20th Anniversary Edition · MESD'26 · 10–11 December 2026 · Berlin, Germany
Confirmed partners and prospective institutional collaborations
MESD'26 is built through collaboration among academic institutions, research and innovation organizations, international institutions, education networks, publishers, journals and professional communities.
These institutions provide the academic, scientific and organizational foundation for MESD'26.
ICN Business School is the host institution for MESD'26. Its Berlin Campus will welcome the conference on 10–11 December 2026 and provide an international setting for dialogue among researchers, policymakers and practitioners.
Support: Host venue · Local organization · Conference services
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CEREFIGE, the management research centre of Université de Lorraine, is an organizing academic institution of MESD'26. Its multidisciplinary community contributes to the conference's scientific organization and academic outreach.
Support: Scientific organization · Research network · Academic dissemination
Visit CEREFIGEAcademic partners strengthen the international reach of MESD'26 and sustain collaboration across institutions and successive editions of the conference.
The Department of Commerce, University of Delhi, is an Academic Partner of MESD'26 and the former host institution of MESD'23 in Delhi. This renewed partnership builds on its long-standing collaboration with the MESD community.
Support: Academic dissemination · Network outreach · Continuity across MESD editions
Visit the Department of CommerceHeilbronn University of Applied Sciences combines practice-oriented higher education with close links to business and industry and an international academic network. Its expertise in strategic management, innovation, business models and organizational transformation closely complements the academic scope of MESD'26.
Potential contribution: Academic dissemination · Strategic management expertise · International and regional networks · Faculty and graduate-school engagement
Visit Heilbronn University of Applied SciencesOtto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg combines strong expertise in economics, management, innovation and technology with an interdisciplinary research environment. Its work in innovation and financial management, investment under uncertainty, sustainable finance, corporate responsibility and transformation provides a particularly strong fit with the scientific scope of MESD'26.
The potential partnership is also supported by existing academic links between OVGU and ICN Business School through Prof. Dr. Elmar Lukas, whose expertise in innovation and financial management closely connects with several MESD'26 tracks.
Potential contribution: Academic dissemination · Innovation and transformation expertise · Sustainable finance and CSR · Faculty participation · Research–practice dialogue
Visit Otto-von-Guericke-Universität MagdeburgResearch and innovation organizations invited to connect MESD'26 with applied research, organizational transformation and practice-oriented innovation.
Fraunhofer IAO conducts applied research at the intersection of people, technology and organization. Its work on digital transformation, organizational change, business models, sustainability, resilience and innovation ecosystems has a particularly strong fit with the themes of MESD'26.
Potential contribution: Applied research expertise · Innovation and transformation · Sustainability and resilience · Research–practice dialogue
Visit Fraunhofer IAOThe ICN Chair on Biodiversity & ESG Reporting develops interdisciplinary research and dialogue at the intersection of biodiversity, corporate sustainability, ESG reporting, sustainable finance, public policy and environmental regulation. Its work closely aligns with several MESD'26 themes, including corporate responsibility and ESG, climate and natural resources, governance and regulation, sustainable finance, and research–policy–practice collaboration.
The Chair's academic and professional networks can also help connect MESD'26 with researchers, companies, public institutions and civil-society actors working on biodiversity, sustainability reporting and the measurement of environmental and social impacts.
Potential contribution: Biodiversity and natural-resources expertise · ESG reporting · Sustainable finance · Public policy and regulation · Academic dissemination · Research–policy–practice dialogue · Possible thematic panel or round table
Visit the ICN Chair on Biodiversity & ESG ReportingThe ICN Chair on Asset Allocation & Socially Responsible Investment develops research at the intersection of sustainable finance, responsible investment, ESG, asset allocation, climate-related financial risks and financial decision-making under uncertainty. Its activities closely align with MESD'26 themes concerning corporate responsibility, ESG, sustainable finance, governance and sustainability in times of crisis.
The Chair's current research on ESG uncertainty, geopolitical risk, corporate credit risk and the transformation of financial markets also connects directly with the MESD'26 thematic focus on how organizations and investors respond to environmental, geopolitical and technological pressures.
