18th CREDIT Conference “Assessing and Managing Climate Change Risk: Opportunities for Financial Institutions”
Irene Monasterolo to give a keynote speech on climate financial risk pricing at the 18th CREDIT conference. The Conference, to be held in Venice on September 26-27, 2019, is organised under the auspices of the Department of Economics of the University …
Workshop “Water and waste management in circular economy: efficiency, innovation and policy implications” – University of Brescia (Italy), October 10-11, 2019
First International Workshop on water and waste management: “Water and waste management in circular economy: efficiency, innovation and policy implications” that will be held at the University of Brescia (Italy), October 10-11, 2019 You can find the main information …
The dark side of innovation in times of shifting technological paradigm
The dark side of innovation in times of shifting technological paradigm A Special Session organized at the Geography of Innovation (GEOINNO) 2020 Conference Session organisers Elisa Giuliani, University of Pisa, Responsible Management Research Center (REMARC) – Elisa.giuliani@unipi.it Simona Iammarino, London School …
Cancer and economic development
Tommaso Luzzati will give an invited talk at the 5th World Congress on Cancer Research & Therapy. He will present an analysis – conducted with Angela Parenti and Laura Carrozzi – on the empirical relationships between economic development and cancer …
European Commission’s Summer school on Sustainable Finance
Irene Monasterolo will lecture at the first summer school on sustainable finance organized by the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) and the Community of Practice in Financial Research (CoPFiR). Call for applications The school mainly addresses two communities Young researchers: …
“New grand challenges in IB research” – Journal of International Business Studies (JIBS) PWD
Elisa Giuliani will be at the forthcoming AIB Annual Meeting’s JIBS PDW talking about the new grand challenges for IB research. Guess what she will talk about?
ESEE 2019
Since its foundation in 1996, the European Society for Ecological Economics (ESEE) has promoted transdisciplinary research on the theoretical and practical prerequisites of sustainable development. In 2019, ESEE held its biennial conference in Turku, SW Finland. In the historically beautiful …
Responsible Capitalism: Micro and Macro-institutional Conditions of Transformation
Elisa Giuliani will be lecturing at the Responsible Capitalism summer school hosted by Venice International University (VIU) in cooperation with the two member universities Ca’ Foscari University of Venice and University of Lausanne. It aims at the development of ideas that promote …
REMARCafé
REMARCafé – Il primo World Café a Pisa sui temi dello sviluppo sostenibile e del management responsabile This event is in Italian and is part of REMARC’s dissemination mission to the local society Sei preoccupato per il cambiamento climatico? Vuoi saperne …
ICC Conference – Tsinghua University in China
Redefining the frontier: Value chains and catching up in the era of sustainability grand challenges Elisa Giuliani will be giving a talk at the ICC conference on what it means to be at the ‘frontier’ in the process of catching …
Unveiling the “Sustainable Consumption” Perspective: What Shapes Value Action Gap?
Chiara Franco (Department of Political Science, University of Pisa) will give a seminar on sustainable consumption based on a paper co-authored with C. Ghisetti. Abstract “Sustainable consumption” is placed at the core of the current policy agenda, being recognized as …
38th international Seminar in Economic Geography
Elisa Giuliani at Leibniz University Hannover to talk about Regional Economic Development, Human Rights and Inequality Structure and schedule of the seminars: Session (6 May 2019): Regional Economic Development and the Pro-Growth Agenda In this session I will seek to introduce …
International Workshop on The Economics of Climate Change and Sustainability
Simone D’Alessandro and its team – T. Distafeano, P. Guarnieri, and A. Cieplinski – prensent the results from a system dynamics ecological macroeconomics model, based on the EUROGREEN report, calibrated for the Italian economy. The aim is to investigate the impact …
Stanford University’s Energy Seminar: A Climate Risk Assessment of Sovereign Bonds’ Portfolio
Irene Monasterolo gave a Seminar entitled “A Climate Risk Assessment of Sovereign Bonds’ Portfolio” at the Stanford University’s Energy Seminar series. Abstract A 2°C aligned transition could generate opportunities for sustainable growth, competitiveness and financial stability. Nevertheless, a disordered low-carbon …
Projection of the documentary SOYALISM
