Frank de Bakker
@frankdebakker.bsky.social
Professor of Business & Society @IESEG | France | the Netherlands | organization studies | activism | social movements | CSR | sustainability managers | corporate political activity
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🚨BREAKING | 1,600+ fossil fuel lobbyists given access to #COP30 in Brazil
EU governments alone brought 84 fossil fuel lobbyists, including representatives from TotalEnergies and Engie
Climate policies can't be effective if they are shaped by the industry that is most responsible for climate change
EU governments alone brought 84 fossil fuel lobbyists, including representatives from TotalEnergies and Engie
Climate policies can't be effective if they are shaped by the industry that is most responsible for climate change
November 14, 2025 at 9:17 AM
🚨BREAKING | 1,600+ fossil fuel lobbyists given access to #COP30 in Brazil
EU governments alone brought 84 fossil fuel lobbyists, including representatives from TotalEnergies and Engie
Climate policies can't be effective if they are shaped by the industry that is most responsible for climate change
EU governments alone brought 84 fossil fuel lobbyists, including representatives from TotalEnergies and Engie
Climate policies can't be effective if they are shaped by the industry that is most responsible for climate change
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The EU's environment ministers have agreed a proposed climate target for 2040 that is much lower than what even the EU's own science advisers called for
Half-assing climate action will lead to more deaths, more lost homes, more lost harvests – and the EU will struggle play leader at #COP30
#EU2040
Half-assing climate action will lead to more deaths, more lost homes, more lost harvests – and the EU will struggle play leader at #COP30
#EU2040
Environment ministers botch EU climate targets - Greenpeace European Unit
Brussels – After a night of haggling, the EU’s national environment ministers have proposed a climate target for 2040 that falls significantly short of even the minimum that the EU’s…
www.greenpeace.org
November 5, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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Lieve media, Wilders kan Playbook Trump alleen uitrollen als jullie, als wij journalisten, verslag doen van giftig nepnieuws als waren het feiten. Als er geen enkel bewijs is voor fraude, zijn dit soort berichten nagels aan de doodskist van de democratie
Wilders legt zich niet neer bij verkiezingsuitslag, doet onbewezen suggestie van stembusfraude
Wilders legt zich niet neer bij verkiezingsuitslag, doet onbewezen suggestie van stembusfraude
PVV-leider Geert Wilders heeft zich vooralsnog niet neergelegd bij een verkiezingsnederlaag. In een X-bericht heeft hij vrijdag twee afbeeldingen van berichten gedeeld waarin de…
www.nrc.nl
October 31, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Lieve media, Wilders kan Playbook Trump alleen uitrollen als jullie, als wij journalisten, verslag doen van giftig nepnieuws als waren het feiten. Als er geen enkel bewijs is voor fraude, zijn dit soort berichten nagels aan de doodskist van de democratie
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When activists reach out to us, they're often stuck in a frustrating situation: corporate harm is clear, but the link to those responsible is hard to prove 🤯
SOMO's free helpdesk, The Counter, helps find that missing link🔍
Need help exposing corporate harm?
Get in touch ➡️ www.somo.nl/the-counter/
SOMO's free helpdesk, The Counter, helps find that missing link🔍
Need help exposing corporate harm?
Get in touch ➡️ www.somo.nl/the-counter/
October 29, 2025 at 9:30 AM
When activists reach out to us, they're often stuck in a frustrating situation: corporate harm is clear, but the link to those responsible is hard to prove 🤯
SOMO's free helpdesk, The Counter, helps find that missing link🔍
Need help exposing corporate harm?
Get in touch ➡️ www.somo.nl/the-counter/
SOMO's free helpdesk, The Counter, helps find that missing link🔍
Need help exposing corporate harm?
Get in touch ➡️ www.somo.nl/the-counter/
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The fossil fuel industry’s playbook: Deny. Delay. Dilute.
Chapter 2 of “Climate Obstruction” shows how Big Oil reinvented obstruction for the net-zero era.
Read: cssn.org/news-researc...
Chapter 2 of “Climate Obstruction” shows how Big Oil reinvented obstruction for the net-zero era.
Read: cssn.org/news-researc...
