Sub-theme 15: [SWG] Organization Studies in the Anthropocene: System Change, Not Climate Change

Convenors:
Paul S. Adler, University of Southern California, USA
John M. Jermier, University of South Florida, USA
Daniel Nyberg, The University of Newcastle, Australia
Session Time Corridor 1: Thursday, July 08, 08:00 to 12:30, Virtual Conference (EventsAir)
Break 1: 10:30 to 10:45
Chair: Paul Adler
Zlatko Bodrožić, Paul S. Adler and John M. Jermier
The Climate Emergency and the Transformational State: Elements of a Research Agenda for Management and Organization
Discussant(s): Anselm Schneider, John Murray AND Jens Marquard
Julia Grimm, Jens Marchardt and Cornelia Saga Maria Fast
Non- and sub-state action in post-Paris climate governance: review of a contested field
Discussant(s): Jochen Markard AND John Jermier
Anselm Schneider and John Murray
We are winning in Europe
Discussant(s): Kate Seymour AND Oscar Fitch-Roy, Steffen Böhm
Session Time Corridor 2: Thursday, July 08, 16:00 to 19:30, Virtual Conference (EventsAir)
Break 1: 17:30 to 17:45
Chair: John Jermier
Marta Gasparin, Steven Brown, William Green, Andrew Hugill, , Martin Quinn, Christophe Schinckus, Mark Williams, Jan ZALASIEWICZ, Andrew Hugill, Jan Zalasiewicz, Chris Schinckus and Simon Lilley
Building a time machine: Anthropocenic perturbation in organization studies
Discussant(s): David Murillo AND Marta B. Calás, Seray Ergene
Helen Etchanchu, , Ewa A. Miendlarzewska, Angelique Slade Shantz, Charlene Zietsma and Kim Doell
A Field Experiment on the Effectiveness of Framing Climate Action: Direct vs. Indirect Effects
Discussant(s): Anselm Schneider, John Murray AND Charles Barthold, Johanna Järvelä
Marta B. Calás and Seray Ergene
For inclusivity in the Anthropocene, change the subject: Neither systems, nor levels, nor grand challenges
Discussant(s): Florent Giordano, Elen Riot AND Marta Gasparin, William Green Martin Quinn
David Murillo
Sustainable development meets platform capitalism: towards a research agenda for the Anthropocene
Discussant(s): Ans Kolk, Siri Boe-Lillegraven, Panikos Georgallis AND Zlatko Bodrožić
Session Time Corridor 3: Friday, July 09, 07:00 to 12:30, Virtual Conference (EventsAir)
Break 1: 09:30 to 09:45
Chair: Daniel Nyberg
Ben Neville
Transforming the Systemic Role of Corporate Law for the Climate Emergency
Discussant(s): Thomas Clarke AND Olivia Hamilton
Jochen Markard, Nathalie Lefebvre and Johannes Meuer
Sustainability transitions and supply chains: Confronting Tesla and Glencore with problematic cobalt sourcing
Discussant(s): Ben Neville AND Paul Adler
Lotta Aho and Steffen Boehm
Does it pay to pollute? A critical analysis of the energy sector
Discussant(s): Charles Barthold, Johanna Järvelä AND Elena Pierard
Thomas Clarke
The contest on corporate purpose: Maximising shareholder value versus sustainable value creation
Discussant(s): Helen Etchanchu, Ewa Miendlarzewska, Angelique Slade Shantz, Charlene Zietsma AND Steen Vallentin
Vanessa Bowden, Randi Irwin, Daniel Nyberg, Christopher Wright and Olivia Hamilton
Fictional green extremism: Defending fossil fuel hegemony through citizen exclusion
Discussant(s): Jochen Markard AND Kate Seymour
Session Time Corridor 4: Friday, July 09, 16:00 to 19:00, Virtual Conference (EventsAir)
Break 1: 17:30 to 17:45
Chair: Ana Maria Peredo
Ans Kolk, Siri Boe-Lillegraven and Panikos Georgallis
Oceans apart? Building interdisciplinary bridges for grasping societal adaptation
Discussant(s): Steffen Böhm AND Anselm Schneider, John Murray
Florent Giordano and Elen Riot
Planting the sugar beets: On actors’ drive to the eco-frontier and their contradictions in the age of the anthropocene
Discussant(s): Marta B. Calás, Seray Ergene AND Paul Adler
Elena C. Pierard
Entry or control? How incumbents retain sustainable innovations within system transitions
Discussant(s): Marta Gasparin, William Green, Martin Quinn AND John Jermier
Charles Barthold and Johanna Järvelä
Sustainability managers, Renewable energy and environmental emergency: greenwashing or resisting fossil capitalism
Discussant(s): Ans Kolk, Siri Boe-Lillegraven, Panikos Georgallis AND Florent Giordano, Elen Riot
(note that after break we resume at 17:40, not 17:45)
Session Time Corridor 5: Saturday, July 10, 07:00 to 12:30, Virtual Conference (EventsAir)
Break 1: 09:30 to 09:45
Chair: Zlatko Bodrozic
Olivia Hamilton, Daniel Nyberg, Christopher Wright, Vanessa Bowden and Randi Irwin
Elements of power: material-political entanglements in Australia’s fossil fuel hegemony
Discussant(s): Elena Pierard AND Lotta Aho
Steen Vallentin
Governmentalities of Sustainable Development
Discussant(s): Ben Neville AND Steffen Böhm
Kate Seymour
Deciding on sustainable futures: a case for workplace democracy in the Anthropocene
Discussant(s): Helen Etchanchu, Ewa Miendlarzewska, Angelique Slade Shantz, Charlene Zietsma AND David Murillo
Oscar Fitch-Roy and Steffen Boehm
Climate change in organization and management studies: A critical review
Discussant(s): Julia Grimm, Jens Marquardt Cornelia Fast AND Paul Adler