Call for papers
The 12th International Conference on Social Responsibility, Ethics and Sustainable Business
Corporate Social Responsibility, Resilience and Sustainable Places
11 – 12 September 2025, University of Alicante, Spain
At the 12th ICSR conference, we will discuss the ways in which corporate responsibility and sustainability practices can be effectively developed and promoted, with a special emphasis on territorial approaches. Specifically, the theme of this conference aims to discuss the virtues that localisation can bring to the development of responsible and sustainable practices by the agents involved. In this sense, it will encourage debate on the best ways to overcome the barriers to the development of CSR by taking advantage of the benefits of specialised environments, and the ways in which localisation can ensure resilience.
From an economic, environmental and social point of view, corporate sustainability is a requirement for agents involved in business activity as it is becoming a driving force for competitive advantage. Companies’ abilities to evolve, anticipate and adapt to and respond to grand societal challenges, new requirements and environmental changes can reveal their resilience potential. Resilience also involves the ability to recover quickly from crises, maintain business continuity, and learn from experiences to adapt for the future.
Business localisation can play a crucial role in resilience and sustainability. For example, it can condition access to resources, suppliers and markets; the environmental impact of the company’s activity in that specific area; collaboration in environmental and social initiatives in communities aware of sustainability; regulation and policies on sustainability; or the vulnerability of certain geographical areas to climate phenomena. In short, location can influence the resilience capacity and commitment to sustainability among companies. We therefore invite submissions that address the intersection of sustainability, resilience and localisation.
Below is an indicative (but not exclusive) list of possible submission topics:
- Local, regional, national, international clusters and sustainability
- Networks, resilience and responsible business
- Institutions, regulations and sustainability
- The role of social businesses in sustainability
- Innovation and sustainability
- Finance, resilience and sustainability
- Local food and sustainability
- Addressing grand challenges through local solutions
- Quality and sustainable development
- CSR practices in SMEs
- Tourism and sustainability
- Sustainable city development
- Policy development for a sustainable economy
- Business responsibility, resilience and reputation
- SDGs for a sustainable economy
- Nature based business and sustainability
- Gender and sustainability
- Consumer proximity and CSR performance
Submission of abstracts
Applicants should submit an abstract of 300 words in a Word document format via email to Dr Georgiana Grigore at georgiana.grigore@csrconferences.org.
Please add the following information : (i) full title, (ii) all author names, (iii) affiliations of each author , (iv) abstract of the paper, (v) 3-6 keywords of the paper, and (vi) acknowledgements or disclosure notices (if any). Up to two submissions will be considered per author. Only the abstracts will be published in the conference proceedings.
Review process
Acceptance for the conference presentation will be based on a review of the 300 words abstract. At least two reviewers will offer feedback on the abstracts.
Publication
Following the conference, attendees will be invited to submit a full paper to be selected to an edited collection with ‘Palgrave Studies in Governance, Leadership and Responsibility’. Further information will be provided regarding the full paper submission.