On the 18 of April CASIC welcomed Professor Ariane Berthoin Antal from WZB Berlin Social Sciences Centre, who gave a fascinating talk titled 'How and why do we enter the world of academia, and when do we feel we can say we are an academic?'

These existential questions of career development and identity were addressed by drawing on findings from interviews with academics in France, Germany, and the United States across three generations. The intention of session was to stimulate the participants to reflect on their own orientation along their path into academia.  

Professor Dr Ariane Berthoin Antal is Senior Fellow in the Science Policy group at the WZB Berlin Social Science Center, Germany. She has recently completed a seven year international research program on artistic interventions in organisations as sources of newness.

She is Distinguished Research Professor at Audencia Business School, France, and honorary professor at the Technical University of Berlin.

Recent books include Learning Organisations. Extending the Field (with P. Meusburger & L. Suarsana, Springer 2014); Moments of Valuation (with M. Hutter & D. Stark, Oxford University Press, 2015), and Artistic Interventions in Organisations: Research, Theory and Practice (with U. Johannson-Sköldberg & J. Woodilla, Routledge, 2016).

She has also published extensively on CSR, organizational learning and culture, as well as women in management, and has presented her findings to policymakers and managers throughout Europe and Asia. She also serves as Ombudsperson for Good Scientific Practice at the WZB. Ariane is French and American by birth and lives in Berlin, Germany.