Highlights from the EMS 2026 Conference

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Marie-pierre Kraus

Doctorate of Business Administration

10.08.2026

GEM DBA enjoyed another highly successful participation at the EMS 2026 conference!

Following on from Anita Mukherjee, GEM DBA 2026's win for the best paper at the doctoral consortium last year, Joseph Niehaus, Intake 2022, won the overall best paper award at this year's conference!

In addition to Joe winning the award for the best paper, we presented papers at the Doctoral Colloquium, the main conference and the poster session, as well as participating in two panel discussions. Our students also enjoyed networking with the practitioner-academic community.

Joseph Niehaus, Intake 2022, (supervisors: Jamil Jaballah and Sujesh Nambiar) presented at the Doctoral Consortium a paper entitled Credit Union Member Value: Determinants, Social Mission Costs, and Financial Risk Applications and at the main conference a paper entitled The Impact of Serving Low Income Communities on Credit Union Efficiency (winner of the best paper at the conference).

Osman Cakiroglu, Intake 2024, (supervisors: Pierre-Yves Sanseau and Ludivine Calamel) presented at the Doctoral Consortium a paper entitled

Enabling or Undermining Commitment: How Owner-Managers Shape Resistance During Change Initiatives in SMEs

Nida Karim, Intake 2024 (supervisor: Séverine Le Loarne) presented at the Doctoral Consortium a paper entitled

From Submission to Normativity: A Canguilhemian Critique of Traditional Entrepreneurial Training for Former Prisoners.

Yuliya Samotiy, Intake 2024 (supervisor: Heather Connolly) presented at the Doctoral Consortium a paper entitled

Reconfiguring Work: Employee Sensemaking and Experiences of AI Systems

Bertrand Guillotin, GEM DBA 2016, who is now Associate Professor at Temple University-FSBM, Academic Director (International Business Administration program), Principal Investigator (Center for IB Education and Research), and Associate Director of Mentoring (EDBA) participated in a panel session entitled

The Art & Science of Mentoring

Dima Louis, GEM DBA 2015, Academic Director for the program from 2020 to 2026, was one of the panelists in a session entitled

Co-Creating Value and Impact through Professional Doctorates: Sharing Good Practice

along with colleagues from Munich Business School (Germany), Sheffield Hallam University (UK), Case Western Reserve University (USA), Herriot-Watt University (UK), and University of Missouri–St. Louis (USA).

Note : EMS 2027 will take place in Toronto, and EMS 2028 in Dublin. Both will be the second week of September.

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Marie-pierre Kraus

GEM DBA enjoyed another highly successful participation at the EMS 2026 conference! Following on from Anita Mukherjee, GEM DBA 2026's win for the best paper at the doctoral consortium last year, Joseph Niehaus, Intake 2022, won the overall best paper award at this year's conference!In addition to Joe winning the award for the best paper, we presented papers at the Doctoral Colloquium, the main conference and the poster session, as well as participating in two panel discussions. Our students also enjoyed networking with the practitioner-academic community.Joseph Niehaus, Intake 2022, (supervisors: Jamil Jaballah and Sujesh Nambiar) presented at the Doctoral Consortium a paper entitled Credit Union Member Value: Determinants, Social Mission Costs, and Financial Risk Applications and at the main conference a paper entitled The Impact of Serving Low Income Communities on Credit Union Efficiency (winner of the best paper at the conference).Osman Cakiroglu, Intake 2024, (supervisors: Pierre-Yves Sanseau and Ludivine Calamel) presented at the Doctoral Consortium a paper entitledEnabling or Undermining Commitment: How Owner-Managers Shape Resistance During Change Initiatives in SMEsNida Karim, Intake 2024 (supervisor: Séverine Le Loarne) presented at the Doctoral Consortium a paper entitledFrom Submission to Normativity: A Canguilhemian Critique of Traditional Entrepreneurial Training for Former Prisoners.Yuliya Samotiy, Intake 2024 (supervisor: Heather Connolly) presented at the Doctoral Consortium a paper entitledReconfiguring Work: Employee Sensemaking and Experiences of AI SystemsBertrand Guillotin, GEM DBA 2016, who is now Associate Professor at Temple University-FSBM, Academic Director (International Business Administration program), Principal Investigator (Center for IB Education and Research), and Associate Director of Mentoring (EDBA) participated in a panel session entitledThe Art & Science of MentoringDima Louis, GEM DBA 2015,  Academic Director for the program from 2020 to 2026, was one of the panelists in a session entitledCo-Creating Value and Impact through Professional Doctorates: Sharing Good Practicealong with colleagues from Munich Business School (Germany), Sheffield Hallam University (UK), Case Western Reserve University (USA), Herriot-Watt University (UK), and University of Missouri–St. Louis (USA).Note :  EMS 2027 will take place in Toronto, and EMS 2028 in Dublin. Both will be the second week of September.