Responsible Business Research Conference

What does corporate responsibility and sustainability mean in today’s society? How do responsible and ethical aspects appear in different business models and business environments? How can we conduct research about these aspects and develop them further?

The conference encourages the networking of researchers and aims at advancing responsible business to become an important research field in Finland. The conference offers an opportunity for researchers in the field to present their research projects and results as well as to share ideas and experiences of doing research.

We invite presentations from all fields of business responsibility, sustainability and ethics. Potential topics include (but are not limited to):

·       Business-nature-society relations

·       Biodiversity, climate change and other environmental issues in business

·       Circular economy

·       Responsibility and sustainability in business and management

·       Social accounting and CSR reporting

·       Stakeholder interaction and engagement

·       Value creation and sustainable business models

·       Workplace wellbeing and other social issues in business

·       EBEN track: Ethics in organizations and ethical leadership

·       EBEN doctoral student tutorial

The keynote speaker 2026 is Harry Van Buren, University of Tennessee. The title of the speech is “Who and What Should Matter: The Problem of Marginalization and Lack of Voice in Business Ethics”.

Important dates:

30.1.2026 Deadline for abstracts (200 words)
17.2.2026 Notification of accepted abstracts, conference program published
24.2.2026 Deadline for registration (participation at the university)
9.3.2026 Deadline for registration (online participation)
11.–12.3.2026 Responsible Business Research Conference

Abstract submission: https://www.lyyti.in/rbrc_call_for_abstracts_2026

Registration is now open: https://www.lyyti.in/ResponsibleBusinessResearchConference26

More information about the conference can be found here: https://events.tuni.fi/rbrc/  

Abstracts and presentations can be in Finnish or English. 

The conference is free of charge for participants, but lunches are at one’s own cost.

The conference is organized by RESPMAN Research Group.

We thank the Finnish Foundation for Economic Education for financial support!