As a Chair (Full Professor) in International Business, Agnieszka is widely recognised as a prominent capacity builder for impactful initiatives and an esteemed advocate for knowledge exchange and engagement in the realm of responsible management research and education. Her work spans national and international boundaries, where she leads strategic initiatives, builds partnerships, and advances the global dialogue.

Between 2016 and 2021, Agnieszka founded the Annual Strategy & International Business Symposium in the Department and went on to establish the Responsible Research Methods Symposium in 2019. She also co-founded the Academy of International Business (AIB) Research Methods–Shared Interest Group (RM-SIG) in the same year, strengthening her leadership within the global academic community. Between 2020 and 2023, she led the Responsible Research in Business and Management (RRBM) on Tour symposium under the RRBM global network, further cementing her leadership in shaping the future of responsible research practices.

Agnieszka’s influence extends beyond her work at Birmingham Business School. In 2020, she joined the leadership of the RRBM  global network as a Working Board Member, where she is making significant contributions in shaping responsible research. Between 2023 and 2024, she served as a Secondee to the Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME), an initiative of the United Nations Global Compact, for research and PRME’s Working Groups. Following her secondment with PRME, she continues to be actively engaged with PRME. She is also the Responsible Management Research and Education Lead at the British Academy of Management International Business/International Management-Shared Interest Group (BAM IB/IM-SIG). Her global leadership continues through advisory board positions at Woxsen University (India), the Consortium for the Advancement of Research Methods and Analysis (CARMA), the Aalto University Center for Qualitative Management Studies (Qual+) as one of the founding members of the AIB RM-SIG and the BAM IB/IM-SIG.

With a research focus on internationalisation of firms, international business strategies and how firms can create societal impact while advancing sustainable development goals (SDGs), her work has been published in leading journals in her field. Her research expertise goes beyond phenomena driven in her field as it also spans responsible research methods and data-driven approaches, leading to transformative, methodologically focused publications in leading academic journals as well. This makes a significant contribution to both business scholarship and practical business strategies ensuring credibility of scientific work while restoring public trust in scholarship. As such her work equips businesses and governments with the tools to make data-driven decisions for long-term sustainable outcomes.

Agnieszka is an active leader in the academic accreditation community, serving as a senior editor for International Business Review and on the editorial boards of several prestigious journals. She is also an accreditation assessor for AMBA (BGA), ensuring that global business education meets the highest standards of excellence. Additionally, through her active involvement with RRBM and her esteemed colleagues on the Working Board, she is influencing accreditation standards set by AACSB and EFMD (EQUIS).

As the first female Head of the Department of Strategy and International Business at Birmingham Business School between 2018 and 2021, Agnieszka led significant academic and strategic advancements during the Covid-19 pandemic while managing operational crises and challenges. Her tenure on the Senior Management Team at Birmingham Business School during this period shaped the School’s global standing and its contribution to business and policy development during Covid-19 and ahead of REF2021.

As a dynamic individual, Agnieszka continues to push boundaries in international business and responsible management education, making her a prominent and transformative global figure while championing and shaping the responsible research and education landscape.