If you have ever wanted to use Artificial Intelligence (AI) for research purposes but were unsure as to how to do so, this workshop will walk you through the process. In particular, it will emphasize what AI can and cannot do over the course of a research project. Equally important, the workshop will explain how to use your own subject-matter expertise and that of your colleagues at emlyon to improve your research output. This workshop is split into: project conception and initial planning; work products such as outlines, collected data, and literature reviews; and editing manuscripts.

Date: Monday 8 December, 2025
Time: 12:45-14:15 CET
Venue: Room A1-120 and Teams (link provided to registered attendees)

About the Research
In organizational settings, individuals frequently apply for jobs and opportunities, often facing rejection. Previous studies suggest that women are less persistent than men following rejection, potentially leading to long-term disparities in professional achievement. This study challenges that notion by examining how gendered reactions to rejection are influenced by the feedback received. We propose that men are more likely to persist regardless of feedback, while women are more sensitive to the feedback received. Our research focuses on academic research grants, a high-stakes environment where rejection is common. We find that feedback significantly moderates the relationship between gender and reapplication among academic researchers. When feedback is relatively positive—indicating that an application narrowly missed the cutoff— female and male academics are equally likely to reapply. However, when feedback is negative, men are significantly more likely than women to reapply. These dynamics vary further based on the gender-typing of the researchers’ field. The findings enhance our understanding of gender, work, and achievement in competitive professional settings, offering new insights into how feedback influences persistence differently for women and men.

About Laura Doering
Laura Doering is an Associate Professor of Strategic Management and is cross-appointed in the Department of Sociology. As an economic and organizational sociologist, she examines how interactions and social psychological processes shape outcomes for groups, organizations, and markets. Her research has been published in the American Journal of Sociology, American Sociological Review, Sociological Science, Organization Science and other outlets. Professor Doering’s research and writing have appeared in The New York Times, BBC News, The Globe and Mail, and Salon.

Date: Thursday 18 December, 2025
Time: 12:45-14:15 CEST
Venue: B0-114, (Zoom link provided to registered attendees)
Reminder: We no longer provide food as per school policy…

About the Research
How do atypical organizations, those that deviate from industry norms, sustain their distinctiveness while preserving internal coherence? We argue that hiring represents a key site where atypical organizations grapple with this dilemma. We theorize that atypical organizations’ deviance creates chronic identity threats and heightens concerns about identity boundaries, making their members extra vigilant toward candidates who may blur the organization’s identity. We propose that atypical organizations will be especially likely to reject such identity-threatening candidates, such as those diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD), as compared to typical organizations. We test this prediction using a large-scale résumé audit experiment combined with computational embedding-based measures of organizational atypicality derived from organizations’ website texts. Results show that while typical organizations do not discriminate between ASD and non-ASD candidates, atypical organizations are nearly 74% less likely to call back ASD candidates than typical ones. This pattern reveals how especially organizations that challenge institutional conventions tend to act as conformist gatekeepers through their hiring practices. Our study contributes to research on organizational atypicality by shifting the lens from external audience evaluations to internal identity work and by showing how identity-protective processes emerging from atypicality can have unintended but potentially exclusionary labor market consequences.

About Richard Haans
Richard F.J. Haans is an Associate Professor of Strategic Management and Entrepreneurship and the Director of Full-Time Doctoral Education at the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam. His main line of research focuses on the question of how different organizations (should) strive to be different from competitors to attain optimal performance. He is also interested in methodological advances, such as those pertaining to curvilinear relationships, longitudinal web scraping, and text analysis using machine learning.

Date: Thursday 15 January, 2026
Time: 12:45-14:15 CEST
Venue: B2-123, (Zoom link provided to registered attendees)
Reminder: We no longer provide food as per school policy…

We are thrilled to announce Branding Research Day on May 5th, 2022, at the Musée Gadagne located in the center of Lyon’s magical old town. Hosted by emlyon business school’s Lifestyle Research Center, this daylong, face-to-face event aims to bring together academic and professional speakers and audiences to cross-fertilize insights regarding the contemporary state of the art in branding.

We will start the day with invited talks by two of the world’s leading experts on the topic. Douglas Holt will present brand new insights on his cultural strategy paradigm drawing on his forthcoming book How Brands Innovate. Giana Eckhardt will expand on brand storytelling based on her recent HBS case and latest research. The event will continue with research presentations by two junior scholars: Stephanie Kogler on brand citationality and Anil Isisag on doppelgänger brand images. We will conclude the day with a roundtable featuring branding professionals from hospitality, luxury fragrance, and sustainable food industries.

We warmly welcome researchers, practitioners, and students of branding to join our event. Please direct your queries about the academic program to event organizers Anil Isisag (isisag at em-lyon dot com) or Karine Raïes (kraies at em-lyon dot com). For practical information (accommodation and travel), please contact Florence Thizy (ext-thizy at em-lyon dot com).

We look forward to seeing you in Lyon!

We are delighted to announce that the “Sustainability Research Day II” is taking place next 27 April at Musée Gadagne – Lyon (from 9:30 to 17:30).

This research day aims to bring together scholars to initiate a critical and multidisciplinary debate on the responsibility and responsiveness of institutions to address, attain, and criticize Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 12: Responsible Consumption and Production.

We welcome researchers, practitioners, and students interested in such critical topics to join our event. Please direct your queries about the academic program to event organizers Handan Vicdan (vicdan@em-lyon.com) or Jannsen Santana (santana@em-lyon.com). For practical information (accommodation and travel), please contact Emmanuelle Ravinet (ravinet@em-lyon.com).

We look forward to seeing you all in the beautiful and spring-blooming Lyon.

Registration:

Registration is free of charge. Since we need to specify the exact number of participants for the seating capacity and catering services, registration is required for participation. The deadline for registration is the 14^th of April.

Are you a Phd student or researcher and curious about working with video in research but not sure how or where to start? Join us for a workshop in the craft of videography at emlyon business school in Lyon, France, 19-21 June 2024.

The workshop is led by Joonas Rokka, professor and director of PhD program at emlyon.

In the workshop, expert lectures will be combined with a hands-on videography research project conducted in teams. The project will be both designed and completed during the workshop under supervision. The workshop will provide participants with the theoretical and practical tools needed for videographic work in their respective field in an intimate and explorative setting. Insights are provided on how scholars can submit and publish their videography in academic and other impactful platforms.

Interested in attending?
Please submit a motivation letter (max 500 words) explaining why you would like to apply and how the workshop would benefit your work by 31 March 2024 to: rokka(at)em-lyon.com

Acceptance will be notified early April together with the final schedule and selected pre-readings and films. There is no participation free but participants are expected to arrange their own travels and accomodation. Please note that active participation during the whole workshop is expected from the participants.

For questions please contact: rokka (at) em-lyon.com 

The workshop is funded by the Lifestyle Research Center, emlyon. 

Interested in knowing more?
Please consider viewing this introductory material about videography in research:

WHAT IS VIDEOGRAPHIC RESEARCH?