This is the web page of the Social Sciences and Humanities track of the 2026 7th ABCP Annual Conference, to be held on Friday 28th August 2026.

Venue

Seminar East

Track Chairs

  • Professor Qihai Huang — Vice-President for Finance, ABCP; Professor of Entrepreneurship and Management, Strategic Lead for Research, School of Business, Education and Law, University of Huddersfield
  • Professor Lynda Jiwen Song — Vice-President & Secretary-General, ABCP; Professor of Management, Leeds University Business School, University of Leeds

Programme

Friday 28th August 2026

13:45-14:50 Session 1: Opening, Roundtable and Featured Presentation
13:45-13:50 Welcome and Opening Remarks
Professor Qihai Huang, Professor of Entrepreneurship and Management, Strategic Lead for Research, School of Business, Education and Law, University of Huddersfield, UK; Vice-President for Finance, ABCP
Opening Remarks — 5 mins
13:50-14:35

Emerging Trends in UK Social Sciences: REF, EDI, and the Role of Chinese Scholars

Roundtable Discussion (45 min) with panel members: 

  • Professor Li Wei, Professor of Applied Linguistics, UCL Institute of Education, University College London, UK; Executive Vice-President, ABCP
  •  Professor Tao Cheng, Professor of GeoInformatics | Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering (CEGE), University College London (UCL), UK; Council Secretary, ABCP
  • Professor Qihai Huang, Strategic Lead for Research | School of Business, Education and Law, University of Huddersfield, UK; Vice-President for Finance, ABCP
  • Associate Professor Yan Wu, Associate Professor in Media and Communications Studies | College of Arts and Humanities, Swansea University, UK
14:35-14:50 Business Management in the Digital Age
Professor Xinbo Sun, Professor of Business Administration, Northeastern University, China
Featured Presentation — 15 mins
14:50-15:50 Session 2: Research Presentations I
14:50-15:05 The Microfoundations of Digital Internationalization: A Process Model of Trait Activation, Managerial Cognition Renewal and Capability Building
Dr Sam Boran Li, Lecturer, Liverpool Hope University, UK
Paper Presentation — 15 mins
15:05-15:20 When Hiding Hurts: How Stealth Use of Generative AI Resources Impairs Task Performance
Dr Peikai Li, Lecturer, Leeds University Business School, University of Leeds, UK
Paper Presentation — 15 mins
15:20-15:35 Leveraging Digital Technology to Enhance Engagement in Large Cohorts of Business Students
Dr Xiangping (Suzie) Du, Head of Postgraduate Curriculum, Hertfordshire Business School, University of Hertfordshire, UK
Paper Presentation — 15 mins
15:35-15:50 Consumer Wellbeing in Digital Commerce: Insights from Online Grocery Shopping of Individuals with Diabetes
Dr Zhen Zhu, Senior Lecturer in Big Data Analytics, Kent Business School, University of Kent, UK
Paper Presentation — 15 mins
15:50-16:00 Tea & Coffee Break (10 mins)
16:00-17:00 Session 3: Research Presentations II
16:00-16:15 Inclusive Environmental Risk Communication: Identifying the Green and Digital Gaps
Associate Professor Yan Wu, Professor of Media, Swansea University, UK
Paper Presentation — 15 mins
16:15-16:30 Digital Finance and Carbon Emissions Efficiency: Evidence of a U-Shaped Relationship and Competing Mechanisms
Dr Fangya Xu, Associate Professor in Economics, University of Reading, UK
Paper Presentation — 15 mins
16:30-16:45 Early-Stage Economic Evaluation of an Alzheimer’s Disease Diagnostic Tool
Yi Sun, PhD Researcher, Department of Economics, University of Reading, UK
Paper Presentation — 15 mins
16:45-17:00 Cultural Organisation’s Management of Loneliness and Social Isolation for Chinese Senior Immigrants in the UK: A Sociological Translation Analysis
Dr Xunnan Li, Lecturer in Performance and Cultural Industries, University of Leeds, UK
Paper Presentation — 15 mins

Note: All times are British Summer Time (BST). Programme details are subject to minor changes.