GRONEN Conference 2022

3. Juni 2022

Foto: Matthew Johnson

The GRONEN Research Conference 2022 was hosted by the Amsterdam Business School at the University of Amsterdam and took place from May 31 to June 2. The conference offered a diverse format, including regular paper sessions, short paper development sessions, special issue sessions, social events, innovative professional development sessions, and interactive plenary discussions/keynotes by leading scholars and practitioners.

The conference also offered a doctoral consortium before the main conference. Sarah Carroux, who is working as a doctoral researcher at the Chair of Management and Sustainability, participated in the consortium and had the opportunity to discuss her research project with peers and senior researchers. During the first day of the conference, Matthew Johnson, a postdoctoral researcher at the Chair, presented his paper "Beyond corporate responses to climate change towards deep decarbonization: A systematic literature review". It is a joint research project with Theresa Rötzel and Brigitte Frank, both doctoral researchers at the Chair. On day two, Prof. Dr. Timo Busch and Lisa Scheitza, who is also working as a doctoral researcher at the Chair, presented their paper "The Effect of Shareholder Proposals on Firms' ESG and Carbon Performance" in the plenary paper session on impact. Sarah Carroux also received the opportunity to present her research during the main conference. On the last day, she presented the paper "What difference does it make? The role of cognitive frames in impact investing", a joint project with Prof. Dr. Timo Busch, Tanja Ohlson (UHH), and Falko Paetzold (University of Zurich and EBS University for Business and Law).

The conference offered lively discussions, valuable feedback, and great networking opportunities for our team members, who are already looking forward to the next GRONEN conference in two years.

"This year's GRONEN research conference was a memorable experience. The GRONEN community gives thoughtful and constructive feedback targeted at helping each attendee excel in their research endeavors. It was enriching, insightful, and fun. The GRONEN research conference is ideal for any researcher active in sustainability-related fields." - Sarah Carroux