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The GRONEN conference is organized by the Amsterdam Business School - University of Amsterdam. The Group for Research on Organizations and the Natural Environment (GRONEN) is an open and international network of engaged scholars focused on innovative thinking in order to generate transformative ways of protecting the natural environment and contributing to societal progress in a world of rapid, complex and non-linear environmental change.
Event details of GRONEN Conference: Sustainability in context
Start date
31 May 2022
End date
2 June 2022

The conference is largely an on-site event, but we have hybridized three fantastic sessions to make some elements of the conference accessible to a broader audience. During these sessions, online participants will be able to actively contribute. Please register for these events following the instructions below.

Doctoral consortium hybrid event

  • Date: May 31, 9:00am-12:00pm CEST
  • Audience: open to all PhD students interested in sustainability research. No pre-submissions or applications are needed.
  • Description: This event is part of the 2-day GRONEN Doctoral Consortium where day 2 is co-hosted by the ONE Sustainability PhD Community and open for a broader group of online participants. Two main topics will be discussed during this event. “Finding Your Academic Crowd: Tips and Tricks” led by Onna Malou van der Broek, Haitao Yu, Simone Carmine. And “Teaching as a PhD Student” led by Katinka Quintelier, Lucas Amaral Lauriano, Miron Avidan. In between sessions there will also be networking opportunities in breakout rooms for online participants.
  • Registration: For a more detailed description of the program and registration to the event, please visit: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/344032268777  

Keynote panel discussion: Sustainability in context - zooming out

  • Date: June 2, 10:45am-12:15pm CEST
  • Audience: open to all (academics and industry members of all levels interested in sustainability). 
  • Description: This plenary session will discuss how innovation and scaling relate to each other, and what organizations need to consider in order to achieve an effective pathway to impact. These ideas will be contextualized by two industry leaders who will discuss their learnings and perspectives of scaling impact and building ecosystems. The keynote speakers are Johanna Mair (Professor of Organization, Strategy & Leadership, Hertie School), Tatiana Glad (Executive Director of Impact Hub Global, co-founder of Impact Hub Amsterdam and Waterlution), and Eva Gouwens (CEO of Fairphone). The session will be chaired by Willemijn van Dolen (Professor of Marketing, University of Amsterdam). 
  • Registration: For a more detailed description of the program and registration to the event, please visit: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/341763944157

Keynote panel discussion: Should sustainability management be a field? 

  • Date: June 2, 3:30pm-4:45pm CEST
  • Audience: open to all (academics and industry members of all levels interested in sustainability). 
  • Description: In this plenary session, different perspectives will be presented on the potential to create a distinct field of sustainability management, the aspirational roles of sustainability within business, and our ability to incorporate sustainability into theory and practice. The keynote speakers are Lucrezia Nava (Postdoctoral Fellow, Judge Cambridge Business School), Minna Halme (Professor of Sustainability Management, Aalto University School of Business), Christopher Wickert (Associate Professor of Ethics & Sustainability, VU Amsterdam), and Prof. Sanjay Sharma (Dean of the Grossman School of Business, University of Vermont). The session will be chaired by Simone Carmine (Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Padova), and Valentina De Marchi (Associate Professor, University of Padova, GRONEN President). 
  • Registration: For a more detailed description of the program and registration to the event, please visit: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/344334532857