Ana María Peredo

Full Professor

Canada Research Chair in Social and Inclusive Entrepreneurship

B.S.Sc (Universidad Inca Garcilazo de la Vega), M.A. (U of Calgary), Diploma Studies (Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú), M.A. Studies (Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú), Ph.D. (U of Calgary)

Location: DMS 6148
Telephone: 613-562-5800 x 4784

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Biography

Ana María Peredo is a Full Professor and Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Social and Inclusive Entrepreneurship at the Telfer School of Management. She was formerly Professor of Political Ecology at the School of Environmental Studies and Director of the Centre for Co-operative and Community-Based Economy, both at the University of Victoria, Canada.

Dr. Peredo’s work has contributed to understanding the ways communities can address poverty by constructing rewarding and sustainable livelihoods out of resources in their distinctive cultures and environments. She draws on her academic training in Anthropology and Management and extensive experience in the Andes of her native Peru to explore alternative economies and their impact on the social and environmental aspects of community.

Ana Maria has published several seminal pieces on community-based enterprises, Indigenous entrepreneurship, social enterprises, and solidarity economy. Her work has been published in journals such as the Academy of Management Review, Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Business Venturing, Entrepreneurship, Theory and Practice, Organization, World Development, Journal of Peasant Studies, and several other prominent journals and foundational anthologies.

She has received a number of awards and fellowships and serves on several academic and professional boards. Currently, she is the Associate Editor of Organization, Co-Coordinator of the European Group for Organizational Studies’ Standing Working Group on Organization Studies in the Anthropocene and Past President of the Western Academy of Management.

Research Interests

Ana María currently focuses on three inter-connected areas: (1) Alternative Organizations and Solidarity Economies: community-based entrepreneurship, co-operatives, community-based economies/ co-operative economies, common-property social enterprises, social justice, local currencies, small businesses networks; (2) Indigenous Economies and Decolonization: Indigenous Entrepreneurship, Indigenous social Innovation, critical entrepreneurship, impacts of development/business projects, Indigenous movements and ontologies; (3) Alternative Futures: Social movements, De-Growth-Post-Growth Movements. She welcomes opportunities to work with accomplished graduate students who have a specific focus in these areas.

Research areas

Alternative and Solidarity economies Commons Community-Based entrepreneurship Decolonization Degrowth movements Economic Democracy Social Innovation Indigenous Economies Poverty alleviation Social Justice and Social Movements

Teaching interests

Business and Sustainability Critical Theory Qualitative methodology Social Entrepreneurship

Pillars

Happier Greener Healthier

Publications during the last 7 years

Papers in Refereed Journals

Mielly, M., Islam, G., Peredo, A.M., Muzanenhamo, P., Irigaray, H.A.R., Bazana, S. Decolonizing perspectives and decolonial pluriversality in management praxis & research: Introduction to the special issue. Cadernos EBAPE.BR, 22(6): 1-15.
Colbourne, R., Peredo, A.M. Guest editorial: Chasing truth and (re)conciliation: Navigating contexts, tensions and consequences. Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: an International Journal, 43(6): 1001-1006.
Henriques, I., Colbourne, R., Peredo, A.M., Anderson, R., Wanuch, R. Transforming Indigenous Procurement: Empowerment, Challenges, and the Road Ahead. Journal of Aboriginal Economic Development, 14(1): 2-15.
Weber, G., Cabras, I., Peredo, A.M., Yanguas-Parra, P.A., Prime, K.S. Exploring resilience in public services within marginalised communities during COVID-19: The case of coal mining regions in Colombia. Journal of Cleaner Production, 415(137880): 1-12.
Colbourne, R., Peredo, A.M., Henriques, I. Indigenous entrepreneurship? Setting the record straight. Business History, 1-23.
Peredo, A.M. The unsettling potential of Indigenous organizing. Organization, 30(6): 1211-1221.
Peredo, A.M. Indigenous and Divergent Voices in the Business School: Who’s listening? Management international / International Management / Gestiòn Internacional, 26(5): 144-148.
Peredo, A.M., Calas, M., Smircich, L., Bapuji, H., Banerjee, B., Chertkovskaj, E., Weber, G., Colbourne, R., Evans, M., Crane, A., Osorio, A., Ozkazanc-Pan, B., Contu, A., Abdelnour, S., Hirsch, P., Adler, P. We are boiling: Management scholars speaking out on COVID-19 and social justice. Journal of Management Inquiry, 31(4): 339-357.
Peredo, A.M. ‘People Like You’: Hidden Stories. M@n@gement, 25(4): 84-85.
Weber, G., Cabras, I., Ometto, P., Peredo, A.M. Direct Management of COVID-19 at National and Subnational Level: The Case of the Western Amazon Countries. Public Organization Review, 21(4): 741–757.
Cordoba, D., Peredo, A.M., Chaves, P. Shaping alternatives to development: Solidarity and reciprocity in the Andes during Covid-19. World Development, 139: 105323.
Turner, K. L., Idrobo, C. J., Desmarais, A. A., Peredo, A.M. Soberania Alimentaris desde el Territorio: Aprovisionamiento, practicas cotidianas y el papel de las mujeres afrocolombianas. Jangwa Pana, 20(1): 158-185.
Banerjee, S. B., Jermier, J. M., Peredo, A.M., Perey, R., Reichel, A. Theoretical perspectives on organizations and organizing in a post-growth era. Organization, 28(3): 337-357.
Peredo, A.M., McLean, M. Decommodification in action: Common property as countermovement. Organization, 27(6): 817-839.
Turner, K. L., Idrobo, C. J., Desmarais, A. A., Peredo, A.M. Food sovereignty, gender and everyday practice: The role of Afro-Colombian women in sustaining localised food systems. Journal of Peasant Studies, 49(2): 402-428.
Peredo, A.M., Haugh, H. M., Hudon, M., Meyer, C. Mapping concepts and issues in the ethics of the commons: Introduction to the special issue. Journal of Business Ethics, 166(4): 659-672.
Cordoba, D., Juen, L., Selfa, T., Peredo, A.M., de Assis Montag, L. F., Sombra, D., Santos, M. P. D. Understanding local perceptions of the impacts of large-scale oil palm plantations on ecosystem services in the Brazilian Amazon. Forest Policy and Economics, 109: 1-11.

