Babita Bhatt

Babita Bhatt is a Senior Lecturer at the Research School of Management, Australian National University, specializing in social enterprise dynamics, community resilience, and ethical challenges in resource-constrained environments. Her work examines how hybrid organizations navigate power structures in marginalized contexts.

Research Projects:

• Social Cohesion, Diversity and Inclusion (2019–2023): Analyzing community resilience mechanisms
• Agricultural Knowledge Transfer at Base of Pyramid (2019–2021): Cross-national study of farmer producer organizations
• Microentrepreneur Missing Middle (2019–2021): World Vision collaboration on SME financing gaps

Editorial Roles: Associate Editor for Academy of Management Perspectives; Co-guest editor for special issues in Information Systems Journal and Business & Society on polarization and sharing economy.

Teaching: Leads courses on Social Enterprise (MGMT2008) and Business Ethics (MGMT3016), incorporating experiential learning from fieldwork across Canada, Hong Kong, India, Spain, and Australia.