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Leadership and Diversity Lab
Last week, we had the immense pleasure of celebrating the closing day of the inter-university certificate: 𝐃𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐄𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐎𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 : 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭. It was an inspiring way to conclude the program, as participants presented their final projects and celebrated the successful completion of this enriching learning journey. A special highlight of the day was the thought-provoking keynote of Fatima Zibouh, PhD 💫 on the future of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI), which challenged us to reflect on where the field is heading and the role we all have to play. A heartfelt thank you to all the evaluators, mentors, academics, and practitioners who contributed their expertise and enthusiasm throughout the programme. This certificate is truly a collective achievement! |
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CEBRIG members participate in the Business & Society Research Seminar 2026
On June 23-24, 10 CEBRIG members participated to the Business & Society Research Seminar in Ghent, a research seminar specifically designed for PhD students and early-career scholars conducting research in various research fields related to Business and Society. The theme of this year’s seminar was « Responsibility under Pressure: Sustainability & Inclusion in Times of Polarization and Backlash ». Several PhD students from CEBRIG presented their research projects and received constructive feedback. Participants also attended two inspiring keynote presentations by Prof. Patrizia Zanoni (Hasselt University, Belgium) and Prof. Sankar Sen (The City University of New York, USA). More information about the program of the Business & Society research seminar can be found here: BSS2026 Programme |
The first Impact Summit organized by the Solvay Impact Institute
It brought together more than 150 participants, over 50 speakers, researchers, entrepreneurs, investors, policymakers, students, and practitioners around one common ambition: creating impact that is measurable, scalable, and sustainable. Throughout the day, we explored how impact can be measured, financed, priced, and embedded into policy. We challenged established assumptions and discussed some of the most pressing questions facing our societies and organizations:
❓ Who drives impact?
❓ Who pays for sustainability?
❓ Can purpose and profit reinforce each other?
❓ Is impact driven by desire, by design, or by disaster?
❓ How do we reconcile People, Planet, and Prosperity?
❓ How can we transform sustainability from a cost into a source of value creation?
From Finance for Impact to Pricing for Impact and Policy for Impact, the discussions were rich, challenging, and inspiring.
We were privileged to hear outstanding contributions from leaders and experts including Sir Ronald Cohen, Steven Serneels, Ignace Schops, Magali Frankl, and many others who generously shared their expertise and perspectives.
One key insight emerged across all sessions:
👉 Impact does not happen by chance. It requires vision, courage, collaboration, innovation, and action.
The conversations throughout the day confirmed that the future will not be built by isolated actors. It will be built through partnerships between academia, business, finance, government, and civil society.
A heartfelt thank you to all speakers, participants, partners, students, colleagues, and volunteers who contributed to making this first edition such a success.
🚀 More than 150 participants.
🎤 More than 50 speakers.
💡 Countless ideas.
🤝 New collaborations.
🌱 A shared ambition to create positive impact.
Today was not the end of a conversation. It was the beginning of a movement. From coordination to co-creation. From ideas to implementation. From individual initiatives to collective impact. Thank you all for being part of this journey.
It brought together more than 150 participants, over 50 speakers, researchers, entrepreneurs, investors, policymakers, students, and practitioners around one common ambition: creating impact that is measurable, scalable, and sustainable. Throughout the day, we explored how impact can be measured, financed, priced, and embedded into policy. We challenged established assumptions and discussed some of the most pressing questions facing our societies and organizations:
❓ Who drives impact?
❓ Who pays for sustainability?
❓ Can purpose and profit reinforce each other?
❓ Is impact driven by desire, by design, or by disaster?
❓ How do we reconcile People, Planet, and Prosperity?
❓ How can we transform sustainability from a cost into a source of value creation?
From Finance for Impact to Pricing for Impact and Policy for Impact, the discussions were rich, challenging, and inspiring.
We were privileged to hear outstanding contributions from leaders and experts including Sir Ronald Cohen, Steven Serneels, Ignace Schops, Magali Frankl, and many others who generously shared their expertise and perspectives.
One key insight emerged across all sessions:
👉 Impact does not happen by chance. It requires vision, courage, collaboration, innovation, and action.
The conversations throughout the day confirmed that the future will not be built by isolated actors. It will be built through partnerships between academia, business, finance, government, and civil society.
A heartfelt thank you to all speakers, participants, partners, students, colleagues, and volunteers who contributed to making this first edition such a success.
🚀 More than 150 participants.
🎤 More than 50 speakers.
💡 Countless ideas.
🤝 New collaborations.
