Sub-Plenary 1-4

Creating Desirable Futures: Challenges and Prospects for Organizational Scholars

 

Thursday, July 3, 2025, 14:00–15:30 EEST

Room:  Deree – 7th Level Auditorium


Organizers:
Ali Aslan Gümüsay, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany
Emilio Marti, Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, The Netherlands
 
Panelists:
Andrew W. Crane, University of Bath, United Kingdom
Laura Marie Edinger-Schons, University of Hamburg, Germany
Mette Morsing, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
Juliane Reinecke, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
Georges Romme, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
André Spicer, Bayes Business School, City, University of London, United Kingdom
 

More and more organizational scholars describe their role not just in terms of interpreting social phenomena, but as contributing to the creation of more desirable futures. Yet, helping to create desirable futures involves serious challenges: from normative questions about what futures are desirable in the first place to practical questions about how organizational scholars can redefine their roles. In this sub-plenary, we explore three approaches to creating desirable futures – by doing research, by transforming business schools, and by engaging in outreach activities – and critically discuss the challenges associated with each approach.

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