Conference
May 27-29, 2024
Seville, Spain
17th Equality, Diversity, & Inclusion Conference and Call for Papers
Global Workplace Inclusion: International, Interdisciplinary, and Action-oriented Insights
The EDI Conference seeks to provide an international, inter- and transdisciplinary platform for the exchange of ideas in the field of equality, diversity and inclusion in the world of work. The conference welcomes participation by academics, policy makers, and practitioners. The conference welcomes contributions that cover all aspects of diversity, however, in 2024, we draw particular attention to the concept of gender equality across the gender spectrum.
Please find more details about Call for Papers here and more information about 17th Equality, Diversity, & Inclusion Conference here.
Submission deadline: 16th February 2024
Thank you MBS Member Lena Knappert for sharing this!
Conference
June 12-14, 2024
Rome, Italy
EAWOP Small Group Meeting and Call for Papers
Unpacking the Role of Work and Organizational Psychology for Forced Migration and Displacement
This Small Group Meeting seeks to shed light on key topics grouped into four main themes that target pressing issues around forced migration and displacement from a Work and Organizational Psychology perspective. Given the array of topics that need to be unpacked, this meeting seeks to bring in an interdisciplinary group of people addressing the four strands and their underlying questions.
Hosted by the Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali Guido Carli at Rome, Italy.
Please find more details about Call for Papers here.
Submission deadline: 31st January 2024
Thank you MBS Member Katja Wehrle for sharing this!
MBS Webinar
November 20, 2023
The Global Cities, Migration, & Business
Webinar co-hosted by Migration, Business & Society, Centre for International Business at the University of Leeds (CIBUL), and the Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development (KNOMAD) at the World Bank.
Demographers predict that the largest inflow of migration to cities around the world is yet to come and that by 2030, 60% of the world’s population will be living in urban areas. The opportunities of these movements include the exchange of capital, knowledge, and ideas. However, metropolitan hubs also frequently suffer from pollution, congestion, and security, as well as difficulty integrating new arrivals into local communities. Despite these realities, we lack knowledge on the intersection between migration trends, the growth of global cities, and the businesses that operate within them.
Mauro F. Guillèn (The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania) opened the discussion on migration and global cities. Renate Meyer (Vienna University of Economics and Business) addressed urban governance problems related to migration. Jason Gagnon (OECD) and Philip McCann (Alliance Manchester Business School) shared their insights from their years of expertise in policy solutions to these challenges, including in Africa, the EU and other regions.
Speakers’ bios here
Video recording will be soon made available on our webinar video page.
Workshop
16 June, 2023
Loughborough University, UK
Refugees’ Employment and Integration
Challenges of and opportunities for the employment of refugees in late industrializing countries
More than 85% of the refugees are currently in low and middle-income countries. Three LICs – Turkey, Colombia and Pakistan – host the largest number of refugees worldwide. This workshop aimed to understand the reason behind this by bringing together a diverse group of stakeholders relevant to migrants’ and refugees' employment. The speakers included experts from NGOs and think-tanks, business and refugee representatives, policy makers, and academics.
More details here
Thank you MBS Member Merve Sancak for organizing and sharing!
MBS Webinar
May 24, 2023
Migrant workers and sustainability in global supply chains
Opening a dialogue between research, business and advocacy
The large-scale recruitment of migrant workers is a major feature of the global economy, with an estimated 169 million international migrant workers—or 1 in 20 workers— worldwide. In particular, economic transitions in middle-income countries are generating an unprecedented demand for labor in regions as diverse as Southeast Asia, Eastern Europe, and South America. This has immense implications for multinational enterprises and the global supply chains that support them. Yet there has been little dialogue across disciplinary frontiers or exchange with practice and policy on this important topic. This Webinar aims to address this gap.