🌱 A shared ambition to create positive impact.
Today was not the end of a conversation. It was the beginning of a movement. From coordination to co-creation. From ideas to implementation. From individual initiatives to collective impact. Thank you all for being part of this journey.
articles in refereed journals
REGULAR FELLOWS
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JOURNAL OF MARKETING ANALYTICS
Sustainable value creation in global marketing decisions: a systematic PRISMA review of PROMETHEE applications By Theodore Tarnanidis, Jason Papathanasiou, Bertrand Mareschal*, Maro Vlachopoulou, Vijaya Kittu Manda & Bruno Sousa May 2026 AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS
Collective Wage Co-ordination and the Costs of Job Displacement By Sofía Fernández-Guerrico & Ilan Tojerow* April 2026 JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC SURVEYS
A Decision-Aid Approach to Social Media Assessment Using PROMETHEE II in Greek Grocery Retail By Theodore Tarnanidis, Jason Papathanasiou, Bertrand Mareschal*, Maro Vlachopoulou & Vijaya Kittu Manda February 2026 THE ECONOMIC JOURNAL
Domino Secessions By Jean Lacroix*, Kris James Mitchener & Kim Oosterlinck* January 2026 THE JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES
One-Minute Earthquake, Years of Patience: Evidence from Mexico on the Effect of Earthquake Exposure on Time Preference By Pierre-Guillaume Méon*, Robin Rampaer & David Raymaekers* January 2026 |
EQUALITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION
Diverging impacts of organizational DEI practices: the role of objective and subjective group status By Julia Oberlin*, Claudia Toma* & Tessa Dover April 2026 EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
Women’s and Men’s Support for Gender Equality Policies in Organizations: From Belief in Gender Discrimination to Perceived Organizational Hypocrisy By Joseph Mumbanza Ngeke*, Laurent Licata & Claudia Toma* March 2026 AMERICAN ECONOMIC JOURNAL : ECONOMIC POLICY
Connections During Democratic Transitions: Insights from the Political Purge in Post-WWII France By Toke S. Aidt, Jean Lacroix* & Pierre-Guillaume Méon* February 2026 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF AUDITING
Macroeconomic Context and Earnings Quality in Social Enterprises: Does Audit Quality Matter? By Damaris Ning Mufur & Hubert Tchakoute Tchuigoua* January 2026 JOURNAL OF BUSINESS ETHICS
Bias in Mission‑Driven Finance: Discrimination or Mission Drift? Anastasia Cozarenco* & Ariane Szafarz* January 2026 ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS
Mapping visions of a just transition: A Q survey of Belgian stakeholders Aurore Fransolet, Marek Hudon*, Adriano La Gioia* & Sandrine Meyer* January 2026 |
ASSOCIATE FELLOWS
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RESEARCH IN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS AND FINANCE
Formal institutions and financial inclusion: Evidence from cross-country analysis By Yiqing Peng, Niels Hermes* & Robert Lensink* June 2026 MANAGEMENT SCIENCE
Conventional and cooperative banks in the euro area: A DSGE model approach to banking sector heterogeneity By Thibaud Cargoet, Simon Cornée*, Franck Martin, Tovonony Razafindrabe & Fabien Rondeau May 2026 |
RESEARCH POLICY
Disruptive sustainability through digital innovations: Overcoming information asymmetries to benefit small-scale producers By Camille Meyer*, John M. Luiz, Anton Grutter & Hamieda Parker June 2026 REVIEW OF SOCIAL ECONOMY
Exploring linkages between formal, psychological and active ownership in financial cooperatives By Patrick Murhula Cubaka*, Eddy Balemba* & Marc Labie* (Center for European Research in Microfinance and Social Finance) April 2026 |
chapters in books
Elections and norms of behaviour
By Marco Giani & Pierre-Guillaume Méon*
Chapter in book : Elgar Encyclopedia of Public Choice Edited By Richard Jong-A-Pin & Christian Bjørnskov
By Marco Giani & Pierre-Guillaume Méon*
Chapter in book : Elgar Encyclopedia of Public Choice Edited By Richard Jong-A-Pin & Christian Bjørnskov
Chapter 11: From Diversity Policy to Compliance and Skepticism: Contextual and Ideological Mechanism of DEI Practices
By Claudia Toma* & Franciska Krings
Chapter in book : International Perspectives of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Edited By Eden King, Quinetta Roberson & Mikki Hebl
By Claudia Toma* & Franciska Krings
