Rate My Professor Ekant Veer

Ekant Veer is a Professor of Marketing in the Department of Management, Marketing and Tourism at the University of Canterbury. He holds a PhD from the University of Auckland, awarded in 2006, and a BMS (Hons) with First Class Honours from the University of Waikato. Veer has been at the University of Canterbury since 2010, where he serves in the UC Business School. His research focuses on consumer research, transformative consumer research, social marketing, and advertising, with an emphasis on applications that promote consumer well-being and societal improvement. He has held roles including Associate Dean of Postgraduate Research and Director of the MBA programme.

Veer is a multi-award-winning teacher and researcher. He was named among the Top 40 under 40 Business Professors worldwide in 2018, received the Ako Aotearoa Tertiary Teaching Excellence Award, the University of Canterbury Teaching Medal in 2017, and has won the UCSA Lecturer or Staff of the Year award multiple times. His work appears in international journals, and he contributes to the field through conference leadership and editorial roles.