The opening words was provided by Paul Baldassari (Flex Ltd.) and Elizabeth Frantz (Open Society Foundations). Jeremy Clegg (University of Leeds) and Jennifer Gordon (Fordham University) discussed academic research on social sustainability in global supply chains and the intersection between trade and migration, respectively. Ding Ding (ELEVATE/LRQA) shared insights from her experience in global supply chain auditing and consulting and Neil Wilkins (Institute for Human Rights and Business) contributed his experiences in managing cross-sector partnerships, like the Leadership Group for Responsible Recruitment, that seek to drive positive change.
Speakers’ bios here
Video recording here
Workshop
April 27-28, 2023
University of Bologna, Italy
Migrant entrepreneurship
Developments at the intersection of policy and practice
The workshop aimed to share experiences of policies and practices of entrepreneurial support initiatives for migrants (e.g., pre-incubation, incubation, or acceleration programmes), thus generating new evidence, increasing awareness of potential strengths and weaknesses of such initiatives, and stimulating academic-policy-practice dialogue to improve policy and practice. Thanks to the sponsorship of the project MIG.EN.CUBE.
Organizers: Daniela Bolzani, Benson Honig, Monder Ram, Rosana Reis and Vittoria Scalera
Thank you MBS Member Daniela Bolzani for organizing and sharing!
MBS Webinar
November 16, 2022
Migration and Business
Exploring the Dynamics behind Remittances, Cross-Border Activities of Firms, and Economic Globalization
The implications of migration for development, economic prosperity, and for cross-border activities of firms are undeniable. Migrant remittances represent one of the most transformative processes of migration and are often viewed as a “bottom-up” source of development. The demand created by migrant investments in their home countries supports the expansion of the market for multinational firms and encourages local firms to go abroad themselves. In this webinar, Dilip Ratha, the Head of KNOMAD and Lead Economist for Migration and Remittances at the World Bank was joined by International Business Professors Chris Pitelis (University of Leeds) and John Cantwell (Rutgers University) to discuss these dynamics. To open new lines of interdisciplinary thinking, Professor in Migration and Globalization Mathias Czaika (University for Continuing Education Krems) elucidated on migration policy as intervening factor of economic globalization.
Speaker bios here
Video recording here
Conference
November 1-3, 2022
Online
5th Global Forum for Responsible Recruitment
A virtual conference which included a range of webinars and presentations focused on recruitment and other key issues impacting migrant workers and those who recruit and employ them.
Hosted by the Institute for Human Rights & Business.
More about GFRR here
Thank you our Advisory Board member Neill Wilkins for sharing this!
Conference
April 11-12, 2022
Bamberg, Germany
2nd International Conference on Self-Initiated Expatriation
Plenary keynote speakers:
Hugh Gunz, Professor Emeritus – University of Toronto Mississauga
Mila Lazarova, Associate Professor – Beedie School of Business and Simon Fraser University
Frédéric Docquier, Research Program Leader (on Crossing Borders) – Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research
Herbert Brücker, Department Head (International Comparisons and European Integration) – IAB
Thanks you MBS Members Cordula Barzantny and Maike Andresen for organizing & sharing!
MBS Webinar
April 6, 2022
Migration, Humanitarian Action, and Business
Where do we stand and where should we be heading?
As geopolitical crises unfold and the world turns its attention to the movement of people across borders, management scholars endeavoring to inform business and policy must open new lines of inquiry if they are to maximize impact. In this webinar, Alexander Betts, Professor of Forced Migration and International Affairs at the University of Oxford, and the lead-guest editors of three forthcoming special issues on migration and business Prithwiraj (Raj) Choudhury (Harvard University), Stacey Fitzsimmons (University of Victoria), and Betina Szkudlarek (University of Sydney) discussed where we currently stand and where we should be heading. Peter Buckley, Distinguished Professor of International Business at the University of Leeds, joined the conversation and shared his views on how the multitude of skills and experiences that business scholars bring on board could be leveraged for positive change.