REMARC will be at the projection of the documentary Soyalism by Stefano Liberti (co-director), Enrico Parenti (co-director). E The documentary explores how China and Western agribusiness are taking over the world’s grain and meat industry, while putting small farmers out of business and plundering the …
Environmental Upgrading in Global Value Chains
Valentina De Marchi will give a seminar on “Environmental Upgrading in Global Value Chains”. Valentina is Assistant Professor at the Department of Economics and Management ‘Marco Fanno’ at the University of Padova, where she teaches Strategy and Green Supply Chain Management. Her research …
Social Business Hybrids
Martini Pasquini will give a lecture on Social Business Hybrids. Martina Pasquini is Assistant Professor of Strategy & Entrepreneurship at IE University since September 2014. Her research interests are at the intersection of entrepreneurship, technology strategies, and innovation management with a particular …
The Swedish Human Rights Film Festival
Friday, March 22 19.15: Anthropocene: The Human Epoch Swedish premiere! A documentary at the intersect of art and science which depicts humanity’s massive re-engineering of the planet (87 min, doc). Directors: Edward Burtynsky, Jennifer Baichwal, and Nicholas de Pencier Q&A discussion with: Flaviano …
I territori della sostenibilità @ UNIPI
REMARC will join one of the CSR meetings, to promote the achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals through university action and advocacy. The meeting, “I territori della sostenibilità” will be held in Pisa Auditorium Centro Congressi “Le Benedettine” Piazza S. …
A Climate Stress Test of Central Banks’ Portfolios
Central banks are increasingly engaging with academics on climate change. Irene Monasterolo will present the results of the paper “Pricing climate transition risks and opportunities into investments’ performance: A carbon risk assessment of central banks’ portfolios”, coauthored with Stefano Battiston. The …
Societal Transitions and Grand Societal Challenges
Herrenhausen Conference on “The New Role of the State for the Emergence and Diffusion of Innovation” on February 20-22, 2019, Hanover, Germany. The role of the state in knowledge societies in general and with respect to the generation and diffusion …
Environmental Crime as a Crime against Humanity
Flaviano Bianchini will be at the Human Rights Center, UC Berkeley School of Law, to talk about environmental crimes. He will address the investigation and prosecution of environmental and climate crime as a crime against humanity. You can find more …
Regulating global capitalism amid rampant corporate wrongdoing
Elisa Giuliani will give a lecture on her recent Research Policy note at the STePS Research Group of the University of Twente. Giuliani E. (2018) Regulating global capitalism amid rampant corporate wrongdoing – Reply to “Three frames for innovation policy”, Research Policy 47 …
Global Business and Human Rights Research Workshop @Geneva
Organised by the BHRights Initiative for Interdisciplinary Research and Teaching on Business and Human Rights, this Research Workshop will take place on Thursday 29 November 2018 in Geneva (9:00 – afternoon), back-to-back to the UN Forum on Business and Human …
Business and Human Rights Network of Business Schools
Elisa Giuliani will be joining the Business and Human Rights Network of Business Schools co-organized by the NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights, the Business & Human Rights Catalyst at Alliance Manchester Business School, and the Geneva School of …
Social Innovation, Sustainability and Growth: which role for B-corps and finance
Annamaria Tuan will be joining the workshop “Innovazione sociale, sostenibilità e crescita: il ruolo delle imprese B-corp e della finanza“. The workshop presents the first results of MoBIS research carried out by the University of Padua, partner in the project …
THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS IN GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE
REMARC will be at the THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS IN GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE conference organized by the Agenda for International Development (A-id) and the Scuola Sann’Anna DIRPOLIS Institute. When the SDGs were adopted in 2015, there was a lot of consternation …
Italian Business and SDGs Annual Forum
REMARC will join the Italian Business & SDGs Annual Forum, promoted by the Global Compact Network Italia (GCNI) in collaboration with the Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei. More news on the event will come soon!
Big CSR meeting in Milan
REMARC will be at the biggest CSR event in Italy (Salone della CSR e dell’innovazione sociale) held in Milan October 2-3 2018. More news soon!
