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Please register for our AOM PDW: "Towards Real Utopias: Revitalizing Sustainability & Circular Innovation Research" with Nancy Bocken, Paavo Ritala, Mike Russo, Celine Louche, Jonatan Pinkse, Marcus Wagner, Nicole Darnall, Max Bogaert, Stefan Schaltegger and me ;)

Time/place: Saturday, 26th of July, 2025, 15:30-17:30, Location: Bella Center: Hall A2-m1

Registration link: https://forms.gle/G3r4uNKNAPqt9ok5A (deadline: first come first serve)

Link to AOM programme: https://aom2025.eventscribe.net/index.asp?presTarget=3111384

Description: Decades of research in sustainability and circular economy innovation have led to great progress in academic scholarship and impact on many pioneering businesses. But we still miss a larger transformation of industry. In this workshop we engage with the concept of Real Utopia in order to reflect our existing scholarly approach and develop new routes of engagement with industry. Our goal is to inform scholarly practice of early stage researchers and established faculty alike.

Agenda: 

15:30 – 15:40    Introduction (Stefan Schaltegger & Erik G. Hansen)

15:40 – 16:30    Speaker inputs

- Real utopia & circular economy (Nancy Bocken, Jonatan Pinkse, Paavo Ritala & Nicole Darnall)

- Sustainability research utopia (Mike Russo, Celine Louche & Marcus Wagner)

- From science fiction to real futures (Max Bogaert)

- Speculative Rigor and Prospective Theorizing (Paavo Ritala)

- Q&A

16:30 – 17:00    Breakout groups: Research, Practice, Teaching

17:00 – 17:30    Plenary discussion

Looking forward to see you on Saturday in Copenhagen! 

Best,

Erik

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Prof. Dr. Erik G. Hansen
Head of the Institute for Integrated Quality Design (IQD)

JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ
Altenberger Straße 69
Science Park 3, 521-2
4040 Linz, Austria
P +43 732 2468 5520
erik.hansen@jku.at
www.jku.at/iqd
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Erik_Hansen6
https://scholar.google.de/citations?user=-b6G2LEAAAAJ&hl

Visiting Researcher at the Centre for Sustainability Management (CSM), Leuphana University of Lüneburg, Germany.
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