2nd Annual “Innovations to Tackle Global Sustainability Challenges” Conference
September 14-16, 2023 | Bloomington, Indiana
Call for Proposals
The 2nd Annual “Innovations to Tackle Global Sustainability Challenges” Conference, will be
hosted at the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University in collaboration with the Centers
for International Business Education and Research at Indiana University, The George
Washington University, and Georgia Institute of Technology.
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 research 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 progress and performance
• Micro-foundations of corporate global sustainability strategy
• The role of digital technologies in global sustainability
• The role of civil society organizations in global sustainability
• The relationship between transparency and global sustainability
• The relationship between corporate governance and global sustainability
• The relationship between (de)globalization and corporate sustainability strategy
• Diffusion of sustainability in global value chains
• Similarities and differences between social and environmental sustainability
• Cultural implications for global sustainability
• Policy implications for global sustainability
• Cross-country comparative studies in sustainability practices
• Cross-disciplinary research insights on global sustainability
• Theory and method challenges in conducting 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 challenges, 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.
The conference will be held on the campus of Indiana University – Bloomington (ranked the
most beautiful campus for 2022 by bestvalueschools.org), September 14 to 16, 2023.
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 May 1, 2023. Proposals will be
selected and authors will be notified and invited by June 1, 2023.
For additional details about the conference and to register, please visit the conference website.