Speakers’ bios here
Video recording here
Visit also https://www.migrationbusinesssociety.net/special-issues
Workshop
March 10, 2022
University of Bologna, Italy
Economic and social integration of asylum seekers and refugees through social entrepreneurship
Thanks you MBS Member Daniela Bolzani for organizing and sharing!
IHRM Webinar
January 20, 2022
Migration & Business
Current Issues & Future Trends
Speakers:
Paul Baldassari, MBS Advisory Board member, Flex / Vienna University of Economics and Business
Aida Hajro, MBS Co-Founder, Vienna University of Economics and Business
Milda Žilinskaitė, MBS Co-Founder, Vienna University of Economics and Business
Thank you to MBS Member Mila Lazarova for organizing and moderating!
Video recording on IHRM Webinar Series YouTube channel here
AIB Webinar
January 11, 2022
Migration
Moderators:
Aida Hajro, MBS Co-Founder, University of Leeds & Vienna University of Economics and Business
Dana Minbaeva, Copenhagen Business School
Speakers:
Lisa Jones Christensen, Brigham Young University
Francesco Lissoni, Università Bocconi
Sui Sui, Ryerson University
Thanks for sharing MBS Member Ernest Miguelez and Francesco Lissoni!
Conference
January 10-14, 2022
University of Innsbruck and WU Vienna, Austria
Alpine Winter Conference
The Role of Populism for International Business
More details here
Thank for sharing MBS Member Thomas Lindner!
Conference
October 22, 2021
Northeastern University, Boston and online
The International Student Experience
Speakers:
Nick Dimitrov, Founder of Bar Raiser and Amazon Bound
Julia Ivy, Executive Professor of the International Business & Strategy Group at D’Amore-McKim School of Business at Northeastern University, a Faculty Director for the MS in International Business and Founder of BE-EDGE.com
Mary Ludden, Senior Vice Chancellor, leading Northeastern’s global network of campuses, College of Professional Studies
Terence Mughan, Initiator and Coordinator of the International Student Experience research group
Thanks for sharing MBS Member Sheila M. Puffer!
IHRB and FairSquare Webinar
July 7, 2021
Destination, Destination, Destination
What Governments can do to ensure Fair and Ethical Recruitment
Moderator:
John Morrison, Chief Executive, IHRB
Speakers:
Lou de Baca, Former US Ambassador-at-Large to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons
Neha Misra, Senior Specialist on Migration and Human Trafficking, Solidarity Center
James Lynch, Founding Co-Director of FairSquare
We thank our Advisory Board member Neill Wilkins, Head of Migrant Workers Program at IHRB, for sharing this webinar with our audiences.
IHRB homepage here
AIB Annual Meeting Panel
June 28, 2021
Disruption, Megatrends, and Transformation
Advancing Interdisciplinary Thinking on Global Migration and Its Implications for Management and International Business Scholarship
Chair:
Aida Hajro, MBS Co-Founder, Vienna University of Economics and Business
Panelists:
Paul Baldassari, MBS Advisory Board member, Flex / Vienna University of Economics and Business
Mary Yoko Brannen, MBS Advisory Board member, Copenhagen Business School
Michael Morley, MBS Cosigner University of Limerick
Pallavi Shukla, MBS Member, Rutgers Business School
ENGAGE.EU Roundtable Discussion
April 26, 2021
Online
Integration of immigrants into today’s increasingly heterogeneous societies: challenges and opportunities
Moderator:
Aida Hajro, MBS Co-Founder, Vienna University of Economics and Business
Speakers:
Frank Kalter, University of Mannheim
Cristof van Mol, University of Tilburg
Links:
EIBA Conference Workshop
December 12, 2020
Addressing the Elephant in the Room: Global Migration and its Implications for Business School Teaching
Conveners:
Paul Baldassari, MBS Advisory Board member, Flex / Vienna University of Economics and Business
Aida Hajro, MBS Co-Founder, Vienna University of Economics and Business
Milda Žilinskaitė, MBS Co-Founder, Vienna University of Economics and Business
Links:
EIBA homepage here