Call – 8th edition “Business and Society Research Seminar”

The 8^th edition of the “Business and Society Research Seminar” (formerly labelled “CSR Days/CSR Research Seminar”) will be organized in 2018 at the University of Mannheim Business School, from June 20^th to 22^nd, 2018.

The objective of this two-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:

“The Transformation towards Sustainable Business: Empowering Stakeholders for Sustainable Innovation, Production, and Consumption”

Our keynote speakers will be Andrew Crane, Sankar Sen, and CB Bhattacharya:

This year’s seminar is co-hosted by the Chair of Corporate Social Responsibility at the University of Mannheim Business School in collaboration with the Louvain CSR Network of the LouRIM Louvain Research Institute in Management and Organizations (Belgium), University of Namur (Belgium), Audencia Business School (France), IÉSEG Center for Organizational Responsibility (ICOR) at IÉSEG School of Management (France), and ICHEC Brussels Management School (Belgium).

To present your work at the event, please submit a long abstract (4 to 5 pages, single-spaced, Times New Roman 12) or a full paper (maximum 20 pages, single-spaced, Times New Roman 12) on your research project related to business and society relationships or a related topic. Applications must be submitted via email to .

Submission Deadline: February, 11th, 2018.

Submissions will undergo a double blind-review process. Notification of acceptance will be sent by April 1st, 2018.

Please find all further information in the call for contributions attached below.

For any question, please contact 

For more information, please visit the website: https://schons.bwl.uni-mannheim.de/de/business_society/

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