Bulletin – April 2023
IFSAM News
IFSAM Webinar
IFSAM is glad to announce its next Webinar on 20th June 2023 at 2pm CEST
The governance of higher education markets in turbulent times: the challenges of corporatization and distance learning
The pandemic has accelerated the trend towards corporatization and distance learning in higher education institutions (HEIs). Education in business and management, which accounts for 15/20% of Higher Education student numbers across the globe, has been exposed to both trends; in particular, business schools have been exposed to corporatization. Hence, HEIs that are traditionally governed by a bottom-up approach have been pushed to a top-down organizational model based mostly on financial indicators. At the same time, the pandemic made distance learning reach record shares of the market in different parts of the world. As far as regulation is concerned, governments in different parts of the world have taken decisions either for or against public education and funding, and have either tightened or loosened educational criteria. Hence the turbulence we identify has different configurations across the globe. We want, in this panel, to examine the different ‘turbulences’ taking place in different countries and regions, not just to compare them, but to imagine ways forward that may protect education quality.
Panelists:
Dr. Flavio Romero Macau, Edith Cowan University, Associate Dean of Teaching and Learning
Dr. Lars Engwall, Uppsala University, Coordinator of the Higher Education, Research and Culture in European Societies
Dr. Teguh Dartanto, Universitas Indonesia
Presidents’ Platform Meeting
The nineth Presidents Platform Meeting on “impact of management research” took place on April 17, 2023. The panel included Silviya Svejenova (IFSAM Vice President Research), Renate Meyer (WU Vienna and 2021 division chair of the OMT Division of the Academy of Management), and Menico Rizzi (Steering Board member at CoARA – Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment).
Attendees and panelists engaged in exchange about promises and perils of the assessment of impact of management research. On the one hand, management research can contribute to ongoing discussions about today’s burning issues. On the other hand, measuring impact presents the risk of reverting to the unproductive use of metrics. Against this background, scholarly associations in management can play an enabling role in fostering the use of such metrics responsibly.
Several joint initiatives among attendees emerged from the discussion. Menico Rizzi invited IFSAM members to consider joining CoARA – Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment, and he would welcome questions from interested parties. For more information about CoARA, visit: https://coara.eu/
News from BoD
Appointments
We are delighted to inform that our Board of Directors (BoD) appointed the following colleagues as:
New Officers
Vanessa Bermeo Pazmiño – Deputy VP Education
Albert Valentine – Deputy VP Practice
Robert Demir – Deputy VP Events
New Representatives
Catherine Léger-Jarniou and Didier Chabaud for AEI
Congratulations! We look forward to working closely with you all for the benefit of the Federation.
Best wishes to all!
Members’ Annual Conferences (so far this year)
ACACIA – XXVII Congreso internacional de investigación en Ciencias Administrativas
25 – 28 April 2023
https://acacia.umanizales.edu.co/
Upcoming Members’ Conferences
AIM – Association Information et Management
29-31 May 2023
28ème Colloque de l’AIM, Dijon
https://aim.asso.fr/fr/conferences/conference-annuelle
44ème AFC Congrès annuel
30 May -1 June 2023
Lyon
https://www.ifsam.org/blog/2020/11/09/association-francophone-de-la-comptabilite/
ASAC 2023 Conference
Online May 30-31 and in Person June 3-6
https://asac.ca/2023-conference/
XXXIIth AIMS conference
6-9 June 2023
Strasbourg
https://www.strategie-aims.com/
EURAM Annual Conference
14-16 June 2023
Trinity Business School, Dublin – Ireland
https://conferences.euram.academy/2023conference/
XXXII ACEDE International Conference
June 25 to 27, 2023 at the University of Alicante (Spain), under the theme “Business, Strategy and Sustainability in a Global World”
https://www.congresoacede.org/en/
AEI – Academie de l’entrepreneuriat & de l’innovation
28-30 June 2023
13ème Congrès de l’Académie de l’Entrepreneuriat et de l’Innovation (AEI 2023) Strasbourg
https://entrepreneuriat.com/congres/13eme-congres-2023-strasbourg/
SIMA – Società Italiana di Management
29-30 June 2023
CONVEGNO SINERGIE-SIMA 2023, BARI
https://societaitalianamanagement.it/attivita/convegno-annuale/
IAM – Irish Academy of Management
23–24 August 2023
2023 Irish Academy of Management Annual Conference, NUI Galway
https://iamireland.ie/2022-iam-conference-nui-galway/
97th JABA annual conference
4-7 September 2023
Kobe Gakuin University, Hyogo, Japan.
https://keiei-gakkai.jp/en/taikai/
BAM2023 Conference
5th – 7th September 2023
University of Sussex Business School
https://www.bam.ac.uk/events-landing/bam2023-conference.html
SMS – Strategic Management Society
30 September – 03 October 2023
SMS’s 43rd Annual Conference in Toronto
https://www.strategicmanagement.net/toronto/overview/committee
IFSAM Governance Meetings
Recent meetings
- April 4, Board of Directors Meeting
- April 7, Practice committee meeting
If you have any questions or want to get in touch with IFSAM, please contact us at: info@ifsam.org
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