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Dr. Kim Helmersen will present two research papers at the EASST Conference, held 8–11 September 2026 at the AGH University of Kraków, Poland. "Responding to Futurelessness: Mobilizing Past Futures in Pop Culture and Architecture" will be presented in Panel: Lost Futures in Design Professions. "Managing Paradoxes in Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Research: Future-Making in Digital Construction" will be presented in Panel: Can We Change the World Through Interdisciplinary Research?

At the 86th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management in Philadelphia, Dr. Ruri Takizawa co-organized the symposium “Potential, Future, and Actual Parenthood at Work” together with Janine Bosak and Sam Paustian-Underdahl.

As part of the symposium, she also presented joint research with Andrea Vial and Janine Bosak on how masculine workplace norms contribute to hiring discrimination against parents through prejudice accommodation.

Sihui Wu and Dr. Kim Norgaard Helmersen will contribute to the 42nd European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS) Colloquium from July 9 to 11, 2026 in Bergamo by presenting their work “When Digital Meets Craft: Reorganizing Temporalities In 3d-Printed Construction”, at the sub-theme “Time and Organization Studies: Tracing and Crafting the Materiality of Time”.

At the General Meeting of the European Association of Social Psychology (EASP) in Strasbourg from 30 June to 4 July, 2026, Dr. Ruri Takizawa will co-organize the symposium “From Status Threat to Inclusion: Pathways of Masculinity and Their Interpersonal and Societal Outcomes” together with Vlad Krivoshchekov.

She will also present joint research with Andrea Vial and Janine Bosak as part of the symposium “Far-Reaching Effects of Hegemonic Masculinity for Individuals, Organizations, and Societies.”

Dr. Ruri Takizawa will present a blitz talk at the pre-conference “The Psychology of Reaction,” held in connection with the EASP General Meeting in Strasbourg on 30.06.2026. The presentation, co-authored with Zea Szebeni and Shira Hebel-Sela, examines men’s victimhood mentality and online hostility toward female leaders.

The SNSF project “When more uncertainty is better: Interventions for promoting effective uncertainty regulation at work” has officially come to a close. The project has generated several outputs, with more still in preparation. To celebrate the successful collaboration, the project team met in Milan in May. 

More information is available on the SNSF funding page: https://data.snf.ch/grants/grant/207691

Sihui Wu and Dr. Kim Norgaard Helmersen will contribute to the Design Research Society (DRS) Conference from June 8 to 12, 2026 in Edinburgh, by presenting their work “TechWork: Developing and validating a reflective tool for impact-aware design”, co-authored with Marirena Kladeftira from the Cornell University.

Sihui Wu and Dr. Kim Norgaard Helmersen will present their research “BuildWork: A Serious Game for Impact-Aware Automation in Construction” at the Engineering Project Organization (EPOC) Conference from June 8 to 10, 2026, Lunteren in the Netherlands.

Sihui Wu and Dr. Kim Norgaard Helmersen will present their work “A Recent History of Innovation in Digital Fabrication for AEC” in the poster session at the Future of Construction Symposium from May 20 to 22, 2026 in Zurich, contributing to ongoing discussions in their research field.

On May 16, 2026, Dr. Ruri Takizawa will give a short impulse talk (Kurzimpuls) at St. Peter Church Zurich as part of an initiative promoting dialogue on research. The talk addresses the concept of the glass cliff and its implications for leadership and gender.

Dr. Arlette Danielle Román Almánzar's book chapter, “Rethinking Innovation in Developing Countries: Tailored Strategies for Latin America,” has been published in the volume Successful Technology Clusters in the 21st Century. It examines context-sensitive innovation strategies in emerging economies.

Dr. Arlette Danielle Román Almánzars' article advocating for an “AI Ethicist-in-Residence” in universities was featured in the Technopark Zürich AI Startup Center magazine, contributing to discussions on responsible AI governance.

The article "Comment la satisfaction au travail évolue-t-elle? by Gudela Grote, published on the platform "La Vie économique", has been elected as most read article in 2025 and honored with a Linkedin post on December 14, 2025. Read article here:

Gudela Grote takes part at the pannel discussion "The Future of Work & Equality Moonshot: From Disruption to Design" and talks about cultivating uncertainty-as-enabling mindsets in individual, organisational, and policy decision-making. It takes place on January 22, 2026, from 14:15-15:00h at the World Woman House in Davos.