PhD Award Ceremony 2025
PhD Award Ceremony 2025
INSEAD and the PhD Programme proudly celebrate the remarkable accomplishments of this year's graduates at the Chateau de Fontainebleau, France. This momentous occasion marks the culmination of their five years of hard work in the PhD Programme and the start of their unwavering commitment to knowledge creation.
The event is exclusive to the graduating students, their family members, faculty, staff and current PhD students.
Programme
Opening of Ceremony
Academic Director, PhD Programme
Professor of Organisational Behaviour
The INSEAD Dutch Alumni Fellowship in Leadership, Diversity and Governance
Introductory Remarks
Guest Speaker
Reginald H. Jones Professor of Corporate Strategy
The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Award of Diplomas
Graduating Student/s Address
Closing Remarks
Ella Miron-Spektor
Toast to the Graduates
Ceremony Booklet
Share on Social Media
INSEAD PhD Graduates of 2025
Srishti Arora
Technology and Operations Management
“Implications of Workers' Behaviour on Operational Effectiveness ”
Dissertation Committee
Sameer Hasija (chair),
Michael Freeman, Xinyu Liang,
Pavel Kireyev (London School of Economics)
Jongyoun Baek
Entrepreneurship
"Forging Collaborative Pathways: Navigating Disruptive Technologies Through Inter-Organisational Networks"
Dissertation Committee
Martin Gargiulo (co-chair), Andrew Shipilov (co-chair),
Nathan Furr, Melissa Schilling (Stern School of Business,
New York University)
Clara Carrera
Technology and Operations Management
"Essays on Sustainability and Consumer Behaviour in Operations Management"
Dissertation Committee
Atalay Atasu (co-chair), Luk Van Wassenhove (co-chair),
Florin Ciocan, Manuel Sosa
Lin Chen
Technology and Operations Management
"Information as an Operational Lever: Batching, Transparency, and Incentives"
Dissertation Committee
Guillaume Roels (chair),
Antoine Desir, Ilia Tsetlin,
Xuanming Su (The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania)
Sukti Ghosh
Strategy
"The Complexity of Doing Good: Essays on Firms, Nonmarket Strategies and the Multiple Dimensions of Sustainability"
Dissertation Committee
Victoria Sevcenko (co-chair), Jasjit Singh (co-chair),
Vikas Aggarwal, Ilze Kivleniece
Piyush Gulati
Strategy
"The Interplay of Structure, Skills,
and Digital Technologies
in Decentralising Firms"
Dissertation Committee
Phanish Puranam (chair),
Laurence Capron, Philipp Meyer-Doyle, Victoria Sevcenko,
Samina Karim (D'Amore-McKim School of Business,
Northeastern University)
Khwan Kim
Organisational Behaviour
"Three Essays on Novelty in Creative Industries"
Dissertation Committee
Noah Askin (co-chair), Frédéric Godart (co-chair),
Henrich Greve, Manav Raj (The Wharton School,
University of Pennsylvania)
Xinwei Li
Finance
"Essays on Macro-Finance"
Dissertation Committee
Frederico Belo (chair),
Naveen Gondhi, Joel Peress, Junyuan Zou
Xina Li
Strategy
"Formal and Informal Governance Mechanisms in Navigating Environmental, Social, and Governance Issues "
Dissertation Committee
Guoli Chen (chair),
Ivana Naumovska, Phanish Puranam,
Witold Henisz (The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania)
Mariya Mihaylova Todorova
Accounting and Control
"Essays on Internal Corporate Practices and
Their Accounting and Performance Implications"
Dissertation Committee
Daniel Bens (chair),
Thomas Keusch, Martin Kapons,
Stephan Kramer (Rotterdam School of Management,
Erasmus University)
Qinghan Yan
Marketing
"Nudging Healthier Food Choices:
A Collaborative Field Experiment
between Manufacturers and Retailers"
Dissertation Committee
Paulo Albuquerque (co-chair),
Maria Ana Vitorino (co-chair),
Abhishek Borah, Pierre Chandon
