Summer School for Academics
By MBS Faculty Members
Open to
PhD students
Early-career scholars
Professors
Dates
29/06/2026 to 30/06/2026
01/07/2026 to 02/07/2026
03/07/2026
Location
Montpellier
Language
English
The objective of this Summer School for Academics is to share expertise of MBS Faculty members on Pedagogy & Research.
All academics are welcome, whatever the stage of their career (PhD students, Young Scholars, Professors)
Join us in our Montpellier campus in the South of France from June 29, 2026 to July 03, 2026.
At the end of the program, the participants will received a certificate of completion.
What to expect from the Summer School for Academics
- 5 days to learn and network with engaged professors from MBS School of Business
- 2 days on Pedagogy, 2 days on Research, 1 day on Paper Development Workshop
- Networking with professors from MBS and participants from all over the world
Program
29/06/2026 & 30/06/2026 : Pedagogy Summer School by Professors Cédrine Joly and Magalie Marais on “Living pedagogies: Integrating sustainability and systemic thinking into management education”
This two-day seminar provides participants with tools, frameworks, and experiential learning opportunities to design and animate courses that reflect sustainability challenges and the interdependence between human and non-human systems.
It invites them to create alternative learning spaces where innovation, empathy, and responsibility towards living can emerge and generate tangible impact within their professional and educational communities.
Day 1
Rethinking management education through sustainability and the Living
Key sustainability frameworks
The place of sustainability and the living world within institutions and curricula
Core competencies related to education for sustainable development
Teaching postures for transformative and systemic learning
Principles of living pedagogy: co-creation workshop
Integrating the living world and human/non-human interdependence into pedagogy
Exploring multiple ways of learning: head, heart and body
Sense making and visual exploration (fresco)
Lunch Break
Anchoring sustainability in my discipline
Inspiring pedagogical practices across management disciplines
Challenges, pedagogical solutions and tools adaptable to different fields (peer sharing)
Learning by doing workshop: redesigning my syllabus
Applying design thinking to syllabus redesign
Empathy mapping to integrate students and stakeholders (human and non-human)
Communication purpose and impact in course design
Day 2
Designing a dedicated course on sustainability
Inspiring course formats and pedagogical architectures to create alternative learning spaces and design a core course integrating living systems and systemic thinking
Challenges, solutions and practical tools (peer sharing)
Course creation lab
Open forum/open space methodology: collective experimentation and prototyping
Peer feedback and reflective practice
Lunch Break
Creating innovative teaching tracks and influencing curricula
Inspiring case of teaching track to create impact and acting as a change agent
Challenges, solutions and practical tools (peer sharing)
Teaching track co-development workshop
Collective intelligence to design pedagogical roadmaps and curriculum prototypes
Building a learning community beyond the seminar
01/07/2026 & 02/07/2026: Research Summer School by Professor Jonathan Luffarelli on “Introduction to testing mediation, moderation, and moderated mediation in SPSS”
This two-day seminar equips participants with a solid understanding of mediation, moderation, and moderated mediation methods and their applications in management and business research (for example, in marketing, entrepreneurship, strategy, and organizational behavior/human resources).
It relies on the PROCESS macro for SPSS.
Day 3
Fundamentals of linear regression
Conceptual foundations of mediation analysis
Testing, Interpreting, and Reporting a mediation analysis using PROCESS
Assisted hands-on exercise on mediation analysis
Lunch Break
Conceptual foundations of moderation analysis
Testing, Interpreting, and Reporting a moderation analysis using PROCESS
Assisted hands-on exercise on moderation analysis
Day 4
Conceptual foundations of moderated mediation analysis
Testing, Interpreting, and Reporting a moderated mediation analysis using PROCESS
Assisted hands-on exercise on moderated mediation analysis
Lunch Break
A selective overview of how to Test, Interpret, and Report advanced models (multiple mediators and/or moderators)
A selective overview of how to Test, Interpret, and Report advanced models (multiple mediators and/or moderators)
Assisted hands-on exercise on advanced models
03/07/2026: Marketing research paper development workshop by Professor Jonathan Lufarelli.
This one-day workshop is designed for researchers working on a manuscript in progress.
Participants will receive personalized feedback and detailed reviews to help them refine their papers and prepare them for submission to journals in consumer behavior or marketing.
This workshop precedes the European Social Marketing Conference at MBS School of Business (8-10 July 2026)
Day 5
Fundamentals of crafting a manuscript that reviewers find clear, engaging, and difficult to reject
Practical guidance on writing key sections: Introduction, theoretical background, hypothesis development, empirical section, and general discussion
General Q&A and Q&A related to participants’ manuscripts
Lunch Break
A selective overview of common pitfalls in academic writing
General Q&A and Q&A related to participants’ manuscripts
Individual feedback sessions 3
Depending on the number of participants, some individual feedback sessions may be scheduled after 18:00
Meet the speakers
MARAISProfessor in CSR and Head of MBS Sustainability Lab
Registration
Offer 1 : 2 days of training:
- €750 – registration before 04/20/2026
- €850 – registration between 04/21/2026 and 05/15/2026
2-day session on Pedagogy on 29/06/2026 and 30/06/2026
OR
2-day session on Research on 01/07/2026 and 02/07/2026
Please note that this Summer School may be applied in the Erasmus+ program. More information is available HERE.
In the event of an insufficient number of participants, MBS reserves the right not to open the program. Participants will be informed no later than May 29, 2026, and the registration fees will be fully refunded. For more information, please consult the General Terms and Conditions of Sale HERE.
Offer 2 : 4 days of training:
- €1,500 – registration before 04/20/2026
- €1,600 – registration between 04/21/2026 and 05/15/2026
2-day session on Pedagogy on 29/06/2026 and 30/06/2026
AND
2-day session on Research on 01/07/2026 and 02/07/2026
Please note that this Summer School may be applied in the Erasmus+ program. More information is available HERE.
In the event of an insufficient number of participants, MBS reserves the right not to open the program. Participants will be informed no later than May 29, 2026, and the registration fees will be fully refunded. For more information, please consult the General Terms and Conditions of Sale HERE.
Offer 3: 1 day of training:
- €400 – registration before 04/20/2026
- €450 – registration between 04/21/2026 and 05/15/2026
Research development in Marketing workshop on 03/07/2026.
Please note that this Summer School may be applied in the Erasmus+ program. More information is available HERE.
Please note that the 2026 conference of the European Social Marketing Association will take place at MBS School of Business the week after, from 08/07/2026 to 10/07/2026. More information HERE.
In the event of an insufficient number of participants, MBS reserves the right not to open the program. Participants will be informed no later than May 29, 2026, and the registration fees will be fully refunded. For more information, please consult the General Terms and Conditions of Sale HERE.
Meet the organizers
COUDROYAdministration manager of the faculty
Q&A
Register for the event by completing this form. We accept payment by card and wire transfer.
Training sessions, seminar materials, lunches, and coffee breaks.
Transportation and accommodation are not included.
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