Research title: Collaboration over Competition: Three Essays on Artificial Intelligence and Sustainable Business

Year of entry: 2024, Full-Time

Supervisors: Professor Jonatan Pinkse, Dr Michael Etter

Asma Othman is a PhD student in Strategy, International Management, and Entrepreneurship, focusing on developing managerial mechanisms for responsible AI to mitigate its unintended environmental and societal risks. She is affiliated with the Centre for Sustainable Business and the King’s Institute of Artificial Intelligence. She also serves as a Graduate Teaching Assistant at King’s Business School, supporting modules in Business Ethics, Sustainability, and Research Methods.

Asma previously worked as a Junior Policy Analyst at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), advising governments on coherent sustainable development policies in Europe and Africa, and as an Assistant Lecturer at the Arab Academy for Science, Technology, and Maritime Transport. Her research has been published in a peer-reviewed journal and presented at an international conference.
She holds an MSc in Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship (Distinction) from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and an MSc and BSc in Architectural Engineering (Urban Planning) from Alexandria University. She received the King’s Business School Doctoral Studentship, the Chevening Scholarship, and recognition in AI and green economy innovation.

Asma Othman's CV