Dr. Robert Mittelman is the acting dean of the Faculty of Management, an associate professor of social entrepreneurship and co-director of the School of Business. Mittelman co-led Royal Roads’ application to become a designated Ashoka U Changemaker Campus and now serves as an Ashoka U change leader. His research interests relate to social entrepreneurship, corporate social innovation and non-profit marketing. His recent work explores new theories of social entrepreneurship and social innovation. He is currently working on a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council project to examine the imagery and narratives used in the marketing of international humanitarian aid. Mittelman’s work has been published as part of non-profit studies as well as in various marketing, consumer behaviour and education journals.
Experience
Prior to Royal Roads, Mittelman worked as an entrepreneur, starting and running a number of small businesses and social enterprises in Canada and abroad. He has worked with micro-entrepreneurs in Peru with Kiva.org, served as a consultant with MBAs Without Borders in Guatemala, and started his own business in Nicaragua. He has taught a variety of course in entrepreneurship, international business, and marketing at the undergraduate, graduate and executive education levels with students from Canada, Colombia and Iran.
Education
2015
PhD in Management
Sprott School of Business, Carleton University
2006
Master of Business Administration
Saïd Business School, University of Oxford
2000
Bachelor of International Business
Carleton University
1997
Bachelor of Arts in Economics
Western University
