Awards & Distinctions

Recognition & Awards

Research Awards

2026 Best Paper Award — AFM

« Red today, green tomorrow? How packaging color shapes identity continuity and acceptance of hybrid meat products »

Annual Conference of the French Marketing Association (AFM)

Sumayya Shaikh, Kelly Haws, Amanda Pruski Yamim, Carolina O.C. Werle

2025 Best Paper Award — Montpellier

« Cereal versus Pulses: What Category of Ingredients Drives the Consumption of Veggie Proteins? »

Journée du Marketing Agroalimentaire de Montpellier

Carolina O.C. Werle, Amanda Pruski Yamim, Gaëlle Pantin-Sohier, Fanny Thomas

2023 Best Paper Award — Montpellier

« Comment le type d'alcool influence de façon biaisée l'évaluation des boissons alcoolisées et impacte les comportements à risque »

Journée du Marketing Agroalimentaire de Montpellier

Jerry Grimes, Carolina O.C. Werle, Amanda P. Yamim

Student Awards

2025 Runner-Up · Best PhD Dissertation — AFM

« Rethinking Food Consumption Towards Sustainable Living »

French Marketing Association (AFM)

Sumayya Shaikh

2025 Best Master Dissertation — AFM

« Money to Burn: The Effect of Virtual Premium Currency on Consumer Spending in Gamified Settings »

French Marketing Association (AFM)

Anastasiia Bestsenko

HDR Direction

Feb 2019 Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches

« Comprendre le comportement du consommateur selon la cognition incarnée et située : apports du modèle Act-In »

Caroline Cuny

Doctoral Supervision

PhD Dissertations Supervised

Six doctoral researchers supervised to completion at IREGE, Université Savoie Mont Blanc and Grenoble Ecole de Management.

Ipek Nur Nibat

« Three Essays on How Consumer Animosity and Misinformation Bias Consumers' Brand-Related Judgments »

Defended September 25, 2023 · IREGE, Université Savoie Mont Blanc, France

Shiva Vaziri

« The Role of Consumer Identity in Sustainable Consumption »

Defended October 18, 2023 · IREGE, Université Savoie Mont Blanc, France

Christine Kai Lesage

« Diffusion of Green Product Innovation: Exploring Antecedents, Adoption, and Implications »

Defended December 9, 2024 · IREGE, Université Savoie Mont Blanc, France

Sumayya Shaikh

« Rethinking Food Consumption Towards Sustainable Living »

Defended June 30, 2025 · Grenoble Ecole de Management, France

Amanda Pruski Yamim

« From Judgment to Action: How Heuristics Influence Consumer Decisions »

Defended November 25, 2025 · IREGE, Université Savoie Mont Blanc, France

Rajarshi Majumder

« How Consumers Judge Others »

Defended September 1, 2026 · IREGE, Université Savoie Mont Blanc, France

Invited Talks

Invited Talks & Lectures

Invited presentations at academic institutions, government bodies, and professional associations across Europe, Brazil, and Australia.

Academic & Research Institutions
  • May 2026 MBS Montpellier Business School — Montpellier, France
  • Apr 2025 PUCRS — Post-Graduate Program in Business Administration — Porto Alegre, Brazil
  • Apr 2023 Academy of Marketing Science (AMS) — Online Seminar
  • May 2022 UFRGS — Post-Graduate Program in Business Administration — Porto Alegre, Brazil
  • Oct 2018 DELMAR Seminar, Deakin University — Melbourne, Australia
  • Jun 2018 LIP, Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA) — Grenoble, France
  • Jan 2017 Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL) — Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
  • Dec 2016 Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (UQTR) — Canada
  • Feb 2016 GAEL, Université Grenoble Alpes — Grenoble, France
  • Jan 2015 COACTIS, Université Lumière Lyon 2 — Lyon, France
  • Feb 2013 Institut Paul Bocuse — Écully, France
Public Health & Government
  • Mar 2024 Ministry of Agriculture — Paris, France
  • Dec 2019 Institut Pasteur de Lille — Lille, France
  • Dec 2017 Santé Publique France — Saint-Maurice, France
  • Feb 2016 Direction Générale de la Santé (DGS) — Paris, France
  • Apr 2012 Fonds Français pour l'Alimentation et la Santé — Paris, France
  • Mar 2012 Expertise Inserm — Paris, France
  • Dec 2011 Colloque Scientifique INPES — Paris, France
Professional Associations
  • Nov 2021 Groupe Protéines et Nutrition (GPN) — Online Seminar
  • Jun 2016 Université d'Été de Nutrition — Lille, France
  • Sep 2015 Université d'Été de Nutrition — Clermont-Ferrand, France
  • Nov 2015 Institut Benjamin Delessert — Paris, France
  • Nov 2013 Fondation PiLeJe — Assemblée Nationale — Paris, France
  • Jan 2017 AFERO — 33èmes Journées Scientifiques — Toulouse, France
  • Nov 2011 Institut Pasteur de Lille · 10èmes Ateliers de Nutrition — Lille, France