PhD Students
Elisabeth BOURGEOIS
Ph.D in economics
Research fields: energy, environment, and health economics, solar energy, energy policy, behavioral science, social inclusion, predictive analytics
Thesis: Heatwaves, vulnerable people, and the built environment in France: risks and opportunities in technical and behavioural adaptation
Directors: Dorothée CHARLIER, David GROVER
Mohamed CHARHBILI
Ph.D in economics
Research fields: Environmental economics, energy efficiency, teleworking, commuting, carbon footprint
Thesis: The challenges of telework for the energy transition
Directors: Bérangère LEGENDRE, Sarah Le DUIGOU
Nilo CORADINI DE FREITAS
Ph.D in management
Research fields: Embodiment, Technology, Environment, Degrowth, Organization Studies, Organizational Democracy, Human-Non-human Relations
Thesis: Fleshing out organizing: an inquiry of embodiment and organizations
Directors: Gazi ISLAM, Hélène PICARD
Benedetta CANFORA
Ph.D in management
Research fields: Nature, Sustainability, Consumer Behavior
Thesis: Humans and Nature: an Intricate Relationship and its Consequences on Individuals’ Sustainable Behaviors
Directors: Carolina WERLE, Robert MAI
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Romane D'AGOSTINI
Ph.D in management
Research fields: International entrepreneurship; Sustainable entrepreneurship
Thesis: The internationalization of businesses in the Anthropocene: three essays on the multiple challenges of sustainable entrepreneurship at the international level
Directors: Véronique FAVRE-BONTÉ, Muriel FADAIRO
Lisa DUQUESNAY
Ph.D in management
Research fields: Organizational Resilience, Organizational Culture, Narrative Identity Work, Ethnography
Thesis: Managerial Innovation and Organizational Resilience: Culture, Identities and Myths in the ECA Case Study
Directors: Laurent GIRAUD, Christian GNEKPE
Youssef EL MAKHROUT
Ph.D in economics
Research fields: Energy and environmental economics, Economics of risk and uncertainty, Household decisions, Climate change and economic growth, Applied econometrics
Thesis: Households’ heating and electricity: towards a new economic model
Director: Aude POMMERET
Patricia ENZMANN
Ph.D in management
Research fields: value creation, craft, resourcefulness, cultural entrepreneurship
Thesis: Crafting values resourcefully. Investigating the value creation process for crafts through the deployment of cultural resources
Directors: Rachel BOCQUET, Anna LUPINA-WEGENER
Romain EYMANN
Ph.D in management
Research fields: Corporate social responsibility, Business and human rights, sensemaking, management
Thesis: The adoption of a human rights policy in the multinational company: meaning, practices and impact indicators. A cross-level approach applied to the Schneider Electric case.
Directors: Rachel BOCQUET, Thibault DAUDIGEOS
Cédric FAVRE
Ph.D in management
Research fields: entrepreneurship, takeover, dynamics of takeover teams, entrepreneurial and takeover support methods
Thesis: Workers cooperative business transfers: the influence of internal ad external factors to the takeover team
Directors: Catherine THÉVENARD-PUTHOD, Sandra DUBOULOZ*
Defence on the 18th of December, 2024.
Daphne GERODIMOU
Ph.D in management
Research fields: Gamification, digital tools, cultural heritage, perceived value
Thesis: The use of gamification tools to enhance tourist participation, cultural heritage valorisation and sustainable tourism practices in European destinations
Directors: Elodie MANTHÉ, Sarah CATALAN
Lesman GHAZARYAN
Ph.D in management
Research fields: Marketing strategy and innovation, sustainability, corporate social irresponsibility
Thesis: Sustainable Synergy: Exploring Interconnections Across Social, Environmental, and Economic Domains to Enhance Stakeholder Well-being
Directors: Muriel FADAIRO, Stacey MALEK
Marcelo GONZALEZ
Ph.D in management
Research fields:SME, Green markets, Institutional economics, Ecopreneurship, Environmental issues
Thesis: Green Horizons: Motivations, Regulatory Dilemmas and Strategic Collaborations in Sustainable Business Practices
Directors: Rachel BOCQUET, Isabel BODAS-FREITAS
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Xinyu GUO
Ph.D in management
Research fields: Cross-sector collaboration, Paradox theory, Social impact of science
Thesis: Navigating academic-practitioner collaboration paradox for achieving social impact of science
Directors: Barthélémy CHOLLET, Corine GENET
François GUY
Ph.D in economics
Research fields: Environmental economics, resource economics, circular economy
Thesis: Metal recyclability : Technical and economic potential, barriers and policy tools
Directors: Aude POMMERET, Florian FIZAINE
Elma HADZIC
Ph.D in economics
Research fields: Sufficiency, Macroeconomics, Modelisation, Global
Thesis: Development and macroeconomic analysis of scenarios of ecological transformation of the world economy based on suffiency
Directors: Aude POMMERET, Yamina SAHEB
Tayyar HASANOV
Ph.D in economics
Research fields: Consumer behaviour, energy efficiency, energy policy, environmental economics, energy economics , statistical analysis, applied econometrics
Thesis: Evaluation of the impact of awareness-raising actions and measures to reduce energy consumption on user behavior and thermal comfort preferences
Director: Dorothée CHARLIER
Bruno KADDAR
Ph.D in management
Research fields: Cross-border context, employer brand, attractiveness, loyalty, recruitment difficulties
Thesis: Attracting and retaining human resources in a cross-border context: The challenges of Employer Branding in a competitive environment.
