Dr Parminder-Summon

Parminder is Course Director for the Business and Management suite of courses, including Marketing, Events and Human Resource Management. His research interests include how to embed Transformative Sustainability Education (TSE) in business management disciplines so that students experience wholesale, personal change. He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

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Background

With over thirty years' industry experience in the private, public and third sector, Parminder is committed to promoting the vital role companies have in relation to sustainability and the need for businesses to be good for society as well as shareholders. His research to understand the processes of Transformative Sustainability Education will help students get the most from their learning experience. 

Parminder has a keen interest in designing and delivering learning experiences that have a transformative impact on learners because current environmental, economic and social challenges will not be met with yesterday’s solutions. Learning has to be a radical, transformative experience to reshape our preconceptions so that we can understand and activate our response to global environmental, economic and social issues.

Spoken Languages

• Punjabi

Research interests

• Transformative Sustainability Education (TSE)
• Creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship
• Pluralist economics
• Global business environment
• Spirituality and sustainability

Areas of research supervision

• Sustainability education
• International strategy
• Leadership and management
• Spirituality and sustainability
• Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)

Teaching

• BSc (Hons) Business and Management
• Undergraduate Major Project (Business)
• Global Business Strategy
• Marketing Events

Qualifications

• EdD – Anglia Ruskin University
• PG Cert. Learning and Teaching (Higher Education) – Anglia Ruskin University
• MBA – University of Leeds
• BA (Hons) Environmental Studies – Sheffield Hallam University
• PG Dip.(Education) – City & Guilds

Selected recent publications

Filho, W.L., (2025) Handbook of Sustainability and Spirituality – Associate Editor. Springer Nature, Switzerland.

Acevedo, B., and Malevicius R. (2025) SDG12 Responsible Consumption and Production – chapter on Transformative Sustainability Education (TSE). Emerald Publishing, Leeds, England

Summon, P. (2007) Compendium of Days. London: Church House Publishing.

Summon, P. (2006) Bible Miscellany. London: Church House Publishing.

Summon, P. (2005) Miscellany of Saints and Sinners. London: Church House Publishing.

Summon, P. (2004) Summon’s Christian Miscellany. Oxford: Lion Books.