Press Releases and Articles
August 2023 – IÉSEG appoints Coline BRIQUET as Head of Diversity, Equality and Inclusion
Creating a diverse and inclusive environment that promotes the well-being of all is one of the 4 piliars of the School’s CSR strategy, and one of the major orientations of the 2022-2027 strategic plan. In order to actively support the diverse IÉSEG community and create an environment where everyone feels included and valued, IÉSEG decide to create the position of “Head of Diversity, Equality and Inclusion”, which was proposed to Coline BRIQUET.
August 2023 – IÉSEG and RUBIKA strengthen their collaboration by signing a global partnership, integrating teaching, research and entrepreneurship
Following the recent announcement of the launch of a Bachelor’s degree in Management & Tech Design in September 2024, IÉSEG and RUBIKA have stepped up their collaboration by signing a global partnership agreement. This will enable them to carry out joint teaching and research activities, support the entrepreneurial projects of students and graduates from both institutions and share best practices to improve the student experience.
July 2023 – IÉSEG renews its EQUIS accreditation for 5 years, the maximum duration
With the renewal of its EQUIS accreditation for 5 years, the maximum duration, IÉSEG reaffirms its place in the prestigious circle of Grandes Écoles holding the “Triple Crown” (AACSB, EQUIS, AMBA). This reaccreditation validates the relevance of the School’s strategic choices and acknowledges the academic quality of the School at the level of the highest international academic standards.
June 2023 – IÉSEG has been granted the Sustainable Development and Societal Responsibility Label for Higher Education for 4 years
The DD&RS Label – Sustainable Development and Social Responsibility – was created in 2015. Being rewarded with this Label for a duration of 4 years is a fair recognition of the relevance and impact of the School’s CSR strategy, which covers the entire spectrum of the School’s activities, and which is one of the cornerstones of IÉSEG’s 2022-2027 strategic plan.
May 2023 – IÉSEG and the Ceetrus Foundation for Social Entrepreneurs reward the 2023 Créenso Prize winners
On May 23, 2023, IÉSEG and the Ceetrus Foundation for Social Entrepreneurs rewarded the winners of the 2023 Créenso Prize. This National Prize dedicated to social entrepreneurs aims to reward and promote the innovative and economically viable projects of men and women who created social businesses or start-ups.
April 2023 – IÉSEG launches a new research chair in partnership with the National Association of Financial and Management Control Directors
The aim of this research chair entitled “CFO and Sustainable Transformation” is to support Financial Directors and Management Controllers in addressing the major socio-economic issues of tomorrow so that they can contribute in depth to the transformation of their institution’s business models towards more sustainable and responsible trajectories.
April 2023 – IÉSEG and RUBIKA combine their expertise to launch a joint Bachelor in Management and Tech Design
RUBIKA and IÉSEG have decided to combine their expertise to create a joint Bachelor program integrating Management, Technology and Design, starting in September 2024. It will be offered on the IÉSEG campus in Lille and on the RUBIKA campus in Valenciennes. Students will also live an international experience on the RUBIKA campuses in Pune (India) and Montreal (Canada).
March 2023 – IÉSEG sponsors the 2023 “The Economist Sustainability Week”
With this year’s theme “Empowering businesses to accelerate action on sustainability”, The Economist Sustainability Week 2023 attracts nearly 7,000 participants from all over the world. During this event, Maria Castillo, Director of Social and Environmental Impact at IÉSEG, will speak on the theme “Upskilling for a sustainable future”.
March 2023 – Aurélia GORRET wins the 2023 ICOR Award for the best student thesis in organizational ethics, social responsibility and sustainability
The 2023 ICOR Award was awarded to Aurélia GORRET, a student in the Master Grande Ecole, for her thesis about : « Brand Activism in the Beauty and Personal care Industry : Intersectional perspectives on inclusivity and body positivism », supervised by Vassilis DALAKAS.
March 2023 – With the “Sustainability of Business in Society” Chair, IÉSEG supports the transition of companies towards more sustainable trajectories and models
Built around 4 main areas of work, the Chair aims to establish partnerships with companies and organizations at the local, regional, national and international levels in order to develop knowledge and tools to support them in creating sustainable value and in implementing more responsible organizational processes and business models.
January 2023 – AACSB renews IÉSEG’s accreditation for 5 years
After an exhaustive audit, IÉSEG has had its AACSB accreditation renewed for 5 years (the maximum possible duration) and confirms its status among the top schools holding the “Triple Crown” (EQUIS, AACSB, AMBA).
January 2023 – Dataviz Challenge: IÉSEG innovates for the 3rd edition of this international data visualization challenge
Launched in 2021 as part of its Master in Apprenticeship “Financial Institutions: Risk, Compliance and Data Analytics” of the Grande Ecole Program program, IÉSEG launches the third edition of this international data visualization challenge at the start of 2023, in partnership with Cofidis Group.
January 2023 – IÉSEG launches its MBA HUB to better meet the current challenges companies are facing
In order to respond even better to the current transformations and challenges of society and businesses, IÉSEG rethought the organization of its flagship Executive program. The School now operates an MBA HUB, consisting of an AMBA-accredited MBA program, in which each executive, manager or director can choose from three specializations (Executive, International and Leadership & Coding).
November 2022 – IÉSEG and B Lab France sign a strategic partnership to speed up the evolution of organizations towards more sustainable models
With their shared and aligned visions and missions, this partnership aims to develop teaching and learning about sustainability, to develop research and disseminate the results, and finally to animate the networks of each through specific actions of awareness and training..
