Eva Collins (academic)

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Eva Collins

Academic background
Alma mater	George Washington University
Thesis	A multi-stakeholder evaluation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's 33/50, Climate Wise and Project XL voluntary environmental programs (2002)
Academic work
Institutions	University of Waikato, United Technologies Corporation

Eva Marie Collins is an American–New Zealand academic, and is a full professor at the University of Waikato, specialising in business sustainability and the circular economy.

Academic career

Collins completed a Bachelor degree with honours at Portland State University, followed by a Master of Arts degree at Essex University in the UK.^[1] She then completed a PhD titled A multi-stakeholder evaluation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's 33/50, Climate Wise and Project XL voluntary environmental programs at George Washington University in 2002.^[2]^[1] Collins spent ten years working as a lobbyist for United Technologies Corporation.^[3] Collins joined the faculty of the University of Waikato in 2002, rising to full professor in 2022.^[4]^[3] Collins is the Sustainability Coordinator for the Waikato Management School, and co-chairs the university's Sustainability Committee.^[5] She is a lifetime member of Clare Hall, at Cambridge University.^[6]

Collins is interested in management and sustainability, and researches areas such as environmental entrepreneurship, the circular economy, and the relationship business has with sustainability.^[7]^[8] Collins says that greater transparency requirements means that New Zealand exporters can no longer ignore the need to engage in sustainability or carbon emission reporting, for instance.^[3] She is part of an MBIE-funded collaboration with Sara Walton, Gradon Diprose and Alison Greenaway to explore the understanding and use of the term 'circular economy' in New Zealand, and make recommendations about how to improve collaboration towards a circular economy.^[9]

Selected works

Scholia has a profile for Eva Collins (Q115489619).

S. R. Lawrence; E. Collins; K. Pavlovich; M. Arunachalam (27 June 2006). "Sustainability practices of SMEs: the case of NZ". Business Strategy and the Environment. 15 (4): 242–257. doi:10.1002/BSE.533. ISSN 0964-4733. Wikidata Q125036610.
Eva Collins; Stewart Lawrence; Kathryn Pavlovich; Chris Ryan (January 2007). "Business networks and the uptake of sustainability practices: the case of New Zealand". Journal of Cleaner Production. 15 (8–9): 729–740. doi:10.1016/J.JCLEPRO.2006.06.020. ISSN 0959-6526. Wikidata Q104893862.
Eva Collins; Juliet Roper; Stewart Lawrence (22 November 2010). "Sustainability practices: trends in New Zealand businesses". Business Strategy and the Environment. 19 (8): 479–494. doi:10.1002/BSE.653. ISSN 0964-4733. Wikidata Q125036579.
Kathryn Pavlovich; Eva Collins; Glyndwr Jones (15 April 2008). "Developing Students' Skills in Reflective Practice". Journal of Management Education. 33 (1): 37–58. doi:10.1177/1052562907307640. ISSN 1052-5629. Wikidata Q125036583.
Kate Kearins; Eva Collins; Helen Tregidga (11 May 2010). "Beyond Corporate Environmental Management to a Consideration of Nature in Visionary Small Enterprise". Business & Society. 49 (3): 512–547. doi:10.1177/0007650310368988. ISSN 0007-6503. Wikidata Q125036567.
Kate Kearins; Eva Collins (14 March 2011). "Making Sense of Ecopreneurs' Decisions to Sell Up". Business Strategy and the Environment. 21 (2): 71–85. doi:10.1002/BSE.710. ISSN 0964-4733. Wikidata Q125036558.
EVA MARIE COLLINS; KATE KEARINS (1 September 2010). "Delivering on Sustainability's Global and Local Orientation". Academy of Management Learning and Education. 9 (3): 499–506. doi:10.5465/AMLE.2010.53791830. ISSN 1537-260X. Wikidata Q125036561.

References

^ ^a ^b University of Waikato. "Academic profile: Professor Eva Collins". profiles.waikato.ac.nz. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
^ Collins, Eva (2002). A multi-stakeholder evaluation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's 33/50, Climate Wise and Project XL voluntary environmental programs (PhD thesis). George Washington University.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Hamilton Public Lecture: 'Will business ever be truly sustainable?' – WMS 50th". Retrieved 21 March 2024.
^ communications@waikato.ac.nz (25 January 2022). "Waikato appoints three new Professors". www.waikato.ac.nz. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
^ "Eva Collins, Author at Pure Advantage". Pure Advantage. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
^ "Eva Collins, Council Member, University of Waikato". businessdesk.co.nz. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
^ Mann, Samuel (28 April 2015). "Is business the sustainable solution?".
^ Morrison, Tina (13 October 2022). "Ruapehu ski field crisis a climate change 'wake-up call'". www.stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
^ "Coming around to the idea". Otago Daily Times Online News. 3 October 2022. Retrieved 21 March 2024.

External links

Will business ever be truly sustainable?, inaugural professorial lecture by Eva Collins, 11 October 2022, via YouTube

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