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.


Laura López-Sanders, Brown University

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

Marianne Cooper, Stanford University

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

Alexandra Vinson, University of Michigan

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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