Dr Patricia Prado

Assistant Professor

Department: Newcastle Business School

Dr Patricia Prado is Assistant Professor in Business Ethics. Her research has investigated how structures, institutions and relationships support or undermine sustainable and resilient agrifood global value chains, and how this information can be used to support decision making for enhanced UK food security. She has focused on the governance of soy supply chains with fieldwork carried out in Brazil, strengthening scholarly networks and collaboration between Latin American and UK academic and non-academic agrifood stakeholders. Through this collaboration, she has been invited to be an Associate Professor of the Postgraduate Programme in Information Science at the Federal University of Para (UFPA), Brazil, and has developed her current research agenda.

Patricia is currently investigating 'emergent food commodities' in the Brazilian Amazon, whose production has dramatically increased in recent years driven by the demand of global markets. Despite the associated social and environmental risks, Patricia exploratory work has found evidence of on-the-ground initiatives promoting sustainable solutions in the region. Her focus is on new business models and innovations developed in these food value chains and how they can help address sustainability issues, particularly related to SDG 12 (Responsible Consumption and Production) and SDG 8 (Decent Work and Economic Growth) .

Patricia has progressed her international teaching experience at the UG and PG levels, particularly MBAs, in areas related to sustainability, innovation and management. She currently plays a leading role in the ‘Responsible Business’ area and has developed and led new modules for the new programmes on the Business and HRM and Business Management. Patricia is keen to discuss PhD research proposals involving sustainability and innovation, sustainable supply chains and responsible business models, with a particular interest in the food sector.

Prior to her academic career, Patricia has had business experience in implementing innovation and knowledge management processes in large companies such as Petrobras, in the energy sector in Brazil.

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Research Themes and Scholarly Interests

My research interests lie in the area of sustainability and innovation, particularly looking at (i) ethical and sustainable practices in supply chains and responsible and sustainable business models, and (ii) governance of agrifood global value chains and sustainable food systems. With a qualitative approach, my empirical interests involve Latin America/Brazil, emerging commodities in the Amazon region, bioeconomy, agroforestry and organic production (not exclusively). I have experience and great interest in interdisciplinary research.

Key Publications

Please visit the Pure Research Information Portal for further information
Conscientisation and Communities of Compost: Rethinking management pedagogy in an age of climate crises, Dallyn, S., Checchi, M., Prado, P., Munro, I. 1 Feb 2024, In: Management Learning
A sustainable path – innovating towards a circular bioeconomy (CBE) in the Amazon region, Prado, P. 28 Apr 2023, BAM2023 Proceedings, London, British Academy of Management
Citizen participation in food systems policy making: A case study of a citizens’ assembly, Doherty, B., Sidhu, Y., Heron, T., West, C., Seaton, A., Gulec, J., Prado, P., Flores Martinez, P. 7 May 2020, In: Emerald Open Research
Nurturing the Seeds of Sustainability Governance: Rio+25 Brazilian Higher Education Institution Case Study, Maruyama, U., Prado, P., Trigo, A., Trigo, J. 2020, World Sustainability Series (WSUSE), Switzerland, Springer
Private standards and public regulation for sustainably organising food supply chains: the case of organic production in Brazil, Prado, P., Heron, T., Doherty, B., Flores Martinez, P. 20 May 2020, 15th Organization Studies Summer Workshop
Food Systems Resilience: Towards an Interdisciplinary Research Agenda, Doherty, B., Ensor, J., Heron, T., Prado, P. 28 Jan 2019, In: Emerald Open Research
Sustainability governance across global supply chains: The case of ‘organic soy’ in Brazil, Prado, P., Heron, T., Doherty, B. 4 Jul 2019, 35th European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS) Colloquium
Systemic Design in Food Security and Resilience: Building a Holon, Darzentas, J., Darzentas, J., de Bruin, A., Power, M., Prado, P., Carmien, S., Hobbs, E. Mar 2019, Proceedings of Relating Systems Thinking and Design (RSD7) 2018 Symposium, Oslo, Systemic Design Association

Qualifications

Information Science PhD March 27 2013
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy FHEA

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