Ekant Veer

Ekant Veer is a Professor of Marketing and the Associate Dean of Postgraduate Research at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand. Ekant is a multi-award winning teacher and researcher having been named in the Top 40 under 40 Business Professors worldwide, a winner of an Ako Aotearoa Tertiary Teaching Excellence award, a recipient of the University of Canterbury's Teaching Medal and a 5 times winner of UCSA's Lecturer of the Year award. His research focuses on the role of marketing in promoting social well-being and understanding how online technologies affect consumer self-expression and identity. He is the director of the UC Business School's Social Impact Cluster is often called upon to work with various not-for-profit agencies to show how marketing can be used to benefit society and promote wellness.