Directors: Laurent GIRAUD, Véronique PRÉCHOUX
Kai Christine LESAGE
Ph.D in management
Research fields: Sustainability, Corporate Social Responsibility, New Product Introduction, Innovation, Marketing Strategy
Thesis: Assessing antecedents and implications of green innovation
Directors: Carolina WERLE, Fiona SCHWEITZER
Defence on the 9th of December, 2024.
Alexandra LUGOVA
Ph.D in economics
Research fields: Social inequalities, labor economics, health economics
Thesis: Social health inequalities and labor market: three essays on mental health of vulnerable workers
Directors: Bérangère LEGENDRE, Jérémy TANGUY
Rajarshi MAJUMDER
Ph.D in management
Research fields: Consumer decision-making and judgement, social biases, and pro-social behaviour
Thesis: Biases in self-other comparisons: when consumers believe others make judgements inferior to themselves
Directors: Carolina WERLE, Robert MAI
Mona MASOUMZADEH
Ph.D in management
Research fields: Wellbeing, decision-making, Food
Thesis: Understanding Consumer Healthy Food Consumption
Directors: Carolina WERLE, Laurie BALBO
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Rowena MATHEW
Ph.D in economics
Research fields: Environmental economics, energy transitions, climate change mitigation, renewable energy storage, electric vehicles, household electricity, economic modelling
Thesis: Optimising usage of electric vehicles and solar PV in households for increased energy storage and welfare
Director: Aude POMMERET
Paul MESSAGER-SOLENTE
Ph.D in economics
Research fields: Economy of flows, Territorial ecology, Territorial metabolism, Local Development
Thesis: Grand Annecy region : an analysis by flows
Directors: Aude POMMERET, Myriam DONSIMONI
Florentin MOENNE-LOCCOZ
Ph.D in management
Research fields: Ecological transition, Organisations, CSR, Renunciation
Thesis: Managing the ecological bifurcation of organizations: between organizational heritage and openness to the living
Directors: Rachel BOCQUET, Matthieu BATTISTELLI
Pierre OUEDRAOGO
Ph.D in economics
Research fields: Circular Economy, Environmental and Resources Economics; Experimental Economics, Theoretical Models
Thesis: Levers of the circular economy : are they complementary?
Directors: Grégory CHATEL, Florian FIZAINE
Velmurugan PALANICHAMY
Ph.D in management
Research fields: Marketing strategy and innovation, brand activism, service management
Thesis: How can brands effectively convey their activism messages regarding sociopolitical issues and develop resonance with consumers?
Directors: Emilie RUIZ, Fiona SCHWEITZER
Thuy PHAM
Ph.D in management
Research fields: commitment to organizational change, change behaviors, change management, organizational change, organizational behavior
Thesis: Levers of employee commitment to organizational change in the context of multiple change initiatives
Directors: Laurent GIRAUD, Chritian GNEPKE
Amanda PRUSKI YAMIM
Ph.D in management
Research fields: Consumer Behavior, Food psychology and Decision Making, Social Marketing, Preconceptions biasing consumers inferences and decision making
Thesis: Lay Beliefs in Marketing: The Way Lay Beliefs influence Consumers Behavior
Director: Carolina WERLE
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Angèle RICHARD
Ph.D in management
Research fields: Sustainable business model, Mountain resorts, Strategic transformation
Thesis: Strategic transformation of mountain resorts : an approach by the sustainable business model
Directors: Elodie GARDET, Romain GANDIA
Sumayya SHAIKH
Ph.D in management
Research fields: Food, Sustainability, Lay Beliefs, Biases
Thesis: Biasis in Sustainable Food Consumption
Director: Carolina WERLE
Renuka Devi SOMASUNDARAM KARTHIKEYAN
Ph.D in management
Research fields: Interfirm Collaborations, R&D failures, Learning from Failure
Thesis: Lay Beliefs in Marketing: The Way Lay Beliefs influence Consumers Behavior
Directors: Barthélémy CHOLLET, Arusyak ZAKARYAN
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Vincent VINDEVOGHEL
Ph.D in management
Research fields: Town and country planning, Collaborative innovation, Social change and innovation, Sustainable development, Ski resorts
Thesis: The role played by nature in the governance of sustainability transitions
Directors: Rachel BOCQUET, Thibault DAUDIGEOS
Joosje VOORDES
Ph.D in management
Research fields: Sustainable tourism, consumer behavior, experiential marketing (nesting)
Thesis: Dynamics and issues of nesting in the summer tourist experience in the mountains
Directors: Isabelle FROCHOT, Christophe CLIVAZ
Min WU
Ph.D in management
Research fields: Implicit leadership theories (ILTs), Implicit followership theories (IFTs), Culture, Religion, Paternalism
Thesis: Religion as the proximal cultural factor influencing ILT-IFT fit: the case of Taiwan
Director: Taran PATEL
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Olga ZARIANOVA CHEVÉ
Ph.D in management
Research fields: Digital transformation, internationalization, SME, microfondations, digital technologies, business model
Thesis: The challenges of digital transformation for SMEs and the impact of digital technologies (digital networks, tools and AI) on the internationalization process.
Director: Véronique FAVRE-BONTÉ