Books

Haugh, H., Peredo, A.M. Handbook on Community Entrepreneurship. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2025.
Pirini, J., Cummings, S., Peredo, A.M. Indigenous Knowledges and Management Frameworks. USA: Sage Publications, 2025, (In Press).
Alakavuklar, O.N., Barros, A., Jammulamadaka, N., Peredo, A.M. Business Storytelling and Postcolonialism. London, UK: World Scientific Publishing Europe Ltd., 2023.
Colbourne, R., Henriques, I., Anderson, R., Peredo, A.M., Schneider, B. Indigenous Economic Development. Oxford Bibliographies in Anthropology. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2021.

Chapters in Books

Daher, S., Peredo, A.M. A Manifesto for Engagement in the 'Politics of Translation'. In Pirini, J., Cummings, S., Peredo, A.M. Indigenous Knowledges and Management Frameworks. USA: Sage Publications, 2025, (Accepted).
Popa, A., Peredo, A.M. Beyond Grants: Indigenous Conservation Finance Innovations in Canada. In Pirini, J., Cummings, S., Peredo, A.M. Indigenous Knowledges and Management Frameworks. USA: Sage Publications, 2025, (Accepted).
Peredo, A.M. Chapter 5: Rethinking Wealth: A Journey into the Aymara Economy. In Pirini, J., Cummings, S., Peredo, A.M. Indigenous Knowledges and Management Frameworks. USA: Sage Publications, 2025, (In Press).
Peredo, A.M. Deep Roots: Scholarship as a Catalyst for Visibility and Change. In Baba, S., Sasaki, I. Research in the Sociology of Organizations - In the Shadows: tales of Cultural Marginalization in Modern Society. UK: Emerald Group Publishing, 2025, (In Press).
Peredo, A.M. Indigenous Community-Based Enterprises (ICBEs): A Future Shaping Framework. In Pirini, J., Cummings, S., Peredo, A.M. Indigenous Knowledges and Management Frameworks. USA: Sage Publications, 2025, (Accepted).
Peredo, A.M., Kassab, N. Power to communities: From NPOs to community-based enterprise models. In Kouamé, S., Stambouli, J., Baba, S. Managing Non-profit Strategic Tensions - Impact, Scaling and Sustainability. New York, USA: Springer, 2025, (In Press).
Colbourne, R., Peredo, A.M., Henriques, I. Reclaiming Connections to Prosperity on Turtle Island. In Pirini, J., Cummings, S., Peredo, A.M. Indigenous Knowledges and Management Frameworks. USA: Sage Publications, 2025, (Accepted).
Peredo, A.M., Cummings, S., Pirini, J., Kassab, N. Reconciliation in Action - How IARIMOS is Nurturing Indigenous Business Scholars. In Pirini, J., Cummings, S., Peredo, A.M. Indigenous Knowledges and Management Frameworks. USA: Sage Publications, 2025, (Accepted).
Reimagining Social Innovation: An Indigenous Approach to Sustainable Change. In Indigenous Knowledges and Management Frameworks. USA: Sage Publications, 2025, (Accepted).
McLean, M., Peredo, A.M. Reimagining Social Innovation: An Indigenous Approach to Sustainable Change. In Pirini, J., Cummings, S., Peredo, A.M. Indigenous Knowledges and Management Frameworks. 2025, (Accepted).
Segovia, R.A., Peredo, A.M. “We cannot cut the tree if we don’t have permission from its mother”: Kukama resistance through life-affirming cosmologies. In Alakavuklar, O.N., Barros, A., Jammulamadaka, N., Peredo, A.M. Business storytelling and Postcolonialism. London, UK: World Scientific Publishing Europe Ltd., 2024.
Peredo, A.M., Schneider, B., Popa, A. Indigenous entrepreneurial finance: Mapping the landscape with Canadian evidence. In Lingelbach, D.C. Handbook of Entrepreneurial Finance. Berlin: De Gruyter, 2022.
Henriques, I., Colbourne, R., Peredo, A.M., Anderson, R.B. Relational and social aspects of Indigenous entrepreneurship: The Hupacasath case. In Indigenous Wellbeing and Enterprise. New York: Routledge, 2020.
Peredo, A.M. El “Buen Vivir’: Notions of Wellbeing Among Indigenous Peoples of South America. In Fleming, C., Manning, M., Miller, A. Routledge Handbook of Indigenous Wellbeing. London, UK: Routledge, 2019.
Peredo, A.M., McLean, M., Tremblay, C. Indigenous Social Innovation: What Is Distinctive? And a Research Agenda. In George, G., Baker, T., Tracey, P., Joshi, H. Handbook of Inclusive Innovation: The Role of Organizations, Markets and Communities in Social Innovation . Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2019.

