Understanding, training, transforming: a center of excellence for a more responsible economy
TBS Education's mission is to train a diversity of open-minded and enlightened people capable of contributing to a more responsible and sustainable economy, thanks to research with a societal impact.
The Center of Excellence for CSR-Sustainable Development is a key pillar of this ambition. It brings together a community of researchers from a variety of disciplines to analyze and support ecological, economic and social transitions.
”The Center of Excellence for CSR and Sustainable Development is dedicated to producing and sharing high-impact knowledge. It engages with students, researchers, businesses, associations, and public decision-makers to support a more sustainable and inclusive economy.
As a multidisciplinary team of professors, the center draws on a diversity of methods and theoretical frameworks to offer innovative and nuanced perspectives on the major contemporary challenges of CSR and sustainable development.
Through its publications and public engagement, the center actively contributes to societal debates. Strongly committed to collaborative research, it aims to work alongside public and private partners to develop impactful projects.
Educating, raising awareness, and inspiring today’s and tomorrow’s decision-makers lies at the heart of our mission. Feel free to contact us to connect and collaborate!“
— Dr Marie BoitierHead of the Center of Excellence for CSR-Sustainable Development
Objective: produce and disseminate high-impact knowledge for three key audiences:
By integrating CSR-Sustainable Development issues into curricula, community projects and the school's incubator.
Conferences and publications (videos, press articles) accessible to a wide audience: companies, alumni, public decision-makers, NGOs.
Through nationally and internationally recognized publications.
Thanks to an interdisciplinary approach and a variety of methodologies, the research carried out by the Center of Excellence for CSR-Sustainable Development brings valuable and nuanced insights into major contemporary challenges.Researchers work together on five main themes:
This line of research focuses on standards, public policies and models relating to the environment, the circular economy and sufficiency.
This line of research analyzes business models, collective dynamics and public policies favoring sufficiency, while exploring the social acceptability of the measures adopted and the impact of technologies, particularly digital ones, on the environment.
This line of research explores how individuals adapt to and make sense of societal transitions, be they environmental, economic, social or digital.It aims to analyze their interactions with others, technologies and organizational systems to understand the dynamics of inclusion and well-being.
Mobilizing interdisciplinary approaches, this axis explores the interactions and transformations shaping individual and collective experience. It draws on psychology, management science, and sociology to address contemporary challenges of identity, legitimacy, and resilience.
This line of research analyzes the dynamics of the Social Solidarity Economy (SSE) and alternative organizations, exploring their models of governance, their tensions between economic, social and environmental imperatives, and the compromises and innovations they are developing for a fairer, more sustainable future.
Through a critical approach to management and the social sciences, this area studies the involvement of individuals and organizations in the SSE and social movements, as well as their role in societal and environmental transition.
This line of research adopts an interdisciplinary approach to analyze gender dynamics, inequalities and related societal transformations.It focuses on interactions between gender and other social dimensions (class, disability, culture), as well as on mechanisms of domination and emancipation, mobilizing critical and institutional theories to better understand issues of governance and inclusion.
Through diverse and complementary theoretical approaches (feminist theories, critical accounting, sociology of quantification and governmentality), researchers in the axis examine the impact of regulations, standards and measurement tools on equality policies, in order to identify levers for a more inclusive society.
This line of research explores sport as a mirror of social, economic and institutional dynamics, analyzing how it shapes and reflects performance standards, bodily identities and power relations.It highlights the inequalities linked to sporting standards, the commodification of sport and the growing influence of quantification devices on practices and bodies.
Through a multidisciplinary approach, this axis explores inequalities in sport, the economic and political logics of sport-business, and the impact of quantification tools on athletes’ practices and bodies.
The CSR-Sustainable Development Center of Excellence’s research focuses on a wide range of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), demonstrating a strong commitment to sustainable development and social responsibility.
Goal 10 (Reduced Inequalities) is a major thread, complemented by issues related to the environment (Goals 9, 11, 12, 13), governance (Goal 16), education (Goal 4) and human well-being (Goals 3, 5, 8).
Goal 4 – Quality Education is at the heart of each of the research areas, guaranteeing a pedagogical approach designed to prepare TBS Education students and learners for the challenges of sustainable development.
Goal 4 – Quality education: Raising awareness of sobriety and the circular economy through the training of students and professionals.
Goal 9 – Industry, innovation and infrastructure: Impact of innovations and circular business models on economic and social sustainability.
Goal 11 – Sustainable cities and communities: Study of economic models promoting sobriety and urban resilience.
Goal 12 – Responsible consumption and production: Analysis of management systems and public policy instruments to promote the circular economy.
Goal 13 – Climate action: Exploring strategies for energy sobriety and ecological transition.
Goal 16 – Peace, justice and effective institutions: Study of the social acceptability of ecological transition measures and the public policies adopted.
Goal 3 – Good health and well-being: Research into the impact of economic and digital transitions on well-being and inclusion.
Goal 4 – Quality education: Studies on training and the adaptation of individuals to changes in work and society.
Goal 8 – Decent work and economic growth: Analysis of career paths, worker inclusion and digital challenges in employment.
Goal 10 – Reduced inequalities: Intersectional approach to career inequalities, disability and exclusion mechanisms in society.
Goal 16 – Peace, justice and effective institutions: Studies of the dynamics of social justice and corporate social responsibility.
Goal 1 – No poverty: Study of SSE organizations and social justice solutions.
Goal 4 – Quality education: Knowledge transfer on social entrepreneurship, alternative organizations and participatory governance models.
Goal 8 – Decent work and economic growth: Analysis of governance and management models in alternative organizations.
Goal 10 – Reduced inequalities: Research into the tensions between social and economic missions in hybrid organizations.
Goal 12 – Responsible consumption and production: Studies on alternative initiatives and social entrepreneurship models.
Goal 17 – Partnerships for achieving the goals: Contribution to cooperation mechanisms between NGOs, companies and public players.
Goal 4 – Quality education: Promote inclusive and egalitarian education, combating gender bias in education and training.
Goal 5 – Gender equality : Research on gender discrimination, inclusion and equality policies.
Goal 10 – Reduced inequalities: Intersectional approach to gender inequalities and social dynamics.
Goal 16 – Peace, justice and effective institutions: Studies on governance and inclusion policies for minorities in companies and institutions.
Goal 3 – Good health and well-being: Study of the impact of sport on physical and mental well-being.
Goal 4 – Quality education: The role of sport in training and social inclusion.
Goal 5 – Gender equality : Research into gender inequalities in sport and the diversity of performance models.
Goal 10 – Reduced inequalities: Study of discrimination in sports practices and accessibility.
Goal 12 – Responsible consumption and production: Analysis of the commodification of sport and its economic and environmental impacts.
Goal 16 – Peace, justice and effective institutions: Study of the tensions between fans, clubs and sports authorities in the governance of sport.