Dr Malu Villela
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Email
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Location
EBS.3.16, Colchester Campus
Profile
Qualifications
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PhD in Management São Paulo Business School, (2016)
Research and professional activities
Research interests
Alternative organisations; Sustainable and equitable economies; Community-led technology
Conferences and presentations
From Coordination to Transformation: Building Post-Capitalist Economies with Cooperative AI
Invited presentation, Cooperative AI, Platform Cooperativism Consortium (PCC), Istanbul, Turkey, 14/11/2025
Locating value(s) in collaborative commons: measuring time and idleness
EMES International Research Conference on Social Enterprise: Sustainable development through social enterprise, co operative and voluntary action, Sheffield, United Kingdom, 24/6/2019
Urban regimes, experiments and institutional innovation
Unions at Work in Regions and Sectors, Montreal, Canada, 24/10/2018
B Corps and Hybrid Organisations: Challenges for Governing Boards
European Academy of Management: Research in Action – Accelerating knowledge creation in management, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland, 19/6/2018
Cross-Sector Governance in Bristol’s Socio-Environmental Economy Ecosystem
Rethinking Cross-Sector Social Innovation, Cambridge, United States, 6/4/2018
Teaching and supervision
Current teaching responsibilities
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Understanding Value and Values (BE402)
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Perspectives on Technology, Organisation and Society (BE437)
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Innovation and Sustainability (BE448)
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Independent Research Project: Management/Marketing (BE939)
Current supervision
Publications
Journal articles (5)
Villela, M., Betiol, L., Teixeira, M., Gomes, M., Uehara, T. and Monzoni, M., Consumo responsável de madeira Amazônica: A adoção do instrumento da licitação sustentável por governos subnacionais membros da Rede Amigos da Amazônia. Cadernos Gestão Pública e Cidadania. 16 (58)
Nogueira, F., Villela, M. and Larroudé, E., ComBio and the Açaí Puzzle: should community suppliers be included?. Revista Brasileira de Casos de Ensino em Administração. 11 (2), c16-c16
Villela, M., Deblangy, F., Perrin, E. and Sahi, E., (2025). Guest editorial: Worker co-operatives and concern for community. Journal of Co-operative Studies. 58 (3), 3-11
Villela, M., Bulgacov, S. and Morgan, G., (2021). B Corp Certification and Its Impact on Organizations Over Time. Journal of Business Ethics. 170 (2), 343-357
Villela, M. and Gomes, M., (2016). Meio ambiente e arena pública: Governança ambiental e suas implicações para as políticas públicas. Cadernos Gestão Pública e Cidadania. 21 (69), 101-118
Books (2)
Adeodato, S., Villela, M., Betiol, L. and Monzoni, M., (2011). Wood: From the forest to the consumer. FGV-RAE. 8563620029. 9788563620026
Uehara, T., Villela, M., Betiol, L., Prado, O., Gomes, M. and Reis, C., (2011). Poder público e consumo de madeira: Desafios e alternativas para a gestão responsável da madeira Amazônica. Programa Gestāo Pública e Cidadania, FGV. 8587426184. 978-85-87426-18-5
Book chapters (2)
Morgan, G. and Villela, M., (2022). Urban regimes: Experiments and institutional innovation. In: Trade unions and regions: Better work, experimentation, and regional governance. Editors: Lévesque, C., Fairbrother, P., Emilien, B., González, MC. and Morissette, L., . Routledge. 23- 45. 9781003001089
Villela, M., (2020). Resilience and the city. In: Life after Covid-19. Editors: Parker, M., . Bristol University Press. 105- 114. 978-1-5292-1539-7
Reports and Papers (1)
Bloom, P., VILLELA, M. and Dent, A., (2025). Community Business and Technology: Research Report
Other (2)
Villela, M., (2020).The radical and practical way to create a local economy for all,The Bristol Cable
Pitts, H., Morgan, G., Villela, M., Johns, J., Bozkurt, O., Yates, E. and Charnock, G., (2020).Alone, together: Co-working spaces and the Covid-19 crisis(14),Bristol University Press