The Business Ethics Center of Corvinus University of Budapest organizes the The 20th Anniversary Conference of the European SPES Institute entitled "Spirituality & Business in the Anthropocene Era” in Budapest in June 20-22, 2024. Co-organizing partners of the conference are the Free University of Amsterdam – Faculty of Religion and Theology; Neyenrode Business University; the UNESCO Chair towards a Culture of Economic Peace, Grenoble School of Management; ABBS School of Management, Bangalore; S.P. Jain Institute of  Management and Research, Mumbai; and the Macau Ricci Institute, University of St. Joseph, Macau.

In 2024 the European SPES Institute celebrates its 20th anniversary. It is a good time to reflect on the prospects of spirituality in business and society as the new reality of Anthropocene emerged in the form of multiple crises. As consumption and human numbers have risen, humankind has ushered in a new era called the “Anthropocene” in which we are altering the biogeochemistry of the planet itself, destabilizing climate and influencing co-evolution at the planetary level. The Anthropocene is a regrettable exit from the placid past ten thousand years – the Holocene – a period of climate stability in which human civilization arose. What is the role of spirituality in such an unprecedented situation and what business and other social institutions can do to avoid further catastrophes? What should responsible professionals do? What is meaningful action today? How should we change our way of life? These and similar questions constitute the grand themes of the conference.

See the call for papers as a detailed description of the conference.