Who are the Knowledge Teams at EBS?
EBS Knowledge Teams bring together lecturers, researchers, and doctoral students to explore and understand the intersections of management, entrepreneurship, and innovation. Working collaboratively across academic levels and disciplines, the teams connect strategic leadership, entrepreneurial thinking, innovative practice, and transformative learning.
The work of each Knowledge Team is grounded in both academic rigour and practical relevance. The teams develop forward-looking initiatives that help individuals and organisations learn, grow, and lead change.
A Knowledge Team is a community where management meets innovation, and education fuels entrepreneurship — a collective of people dedicated to visionary academic work and creating sustainable societal impact.
How does a Knowledge Team operate?
A Knowledge Team functions as an organisational unit within EBS.
All faculty members — regardless of additional roles (such as Programme Director, Project Manager, etc.) — are considered resources reporting to the Head of the respective Knowledge Team.
The team’s resources are funded based on the distribution of workload between teaching and research activities.
Main responsibilities of the Knowledge Team:
- Allocation of teaching resources across all degree programmes
- Allocation of supervision resources across all programmes
- Securing additional funding through research or collaboration projects
- Developing the team’s competencies based on programme needs
Principles of resource allocation:
- Programme Directors design and develop curricula and define teaching and supervision needs
- These needs are communicated to the Knowledge Team, which assigns the appropriate resources
- The Knowledge Team may propose the involvement of internal or external experts where relevant
Upcoming defence:
18.12.2025
Upcoming defence: RETENTION OF WORKING UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IN HIGHER EDUCATION: INSIGHTS FROM THE ESTONIAN CONTEXT
Mohammad Abu Sayed Toyon
Supervisors: Professor Kaire Põder, Ph.D., Estonian Business School,
Assistant Professor Niveditha Prabakaran Pankova, Ph.D., Estonian Business School
Opponents: Associate Professor Maarja Beerkens, Ph.D., Institute of Public Administration, Leiden University, The Netherlands
Senior Lecturer Oleg Badunenko, Ph.D., Brunel Business School, Brunel University of London, United Kingdom