Local Hub Queen's Business School


Contact information

Sajia Ferdous, Organization, Work and Leadership Department, Queen's Business School
Dermont Breslin, Organization, Work and Leadership Department, Queen's Business School
Laura Steele, Organization, Work and Leadership Department, Queen's Business School

Organization, Work and Leadership Department
Queen's Business School
Queen's University Belfast
Riddel Hall
185 Stranmillis Road
BT9 5EE, Belfast
Northern Ireland
UK
 

The EGOS Local Hub Belfast organized by the Organisation, Work and Leadership (OWL) Department at Queen’s Business School, convenes a dynamic community of scholars working at the forefront of organisation theory, work and employment, HRM, sustainability, wellbeing and socio-technical transformation. Our hub will contribute to, and help shape, wider European conversations on how more-than-human relations inform organizational practices, particularly in relation to performative inclusion and sustainability. The main Colloquium’s emphasis on inclusion and sustainability aligns closely with our longstanding commitment to fostering inclusive dialogue and collaborative practice across the Island of Ireland.

The city's accessibility by train, bus and ferry from across the island of Ireland and the rest of the UK provides lower-carbon travel options for attendees, enhancing the hub’s inclusive ethos and its contribution to a more sustainable conference experience.

What to expect

  • The hub will be hosted on Queen’s Business School’s (QBS) Riddel Hall campus, a modern, purpose-built environment that combines state-of-the-art facilities with Queen’s historic architecture.

  • Attendees will be able to fully attend the main EGOS Colloquium from the local hub including the sub-plenary and sub-theme sessions, individually or together.

  • Lecture theatres of various formats, with flexible breakout spaces, and a variety of rooms to join the EGOS Colloquium individually or as a group.
  • In-house hospitality, event spaces, and an interactive e-learning suite.
  • Possibility to join the EGOS Colloquium workshops on Wednesday as a group.
  • Additional on-site academic workshops on Wednesday, July 8.
  • A variety of social activities.

Schedule (outline)

The Local Hub Belfast will run from July 8–11, 2026, in parallel with the main EGOS Colloquium. 

  • Wednesday, July 8— – Pre-Colloquium Workshop: 
    Half-day workshops where attendees will use AI tools and creative user-friendly digital platforms to co-produce and test post-Anthropocene organizational models and/or debate onto-epistemological dualism between human and non-human entities using prompts.

  • Thursday to Saturday, July 9–11— – EGOS Colloquium Days:
    Attendees will begin each day by engaging with the streamed sub-theme session of the main Colloquium, before moving into facilitated conversations and informal breakout spaces to explore emerging ideas. Lunch and coffee breaks will provide opportunities for organic mentoring, peer networking and collaboration.
  • Social Activities:
    • Inclusive sensory mapping experience
    • Sustainability-focused walking tours around Belfast city/leafy Queen's Quarter
       

About the host

Located in Belfast—a city marked by historical complexity, cultural openness, and renewal – —Queen’s Business School maintains deep linkages with local industry, public policy actors, and international research networks. Queen's co-leads the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) Ireland, is a signatory to the SDG Accord, and remains the first and only AASHE STARS Gold institution in the UK. We have been a UN PRME Champion since 2020, evidencing sustained thought and action leadership in responsible management education. We are also the first university on the island of Ireland and only the second in the UK to hold an institutional Athena Swan Gold Award for advancing gender equality.