Maria Carmen Punzi , MSc

PhD Candidate

Department of Business-Society Management

Rotterdam School of Management (RSM)

Erasmus University Rotterdam

Profile

Maria Carmen is a Ph.D. Candidate in Business-Society Management. After working in several international non-profit organizations focused on gender equity and reproductive health, she joined ERIM in September 2019. In her research she takes an organizational lens to uncover the ways in which inequalities are reinforced and perpetuated through organizational discourses and practices, policies and regulations. Specifically, her research starts from the recognition that while menstrual health has been proven to affect women’s opportunities, health and inclusive participation in society, it is widely missing from existing work for gender equity. Bringing together literatures on social entrepreneurship, social movements and institutional change, she studies how different stakeholders organize around menstrual health, competing, collaborating and constructing new meanings around it.

On the side of her research, Maria Carmen is the Innovation Advisor at the Menstrual Health Hub and is regularly consulted across the Menstrual Health and Hygiene (MHH) space for her expertise in MHH related business innovation.

Maria Carmen obtained her Master of Science (MSc) degree in Global Business and Sustainability from Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (2017) and her Bachelor degree (BSc) in Politics, Philosophy and Economics (cum laude) from LUISS University, Rome (2016).

Professional experience

PhD Candidate

Erasmus University Rotterdam
RSM - Rotterdam School of Management
Department of Business-Society Management

Publication

Scholarly Publications

M.C. Punzi & M.D. Werner (2020). Challenging the Menstruation Taboo One Sale at a Time: The Role of Social Entrepreneurs in the Period Revolution. In C. Bobel, I.T. Winkler, B. Fahs, K.A. Hasson, E.A. Kissling & T.A. Roberts (Eds.), The Palgrave Handbook of Critical Menstruation Studies (pp. 833-851). Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan doi: 10.1007/978-981-15-0614-7_60

Media

Discovery items

BLOG: Menstrual health must be in government and employer policies

Are free tampons enough? Actually, there’s a lot more that organisations should consider for employees’ well-being.

DoIP Spotlight: Maria Carmen Punzi

This edition features Maria Carmen Punzi who contributes to worldwide gender equity by focusing on menstrual health.

BLOG: Menstrual health must be in government and employer policies

Are free tampons enough? Actually, there’s a lot more that organisations should consider for employees’ well-being.

punzi@rsm.nl

Visiting address

Burgemeester Oudlaan 50
3062 PA Rotterdam

Postal address

Postbus 1738
3000 DR Rotterdam
Netherlands

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