CESIS | Center for Studies in Sustainability and Social Innovation
By connecting actors, organizations and systems, we are born with the desire to contribute an interdisciplinary perspective to 3 regional challenges:
1) poverty and inequality,
2) environmental degradation,
3) and institutional weakness,
based on research, teaching and transfer that result in organizational resilience and systemic transformation of Latin America.
Links of interest
The following are the activities carried out by the center.
Workspaces
CESIS aims to fulfill its mission through a program of generating and transferring highly relevant knowledge within the academic field, while also making a significant contribution to businesses, social entrepreneurs, third-sector organizations, and the public sector. To this end, they focus on research, training, and dissemination in five key areas:
How do key decision-makers in Latin America position themselves regarding the debate on the economy, social prosperity, and the environment? How is the sustainable development goals agenda progressing in companies across the region?
How can we foster innovations aimed at protecting, sustainably managing, and restoring natural or modified ecosystems that effectively address societal challenges, while also providing benefits for human well-being and biodiversity?
How are new business models developed and scaled to alleviate poverty, inequality, and environmental degradation in Latin America?
How are successful strategic planning processes for sustainable districts carried out? What role do emerging technologies play in advancing the sustainable development agenda at the district level?
How can global value chains be managed sustainably? Under what circumstances can the governance of common resources (on a transnational scale) be successfully resolved in order to maximize social welfare?
Advisory Board
We have the support of both companies committed to sustainability and social innovation, and world-class academics. The advice of our Board Members It is key for CESIS production to combine maximum relevance and impact with the highest scientific rigor.
Academic Board
Rajat Panwar, PhD
Director, Sustainable Natural Resources Program, Oregon State University, USA. Consultant, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Associate Editor, Business & Society.
Roy Sudabby, PhD
Roy Suddaby holds the Winspear Chair at the Peter B. Gustavson School of Business, University of Victoria, Canada. He is also a professor of management at Washington State University, Liverpool University Management School, Ritsumeikan University, Japan, and IAE Business School.
Industry Board
Andrea Ávila
CEO of Randstad Argentina and Uruguay. President of the Board of Directors of the Argentine Network of the United Nations Global Compact and President of the Chamber of Private Employment Agencies in Argentina
Diego Prado
Director of Corporate Affairs, Toyota Argentina; Director of Institutional Communications for the Latin America and Caribbean region
Matías Kelly
Founder of Sumatoria Civil Association.
Elena Morettini
Director of the Sustainable Business Study at Globant and co-founder of Because Energy Matters.
Anabel Perrone
Co-founder & CEO of Because Energy Matters. He works in the areas of Carbon Management, Climate Finance & Reporting, Growth in Humanities, and Business Legitimacy.
Associate Researchers
Dolores del Rio
Academic Director | Post-Doctoral Fellow at the University of Victoria, Canada, & Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Business Sciences | Her research explores symbolic, cultural, and emotional aspects that influence organizational actors and practices, and how these elements can both facilitate and hinder the implementation of new organizational models that address major socio-environmental challenges.
Maria Jose Murcia
Associate Professor, IAE Business School & Faculty of Business Sciences | In addition to overseeing projects in all areas of work at CESIS, his interests focus on the field of strategic management of corporate sustainability and social innovation models/organizations.
Paul Fernandez
Associate Researcher | Full Professor IAE Business School | Their interests focus on social inclusion processes in which marginalized actors try to organize and work together to recover their (often denied) dignity.
Alberto Willi
Research Associate | Associate Professor IAE Business School | Their interests focus on the areas of adaptive leadership, conflict management, organizational change, sustainability, humanization of work, and social innovation.
Mara Volpe
Associate Researcher | External Researcher CONICET. Professor at the University of Strasbourg, European School of Chemistry, Materials and Polymers (ECPM) | Advises various entities on carbon footprint calculations in pyrolysis processes and has actively participated in issues of energy generation through solid waste management.
Fernanda Figueroa
Research Associate | Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Business Sciences | Studies the main barriers and facilitators to the growth and impact of the Social Enterprise Ecosystem in Argentina. Member of the Academic Committee of the Diploma in Innovation for the Circular Economy
Marina Santucci
Associate Researcher | PhD in Administration from the University of Buenos Aires, Master's in Economics from Torcuato Di Tella University, Postgraduate studies in Business Plans, Planning, Budgeting and Management Control, and Certified Public Accountant. She works as a researcher and international speaker on Sustainable Business, Knowledge Management, and Innovation.
Researchers in training
Luis Garcia Ghezzi
Research Fellow | Professor at the Faculty of Business Sciences | Studies the B Corp Ecosystem and which management control mechanisms are most conducive to the mobilization of social and environmental objectives.
Frederick of Christ
Early-Stage Researcher | Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Business Sciences | Researches the local implementation of global sustainability standards in commodity value chains. His main motivation is to understand the drivers of adoption of voluntary sustainability standards by both the private and public sectors.
Romina Gleria
Research Fellow | Professor at the Faculty of Business Sciences | Currently developing his doctoral research at the School of Education focusing on how training within organizations can contribute to the development of a sustainable and inclusive mindset.
Ramiro Seijas
Research Fellow | Professor at the Faculty of Business Sciences & Faculty of Law | Researches how different European Union regulatory proposals on sustainability impact the legal nature of commercial companies.
Gabriel Rodríguez Garrido
Early-Stage Researcher | PhD Candidate & Professor at the Faculty of Engineering | Studies how innovation in chemical recycling processes can complement mechanical processes, generating superior solutions to the challenge of pollution related to the use of plastics
Do you have a project where our expertise can enhance your organization's resilience?
Leave us your inquiry and contact information so we can connect and develop a proposal tailored to your needs by writing to us at CESIS@austral.edu.ar.
