Colloquium Brown Bag
Interested in additional opportunities for cross-disciplinary sustainability dialogue on campus?
Exploring Sustainability on Planet Blue is a set of monthly dialogues with key thought-leaders from within the University of Michigan on issues related to sustainability.
The Erb Institute Colloquium Brown Bag is an important part of the scholarly life of the Institute. The Colloquium is a bi-weekly informal research seminar featuring the latest insights and state of the art knowledge in the broad field of sustainable enterprise. Faculty spanning the many disciplines relevant to sustainable business enterprise (Strategy, Organizational Theory, Operations, Accounting, Finance, Marketing, Law, Political Science, Public Policy, Economics and others) from both within U-M and other leading Institutions present and discuss their work in an interdisciplinary and interactive framework. The general structure of the seminar allows the speaker 45-60 minutes followed by general discussion. In our experience, the Colloquium proves to be a valuable source of new ideas for faculty, graduate students and practitioners alike
View past colloquia here.
Mondays, 12:00 to 1:30 p.m.
Unless noted otherwise, all events are in room E0550 Ross
**please feel free to bring your lunch.
| Date |
Speaker |
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Topic
Click on Papers to Download (PDFs) |
| SEPT 19 |
 Andy Hoffman
University of Michigan, Erb Institute |
|
“Talking past each other? Cultural framing of skeptical and
convinced logics in the climate change debate.” |
| SEPT 26 |
 John Sterman
MIT, Sloan School of Management |
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”Communicating Climate Change Risks in a Skeptical World.” |
| OCT 10 |
 Magali Delmas
UCLA, Institute of the Environment |
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“Saving Power to Conserve Your Reputation? The effectiveness of private verse public information.” Abstract |
| OCT 24 |
 Brian Min
University of Michigan, Political Science |
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“Electricity for the Poor: Distributing Power in India.” |
| NOV 7 |
 Wes Sine
Cornell University, Johnson School |
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“The Evolving Influence of Social Movement Organizations on the U.S. Wind Power Industry.” |
| NOV 21 |
 Sara Soderstrom
and
Krista Badiane
University of Michigan,
Erb Institute |
|
“Climate Change Discourse and Corporate Responses: Evolution of Multiple Institutional Logics” |
| DEC 5 |
 Kate Heinze
University of Michigan, Kinesiology |
|
“Field Work: The Construction of An Insurgent Logic In
Alternative Agriculture” |
| JAN 9 |
 Jason Jay
MIT, Sloan School of Management |
|
“Examining the Paradoxes of Service and Sustainability“
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| JAN 23 |
 Riley Dunlap
Oklahoma State University, Sociology |
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“Organized Climate Change Denial: Sources, Actors, Strategies and Impacts.” *Please note this event will be in Wyly, 2760. |
| FEB 6 |
 Laurie Nijaki
USC Planning and Policy Development |
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“Evergreen Economies: Institutions, Industries, and Issues in the Green Economy.”
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| FEB 13 |
 Alwyn Lim
University of Michigan, Sociology |
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“The Global Expansion of
Corporate Social Responsibility”
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| FEB 20 |
 Rashedur Chowdhury, University of Cambridge Judge Business School |
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“Marginalized Stakeholders in a Firm-Specific Setting: Gaining Saliency and Use of Representative Power” Read the Abstract |
| MAR 5 |
 Chris Marquis
Harvard Business School, Organizational Behavior
Co-sponsored by Ross M&O |
|
“Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting in China: Symbol or Substance?” (Abstract) |
| MAR 19 |
 Erin Krupka
University of Michigan, School of Information |
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“A Meeting of the Minds: Contracts and Social Norms” |
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Contact Sara Soderstrom (capasb@umich.edu) or Dominique Abed (hdabed@umich.edu) for more information. Subscribe to the Erb Institute Research Colloquium List
