In a nutshell:
Educated in both the Humanities (Preparatory Classes, Bachelor in Humanities with a major in Literature, 2019) and in commerce (ESSEC Higher School, 2019), I have been dedicating myself to teaching & researching about personal and ethical experiences of work within contemporary organisations. My approach is tentatively interdisciplinary, drawing upon literary forms—particularly novelistic materials and rhetorical analyses—as well as upon some philosophical and social theoretical traditions. I am currently part of the AFMO interdisciplinary research team based at GEM (Higher School of Grenoble Chamber of Commerce).
More personally, I am a captivated reader of literary texts (esp. the ‘classics’), as well as of the independent generalist press and cultural media. Civically, I strive to be a citizen concerned about social and ecological justice.
More about my research concentration:
My research interests revolve around collective un/happiness (eudaimonia) in managerial, alternative, and civic organisations alike. My research raises issues of personal identities and authenticity in organisations. I draw inspiration from the humanities (spanning virtue philosophy, social theory, literary fiction), as well as critical scholarships (e.g., critical management studies on identity work, esp. from a critical realist ontology).
I am eager to share and challenge knowledge at the ethics—organisations nexus, with an emphasis on sustainability at the personal level (esp. psychosocial aspects, self-management ambivalences) but also at the collective level (e.g., postgrowth perspectives). I am eager to engage with a range of ‘stakeholders’ incl. students, union or civic organisation members, workers, managers, policy makers.
At Grenoble École de Management (GEM), I am fortunate to be supervised by Prof Ismael Al-Amoudi and to be fully funded by an assistantship position within the research team ‘Alternative Forms of Markets and Organisations’ (AFMO) and within the framework of the MPhil-PhD programme.
Further, I strive to contribute to academic communities, for instance as secretary of the Centre for Social Ontology (CSO) or as reviewer for journals such as Organization, Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Organizational Ethnography, although I am keener on publication formats other than top-ranking journals, such as collective books, independent outlets, articles for broader readership (e.g., encyclopaedia entries, case studies, reports, periodicals, etc.). My intended contributions are in congruence with the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): 3.4 (well-being & mental health); 4.7 (education for sustainable lifestyles); 8.8 (labour rights, safe & secure working environments).
More on the personal side:
I fondly spend my spare time committing to causes of concern (social-ecological justice, esp. workers’ welfare), perusing the generalist press (with soft spots for The Guardian and a range of French independent papers e.g., Socialter) as well as national periodicals about work (Cadres) and essentially Literature (Lire). I find replenishment in the depth of novels (whether resonating with my research interests or not at all), in the breadth of textual-audio-visual cultural media for all (France Culture, Arte, Universalis), the practice of hatha yoga, as well as hiking in the nearby Alps.