October 28, 2025 at 8:15 PM
The fossil fuel industry’s playbook: Deny. Delay. Dilute.
Chapter 2 of “Climate Obstruction” shows how Big Oil reinvented obstruction for the net-zero era.
Read: cssn.org/news-researc...
Chapter 2 of “Climate Obstruction” shows how Big Oil reinvented obstruction for the net-zero era.
Read: cssn.org/news-researc...
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Imagine selling off iconic landscapes like the Grand Canyon or Yosemite’s Half Dome to the highest bidder. Pretty crazy, right? That’s what’s happening in the Arctic.
Last week, the Trump regime finalized its plan to sell off 16 million acres of public lands in the Arctic to oil and gas. 💔
Last week, the Trump regime finalized its plan to sell off 16 million acres of public lands in the Arctic to oil and gas. 💔
Trump administration finalizes plan to open pristine Alaska wildlife refuge to oil and gas drilling
The Trump administration has finalized a plan to open the coastal plain of Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas drilling, renewing long-simmering debate over whether to drill in one...
www.npr.org
October 28, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Imagine selling off iconic landscapes like the Grand Canyon or Yosemite’s Half Dome to the highest bidder. Pretty crazy, right? That’s what’s happening in the Arctic.
Last week, the Trump regime finalized its plan to sell off 16 million acres of public lands in the Arctic to oil and gas. 💔
Last week, the Trump regime finalized its plan to sell off 16 million acres of public lands in the Arctic to oil and gas. 💔
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Van der Plas boos op NOS: 'Ik word hier gewoon midden in een inhoudelijke discussie geplaatst'
#hetdebat #slotdebat #verkiezingen
#hetdebat #slotdebat #verkiezingen
October 28, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Van der Plas boos op NOS: 'Ik word hier gewoon midden in een inhoudelijke discussie geplaatst'
#hetdebat #slotdebat #verkiezingen
#hetdebat #slotdebat #verkiezingen
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"3,000 CDC staffers have left since January, with thousands more gone from the FDA and NIH. The expertise drain also hits cyber defense, nuclear safety, weather forecasting and disaster response."😱 Enabled by a complicit GOP Congress that will live in infamy. www.axios.com/2025/08/30/t...
Bonfire of expertise: Trump drives scientists, spies and soldiers out of government
Trump believes the "Deep State," scientific establishment and federal bureaucracy were overdue for a purge.
www.axios.com
August 30, 2025 at 1:56 PM
"3,000 CDC staffers have left since January, with thousands more gone from the FDA and NIH. The expertise drain also hits cyber defense, nuclear safety, weather forecasting and disaster response."😱 Enabled by a complicit GOP Congress that will live in infamy. www.axios.com/2025/08/30/t...
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My lab's been attacked by an anti-wind group and their lawyers. They threatened the science funding of my whole university, to shut me and my undergraduate research assistants up.
NYT just covered it. 1/n
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/c...
NYT just covered it. 1/n
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/c...
Law Firm Pressures Brown University to Erase Research on Anti-Wind Groups
www.nytimes.com
August 25, 2025 at 11:32 AM
My lab's been attacked by an anti-wind group and their lawyers. They threatened the science funding of my whole university, to shut me and my undergraduate research assistants up.
NYT just covered it. 1/n
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/c...
NYT just covered it. 1/n
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/c...
That was fun to finally meet @brandaid-world.bsky.social in person in Copenhagen and discuss #realpuppetregime
May 11, 2025 at 10:15 AM
That was fun to finally meet @brandaid-world.bsky.social in person in Copenhagen and discuss #realpuppetregime
If this continues, our recent paper (w/ Niels Selling) in the Journal of Business Research will soon turn out to be a history paper.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
When employees matter: How employee resource groups and workforce liberalism jointly spur firms to support Pro-LGBTQ legislation
Employees are increasingly vocal about and attentive toward their organizations’ social policies and practices. Scholars have identified two main chan…
www.sciencedirect.com
March 12, 2025 at 2:16 PM
If this continues, our recent paper (w/ Niels Selling) in the Journal of Business Research will soon turn out to be a history paper.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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DOD ending social sci. research funding--stopping 91 studies related to threats like climate change, extremism, & disinfo.
