If you are an academic, instructor, lecturer, or researcher, the Council on Business & Society kindly invites you take part in its workshop on the social impact of academia at the Academy of Management Conference in Copenhagen on July 26th!

The Social Impact of Academia – Contributing to the UN SDGs

As this Decade of Action to achieve the Sustainability Development Goals unfolds, this Copenhagen 2025 AOM workshop provides an occasion for reflecting on our collective contribution as scholars: new ways, new ideas, new inspirations, looking for meaningful connections among our research, our pedagogy and our citizenship.

This workshop is the natural continuation of a fruitful conversation began at Boston (2023), then at Chicago (2024), in two PDWs on the “Social Impact of Academia”, bringing together academics of the Council on Business & Society, a global alliance of 12 leading business schools on 6 continents dedicated to research and pedagogy in responsible leadership.

Join Profs. Concepción Galdón, IE Business School; Elspeth Murray, Smith School of Business; Armand Bam, Stellenbosch Business School; Mario Aquino Alves, FGV EAESP; Keikoh Ryu, Keio Business School; and Adrian Zicari, ESSEC Business School for an inspiring agenda of research presentations and roundtable discussions on what we can do to contribute to society, from our current roles of scholars and business school, program, and course leaders. The organizers will strive to gently challenge, propose, and motivate participants to think out of the box, and provide follow up for further discussions.

Useful links:

• Link up on LinkedIn with Profs. Concepción Galdón, Elspeth Murray, Armand Bam, Mario Aquino Alves, and Adrian Zicari.
• For more information on the CoBS workshop, please contact Prof. Adrian Zicari.
• Download the research pod How purpose beyond profit can reboot and reignite business schools
• Watch the video Masterclass on the Purpose of Business Education
• Return to the CoBS Insights page.

Learn more about the Council on Business & Society

The Council on Business & Society (The CoBS), visionary in its conception and purpose, was created in 2011, and is dedicated to promoting responsible leadership and tackling issues at the crossroads of business and society including sustainability, diversity, ethical leadership and the place responsible business has to play in contributing to the common good.  

• Follow the CoBS on LinkedIn
• Download magazines and learning content from the CoBS website downloads page.

Member schools of the Council on Business & Society.

• ESSEC Business School, France, Singapore, Morocco
• FGV-EAESP, Brazil
• School of Management Fudan University, China
• IE Business School, Spain
• Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, India
• Keio Business School, Japan
• Monash Business School, Australia, Malaysia, Indonesia
• Olin Business School, USA
• Smith School of Business, Queen’s University, Canada
• Stellenbosch Business School, South Africa
• Trinity Business School, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
• Warwick Business School, United Kingdom.