EABIS is pleased to invite you to participate in this research workshop organised by the Institute of Governance and Public Management of Warwick Business School and scheduled to take place Wednesday, 30 May 2007 at Warwick Business School.

The event will serve as an important preliminary platform for the 6th EABIS Annual Colloquium (September 20-21, ESADE Business School, Barcelona), which will take as its theme “Global Governance and the Role of Business in Society”.

The workshop presents academics and engaged stakeholders with three outstanding opportunities around Global (Economic) Governance:

• To help shape and enhance a more specialised knowledge and learning agenda
• To contribute to the knowledge development and learning recommendations that will be streamed back to the European Commission to inform the FP7 Framework Programme
• To engage with faculty members from the Social Sciences and Humanities for an interdisciplinary exchange of ideas, knowledge and perspectives

Gathering a selected group of academics and stakeholders from business, government and civil society with an acknowledged expertise, the workshop will allow in depth discussion on the following key questions:

• How can governments share their responsibility for public space?
• How can corporations accept democratic accountability - especially at global level where there is no demos?
• Is there a public sphere beyond the state, and if so who populates it? What is the equivalent to those questions at global level? How does government gain access to global public space?
• Are MNCs the only global citizens?

Participation and Registration Details

The workshop will have a limited number of participants to allow for effective dialogue and strong interaction between the participants. Priority for attendance will be given to those who have related work or ideas to contribute to the dialogue.

If your current work addresses the above issues and questions and believe you could enhance the content of the workshop, please pre-register by completing the Participation Request Form available on the event website but no later than Monday 16 April 2007. You will be informed of your selection by Friday 20 April.

As it forms part of the "CSR Platform" Project, led by the European Academy of Business in Society (EABIS) and funded by the European Union's 6th Framework Programme, participation is free of charge. Please note that travel and accommodation costs for participants will not be covered.

For further inquiries please contact: Kam Johal, Warwick Business School, E-mail: kam.johal@wbs.ac.uk