A group of 19 Chinese and Nordic management and organisation studies scholars from Fudan University, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, BI Norwegian Business School, University of South-Eastern Norway, University of Oslo, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Roskilde University, Aarhus University and ESC Clermont Graduate School of Business, will organise a conference in Antibes, France, 5-7 October 2022, titled ‘Transparency and Opaqueness: Nordic and Chinese Perspectives on the Ethics of Managing Innovative Organisations, Sustainability & Responsible Research’.

The participants will be presenting and discussing their papers across three main themes, namely: 1) Responsible Science, Research & Innovation for and with Society; 2) Business Ethics, Public Discourse, Inclusion of the Marginalised and Societal Impact; and 3) Responsible Management, Sustainability and the Values of Art. An additional aim is to explore future collaboration across our countries and institutions in terms of research projects and applying for funding grants centering on topics that address societal ‘grand challenges’. Co-Programme Chairs are Professor David S. A. Guttormsen (USN) and Dr Kristian Alm (BI).

The conference received Nordic Centre funding for academic events.