESG (MSc).

He also contributes to the Sustainability Impact Project (UG final year) module, the MSc Consultancy Experience Project (CEP), and MBA dissertations.

He is currently the Director of Studies (First Supervisor) for the following PhD student:

Victor Nzioka (Understanding SDG politics in the Global South: The case of Kenya).

Career overview

Before entering academia in 2014, Hasan worked in industry in the UK and abroad. From 2009 to 2010, he was part of a European consultancy firm in Bangladesh, helping businesses become more sustainable, profitable, and socially responsible. His work involved consulting local manufacturing units on sustainable practices and conducting field research that led to the publication of the first-ever bilingual sustainability guidebook for entrepreneurs in Bangladesh.

Between 2010 and 2014, Hasan worked as a freelance writer and researcher for international business magazines and research think tanks, producing reports, articles, and reviews on critical issues in sustainability. He also worked as Marketing and PR Officer for a textile company in the Scottish Borders.

Research areas

Hasan's research is interdisciplinary, drawing on insights from (environmental) sociology, psychology, management, and development studies to understand how organisations and governments respond to complex sustainability challenges in different institutional contexts. Recent works have focused on three main areas:

  • Integration of public (and planetary) health outcomes in urban development practice in England.
  • (Environmental) sustainability and ethics in small-scale businesses in developing countries.
  • Challenges of cross-disciplinary research in academia.

His work has informed policy both in the UK and internationally and has appeared in prestigious journals such as Business & Society; Journal of Management Inquiry; Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space; Environmental Sociology; Local Environment; Journal of Urban Affairs; Business Ethics, the Environment and Responsibility (formerly Business Ethics: A European Review); Futures; Health & Place; International Journal of Qualitative Methods; and Cities & Health, among others, as well as in edited volumes by leading scholars in sustainability and business ethics.

Hasan has received numerous awards and small-scale fundings for research excellence, including the Dean’s Scholar Award from Royal Holloway, University of London; the ‘Most Cited Paper’ award from 'Business Strategy & Development'; the Santander Universities Research Grant; the Helen Shackleton Fund; the CSR Management Scholarship from HSBA Hamburg School of Business Administration; Research Development Fund (twice) from the University of Northampton; and a PhD Scholarship from the University of Manchester (which he did not take up).

He is Associate Editor of 'Environment, Development and Sustainability' (Springer) and on the Editorial Review Board of the 'International Journal of Qualitative Methods' (Sage). Previously, he was Associate Editor (2017–2021) of the Annual Review of Social Partnerships (Routledge). He also reviews for several leading journals on an ad hoc basis.

External activity

A Senior Fellow of Advance HE (SFHEA), Hasan has extensive experience in leading modules and curriculum development across undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral levels. Previously, as Academic Director (equivalent to Reader) at a Welsh public university, he line-managed 15 full-time and 25 part-time academic staff, oversaw six academic programmes, and led the development of an interdisciplinary research forum.

Hasan is External Reviewer for selected MSc programmes at the University of Exeter and External Examiner for selected MSc programmes at De Montfort University. He is also a Visiting Academic in Research Methods at the University of Warwick. In addition to supervising PhD students, he regularly examines PhD theses at public research universities in the UK.

Sponsors and collaborators

Santander Universities Research Grant
Helen Shackleton Fund
European Business Ethics Network (EBEN)
Centre for Scottish Public Policy (CSPP)

Publications

Peer-Reviewed Journal Publications

Hasan, M.N. (2026). Unfree Agency: Victim Vulnerability and the Unwitting Reproduction of Modern Slavery in Business. Business & Society. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1177/00076503261449330

Hasan, M. N., & Uba, C. (2026). Shifting harm without solving it: The socio-political dynamics of industrial relocation failure in Bangladesh’s tannery industry. Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1177/23996544261444714

Hasan, M. N.  (2025).  Unequal burdens and shared fates: Rethinking climate justice through reparative action and global solidarity. Environmental Sociology. 11(3), 273–281. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/23251042.2025.2487964

Hasan, M. N., Bondy, K. (2024). Reframing informal institutional voids as the attempted remaking of contested social spaces: Evidence from England. Journal of Management Inquiry. 34(2), 203-221. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1177/10564926241242045

Bates, G., Hasan, M. N., Barnfield, A., Bondy, K. (2023). Urban policies and the creation of healthy urban environments: A review of government housing and transport policy documents in the United Kingdom. Journal of Urban Affairs. 47(6), 1942-1960. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/07352166.2023.2260029

Le Gouais, A., Bates, G., Callway, R., Kwon, H.R., Montel, L., Peake-Jones, S., White, J., Hasan, M.N., Koksal, C., Barnfield, A., Bondy, K., Ayres, S.  (2023). Understanding how to create healthier places: A qualitative study exploring the complex system of urban development decision-making. Health & Place, 81, 103023. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2023.103023

Hasan, M. N., Koksal, C., Montel, L., Le Gouais, A., Bates, G., Barnfield, A., Kwon, H. R. (2023). Developing shared understanding through online interdisciplinary collaboration: Reflections from a research project on better integration of health outcomes in future urban development practice. Futures. 150, 103176. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.futures.2023.103176

Bates, G., Le Gouais, A., Barnfield, A., Callway, R., Hasan, M.N., Koksal, C., Kwon, H., Montel, L.; Peake-Jones, S.; White, J., Bondy, K.; Ayers, S. (2023). Balancing autonomy and collaboration in large-scale diverse teams for successful qualitative interviewing. International Journal of Qualitative Methods. 22, 1-15. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1177/16094069221144594

Uba, C. D., Hasan, M. N., Mshelia, J. (2022). Social responsibility in microbusinesses in an African context: Towards a theoretical understanding. Business Ethics, the Environment and Responsibility (formerly ‘Business Ethics: A European Review’), 32(1), 164-178. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1111/beer.12476

