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Call for Papers – Business & Society Research Seminar 2019 @ VU Amsterdam
After many interesting and inspiring gatherings in Belgium, France and Germany, the 9th edition of the "Business and Society Research Seminar" will be organized in 2019 at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU), from June 19th to 21st, 2019.
The objective of this two-and-a-half-day seminar is to bring together doctoral students, emerging scholars, and more experienced academics to present and discuss their research projects and receive feedback. The general theme of the seminar for this year is:
"Corporate Social Responsibility, Grand Challenges and Sustainability: The Business of Society?!"
Our keynote speeches will be given by Prof. Mette Morsing (Stockholm School of Economics) as well as the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI).
To present your work at the event, please submit a long abstract (up to 10 pages, double-spaced, Times New Roman 12) or a full paper (maximum 40 pages, double-spaced, Times New Roman 12) on your research project related to business and society relationships or another topic as described in the full call for papers (see attached as well as the conference website). Participation, including the conference dinner on June 20th, is free of charge, but participants are expected to cover their own travel and accommodation expenses.
Submission Deadline: February, 10th, 2019. Submissions will undergo a double blind-review process. Notification of acceptance will be sent in April 2019. Applications must be submitted via email the conference website: abri.vu.nl/bsseminar2019
Please find all further information in the attached call for papers or on the conference website.
For any question, please contact us at bss.sbe@vu.nl
For more information, please visit our website: abri.vu.nl/bsseminar2019
The 2019 edition of the Business & Society seminar will be held in Amsterdam, hosted by VU Amsterdam and the Amsterdam Business Research Institute (ABRI; www.abri.vu.nl). The seminar is financially supported by the Society for the Advancement of Management Studies (SAMS), the Louvain CSR Network of the LouRIM Louvain Research Institute in Management and Organizations (UCLouvain, Belgium), University of Namur (Belgium), the Chair in CSR at Audencia Business School (France), IÉSEG Center for Organizational Responsibility (ICOR) at IÉSEG School of Management (France), ICHEC Brussels Management School (Belgium) and the Chair in CSR at University of Mannheim (Germany).
We are looking forward to welcoming you at the seminar in Amsterdam!
Best wishes,
Koen van Bommel and Christopher Wickert, on behalf of
Valérie Swaen, Céline Louche, Christel Dumas, Frank De Bakker, François Maon, Annick Castiaux, Sophie Pondeville, and Laura Marie Schons (from the co-hosting institutions)