Organizing for Sustainable Futures: Micro and Macro-institutional Conditions of Transformation

The summer school aims at the development of ideas that promote a more sustainable future by bringing together young scholars from all over the world to discuss their ideas on the Grand Transition of our society from the microlevel of individual decision-making to the organizational and the societal level.

Course leader

Prof. Francesco Zirpoli, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice
Prof. Guido Palazzo, University of Lausanne
Prof. Ruth Sealy, University of Exeter

Target group

Applications are welcome from current PhD students, post-doc scholars and young researchers in Management, Strategy, Organization Theory, Finance, Economic Sociology, and related disciplines from universities worldwide.

Course aim

Our society is facing a legitimacy crisis. The accelerating ecological crisis, the growing gap between the rich and the poor as well as the systemic risks provoked by disconnected financial markets make it necessary to profoundly rethink our routines of production and consumption. While there is a growing awareness for the importance and urgency of radical change, deep processes of transformation usually face numerous institutional and psychological barriers that have to be overcome. The VIU Summer School in 2024 will reimagine pathways for the Grand Transition and reflect upon the radical change, both in what economic actors do, and how organization scholars theorize about it. We look forward to engaging in discussion with the young scholars in the Summer School.

Fee info

EUR 250: Students of VIU member universities
EUR 500: Students of other universities

Scholarships

PhD candidates and post-docs from EU universities may be eligible for Erasmus+ mobility grant support.
Contact VIU Erasmus office: erasmus@univiu.org