About CSRCOM
CSR Communication Conference discusses concepts, theories, methodological and managerial approaches and cases to corporate social reponsibility and sustainability strategies, management and communication. It will provide a wonderful opportunity for academics and professionals to network, discuss, debate and exchange ideas and viewpoints.
After five very successful conferences, in 2011 (Amsterdam), 2013 (Aarhus), 2015 (Ljubljana), 2017 (Vienna), 2019 (Stockholm), 2022 (Lüneburg), and 2024 (Bath), the time has come to invite you to a 8th edition of the conference to be hosted by the LUT Business School, LUT University.
The CSRCOM 2026 will be held in Lappeenranta (Finland), 22-24 September 2026.
The conference will provide a wonderful opportunity for academics and professionals to network, discuss, debate and exchange ideas and viewpoints on CSR challenges and opportunities.
CSRCOM 2026 Conference hosts and organizing committee:
- Laura Olkkonen, LUT University
- Visa Penttilä, LUT University
- Jenni Sipilä, LUT University
- Wim Elving, Hanze University of Applied Sciences
- Urša Golob, University of Ljubljana
- Klement Podnar, University of Ljubljana
- Christiane Marie Høvring, Aarhus University
- Sarah Glozer, University of Bath
- Andrew Crane, University of Bath
- Dennis Schoeneborn, Copenhagen Business School & Leuphana University
- Hannah Trittin-Ulbrich, Leuphana University
- Anne Ellerup Nielsen, Aarhus University
- Christa Thomsen, Aarhus University
- Franzisca Weder, WU Wien
Conference History

Hosts: Sarah Glozer;
Andrew Crane; Diletta Acuti, University of Bath
Keynote speakers: Charles Cho, Jeremy Moon, Maura Scott

Hosts: Hannah Trittin-Ulbrich;Dennis Schoeneborn; Matthias Wenzel; Sigrid Bekmeier-Feuerhahn, Universität Lüneburg
Keynote speakers: Lance Bennett, Juliane Reinecke

Hosts: Mette Morsing; Stockholm School of Economics
Keynote speakers: Mats Alvesson, Anna von Bergen, Nils Brunsson, Itziar Castello, Michael Etter, Mikkel Flyverbom, Jean-Pascal Gond, Andrew Jack, Ellen Quigley, Lisa Ann Richey, Dennis Schoeneborn, Laura J. Spence.

Hosts:Tobias Eberwein; Austrian Academy of Sciences; Sabine Einwiller; University of Vienna; Franzisca Weder; Alpen-Adria-University Klagenfurt
Keynote speakers: Sankar Sen, Peter Lazar, Matthias Karmasin, Annemarie Harant, Gabriele Faber-Wiener and Klaus Kastenhofer.

Hosts: Urša Golob; Klement Podnar, University of Ljubljana
Keynote speakers: Laura Spence, W. Timothy Coombs.

Hosts: Anne Ellerup Nielsen; Christa Thomsen, Aarhus University
Keynote speakers: Cynthia Stohl, C.B. Bhattacharya, Scott Dille.

Host: Wim Elving, University of Amsterdam
Keynote speakers: Andrew Crane, Mette Morsing, Joep Cornelissen.