If your work strives to engage with insights from natural sciences, then EGOS subtheme 42 might be of interest to you. In this subtheme, we aim to bring together organization and management scholars working with biophysical and ecological data in a safe space to discuss how to leverage theoretical perspectives from diverse fields of knowledge to foster effective and innovative collaborations across disciplines, as well as to share best practices.
Submissions might explore, for instance, the following questions:
- How do significant Earth system changes, such as climate change and biodiversity loss, influence organizational strategies, decision-making, and resilience, and how can organizations adapt to these shifts while ensuring sustainability and effectiveness?
- How can we combine different scientific knowledge domains to reduce organizations' environmental footprint, achieve sustainability goals, and contribute positively to Earth's health?
- How can organizations improve the measurement, transparency, and reporting of their ecological and social impacts, and what role do scientific collaborations play in enhancing stakeholder understanding and accountability for sustainable practices?
- How do different perspectives interpret and respond to observed or experienced changes in socio-ecological systems?
- What methods and data are available – and the potential struggles – to integrate socio-ecological contexts in organization and management studies?
Feel free to submit a short-paper by the 7th of January on the EGOS platform, or to contact us if you have questions in the meantime!
Important note: this year EGOS - organized by the University of Bergamo (Italy) from the 9th to the 11th of July 2026 - will be hosted online, which offers lots of flexibility for those of us with travelling constraints or trying to avoid carbon-intensive travelling.
Lucrezia Nava (Exeter Business School), Lucie Baudoin (ESCP), Simone Carmine (IESEG)
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Lucrezia Nava
Assistant Professor in Sustainable Business Management
University of Exeter Business School
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