Events Archives

On September 26^th, we’ll kick-off the 2025-2026 season of our ICOR Seminar series with challenging questions tied to stigma and inclusion, in and around organizations. For this, we’ll have the pleasure to welcome Itziar Castello-Molina (Bayes Business School, UK) who will present her study “Beyond Labeling: The Micro-mechanisms and Emotional Dynamics of Stigma Formation” co-authored with Laura Illia (University of Fribourg), Alessandra Zamparini (Università della Svizzera italiana) and Nicole Giorgi (University of Fribourg).

Then, Oluwatobi Omotoye (IÉSEG School of Management) will present his PhD project “Neurodiversity at Work: Line Managers’ Intention Towards the Integration of Neurodiverse People in the Workplace.”

Both abstracts can be found here.

On October 2nd, we’ll delve into the broad topic of social entreprises and volunteering. For tackling this subject, we are delighted to host Emmanouela Mandalaki (NEOMA Business School, France) who will present her study “Entangling care and justice in practice: The Case of volunteers working with homeless populations in Buenos Aires”. The abstract can be found here.

Then, Sofia Raymond (IÉSEG School of Management) will address the social enterprising topic at a more macro level, by presenting her PhD project “Business model innovation in social enterprises: a review and reflections on research questions for thesis development.”

We are very excited to organize our first LAW-ICOR Seminar on December 16^th, during which we will discuss the relations between law and Business Ethics. For this, we have the privilege to receive Robert C. Bird (University of Connecticut) who will present his paper “Toward an Ethical Culture of Lawtegrity”. The abstract can be found here.

For our next ICOR Seminar on October 10^th, we’ll discuss questions of power and control in digitalized organizational spaces. First, we are honored to receive Patrizia Zanoni (Hasselt University) who will present her paper “Beyond Despotic Control: Alienation and Consent by ‘Liberated’ Workers in the Amazon Warehouse,” co-authored with Milosz Miszczynski (Kozminski). The abstract can be found here.

Then, Christine Abdalla Mikhaeil (IESEG) will present her study “Govern Less to Govern More? Autonomy-control tensions in firm-hosted online communities,” co-authored with Marie Joachim (ESSCA School of Management) and Aurélie Leclercq-Vandelannoitte (IESEG). The abstract can be found here.

To kick-off the academic year, we’ll have the pleasure to welcome Evgenia Lysova (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) to discuss what constitutes meaningful work. She will present her study: “Signaling meaningful work: Examining the interactions of calling with corporate social responsibility and job design”, which abstract can be found here.

On June 6^th, we’ll discuss natural resources’ extraction and uses and their impacts on local communities’ day-to-day life and on stakeholders’ collaborations to achieve sustainability. First, Alvin Panjeta (Université Paris-Est Créteil) will present his paper “From energy justice to feelings of injustice: the case of offshore windfarms in Norway”, co-authored with Kristiane Fjaer Lindland (University of Stavanger). The abstract can be found here.

Then, Johanna Jarvela (IESEG) will present her study “Out of Sight, Out of Mind — How Visibility Dynamics Influence the MSI Legitimacy Formation,” co-authored with Marjo Siltaoja (Jyväskylä University School of Business and Economics). The abstract can be found here.

On May 24^th, our ICOR Seminar will point at the complexities lying behind the private sector’s financial endeavors and narratives addressing climate change. First, Ioana Sendroiu (University of Hong Kong) will present her paper “Market bootstrapping to address grand challenges: Possibilities and limitations in innovating towards net zero.” The abstract can be found here.

Then, Hugues Chenet (IESEG) will present his manuscript “Unravelling the narratives of the climate finance agenda”, co-authored with Soline Ralite (Université Paris-Dauphine). The abstract can be found here.

On April 26^th, the question of micro-practices of collaborations between different stakeholders to achieve CSR purposes and legitimacy will be at the core of our incoming ICOR Seminar. Susana Esper (IESEG) will present her research project “How CSR managers use public policy to strengthen their roles: Juggling between student activism and internal resistance”, co-authored with Gustavo Birollo (FSA ULaval) and Maria Castillo (IESEG). The abstract can be found here.

On April 12^th, we’ll discuss the broad issue of sustainability in our next ICOR Seminar. First, Lionel Garreau (Associate Professor at Université Paris Dauphine) will present his approach of sustainability, based on a systemic perspective.

Then, Simone Carmine (Assistant Professor at IESEG) will present his research project “MNE crowdsourcing sustainability innovations”, co-authored with Haitao Yu (Faculty of Business Administration, University of Macau). The abstract can be found here.

To begin the year, we’ll discuss reflexive approaches to academic writing and management theories during the in-coming ICOR Seminar. First, Haitao Yu, Assistant Professor at IESEG, will present his paper “Emotion and Research on Personally Relevant Grand Challenges” (co-authored with Lucas Amaral Lauriano, Iéseg) (The abstract can be found here).

Then, John Hegarty (IESEG) will present his piece “Living in the Tension – A Reflexive and Pragmatic Approach to Management Decision-Making” co-authored with Regis Maubrey (IPAG Business School) and Hans-Jörg von Mettenheim (IPAG Business School). (The abstract can be found here as well as the full paper here).