Invited Contributions and/or Technical Reports

Peredo, A.M.. 2023. "RAD Network: Envisioning The Indigenous-led Conservation Economy", Report on meeting April 24-27, 23. Participant and Contributor to The Market group.
Henriques, I., Colbourne, R., O'Farrell, D., Peredo, A.M., Anderson, R.. 2023. "Transforming indigenous procurement: 2023 Cando survey", https://www.edo.ca/downloads/transforming-indigenous-procurement-survey-2023.pdf.
Dagli-Hustings, I., Peredo, A.M., Ndimukaga, E., Ikinci, M., Koko, A.D., Christou, G., Lordos, A.. 2022. "Bugesera societal healing programme: Collaborative livelihoods protocol (co-live manuals 1 - 3)".
Peredo, A.M.. 2020. "Social Investment Activities and Needs Assessment for Vancouver Island. B.C. Report".

Funded Research during the last 7 years

Funded Research during the last 7 years
From-To	Source	Title	Purpose	Type	Role	Amount
2024-2024	University of Melbourne	Visiting Research Scholar Scheme	R	O	PI	$10,994
2024-2024	University of Ottawa	University of Ottawa CWCO Grant, for IARIMOS Conference	S	I	PI	$3,000
2024-2024	SSHRC Partnership Engage Grant	Tackling Regina’s homeless crisis through entrepreneurship: community-led research	R	C	Co-A	$24,375
2024-2024	Telfer School of Management	Matching funds for CWCO grant, for IARIMOS Conference	S	I	PI	$6,000
2024-2024	School of Business, University of Sydney, AU; Auckland University; Smith School of Business, Queen’s University; Sage Publishing; Hill/Levene School of Business, University of Regina	IARIMOS Support funds	S	O	PI	$15,000
2023-2026	SSHRC Partnership Development Grant	Enabling Systems Transitions Towards Inclusive Innovation	R	C	Co-I	$198,793
2023-2024	SSHRC Connection Grant	The International Academy of Research in Indigenous Management and Organization Studies	R	C	PI	$25,000
2023-2023	Telfer School of Management; University of Ottawa; Sprott School of Management, University of Carleton; Schulich School of Management, York University; Hill/Levene School of Business, University of Regina	Matching funds for Connection Grant	S	O	PI	$13,000
2023-2023	University of Ottawa	International Academy for Research in Indigenous Management Organization	S	I	PI	$17,500
2023-2023	Telfer School of Management	International Academy for Research in Indigenous Management Organization	S	I	PI	$19,500
2022-2029	Canada Research Chairs	Canada Research Chair in Social and Inclusive Entrepreneurship, Tier 1	R	C	PI	$1,400,000
2022-2023	Telfer School of Management	Start-up funds	R	I	PI	$20,000
2021-2023	SSHRC	Two-Eyed Seeing, Grand Challenges and Wicked Problems: Indigenous-led Responses to the Neoliberal Restructuring of Cities and Urban Centres	R	C	Co-A	$245,936
2021-2022	SSHRC Connection Grant	Walking in two worlds, co-creating a two-eyed seeing approach to research training	O	C	Co-A	$24,000
2020-2021	SSHRC	Blueprint for an inclusive and sustainable recovery	R	C	Co-A	$24,996
2019-2022	SSHRC	Oil Palm in water territories: the impacts of crop expansion on water resources and local livelihoods in the Brazilian Amazon	R	C	Co-A	$74,998
2018-2019	SSHRC	Regenerative Enterprise in Fragile Ecosystems	R	C	Co-A	$23,000
2017-2021	SSHRC	Indigenous Social Entrepreneurship: A Co-generated Approach	R	C	Co-A	$366,758

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Role
PI = Principal Investigator | Co-I = Co-Investigator | Co-PI = Co-Principal Investigator