Welcome to ICOS
ICOS, or the Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies, has the single goal of enhancing the University of Michigan’s strength as a world center for interdisciplinary research and scholarship on organizations. We seek to enrich the intellectual environment of Ph.D. students and faculty interested in organization studies, by increasing the quality, breadth, depth, and usefulness of organizational research.
The Nature of Public Criticism Against Corporate Efforts to Diversify
Koji Chavez, Indiana University
Speaker(s)
Koji Chavez, Associate Professor of Sociology
Lecture Time:
Friday, November 6, 2026 @ 1:30 pm
Lecture Location:
R2240, Ross building
Who Gets Connected? Network Drivers of Racial Inequality in Tie Formation at Work
Mabel Abraham, Columbia Business School
Speaker(s)
Mabel Abraham, Barbara and Meyer Feldberg Associate Professor of Business
Lecture Time:
Friday, November 13, 2026 @ 1:30 pm
Lecture Location:
R2240, Ross building
The Franchise Gap: Fissuring, Job Quality, and Labor Standards Compliance
Daniel Schneider, Harvard Kennedy School
Speaker(s)
Daniel Schneider, Malcolm Wiener Professor of Social Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School and Professor of Sociology in FAS at Harvard University
Lecture Time:
Friday, November 20, 2026 @ 1:30 pm
Lecture Location:
R2240, Ross building
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