Graduate Programme Research In Sustainable Management Seminar (RSMS)

This seminar is open to Master’s level (M2) students and early career researchers from UBE and EPE, as well as students from the FORTHEM Alliance and ERASMUS students

The conference is free to attend, and FORTHEM/ERASMUS students can obtain a badge for their attendance.

Program

Monday 15th June

9h30-9h40 – INTRODUCTION Isabelle Frochot (organiser)

9h40-11h30 Why we change or not, transversal lessons from behavioral sciences
Stéphane LABRANCHE – Scientific coordinator of GIECo

11h30-12h45 – A discussion on the integration of environmental issues into corporate performance measurement systems: a reality or merely a public relation exercise
Grégory Wegmann – Full Professor in Management Accounting and Control (UBE)

Lunch Break (Lunches are unfortunately not provided by the organisation)

14h30-16h30 – Sustainability towards the employees
Adrien Bonache – Associate Professor in Budget controllability and complexity – UBE

Tuesday 16th June

9h -11h – Ethics and corporate governance
Samuel Mercier– Full Professor in Human Resources Management – UBE

10h15-12h – Can tourism ever be sustainable?
Isabelle Frochot – Associate Professor in Consumer Behaviour – UBE

Lunch Break (Lunches are unfortunately not provided by the organisation)

14-16h Labels, brands, signs of sustainability in Marketing
Véronique Colange – Associate Professor in Destination Marketing and brands – UBE

Wednesday 17th June

9h30-11h30 – Sustainability in the Aviation Industry
Stefan Baumeister – Associate Professor in Business and Management, University of Jyväskylä, Finland

Lunch break (Lunches are unfortunately not provided by the organisation)

13h30-15h – Investments in green funds
Syrine Gacem – Lecturer in Behavioral Sciences, Lyfe Institute.

Please register by sending an email to Isabelle.frochot@ube.fr at the latest by the 1st of June 2026