We were delighted to welcome the EURAM community to campus for a week of stimulating discussion and debate centering on how management research can tackle the grand challenges facing society.

In the wake of the global pandemic, military conflict, and new shockwaves and disruptions, issues such as our ageing society, achieving clean growth and the ethical dilemmas posed by big data feel more urgent than ever before.

Organisations, key stakeholders and governments will need to work closely to develop innovative solutions to very complex problems. This requires developing incentives to invest in, develop and diffuse both traditional and emerging forms of innovation – including new business models and social innovation.

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Keynote I: Should managerial authority be rethought? – watch the keynote on YouTube

• Professor Nicolai Foss, Copenhagen Business School

Keynote II: AI and ethical challenges – watch the keynote on YouTube

• Leanne Allen, KPMG
• Professor Rachid Hourizi, Institute of Coding

Keynote III: The future of management research – updating the agenda – watch the keynote on YouTube

• Professor Andrew Crane, University of Bath School of Management
• Professor Peter McKiernan, University of Strathclyde Glasow
• Professor Katy Mason, Lancaster University Management School
• Professor Alessandro Zattoni, LUISS University

We hosted a full day of interactive Lab sessions, bringing together researchers, doctoral students and practitioners to collaborate to develop research addressing societal issues and problems.

Recap the Labs sessions on YouTube.

The sessions focused on:

• Managing in the Face of Regulatory and Environmental Challenges
• AI and the Future of Work
• The Role of Innovation Intermediaries and Grand Challenges
• Collaborative Management Research to Address Grand Challenges
• Action lab: site visit to Airbus Filton

• ConsultingSim
• DUT School of Economics and Management