We are delighted to be hosting the 2024 CSR Communication Conference here at the School of Management, focusing on the theme of ‘CSR communication for a world in crisis’.

Still recovering from the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic, we are facing a harsh new reality of a rapidly warming globe, escalating social inequalities, ongoing socio-political conflict, and looming economic crises.

Many organisations are stepping up to raise awareness of – and challenge – these issues under the guise of corporate social responsibility. Others may be (inadvertently) exacerbating them.

We seek to bring together new conceptual and empirical research that builds upon insight at the intersection of CSR and communication and explores the role of CSR communication in these various crises, including:

• Grand challenges and the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
• Climate change and activism in and around organisations
• Social injustice and marginalisation
• Conflict, war and political instability
• Artificial intelligence and surveillance
• Futurism and post-human interactions
• Post-truth and denial

This biennial event discusses concepts, theories, and methodological and managerial approaches to corporate social responsibility and sustainability strategies, management and communication.

It provides a wonderful opportunity for academics and professionals to network, discuss, debate and exchange ideas and viewpoints on CSR challenges and opportunities.

Registration

Register for the conference.

Registration deadline: Monday 5 August 2024

Venue and Accommodation

Find out more about the conference venue and accommodation.

• Dr Maura Scott, Arizona State University
• Professor Jeremy Moon, Copenhagen Business School
• Professor Charles Cho, Schulich School of Business

Read biographies for our keynote speakers.

Tuesday 17 September

• 5.30 - 6pm Registration
  
• 6 - 6.30pm Welcome to CSRCOM2024
  
• 6.30 - 7.30pm Opening keynote panel
  
• 7.30 - 9pm Welcome reception

Wednesday 18 September

• 8.30 - 9am Morning coffee and registration
  
• 9 - 9.45am Keynote 1
  
• 9.45 - 10.45am Parallel paper sessions
  
• 10.45 - 11.15am Coffee break
  
• 11.15am - 12.30pm Practitioners panel
  
• 12.30 - 1.30pm Networking lunch
  
• 1.30 - 4.30pm Parallel paper sessions
  
• 4.30 - 5pm Coffee break
  
• 5 - 5.45pm Keynote 2
  
• 7 - 7.30pm Transfer to city-centre restaurant
  
• 7.30 - 9.30pm Conference dinner and best paper award ceremony
  

Thursday 19 September

• 8.30 - 9am Morning coffee
  
• 9 - 10.15am Keynote 3
  
• 10.15 - 10.45am Coffee break
  
• 10.45am - 12pm Parallel paper sessions and meet the editors
  
• 12 - 1pm Parallel paper sessions
  
• 1 - 2pm Networking lunch
  
• 2 - 2.30pm Conference closing

Download the programme in PDF format.

The PhD workshop will run from 16 to 17 September, and aims to provide doctoral students in the communication and CSR field with an opportunity to discuss their dissertation research with fellow students and leading academics.

The first day of the workshop will be hybrid, which will enable students who cannot come to Bath to participate online. The activities for this day include:

• Keynote speeches
• Seminars on publishing and reviewing
• Insights into methodologies
• One-to-one meetings with mentors

Dinner with the workshop team is planned for in-person participants. The second day will be in-person only, and will include roundtable sessions with PhD students' pitches and feedback.

Workshop team

Mentors involved in the workshop include:

• Amy O’Connor (University of Minnesota)
  
• Charles Cho (Schulich School of Business)
  
• Dennis Schoeneborn (Copenhagen Business School)
  
• Elanor Colleoni (IULM)
  
• Itziar Castello-Molina (Bayes Business School)
• Jeremy Moon (Copenhagen Business School)
  
• Laura Illia (University of Fribourg)
• Mette Morsing (University of Oxford)
• Michael Etter (King’s College London)
• Peter Winkler (PLUS)
• Robert Caruana (University of Sussex)
• Steve Brammer (University of Bath School of Management)

Discussing your work

Doctoral students who would like to discuss their work at the PhD workshop may submit an abstract of their research project to phdseminar@csr-com.org.

The abstract (up to 3 pages plus references) should concisely present the purpose or aim of the project, main theoretical framework/assumptions and – if applicable – research methods and final or preliminary results.

View the flyer for the PhD workshop.

• Professor Andrew Crane, University of Bath
• Dr Diletta Acuti, University of Bath
• Dr Sarah Glozer, University of Bath
• Professor Emerita Anne Ellerup Nielsen, Aarhus University
• Professor Christa Thomsen, Aarhus University
• Professor Klement Podnar, University of Ljubljana
• Professor Urša Golob, University of Ljubljana
• Professor Wim Elving, Hanze University of Applied Sciences