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INSEAD Celebrates 50 Years of Women Leading Academic Excellence
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Posted on June 12, 2018
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Posted on June 12, 2018
5 min readLast updated: January 21, 2026
’50 Years, 50 Women, 50 Ideas’ represents 50 years of progress promoting gender diversity and 50 big ideas from its 50 notable female scholars
FONTAINEBLEAU, France, SINGAPORE, ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, PRNewswire/ — INSEAD, the business school for the world, today unveiled 50 big ideas from 50 of its remarkable female academics through its 50 Years, 50 Women, 50 Ideas key initiative.
These ideas, from the school’s female faculty and doctoral alumnae, celebrate 50 years of INSEAD women leading academic excellence.
The initiative was launched in honour of the school’s year-long celebration of iW50, a campaign to mark the 50th anniversary of the first female graduates from the INSEAD MBAprogramme. For each year of action and progress toward gender diversity, 50 female academics from INSEAD share their big idea which encapsulates the essence of their thought-leading research.
Laurence Capron, Dean of Faculty at INSEAD and Professor of Strategy, says that, “These 50 women reflect the heart and soul of INSEAD’s academic environment: diversity in research and teaching methods, with no single school of thought predominant. They focus on what matters most, which is rigour and impact on management as a practice and a discipline. We are proud to celebrate their achievements and thought leadership.”
These female academics go beyond the boundaries of their disciplines, identifying areas in academic literature and business practice to answer some of the most pressing issues facing businesses. Many of them are also pioneering innovative learning methods.
A selection of Big Ideas from INSEAD female faculty members:
’50 Years, 50 Women, 50 Ideas’ represents 50 years of progress promoting gender diversity and 50 big ideas from its 50 notable female scholars
FONTAINEBLEAU, France, SINGAPORE, ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, PRNewswire/ — INSEAD, the business school for the world, today unveiled 50 big ideas from 50 of its remarkable female academics through its 50 Years, 50 Women, 50 Ideas key initiative.
These ideas, from the school’s female faculty and doctoral alumnae, celebrate 50 years of INSEAD women leading academic excellence.
The initiative was launched in honour of the school’s year-long celebration of iW50, a campaign to mark the 50th anniversary of the first female graduates from the INSEAD MBAprogramme. For each year of action and progress toward gender diversity, 50 female academics from INSEAD share their big idea which encapsulates the essence of their thought-leading research.
Laurence Capron, Dean of Faculty at INSEAD and Professor of Strategy, says that, “These 50 women reflect the heart and soul of INSEAD’s academic environment: diversity in research and teaching methods, with no single school of thought predominant. They focus on what matters most, which is rigour and impact on management as a practice and a discipline. We are proud to celebrate their achievements and thought leadership.”
These female academics go beyond the boundaries of their disciplines, identifying areas in academic literature and business practice to answer some of the most pressing issues facing businesses. Many of them are also pioneering innovative learning methods.
A selection of Big Ideas from INSEAD female faculty members:
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