Decolonising a Business School: Learning Platform & Resource Hub
This platform has been created to share the ongoing work, insights, and resources emerging from a Decolonising the Business School project at a UK Business School. It aims to act as an accessible, sustainable repository for the project’s research, creative outputs, events, and educational activities, ensuring that the learning generated continues to be available long after the project’s completion.
Decolonisation, within a business school context, involves critically examining how colonial legacies shape what we teach, how we teach, and the forms of knowledge we value. It requires recognising exclusions, amplifying marginalised perspectives, and reimagining curricula, research practices, and institutional processes in more equitable and inclusive ways.
This platform invites students, educators, researchers, and organisational partners to explore a curated set of resources, short learning modules, and reflective materials designed to support deeper understanding of decolonial thinking and practice. Through research summaries, creative media, case studies, and guidance for action, the site aims to foster an open, collaborative space for ongoing learning, dialogue, and transformation.
Explore Our Project Outputs
Discover our Decolonial Dialogues podcast series and read our Decolonising a Business School in Context case report — two key resources from the Birmingham Business School Decolonisation Project that invite you to reflect on practice, hear diverse perspectives and learn from our journey
Some of our activities
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Engaging with nature-based practice in business schools and organisations
The Decolonisation Project teamed up with Winterbourne House & Garden to explore how nature can shape business school thinking. In the face of the climate emergency, there have been increasing calls for businesses to fully rethink their relationship with nature in the way they conceive of and create their businesses and operate within the wider…
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Film: Perspectives on decolonising from students and professional services
Working with the Department of Film and Creative Writing, New Vic Borderlines and Black Heritage Walks Network Over the past year Birmingham Business School’s Decolonisation Project has been running a series of events within the School to develop understandings of what a decolonised Business School looks like to BBS staff and students. Part of our enquiries into…
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Decolonising the Business School: View from a student
Written by Chynna Hinds, BA Politics, Policy and Economics, who worked as a Student Research Intern on the BBS Decolonisation Project during 2023. During my time working on the decolonisation project, I was confronted with the amount of hard work needed to decolonise the business school. The experience has been eye-opening, and I’ve gained valuable…
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Student-led exhibition, June – August 2023
These photographs capture the student-led exhibition that ran from June to the end of August 2023, showcasing the creative artefacts produced during the workshops. Students were present throughout the exhibition to explain their pieces, share their experiences, and discuss with staff and fellow students their ideas about the project and what a decolonised business school…
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Citation Justice: Rethinking Who We Cite in Academia
Citations are a powerful force in academia, shaping both individual careers and institutional reputations. They underpin key processes such as job applications, promotions, grant applications, benchmarking, and world university rankings. But citations are more than a metric—they also influence whose voices are heard and valued within the academy. Evidence shows that women and scholars from…
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Decolonisation Project visual minutes
What role does colonisation play within a business school environment? December 2022 marked the official launch of the three-year Decolonisation Project at Birmingham Business School. To commemorate the occasion, and in the spirit of the project to explore arts-based methodologies as research practice, London-based illustrator and artist, Julia Miranda came to document the event through visual…
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