Black, D., Bates, G., Gibson, A., Hatleskog, E., Fichera, E., Hatchard, J., Hasan, M. N., Rosenberg, G., Larkin, C., Brierley, R., Kidger, J., Bondy, K., Hickman, M., Pain, K., Hicks, B., Scally, G., Verma, A., Carhart, N., Pilkington, P., Hunt, A. (2020). Pandemics, vulnerability and prevention: Time to fundamentally reassess how we value and communicate risk? Cities & Health, 5(SUP1), S93-S96. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/23748834.2020.1811480

Hasan, M. N., Anastasiadis, S., Spence, L. J., & Uba, C. D. (2020). Environmental attitudes of polluting SMEs: Qualitative insights from a low‐income developing country. Business Strategy & Development, 3(4), 554-566. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1002/bsd2.121

Hasan, M. N., Anastasiadis, S., Spence, L. J. (2020). Polluting SMEs and the construction of their environmental behaviours: Evidence from Bangladesh. Business Strategy & Development, 4(2), 109-122. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1002/bsd2.132

Hasan, M. N. (2018). Techno-environmental risks and ecological modernisation in “double-risk” societies: Reconceptualising Ulrich Beck’s risk society thesis. Local Environment, 23(3), 258-275. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/13549839.2017.1413541

Hasan, M.N. (2016). Measuring and understanding the engagement of Bangladeshi SMEs with sustainable and socially responsible business practices: An ISO 26000 perspective. Social Responsibility Journal, 12(3), 584-610. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1108/SRJ-08-2015-0125

Hasan, M. N. (2016). Sustainable and socially responsible business: Doable reality or just a luxury? An exploratory study of the Bangladeshi manufacturing SMEs. World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development, 14(4), 473-506. Available at: 10.1504/WREMSD.2018.093570

Hasan, M. N. (2014). Positivism: To what extent does it aid our understanding of the contemporary social world? Quality & Quantity, 50(1), 317-325. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11135-014-0150-4

Other Publications

Hasan, M.N. (2019). Managing environmental responsibility in small-scale manufacturing firms: Examining indigenous tanneries in Bangladesh. In A. Crane, D. Matten, S. Glozer, & L. Spence (Eds.), Business Ethics: Managing Corporate Citizenship and Sustainability in the Age of Globalization (5th Edition, pp. 216-218). Oxford: Oxford University Press. Available at: https://global.oup.com/ukhe/product/business-ethics-9780198810070?lang=en&cc=us

Hasan, M. N. (2018). Tackling modern slavery in the UK: What are the challenges and opportunities in terms of multi-stakeholder initiatives? Annual Review of Social Partnerships, 2018 (13), pp. 99-102 (editorial contribution). Available at: https://www.routledge.com/rsc/downloads/ARSP_13.pdf

Hasan, M. N. (2017). Barriers and challenges to environmentally friendly manufacturing in developing countries: The views of a young tannery owner in Bangladesh. Annual Review of Social Partnerships, 2017 (12), pp. 131-133 (editorial contribution). Available at: https://www.routledge.com/rsc/downloads/Volume_2017%2C_Issue_12%2C_November_2017.pdf

Hasan, M. N., & Islam, M. S. (2016). Bangladesh (country chapter). In W. Visser (Ed.), The World Guide to Sustainable Enterprise: Volume 2—Asia Pacific (pp. 36-41). Oxon: Routledge. Available at: https://www.routledge.com/The-World-Guide-to-Sustainable-Enterprise-Volume-2-Asia-Pacific/Visser/p/book/9781783534647?srsltid=AfmBOoo30v2qe-QyJ71qXVLPh5Jt-0HFm6mGOVNDjAcUA4oONIr2stZh

Conferences & Invited Presentations

‘Let’s move it and see what happens: Understanding the socio-political dynamics of intra-country industrial relocation and environmental sustainability in low-income developing countries’ (with Chijioke Uba). European Business Ethics Network (EBEN) Annual Conference 2025, Munich, Germany, 29-31 May 2025.

‘Relocating Trouble? Understanding Intra-Country Industrial Relocation and Environmental Sustainability in Low-Income Developing Countries from a Political Ecology Perspective’. ICEP 2025 International Conference on Environmental Psychology, Vilnius, Lithuania, 15-18 June 2025.

Invited talk on ‘SMEs and Environmental Sustainability’ — University of Iceland. 29 September 2020.

‘Smaller polluting firms and their behavioural choices: Evidence from Bangladesh’ (with Stephanos Anastasiadis & Laura J. Spence). Full paper presented at the European Business Ethics Network’s (EBEN) 32nd Annual Conference, Valencia, Spain. 12 July 2019.

Invited talk on ‘Modern slavery and sustainable global supply chain’ — Coventry University. London, UK. 21 February 2019.

‘Towards a socio-ethical understanding of the environmental behaviour of small polluting firms in developing countries’ — Royal Holloway, University of London. Egham, UK. 26 April 2017.

Hasan, M. N. (2015). ‘Techno-environmental risks and ecological modernisation in “double-risk” societies: Reconceptualising Ulrich Beck’s risk society thesis’. Full paper presented at the 28th European Business Ethics Network (EBEN) Annual Conference, Istanbul, Turkey.

‘Understanding the peculiarities of environmental risks in “double-risk” societies: suggestions for future research’ — Bayes Business School (formerly ‘Cass Business School’), City University of London, UK. 16 April 2015.

Press expertise

  • Business
  • Health & Wellbeing
  • Higher Education / Universities
  • Politics
  • Public sector
  • Society
  • Sustainability
  • The Environment & Geography
  • Transport

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