Potential contribution: Sustainable finance · Responsible investment · ESG and financial risk · Geopolitical and climate risk · Academic and professional dissemination · Research–practice dialogue · Possible thematic panel or round table
Visit the ICN Chair on Asset Allocation & SRIInternational institutions invited to contribute to MESD'26 through knowledge exchange, capacity development, sustainability and research–policy dialogue.
UNITAR is the United Nations training and capacity-development institute, combining learning, research, knowledge exchange and institutional support to help individuals and organizations respond to global challenges and advance sustainable development. These activities create strong points of connection with MESD'26 around sustainability, transformation, resilience, responsible management and the links between research, policy and practice.
Potential contribution: International institutional engagement · Sustainable development · Capacity development · Knowledge exchange · Research–policy–practice dialogue · Possible LEAP-FAST connection
Visit UNITARInternational education organizations invited to strengthen MESD'26 through global academic networks, sustainability engagement and institutional collaboration.
GEDU Global Education is an international education group with a growing network of higher education institutions and partners across multiple countries. Its commitment to quality education, international collaboration and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals creates a strong fit with the international and sustainability-oriented positioning of MESD'26.
GEDU's existing relationship with ICN Business School, together with its collaboration with UNITAR through the CIFAL London initiative, creates additional opportunities to connect MESD'26 with wider education, leadership and sustainable-development networks.
Potential contribution: International education network · SDG engagement · Global dissemination · Leadership and sustainability expertise · UNITAR/CIFAL ecosystem · Institutional visibility
Visit GEDU Global EducationDigital-focused institutions invited to strengthen MESD'26 through expertise in entrepreneurship, digital transformation, emerging technologies and new business models.
German UDS is a digital university based in Potsdam with a strong international orientation and a research profile centred on digital transformation, entrepreneurship, finance, artificial intelligence and emerging technologies. Its interdisciplinary approach to digital ventures, ecosystems and new business models closely complements several core themes of MESD'26.
The potential partnership is also supported by strong existing links with ICN Business School through Prof. Dr. Marco Bade, Professor and Head of the Research Group Digital Entrepreneurship and Finance at German UDS, who previously served as Associate Professor of Finance at ICN Business School and as a permanent faculty member of CEREFIGE at Université de Lorraine.
Potential contribution: Digital transformation expertise · Digital entrepreneurship · Entrepreneurial finance · Digital ecosystems and platforms · Sustainable digital ventures · Faculty participation · Academic dissemination
Visit German University of Digital SciencePublishing partners help extend the conference's visibility and connect MESD'26 with relevant international scholarly communities.
Edward Elgar Publishing is a leading independent academic and professional publisher specializing in business and management, economics and finance, law, environmental studies, international development, public policy and the social sciences.
Support: Conference promotion · Selected publication materials · Delegate discounts
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Published by Emerald Publishing, the Journal of Responsible Production and Consumption is a peer-reviewed, Gold Open Access journal advancing interdisciplinary research on responsible production and consumption, with a particular focus on Sustainable Development Goal 12.
Support: Conference promotion · Call dissemination · Journal visibility at MESD'26
Visit the journalManagement international is an independent, peer-reviewed academic journal devoted to advancing knowledge on management at the international level. Published in French, English and Spanish, it welcomes empirical, theoretical and critical research and promotes dialogue across countries, research traditions and scholarly communities.
Its editorial scope includes strategic management, sustainable development, finance and governance, entrepreneurship and SMEs, innovation and digitalization, marketing and consumption, and management and human resources — creating a particularly strong fit with the multidisciplinary scope of MESD'26.
Potential contribution: Call dissemination · International management research community · Multilingual academic outreach · Sustainability, governance and innovation perspectives · Journal visibility at MESD'26
Visit Management internationalEditorial independence: Journal partnerships support the visibility and dissemination of MESD'26. They do not imply any commitment to publish conference contributions or to produce a special issue. Any future proposal will be considered separately under the journal's independent editorial procedures and peer-review standards.
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