Welcome to ICOS
ICOS, or the Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies, has the single goal of enhancing the University of Michigan’s strength as a world center for interdisciplinary research and scholarship on organizations. We seek to enrich the intellectual environment of Ph.D. students and faculty interested in organization studies, by increasing the quality, breadth, depth, and usefulness of organizational research.
Hiring to Displace: How Employers Use Legal Status to Reshape Workplace Power
Laura López-Sanders, Brown University
Speaker(s)
Laura López-Sanders: Assistant Professor of Sociology
Lecture Time:
Friday, October 31, 2025 @ 1:30 pm
Lecture Location:
R1210, Ross building
Roadblocks to Organizational Change: Managing Knowing and the Production of Ignorance in Organizations
Marianne Cooper, Stanford University
Speaker(s)
Marianne Cooper: Senior Research Scholar, VMware Women's Leadership Innovation Lab
Lecture Time:
Friday, November 7, 2025 @ 1:30 pm
Lecture Location:
R1210, Ross building
Building Real Utopias: The Theory and Practice of Healthcare System Transformation
Alexandra Vinson, University of Michigan
Speaker(s)
Alexandra H Vinson: Assistant Professor, Department of Learning Health Sciences and Dept of Psychiatry
Lecture Time:
Friday, November 14, 2025 @ 1:30 pm
Lecture Location:
R1210, Ross building
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