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Centres & Initiatives - Faculty & Research

Mission

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By bringing people together, INSEAD Centers and Initiatives create value for our communities beyond individual excellence. Our Centers and Initiatives disseminate academic research and broker research collaborations and opportunities. They act as sandboxes for innovative pedagogy. They show case our rigor and relevance in each pillar of our excellence: Business & Society, Strategy & Competency, Governance & Conflict Management and Entrepreneurship & Family Business.
Lily Fang

Dean of Research and Innovation
Professor of Finance
The UBS Chair in Investment Banking, endowed in honour of Henry Grunfeld

Lily Fang

Dean of Research and Innovation
Professor of Finance
The UBS Chair in Investment Banking, endowed in honour of Henry Grunfeld

Centres and Initiatives News

From Classroom to Global Stage: NCMC’s IN.Team Wins International Negotiation Competitions

From Classroom to Global Stage: NCMC’s IN.Team Wins International Negotiation Competitions

The Negotiation and Conflict Management Collaborative (NCMC) continues to demonstrate the impact of experiential learning and talent development at INSEAD. Selected through the inaugural INSEAD Negotiation Cup (IN.Cup) and coached by NCMC faculty and practitioners, an INSEAD negotiation team achieved 2nd place at The Negotiation Challenge (Paris) and 1st place at the Warsaw Negotiation Round 2026, in the School’s first-ever participation in both prestigious international competitions.This milestone highlights how Centres & Initiatives create meaningful impact by connecting research, learning, and community engagement to develop future-ready leaders and showcase INSEAD excellence on the global stage.
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Centres and Initiatives Brochure 2025

Brochure Centres and Initiatives 2025

Download the Centres and Initiatives Brochure 2025 to learn more about the  INSEAD Centres and Initiatives. Fostering Global Impact through Research,Thought Leadership and Engagement
Brochure Centres and Initiatives 2025
How INSEAD Centres and Initiatives Drive Impact

How INSEAD Centres and Initiatives Drive Impact

Watch the introduction video as Professor Lily Fang, Dean of Research and Innovation and Sonia Tatar, Senior Director of Centres and Initiatives, share insights on how each C&I shapes business practices, fuels innovation and catalyses innovation and social change.  
How INSEAD Centres and Initiatives Drive Impact
Centres and Initiatives Impact Report 2025

Centres and Initiatives Impact in Focus Report 2025

Download the Centres and Initiatives Impact in Focus Report 2025 which spotlights key stories from 2023-2025 featuring how each C&I bridged research and practice to turn academic excellence into real and positive change.
Centres and Initiatives Impact in Focus Report 2025

Message from the Executive Director

Sonia Tatar

Turning research insights into real-world impact is at the heart of INSEAD’s portfolio of Centres & Initiatives (C&I) which are structured around four strategic pillars. These dynamic hubs drive cutting-edge research, spark pedagogical innovation, and connect like-minded individuals and communities to inspire intellectual curiosity and growth. Learn more by exploring the dedicated webpages and discover how each C&I contributes to INSEAD’s global impact through research, education and impact.
Sonia Tatar

Executive Director of Centres and Initiatives

Sonia Tatar

Executive Director of Centres and Initiatives

INSEAD Business & Society

Business & Society

INSEAD Entrepreneurship & Family Business

Entrepreneurship & Family Business

Governance and Conflict Management

Governance & Conflict Management

Strategy and Competency

Strategy & Competency

Events

The Breakthrough Business Relationships Consortium Benchmarking Conference

The Breakthrough Business Relationships Consortium Benchmarking Conference

16-18 february 2027  | INSEAD EUROPe Campus IN FONTAINEBLEAU

This invitation-only conference, organised by the Marketing & Sales Excellence Initiative (MSEI), brings together BBR research partners to share and learn from breakthrough cases. Participants will present their breakthrough project plans, identify success patterns, learn from peers, and...

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INSEAD Directors Forum

INSEAD Directors Forum

13-14 November 2026  | INSEAD EUROPe Campus IN FONTAINEBLEAU

Mark the dates and join us for the INSEAD Directors Forum this November, where we bring together board directors and senior executives for two days of thought-provoking insights, interactive exchange and valuable networking opportunities.

The forum will examine key global shifts – from...

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INSEAD BFG Practicum October 2026

Business as a Force for Good Practicum (BFG) with MiracleFeet in Cambodia

11-17 october 2026  | off campus

The upcoming Business as a Force for Good Practicum (BFG) with MiracleFeet will take place off campus, in Cambodia from 11 - 17 October 2026. 

INSEAD's partnership with MiracleFeet’s began in 2021. Through the MBA course Business as a Force for Good, students collaborate with MiracleFeet to develop strategic solutions...

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MSEI Zuora Subscription Business Bootcamp

MSEI Zuora Subscription Business Bootcamp

30 September - 2 October 2026  | INSEAD EUROPe Campus IN FONTAINEBLEAU

The MSEI Zuora Subscription Business Bootcamp is a unique hands on, immersive workshop designed to accelerate your subscription project. This intensive learning experience enables participants to deep dive into the key principles, capabilities, and decisions required to design...

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Webinars

What is a Blue Ocean Strategy Hackathon?

Webinar: Running a Blue Ocean Hackathon

7 OCTOBER 2026, 9 am-10 pm BST | ONLINE Creating a new market becomes ever more critical as companies face a heightened degree of competition and depressed demand. Employees are asked to be creative and innovative, and entrepreneurs with burning ideas aspire to create a viable and sustainable business. Can we teach them the insights, analytical tools and processes to formulate a creative and innovative strategy, not through the ex-post case discussions but by letting them face a real business challenge?Blue Ocean Hackathon is a highly intensive and engaging 1-2 day course to learn the market creation methodology and process, based on the international multi-million sellers Blue Ocean Strategy and Blue Ocean Shift. It challenges students as well as executives in the red ocean industries with a real-life task to create an innovative blue ocean opportunity. Participants apply the tools and framework of blue ocean theory step-by-step using printable worksheets. Finally, they are introduced to one of the possible answers in a form of a video case study, so that they can reflect upon their exercise with what happened in the real case.
What is a Blue Ocean Strategy Hackathon?
Rethinking CEO Succession: From Replacement to Reinvention Webinar & Digital Dialogue

Webinar: Rethinking CEO Succession: From Replacement to Reinvention

1 July 2026, 11 am-12 pm CEST | ONLINE The INSEAD Corporate Governance Centre invites you to a Webinar & Digital Dialogue where Professor Shekshnia will present key findings from his new book, new book, 21 Questions about CEO Succession. He will be joined by two distinguished board leaders - Sanna Suvanto-Harsaae, Chair of Finnair, Posti, and BoConcept, and Gilbert Ghostine, Chair of Sandoz and SGS, Member of the Board of Danone and Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts, who will share their perspectives and hard-won lessons from leading succession processes in practice.
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