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Dr Virginie Litaudon

Job: Lecturer in CSR and Ethics

Faculty: Business and Law

School/department: School of Leadership, Management and Marketing

Address: ÃÛÌÒÖ±²¥, The Gateway, Leicester, LE1 9BH

T: N/A

E: virginie.litaudon@dmu.ac.uk

 

Personal profile

Virginie Litaudon is a distinguished academic with a deep commitment to sustainable business practices and ethical leadership. Currently, she leads a module on ethical and responsible leadership, while also teaching contemporary issues in sustainable business. Before her tenure at ÃÛÌÒÖ±²¥, Virginie lent her expertise at the University of Portsmouth as both an hourly-paid lecturer and a research fellow. There, she completed her PhD, funded by the PlastCity project (an Interreg 2 Seas project). This initiative was geared towards increasing plastic recycling rates throughout Europe, highlighting her dedication to environmental solutions.

Beyond this, Virginie's research interests are comprehensive, spanning from the circular economy, sustainability, and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) to the complexities of collaborative projects and inter-organisational collaboration. A significant hallmark of her academic journey was the development of an inter-organisational collaboration theory during her PhD, providing insights into the collaborative mechanisms of multi-actor and cross-border collaboration in complex projects. Virginie's journey and accomplishments demonstrate her passion for understanding and promoting sustainable and collaborative business practices.

Publications and outputs

  • V. Litaudon and Y. Chen (2023), “Transforming Business Ecosystems to Circular Ecosystems: The Case of the PlastiCity Ecosystem”, Journal of Industrial Ecology (ABS 2*).
  • Frei, R., Vazquez-Brust, D., Gong, M., & Litaudon, V. (2023, March). PlastiCity scenarios and modelling: plastic waste collection in urban environments. In 11th Simulation Workshop: SW23 (pp. 129-138). The Operational Research Society Limited.
  • Litaudon, V., Ciliacus, Y.M.C., Brughmans, P. (2023). Circular Economy and Sustainable Development Goals 3 and 17: The Case of the PlastiCity Ecosystem. In: de Souza Campos, L.M., Vázquez-Brust, D.A. (eds) The Social Dimensions of the Circular Economy. Greening of Industry Networks Studies, vol 10. Springer, Cham.

Research interests/expertise

  • Sustainability
  • Circular economy
  • CSR
  • Inter-organisational collaboration
  • Complex projects

Areas of teaching

  • Global Sustainability
  • CSR
  • Ethical and Responsible Leadership

Qualifications

  • PhD, University of Portsmouth. Funding: The EU PlastiCity project (Interreg 2 Seas Programme). Title: Multi-Actor and Cross-Border Collaboration in Complex Projects: The Case of the PlastiCity Project.
  • Master’s in Management (Combined with Bachelor in Business Management), NEOMA Business School, Rouen, France 

Projects

Research Fellow at The Product Returns Research Group funded by CIMA, the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants at the University of Surrey.

Conference attendance

The GIN (Greening of Industry Network) Conference on Logistics | New Technologies & Effective Circular Economy – July 2022

ORCID number

0000-0002-7171-2481