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Cecile Feront

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Research fellow, University of Cape Town

Cecile Feront is a research fellow at the Centre for Complex Sustainability Transitions (CST) and a lecturer at the Sustainability Institute, Stellenbosch University, where she also supervises MPhil students in Sustainable Development. Her area of research focuses on how individuals and organisations engage with change toward sustainability. She holds a Master’s degree in Economics and Finance (Sciences Po Paris), an MPhil in Sustainable Development (Stellenbosch University) and a PhD in Business Administration (UCT Graduate School of Business). Prior to engaging in academic research, she worked as an entrepreneur and consultant for 15 years.

Experience

  • 2014–present
    Independent researcher / lecturer, Various organizations
  • 2019–present
    Research fellow, CST
  • 2005–2013
    Independent director / consultant, Various organizations
  • 1998–2002
    Vice-President marketing and strategy, co-founder, Reef Software

Education

  • 2021 
    UCT Graduate School of Business, PhD in Business Administration
  • 2016 
    Stellenbosch University, MPhil (Cum Laude) in Sustainable Development Planning and Management
  • 1996 
    SciencesPo (Paris), Masters in Economics and Finance (Eco-Fi)

Publications

  • 2019
    The impact of frame ambiguity on field-level change, Organization Studies

Professional Memberships

  • Golden Key International Honour Society