Professor Jean M. Bartunek delivers Richard Normann Lecture 2020
Professor Jean M. Bartunek gave this year’s Richard Normann Lecture, delivering a fascinating talk that explored how translations of academic articles are consumed and whether that adds value to both the translation process and academic research.
The talk, entitled ‘Re-imagining academic-practitioner translation as a value-creating system’, was given via Zoom on Thursday 5 November. The Richard Normann Lecture is held annually at Green Templeton College in memory of the late Richard Normann, one of the most profound and sophisticated management thinkers of our time.
Professor Jean Bartunek (left), Ulf Mannervik (right) and Professor Rafael Ramírez (bottom) took part in a panel discussion after the lecture
The lecture is co-sponsored by NormannPartners, the advisory and consultancy company founded by Richard Normann and others including Green Templeton Governing Body Fellow Professor Rafael Ramírez and Ulf Mannervik.
Professor Bartunek is the Robert A. and Evelyn J. Ferris Chair and Professor of Management and Organization at Boston College
Before beginning her presentation, Professor Bartunek, the Robert A. and Evelyn J. Ferris Chair and Professor of Management and Organization at Boston College, said: “I wish I could actually be with all of you. I do look forward to coming sometime and having the chance to meet several of you in person.
“I have read about Green Templeton College and the fact it’s a meeting point of practitioners, professional and academic worlds, and I’m particularly grateful to be with several people from this college and others.”
Professor Bartunek said she wished she had the chance to know Richard Normann, who died in 2003, adding: “I have been really struck with how creative he was and how much his creativity endures today in NormannPartners.”
She was introduced by Professor Ramírez, who worked with Richard Normann for 18 years, and also gave an overview of the history of the Richard Normann Lectures, and Normann’s legacy.
Her talk covered how management scholarship is translated or practiced, some of Normann’s ideas pertinent to such translation, her current research with Isabelle Ren regarding translation of academic research in practice, and re-imagining of relationships within the translation process based on Normann’s work.
Following the lecture there was a Q&A session with Professor Bartunek and a panel discussion between Professor Bartunek, Professor Ramírez, who is Professor of Practice at Saïd Business School, and Ulf Mannervik, Associate Fellow at Saïd Business School.
Full lecture, panel discussion and Q&A available on YouTube.
Alumni in Switzerland came together in Geneva on Swiss National Day for the first in-person gathering of our college`s Switzerland Alumni Group.
After the group’s inaugural online meeting earlier in the year, the gathering was a chance to finally put faces to names, reconnect over memories of Green Templeton and Oxford and hear where life has taken everyone since.
Conversation ranged from career paths and professional exchanges to life in Switzerland and ideas for the growing alumni group.
Josephine Agyeman-Duah (DPhil Women’s and Reproductive Health, 2018), Chair of the Alumni Group, said:
‘It was splendid to reconnect with GTC alumni from different periods and to celebrate Swiss National Day together in Geneva. Our first in-person gathering was a wonderful opportunity to strengthen connections and our GTC alumni community in Switzerland.’
The group is now looking to establish a committee and hopes to connect with other Oxford and Cambridge alumni groups in Switzerland.
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Happy International Cat Day! 🐾
It’s been quite the year for Vincent!
After several years of making the college his home, we are delighted to say that we have officially adopted him. A familiar and much-loved face around the college grounds, he has a special way of bringing smiles to everyone he meets.
We’re so proud to officially call him ours!
Happy International Cat Day, Vincent! 💚🐈⬛
✨ Come behind the scaffolding with us.
We were given rare access to the Radcliffe Observatory restoration project, climbing onto the roof to see the incredible conservation work taking place behind the scenes.
From spectacular views across Oxford to the Observatory`s intricate zodiac carvings, we discovered details that are normally hidden from view.
Join us as we explore one of Oxford`s most iconic landmarks!
Earlier this summer, we were delighted to welcome audiences to our inaugural Garden Play, with a series of sold-out performances of Shakespeare`s `As You Like It` set in our beautiful college grounds.
Our gardens became the Forest of Arden as students, staff, alumni and the wider Oxford community came together to enjoy open-air theatre in a truly unique setting. Even better, the production has received fantastic reviews from Oxford`s student press.
A huge thank you to everyone who performed in and supported this wonderful initiative.
These peaceful moments around college were captured by work experience student Izzie.
They celebrate the beauty of the college gardens and the simple joy of taking a closer look!
Thank you Izzie for sharing your perspective with us 🌸