Novel Approaches to Sustainable and Inclusive Development
Elisa Giuliani will be teaching regional development, human rights and inequality at the RSA Europe Socio-Spatial Dynamics Summer College 2018 – Cagliari, Sardinia Novel Approaches to Sustainable and Inclusive Development The Regional Studies Association Europe’s Socio-Spatial Dynamics Summer College will create …
Workshop “The other side of Social Responsibility. Private sector wrongdoing and the power of political connections”
27 April H 14:45-17:30 (Aula Magna – Dipartimento Economia and Management) Speakers: Christopher B. Yenkey (Darla Moore School of International Business, University of South Carolina) The outsider’s advantage: Distrust as a deterrent to exploitation Abstract: Trust creates vulnerability to exploitation. …
Seminar “Do snakes get ahead? The role of moral disengagement in career advancement”
Celia Moore (Bocconi University) 20th April H 15-18 Aula Bruguier Pacini Do snakes get ahead? The role of moral disengagement in career advancement Abstract: While several individual characteristics that predict career advancement have been identified, to date they have been limited to human capital inputs …
Business and Human Rights in the Extractive Industry
Flaviano Bianchini will give a talk on business and human rights focusing on the case of Cerro de Pasco, a city of Peru, hit by serious problems linked with environmental pollution related to mining extraction activities that are hurting 80,000 people.
Panel at 2018 LAEMOS Conference in Buenos Aires
Elisa Giuliani will be convening a panel on “Organizational Upgrading and the Diffusion of International Standards in Emerging Markets” together with Gerald A. McDermott (Darla Moore School of Business University of South Carolina); Miguel Lengyel (CIECTI & FLACSO Argentina); Laszlo …
Panel at the 2017 European International Business Academy (EIBA) Annual Meeting
Elisa Giuliani will be giving a talk on “Value chain management: sustainable value chain, supplier social certification, and operations in emerging markets” at the EIBA Annual Meeting’s Panel on “Transition toward a Sustainable Economy: Opportunities and Challenges for MNEs” convened by …
Seminar at NU Center for Emerging Markets
REMARC will be at the Center for Emerging Markets, Northeastern University in Boston. Elisa Giuliani will talk about corporate wrongdoings by large public emerging country firms.
World Ethical Apparel Roundtable
Flaviano Bianchini will partecipate to the World Ethical Apparel Roundtable to talk about labour with Ashoka Fabric of Change. The global apparel and textile industry is an important entity – valued at more than three trillion dollars. With this comes a …
Workshop: Corporate Social Responsibility in the Digital Economy
Daniele Dalli and Annamaria Tuan will join the Workshop “Corporate Social Responsibility in the digital economy” organized at Cass Business School (London) to discuss a paper about automated content analysis of CSR reports. The one-day event will consist of presentations, …
European Week of Regions and Cities 2017
Elisa Giuliani will give a talk at the European Week of Regions and Cities 2017 in Brussels on “REGIONS AND INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS Human Rights, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Development”. Other panelists include Simona Iammarino (convenor), Tina Ambos, Raquel Ortega Argiles, …
AIB/UNCTAD Special Panel on SDGs
Elisa Giuliani gives a talk at the AIB/United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Special Panel “Research on the SDGs: Perceptions from Academia and International Organisations” Chaired by Richard Bolwijn (UNCTAD). Other panelists included Lilac Nachum (City University New …
AIB Panel: CSR of Emerging Country MNEs. Toward a New Research Agenda
Elisa Giuliani organizes a Panel together with Valentina Marano (Northeastern University) on “CSR of Emerging Country MNEs: Toward a New Research Agenda” at the Academy of International Business Annual Meeting in Dubai. Our panelists include: Ruth Aguilera (Northeastern University) …
International Association For Business and Society Annual Meeting 2017
Elisa Giuliani gives a talk at the Symposium “Business and Human Rights: Where we have been, where we need to go” organized by K. Rehbein, T. Olsen, J. Schrempf-Stirling and M. Westermann-Behaylo during the International Association For Business and Society …
Workshop “INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS AND HUMAN RIGHTS: ECONOMIC AND POLICY CHALLENGES”
Does the appropriation of knowledge through Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) generate detrimental impacts on the economy and society? Under what conditions is this more likely to occur, and what are the policy challenges ahead to address these impacts? An ongoing …
Researching CSR communication: Themes, opportunities and challenges
On 20th February 2017 we had the pleasure to have Andrew Crane and Sarah Glozer presenting the paper “Researching CSR communication: Themes, opportunities and challenges” published on Journal of Management Studies. Andrew Crane – Professor of Business and Society …
Workshop Human Rights and the Multinational Enterprise
The workshop intends to bridge this gap and aims at promoting a human rights research agenda in international management and international business. The call for papers solicits both theoretical and empirical contributions, which draw on different research streams and disciplines, …