"[DOD] does not do climate change crap,' Def. Sec. Hegseth wrote on X...'We do training & war fighting.'”
For yrs, DoD acknowledged env. change threatens military capabilities
"[DOD] does not do climate change crap,' Def. Sec. Hegseth wrote on X...'We do training & war fighting.'”
For yrs, DoD acknowledged env. change threatens military capabilities
March 11, 2025 at 11:33 AM
DOD ending social sci. research funding--stopping 91 studies related to threats like climate change, extremism, & disinfo.
"[DOD] does not do climate change crap,' Def. Sec. Hegseth wrote on X...'We do training & war fighting.'”
For yrs, DoD acknowledged env. change threatens military capabilities
"[DOD] does not do climate change crap,' Def. Sec. Hegseth wrote on X...'We do training & war fighting.'”
For yrs, DoD acknowledged env. change threatens military capabilities
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Next time you publish something you feel is worthy of telling the world about, consider these steps for social-media-facilitated dissemination and attention assessment.
Via publisher: doi.org/10.1016/j.bu...
Open access preprint: ssrn.com/abstract=410...
Via publisher: doi.org/10.1016/j.bu...
Open access preprint: ssrn.com/abstract=410...
March 11, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Next time you publish something you feel is worthy of telling the world about, consider these steps for social-media-facilitated dissemination and attention assessment.
Via publisher: doi.org/10.1016/j.bu...
Open access preprint: ssrn.com/abstract=410...
Via publisher: doi.org/10.1016/j.bu...
Open access preprint: ssrn.com/abstract=410...
"Bridging internal and external stakeholder expectations together: The new role of “issue brokers” in corporate social responsibility" - blog on our new paper in SO w/ Michiel de Roo, Christopher Wickert and Tom Elfring - www.vumanagementperspectives.com/2025/02/03/b...
Bridging internal and external stakeholder expectations together: The new role of “issue brokers” in corporate social responsibility - VU Management Perspectives
In the ever-evolving landscape of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and sustainable business practices, organizations face a critical question: how can they effectively respond to societal challen...
www.vumanagementperspectives.com
March 7, 2025 at 2:15 PM
"Bridging internal and external stakeholder expectations together: The new role of “issue brokers” in corporate social responsibility" - blog on our new paper in SO w/ Michiel de Roo, Christopher Wickert and Tom Elfring - www.vumanagementperspectives.com/2025/02/03/b...
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"The dept’s letter will compel many of you to hide, rename or altogether discontinue DEI initiatives. I insist on doing the opposite. Now is the time to showcase DEI activities." I'd missed this by Shaun Harper and damn it's good. Such good guidance in here.
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/blog...
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/blog...
A Dear Colleague letter in defense of DEI, by Shaun Harper
Shaun Harper identifies 11 specific actions higher ed institutions can take to uphold their commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion.
www.insidehighered.com
February 24, 2025 at 7:51 PM
"The dept’s letter will compel many of you to hide, rename or altogether discontinue DEI initiatives. I insist on doing the opposite. Now is the time to showcase DEI activities." I'd missed this by Shaun Harper and damn it's good. Such good guidance in here.
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/blog...
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/blog...
Important editorial, also for other fields such as management and organization studies
under the leadership of editor-in-chief @thatminesgirl.bsky.social the @engrstudies.bsky.social board members (incl. @dmriley.bsky.social & @jenn-rossmann.bsky.social) & former EOCs (Gary Downey & me) have put our names to an editorial regarding current "events"
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
We have been here Before: Reflections on Engineering and Authoritarianism
Published in Engineering Studies (Ahead of Print, 2025)
www.tandfonline.com
February 25, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Important editorial, also for other fields such as management and organization studies
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Glaciers provide stable melting water to a very large % of all farms in the entire world.
When (not if) we lose this stable, slow, dependable glacier melt water, our food system will collapse.
When (not if) we lose this stable, slow, dependable glacier melt water, our food system will collapse.
February 21, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Glaciers provide stable melting water to a very large % of all farms in the entire world.
When (not if) we lose this stable, slow, dependable glacier melt water, our food system will collapse.
When (not if) we lose this stable, slow, dependable glacier melt water, our food system will collapse.
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Monthly global climate data update from JMA for the month of January 2025.