October 2022 – IÉSEG launches a new apprenticeship program dedicated to operations and supply chain professions
As a priority area of development for the School, and as part of its new strategic plan “Inspire – Connect – Transform”, IÉSEG is expanding its range of apprenticeship programs offered in the Master’s cycle of its Grande École Program and will offer, at the beginning of the next academic year (2023-2024), a work-study program dedicated to operations and supply chain professions.
October 2022 – Discover IÉSEG Insights, the new knowledge website developed by IÉSEG
IÉSEG launches IÉSEG Insights, a new website that has been developed to share and disseminate the results of the research and expertise of the School’s faculty. IÉSEG Insights aims to help provide keys to understanding an always changing world and to be a platform for inspiration and reflection for all.
September 2022 – IÉSEG concludes an ambitious academic recruitment campaign to achieve the objectives of its new strategic plan
In order to implement its new strategic plan “Inspire – Connect – Transform”, IÉSEG is pleased to announce the arrival of 23 new professors with a research mission, 8 Professors of Practice, 4 Teaching Fellows and 7 postdoctoral researchers to strengthen its faculty on its campuses in Lille and Paris-La Défense.
July 2022 – Caroline ROUSSEL, new Dean of IÉSEG as of July 1st, 2022
IÉSEG is pleased to announce the appointment of Caroline ROUSSEL as Dean of the School. She takes over from Jean-Philippe AMMEUX, who has led the institution since 1994. Her appointment is effective as of July 1, 2022. At an extraordinary meeting on September 30, 2021, the IÉSEG Board of Trustees unanimously approved this choice.
June 2022 – IÉSEG professors recognized with awards for their research and their publications
As the academic year comes to an end, several professors have been recognized for the quality of their research and their publications in the context of different national and international awards. These awards confirm the School’s strategic choice to rely both on high-level research and teaching.
May 2022 – IÉSEG School of Management unveils its strategic plan for 2027 : “Inspire – Connect – Transform”
IÉSEG today unveiled its new strategic plan for 2027, anchored in solid fundamentals for a renewed ambition. It is the result of a long co-creation process, which lasted more than a year and which involved the entire IÉSEG community. This strategic plan is built around 5 major orientations, to be discovered here.
May 2022 – CRÉENSO Prize: IÉSEG and the Fondation Ceetrus pour l’Entrepreneur Social announce the winners of the 11th edition
On May 18th, 2022, IÉSEG and the Fondation Ceetrus, led and managed by Nhood France, awarded the winners of the 2022 Créenso Prize. The 2022 Créenso Prize was awarded to Pimp Your Waste while the “Jury’s Special Prize” (Prix Coup de Coeur du Jury) was won by the association “SAME”.
April 2022 – IÉSEG redesigns its Bachelor in International Business in line with changing expectations of students and companies
In response to current job market trends and the changing expectations of students as well as companies since the introduction of this program, IÉSEG introduces significant modifications to its Bachelor concerning the structure and pedagogy of the program, its intercultural dimension and a personalized curriculum with cutting-edge specializations.
Mars 2022 – The 7th edition of the ICOR Awards is attributed to a thesis on the ethics of artificial intelligence
Each year, IÉSEG and its Center of excellence for Organizational Responsibility (ICOR) reward the best IÉSEG student thesis in the fields of organizational ethics, societal responsibility and sustainability. Presented by Caroline Roussel, Deputy Director of the School, the 2022 ICOR Award was awarded to Julia Guillemot (2021 graduate of the Grande École Program) for her thesis: “The integration of ethical concerns in the development and deployment of artificially intelligent systems within technological companies. An essay on Artificial Intelligence Ethics“ (thesis director: Guillaume Mercier).
Mars 2022 – IÉSEG expands its campus in La Défense: 22,700 m² to enhance the student experience
Established since 2009 in La Défense, Europe’s leading business district, IÉSEG offers a dynamic campus at the heart of a professional environment. Within the framework of its student experience, responding to the evolutions generated by the health crisis and by interactive teaching methods as well as through the development of its programs, IÉSEG continues to expand its Paris campus and will have a new building by the end of 2022: ‘Les Collines de l’Arche’.
February 2022 – IÉSEG and the Global Reporting Initiative sign a unique partnership in Europe
IÉSEG School of Management, one of Europe’s top Business Schools, and the Global Reporting Initiative, provider of the most widely used standards for sustainability reporting, announce a unique partnership for the students of the School’s new MSc in Management for Sustainability.
February 2022 – IÉSEG launches the 2nd edition of the IÉSEG DATAVIZ CHALLENGE in partnership with Cofidis
After the success of the first edition of the DATAVIZ CHALLENGE in 2021, IÉSEG, in partnership with Cofidis, launches in January 2022 the second edition of the IÉSEG DATAVIZ CHALLENGE, the challenge in data visualization. Open to all students enrolled in a higher education institution in Europe, the IÉSEG DATAVIZ CHALLENGE will allow participants to grasp a major challenge of the banking sector: “the daily data of risk analysts”.
January 2022 – IÉSEG launches a new ‘Executive Mastère Spécialisé®’ dedicated to transformation and human development
Given an equal level of education, high school students from working-class backgrounds are half as likely to choose selective programs as those from In a more and more volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous world, it is becoming essential for companies that their leaders and managers develop new human skills and an agile posture to drive permanent change and deliver sustainable performance. Thus, IÉSEG has decided to launch a new ‘Executive Mastère Spécialisé®’ in Transformation and Human Development Management for the next academic year.
