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Beyond dichotomy: why business schools must integrate climate change into their curricula

After the signing of the Paris Agreement in 2015, the clock is ticking down to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. Numerous companies are pledging Net Zero commitments, but their level of ambition and transparency...
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Can we solve societal grand challenges by designing a prosocial economic system?

Can we solve societal grand challenges by designing a prosocial economic system? Business scholars have taught generations of students and executives how to create and capture value. Among the richest...
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Towards fossil-free energy futures: Why (and where) we need to look beyond the UN climate regime

At the 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28) of the UN’s climate regime, most countries agreed to triple installed renewables (RE) capacity by 2030. This has been widely considered to signal the “beginning...
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How to decide for future generations?

Climate change calls for intergenerational decision-making. The negative consequences of not acting on grand challenges fall disproportionately on future generations, while the benefits largely accrue...
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The Utopian Entrepreneur: Pioneering Grand Challenges

Entrepreneurship has always been a powerful force for societal change, but its transformative potential is especially crucial today. As we face climate change, digital transformation, aging populations,...
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Harnessing the Potential, Mitigating the Risks: Design Principles for AI Initiatives in Organizations

Companies, governments, universities, and other organizations have long been calling for innovative solutions for the world’s most pressing problems: climate change, health and well-being, hunger...
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Special Issue – Utopias

Call for contributions for our Special Issue on Utopias: In his ingenious book ‘The Ministry for the Future’, novelist Kim Stanley Robinson popularized the genre ‘climate fiction’ and visualized both the...
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Intangible sustainability values for business and society

On November 16 2023, Wouter was invited to a Breakfast Research and Practice seminar hosted by the Research Center for Grand Challenges at HEC Lausanne. The aim was to share his experiences and pioneering...
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Nation building successes and failures matter to the EU and OECD 

By Dominic Rohner, Professor of Economics, Faculty of Business and Economics (HEC Lausanne), University of Lausanne, and Research Fellow, the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)  From Syria...
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Can NFTs Support Organizing in the Future of Work?

Emerging technologies are constantly evolving and shape how we organize work within organizations. Building upon design principles of decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs), our Point of View article...
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Whose Objectivity Counts? The Tyranny of Metrics, the Contestation of Situated Knowledge, and Epistemic Diplomacy in Climate Science in the Global South
Whose Objectivity Counts? The Tyranny of Metrics, the Contestation of Situated Knowledge, and Epistemic Diplomacy in Climate Science in the Global South
The Quantitative vs. Qualitative Ideological Battleground...
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AI for Climate Action: Hype, Harm, or Hope? 
By 2040, AI-driven data centers are projected to consume...
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Science and Ideology: call for contributions to a new Special Issue
The world is in profound trouble as mounting military...
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Utopia, Autonomy and the Anthropocene
Utopia is not an appropriate term to reflect on the...
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Researching utopias: from aspiration as a moral obligation to embodied utopias
I have been exploring alternative agricultures in Morocco...
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Néo-farmers: agroecological utopias in a dystopian agricultural landscape?
Abstract Néo-farmers (fr. Néo-paysan-ne-s) are farmers...
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Planning beyond growth: rethinking economics to face social-ecological crises
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Stewarding Enterprises through Polycrisis
The advent of polycrisis, the intersecting, intertwined...
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Beyond dichotomy: why business schools must integrate climate change into their curricula
After the signing of the Paris Agreement in 2015, the...
BOOK FRONT COVER
Can we solve societal grand challenges by designing a prosocial economic system?
Can we solve societal grand challenges by designing...
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Towards fossil-free energy futures: Why (and where) we need to look beyond the UN climate regime
At the 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28) of the...
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How to decide for future generations?
Climate change calls for intergenerational decision-making....
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The Utopian Entrepreneur: Pioneering Grand Challenges
Entrepreneurship has always been a powerful force for...
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Harnessing the Potential, Mitigating the Risks: Design Principles for AI Initiatives in Organizations
Companies, governments, universities, and other organizations...
Utopias
Special Issue – Utopias
Call for contributions for our Special Issue on Utopias:...
Albert Einstein quote
Intangible sustainability values for business and society
On November 16 2023, Wouter was invited to a Breakfast...
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Nation building successes and failures matter to the EU and OECD 
By Dominic Rohner, Professor of Economics, Faculty...
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Can NFTs Support Organizing in the Future of Work?
Emerging technologies are constantly evolving and shape...
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Water, climate change and digitalization: the role of university teaching in equipping future leaders to deliver on SDG 6
On October 12th, Guillaume and Mark were invited to...
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Unravelling the paradox: Green preferences sustain greenwashing
The allure and deception of green labels We often hear...
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Private Equity: Greenwashing Galore
We are awash with ESG slogans – companies often include...
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Climate: The End of the Road for Current Solutions?
The HEC Research Centre for Grand Challenges held a...
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Enlightenment 2.0 - The unfinished legacy of Giordano Bruno
Man is not at the center of the universe. In fact,...
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Reimagining Academia in the Face of Urgent Global Challenges 
The world is not in a good shape. When Rockström and...
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The grandest challenge: Overcoming un-sustainability
This is an appeal to conceive today’s grand societal...
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Welcome to the Grand Challenges Blog @ HEC Lausanne!
“Grand challenges are formulations of global...
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Why “Retire” a Youthful Idea? The Coming of Age of the Grand Challenges Concept
A response to Christian Seelos, Johanna Mair, and Charlotte...
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The Future of Grand Challenges Research: Retiring a Hopeful Concept and Endorsing Research Principles
In our research, we examine discourses that shape the...

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