Chapter in book : International Perspectives of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Edited By Eden King, Quinetta Roberson & Mikki Hebl
Democracy and the quality of institutions
By Pierre-Guillaume Méon*
Chapter in book : Elgar Encyclopedia of Public Choice Edited By Richard Jong-A-Pin & Christian Bjørnskov
By Pierre-Guillaume Méon*
Chapter in book : Elgar Encyclopedia of Public Choice Edited By Richard Jong-A-Pin & Christian Bjørnskov
Grease-the-wheels hypothesis
By Pierre-Guillaume Méon*
Chapter in book : Elgar Encyclopedia of Public Choice Edited By Richard Jong-A-Pin & Christian Bjørnskov
By Pierre-Guillaume Méon*
Chapter in book : Elgar Encyclopedia of Public Choice Edited By Richard Jong-A-Pin & Christian Bjørnskov
Chapitre X - Leaders minoritaires et politiques de diversité : équité et inclusion
By Claudia Toma*, Julia Oberlin* & Abigail Alves*
Chapter in book : Briser les barrières Perspectives psychosociales sur le leadership et la diversité Première édition Edited By Clara Kulich, Ruri Takizawa & Vincenzo Iacoviello
By Claudia Toma*, Julia Oberlin* & Abigail Alves*
Chapter in book : Briser les barrières Perspectives psychosociales sur le leadership et la diversité Première édition Edited By Clara Kulich, Ruri Takizawa & Vincenzo Iacoviello
The Social Impact of Microfinance: An Unfinished Challenge
By Cécile Godfroid* & Marc Labie*
Chapter in book : The Palgrave Handbook of Social Finance Edited By H. Kent Baker, Greg Filbeck & Halil Kiymaz
By Cécile Godfroid* & Marc Labie*
Chapter in book : The Palgrave Handbook of Social Finance Edited By H. Kent Baker, Greg Filbeck & Halil Kiymaz
books
Place Branding and Marketing from a Policy Perspective
Vincent Mabillard*, Martial Pasquier & Renaud Vuignier
Vincent Mabillard*, Martial Pasquier & Renaud Vuignier
book review
CULTURAL TRENDS
Global art markets: History and current trends
Book by Iain Robertson, Derrick Chong, and Luís U. Afonso
Review by Anne-Sophie Radermecker*
Global art markets: History and current trends
Book by Iain Robertson, Derrick Chong, and Luís U. Afonso
Review by Anne-Sophie Radermecker*
THESIS
DEI Must not DIE: Rethinking the Impact of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Policies: Addressing Inequalities and Dynamics of Group (Dis)Advantage
By Julia Oberlin
Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management
By Julia Oberlin
Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management
Gender Equality Policies under Scrutiny: the Interplay between Belief in Discrimination and Perceived Organizational Hypocrisy in Times of Anti-Wokism
By Joseph Mumbanza Ngeke
Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management
By Joseph Mumbanza Ngeke
Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management
working papers
WP 26-009
Immigrant-Native Wage Gaps over Two Generations: Does the Field of Study Matter?
by Kevin André Pineda-Hernández* & François Rycx* & Thomas Senterre* & Mélanie Volral
Immigrant-Native Wage Gaps over Two Generations: Does the Field of Study Matter?
by Kevin André Pineda-Hernández* & François Rycx* & Thomas Senterre* & Mélanie Volral
WP 26-008
Artificial Intelligence in Microfinance and Financial Inclusion: Applications, Issues, and Future Directions
by Arvind Ashta*
Artificial Intelligence in Microfinance and Financial Inclusion: Applications, Issues, and Future Directions
by Arvind Ashta*
9th Workshop Economics and Politics
We invite submissions for the 9th Workshop Economics and Politics, which will be held at Lille University, on December 16-17, 2026. The workshop’s aim is to bring together scholars from economics and politics interested in interdisciplinary work on public policy, political economy and public choice. We welcome theoretical as well as empirical papers by both economists and political scientists. The workshop is intended for the presentation of work-in-progress that can benefit from discussion.
To submit, please fill the form ( https://lnkd.in/eG7APV2W) and submit an extended abstract or a paper in pdf by September 15th, 2026. We look forward to reading your submission.
Contact: [email protected]
Information: https://workshopecopol.com/the-2026-workshop/
BROWN BAG SEMINARS - BBS
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JUNE 18, 2026Yuqing Song (PhD Student, SBS-EM) has presented the last BBS of the academic year at CEBRIG:
"Do Stories Sell? Narratives, Networks, and the Economics of Art Markets" Abstract | Poster |
