We are excited to announce the 3rd Biennial “Innovations to Tackle Global Sustainability Challenges” Conference, co-organized by the Centers for International Business Education and Research at Indiana University, The George Washington University, and Georgia Institute of Technology.
Conference Overview
The purpose of this annual conference is to bring together active and leading scholars worldwide to share their research on important emerging concepts, themes, and methodologies on the topic of global sustainability. We hope that, by forming this leading community of global sustainability researchers, the conference will strengthen international business scholarship in sustainability-related areas; foster thought-provoking interdisciplinary discussions; engage dialogues between scholars and society including practitioners, and educators; and contribute frontier insights to addressing global sustainability challenges.
Research themes of the conference include, but are not limited to:
- Characteristics of innovations to tackle global sustainability challenges
- Measurements of global sustainability performance and progress
- Micro-foundations of corporate global sustainability strategy
- The role of digital technologies in global sustainability innovations
- The role of civil society organizations in global sustainability innovations
- The role of governments in global sustainability innovations
- The relationship between (de)globalization and corporate global sustainability strategy
- Diffusion of sustainability in global value chains
- Cross-country comparative studies in sustainability practices
- Cross-disciplinary research insights on global sustainability innovations
- Theory and method challenges in conducting global sustainability research
In addition to prominent scholars of global sustainability research, the conference will invite business executives to share their experiences, insights, and challenges in tackling global sustainability matters, via panels/keynotes. The conference will also offer a workshop on global sustainability pedagogy to meet the rapidly growing demand for higher education to incorporate relevant topics into university curriculum design.
Conference Format and Accommodations
The conference will be held on the campus of Indiana University – Bloomington (ranked #1 The Most Beautiful College Campus for 2024 by bestvalueschools.org), May 15 to 17, 2025.
The tentative program includes
- Thursday evening: Check-in
- Friday: Full-day conference sessions
- Paper presentations will include conceptual papers, and empirical papers presenting quantitative and/or qualitative data
- Panel discussion will include thought leaders and practitioner experts on selected topics
- Friday evening: Group dinner
- Saturday: Full-day conference sessions
- Paper presentations will include conceptual papers, and empirical papers presenting quantitative and/or qualitative data
- Panel discussion will include thought leaders and practitioner experts on selected topics
- Afternoon: Paper development workshop and teaching workshop
For the accepted proposals, we will cover the hotel costs for two nights for one person per proposal. More co-authors per team are welcome to join, but they will need to cover their own hotel expenses.
Submission Procedure
Authors who wish to present their papers at the conference should submit a max. 7-page (single- spaced) proposal through our online submission portal by January 15, 2025. Results will be notified by February 1, 2025.
For questions regarding the conference research program, please contact conference Co-Chairs Stephanie Wang (slwang@indiana.edu) or Zolboo Dashmyagmar (zodash@iu.edu). For questions on conference registration, housing, and logistics, contact Britt Rust (bcrust@iu.edu).
