The Summer School on Responsible Capitalism is an initiative of VIU in cooperation with the two member universities Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, the University of Lausanne, and, starting from the 7th editon, the University of Exeter.

It aims at the development of ideas that promote a more sustainable future by bringing together young scholars from all over the world to discuss their ideas on the future of Capitalism from the microlevel of individual decision-making to the organizational and the societal level. Participants are made familiar with recent research from a broad set of disciplines. They work on their ability to engage in the transdisciplinary discourse which is required for the development of innovative answers to grand sustainability challenge.

The School is open to PhD students, post-doc researchers in Management, Strategy, Organization Theory, Finance, Economic Sociology, and related disciplines from universities worldwide.

8th Edition | June 17-20, 2024

Organizing for Sustainable Futures: Micro and Macro-institutional Conditions of Transformation

Faculty
Giovanni Favero, Venice School of Management (VSM), Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Italy
Elisa Giuliani, Università di Pisa, Italy
Johanna Mair, Hertie School of Governance, Germany / Stanford University, USA
Juliane Reinecke, University of Oxford, UK
Guido Palazzo, Faculty of Business and Economics (HEC), University of Lausanne, Switzerland (Scientific Coordinator)
Francesco Rullani, Venice School of Management (VSM), Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Italy
Ruth Sealy, University of Exeter Business School (Scientific Coordinator)
Christine Vallaster, University of Salzburg, Austria
Francesco Zirpoli, Venice School of Management (VSM), Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Italy (Scientific Coordinator)

7th Edition | June 5-8, 2023

Organizing for Sustainable Futures: Micro and Macro-institutional Conditions of Transformation

Faculty
Giovanni Favero, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Italy
Elisa Giuliani, Università di Pisa, Italy
Johanna Mair, Hertie School of Governance, Germany / Stanford University, USA
Juliane Reinecke, University of Oxford, UK
Guido Palazzo, University of Lausanne, Switzerland (Scientific Coordinator)
Francesco Rullani, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Italy
Ruth Sealy, University of Exeter
Christine Vallaster, University of Salzburg, Austria
Francesco Zirpoli, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Italy (Scientific Coordinator)

6th Edition | June 27-30, 2022

Faculty
Giovanni Favero, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Italy
Elisa Giuliani, Università di Pisa, Italy
Juliane Reinecke, King’s Business School, UK
Guido Palazzo, University of Lausanne, Switzerland (Coordinator)
Francesco Rullani, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Italy
Christine Vallaster, University of Applied Sciences in Salzburg, Austria
Francesco Zirpoli, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Italy (Coordinator) 

Keynote
Julie Battilana, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard Business School, USA
Tiziana Casciaro, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, Canada

5th Edition | June 14-18, 2021 | Online edition

After Capitalism:
Micro and Macro-institutional Conditions of Transformation

Faculty
Guido Palazzo, University of Lausanne (Coordinator)
Francesco Zirpoli, Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia
Francesco Rullani, Università Ca’ Foscari di Venezia
Giovanni Favero, Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia
Elisa Giuliani, Università di Pisa
Johanna Mair, Hertie School of Governance/ Stanford University
Juliane Reinecke, King’s Business School

4th Edition | June 10-13, 2019

Responsible Capitalism:
Micro and Macro-Institutional Conditions of Transformation

Faculty
Guido Palazzo, University of Lausanne (Coordinator)

Elisa Giuliani, Università di Pisa
Giovanni Favero, Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia
Johanna Mair, Hertie School of Governance/ Stanford University
Francesco Zirpoli, Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia
Juliane Reinecke, King’s Business School

3rd Edition | June 25-28, 2018

Responsible Capitalism:
Micro and Macro-Institutional Conditions of Transformation

Faculty
Francesco Zirpoli, Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia (Coordinator)

Marie-Laure Djelic, Sciences Po
Giovanni Favero, Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia
Johanna Mair, Hertie School of Governance/ Stanford University
Guido Palazzo, University of Lausanne
Juliane Reinecke, King’s Business School

2nd Edition | May 29 – June 1, 2017