Arthur GAUTIER

Associate Professor
department: Public & Private Policy
Campus de Cergy
+33 (0)1 34 43 37 21
Other teaching domain – Social Business – Sustainable development
Career
Biography

Arthur Gautier is Associate Professor at ESSEC Business School and Chair Holder of the ESSEC Philanthropy Chair. He was appointed as Associate Dean for Chairs in September 2024. He teaches for the Master in Management and at ESSEC Executive Education. From 2016 to 2021, he was Academic Director of the French Fundraising Certificate.

He holds a Ph.D. in Business Administration from Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers (CNAM) de Paris (2009) and is an alumni from ESSCA School of Management (2005).

Prof. Gautier's research focuses on philanthropy and more broadly on private initiatives for the common good, from organizational, sociological, psychological and historical perspectives. He studies the emergence and the institutionalization of individual and corporate philanthropy, both as concepts and practices. He is also interested in hybrid philanthropic practices combining multiple institutional logics, such as impact investing, crowdfunding, and foundation-owned companies.

Diplomas

  • 2009: PhD in Management Science (Conservatoire National des Arts & Métiers (CNAM) France)
  • 2005: Master in Management (Essca School of Management France)
Career
Other appointments
    • 2024 – 2027 : Associate Dean in charge of Chairs and Excellence Centers (ESSEC Business School France)
    • 2014 – 2023 : Executive Director, Philanthropy Chair (ESSEC Business School France)
    • 2011 – 2018 : Research Engineer (ESSEC Business School France)
Full-time academic appointments
    • 2023 – Now : Associate Professor (ESSEC Business School France)
    • 2019 – 2023 : Assistant Professor (ESSEC Business School France)
Other Academic Appointments
    • 2023 – 2025 : Chaired Professor PHILANTROPIE (ESSEC Business School France)
    • 2016 – Now : Academic director, French Fundraising Certificate (ESSEC Business School France)
Professional appointments
    • 2010 : Head of Publishing and Events (ADMICAL France)
    • 2006 – 2009 : Strategy and management consultant for cultural venues (ORAMA France)
Distinctions

Awards

  • 2023 : ESSEC Foundation Science & Society Award (ESSEC Business School, France)
  • 2022 : ESSEC Foundation Teaching Award (ESSEC Business School, France)
  • 2021 : Finalist of the OMT Responsible Research Award (Academy of Management, United States of America)
  • 2020 : EFMD 2019 Case Writing Award (European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD), Belgium)
  • 2019 : Best Business Ethics Paper Award Finalist (Academy of Management, United States of America)
  • 2016 : Best Paper in the History of CSR (Academy of Management, United States of America)
Research

Journal articles

Book chapters

Conference Proceedings

Presentations at an Academic or Professional conference

Published cases

Teaching

Business Law

  • 2022 – Now : Introduction à l’impact investing (ESSEC Business School France)
  • 2020 – Now : L’économie collaborative (ESSEC Business School France)
  • 2019 – Now : Philanthropy: strategies and impact (ESSEC Business School France)
  • 2017 – Now : La philanthropie: comprendre et agir (ESSEC Business School France)
  • 2016 – Now : Cas pratique: stratégie et fundraising (ESSEC Business School France)
  • 2015 – Now : Philanthropie, stratégies et impact (ESSEC Business School France)
  • 2015 – Now : La philanthropie: définition, concepts, enjeux (ESSEC Business School France)
  • 2020 – 2022 : Expérience projet (ESSEC Business School France)
Other activities
Services
    • 2023 – Now: Member of the Disciplinary Board
    • 2019 – Now: Faculty member, Teaching Committee
    • 2017 – 2019: Membre du jury, Entretiens d’admission à la Grande Ecole
Research activities
  • Organization of a conference or a seminar
    • 2018 – Now: Doctoral Seminar in Social Entrepreneurship and Philanthropy (SEPHI), Co-organized with EM Lyon and HEC Liège (ESSEC Business School France)
    • 2017 – 2018: A Gathering of Academic Centers on Philanthropy in Europe (AGAPE), Co-organized with ERNOP (2017, 2018) (ESSEC Business School France)
    • 2015 – 2015: European Research Network on Philanthropy (ERNOP) 7th International Conference, “Interdisciplinary Research On Philanthropy: Connecting the Dots” (ESSEC Business School France)
    • 2015 – 2015: Doctoral Seminar in Social Entrepreneurship and Philanthropy (SEPHI), Co-organized with EM Lyon and HEC Liège (ESSEC Business School France)
    • 2014 – 2015: MBA Impact Investing Network & Training (MIINT), Co-organized with Prof. Thierry Sibieude (ESSEC) and the Wharton Social Impact Initiative
  • Member of an academic association
    • 2015 – Now: Member of European Research Network on Philanthropy (ERNOP)
    • 2014 – Now: Member of European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS) (European Group for Organizational Studies Belgium)
    • 2013 – Now: Member of Academy of Management (AOM) (Academy of Management )
  • Participation in scientific commissions or reviewer for a conference
    • 2013 – Now: Reviewer for the Academy of Management Annual Meeting (OMT, SIM, PNP divisions) (Academy of Management )
  • Reviewer for a journal
    • Reviewer for Business and Society; Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice; Journal of Business Ethics; Journal of Business Research; Journal of Business Venturing; Journal of Management; Journal of Management Studies; Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly; Organization Studies; Voluntas