Hottest month of January since 1891.
datagraver.com/climate-data...
#climate
Hottest month of January since 1891.
datagraver.com/climate-data...
#climate
February 17, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Monthly global climate data update from JMA for the month of January 2025.
Hottest month of January since 1891.
datagraver.com/climate-data...
#climate
Hottest month of January since 1891.
datagraver.com/climate-data...
#climate
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This is the one article to read on contemporary (and future) U.S. politics. Laid out analytically and clearly. There is a hint of optimism (which I do not share but do appreciate).
The Path to American Authoritarianism
What comes after democratic breakdown.
www.foreignaffairs.com
February 11, 2025 at 9:31 PM
This is the one article to read on contemporary (and future) U.S. politics. Laid out analytically and clearly. There is a hint of optimism (which I do not share but do appreciate).
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CFP for Special Issue "Disaggregating Corporate Politics through Political Work: Implications for Business Ethics" in Journal of Business Ethics - now with an extended deadline (March 31)! link.springer.com/collections/...
@onnamalou.bsky.social @tazeeb.bsky.social @frankdebakker.bsky.social
@onnamalou.bsky.social @tazeeb.bsky.social @frankdebakker.bsky.social
Call for Papers - Disaggregating Corporate Politics through Political Work: Implications for Business Ethics
Guest Editors
Onna Malou van den Broek, University of Exeter, UK & CBS, Denmark, Onna Malou van den Broek
Laura Olkkonen, LUT University, Finland, Laura ...
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February 6, 2025 at 8:59 PM
CFP for Special Issue "Disaggregating Corporate Politics through Political Work: Implications for Business Ethics" in Journal of Business Ethics - now with an extended deadline (March 31)! link.springer.com/collections/...
@onnamalou.bsky.social @tazeeb.bsky.social @frankdebakker.bsky.social
@onnamalou.bsky.social @tazeeb.bsky.social @frankdebakker.bsky.social
Interesting study on trust in science: "we cannot discount the concern that lack of trust in scientists by even a small minority may affect considerations of scientific evidence in policymaking."
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Trust in scientists and their role in society across 68 countries - Nature Human Behaviour
What is the state of trust in scientists around the world? To answer this question, the authors surveyed 71,922 respondents in 68 countries and found that trust in scientists is moderately high.
www.nature.com
January 30, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Interesting study on trust in science: "we cannot discount the concern that lack of trust in scientists by even a small minority may affect considerations of scientific evidence in policymaking."
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Free public education matters more than ever. So I've launched an online class on 'Surviving Organizations'. Each week, I'll cover one academic paper/book that deals with the reality of organizations & how to better navigate it. On TikTok too (@DrKorica). Do join! www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
Prof Maja Korica on LinkedIn: #education #work #businessschool #careers #betterwork #tiktok | 11 comments
🔔 Free public education matters more than ever. So I've launched an online class on 'Surviving Organizations'.
Over on TikTok last Friday, Dr Barlow posted a… | 11 comments on LinkedIn
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January 27, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Free public education matters more than ever. So I've launched an online class on 'Surviving Organizations'. Each week, I'll cover one academic paper/book that deals with the reality of organizations & how to better navigate it. On TikTok too (@DrKorica). Do join! www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
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📢 Call for Poster Sessions for the 4th Migration and Family Economics Workshop, hosted by IÉSEG School of Management in
📍 Paris, on June 16-17, 2025.
Great opportunity for PhD students and postdocs.
📌 Deadline: April 13, 2025.
#📉📈EconSky please repost
📍 Paris, on June 16-17, 2025.
Great opportunity for PhD students and postdocs.
📌 Deadline: April 13, 2025.
#📉📈EconSky please repost
January 27, 2025 at 11:22 AM
📢 Call for Poster Sessions for the 4th Migration and Family Economics Workshop, hosted by IÉSEG School of Management in
📍 Paris, on June 16-17, 2025.
Great opportunity for PhD students and postdocs.
📌 Deadline: April 13, 2025.
#📉📈EconSky please repost
📍 Paris, on June 16-17, 2025.
Great opportunity for PhD students and postdocs.
📌 Deadline: April 13, 2025.
#📉📈EconSky please repost
