Guillaume Dumont

I am an Associate Professor of Anthropology and director of the emlyon Ethnography Institute at emlyon Business School.

My research provides finely grained, people-centered perspectives on organizational and workplace dynamics across both legal and illegal markets. I am the author of several books, including “Professional Climber” (EHESS, 2018) and “The Professionalization of Action Sports” (Routledge, 2022). My recent book, “Impact Work” (Palgrave Macmillan, 2024), reveals the intricate behind-the-scenes socialization through which entrepreneurs, investors, corporate executives, and policymakers learn the ropes of impact entrepreneurship in Barcelona.

My current book projects include a monograph, "Narcopisos. Drugs, Crime, and Urban Marginalization in Downtown Barcelona" (Edicions Bellaterra, 2027) and a co-edited volume titled “The Organization of Illegal Marketplaces.”

I have published in journals such as The Academy of Management Discoveries; New Media & Society; Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice; Ethnography; Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal; New Technologies Work and Employment; Journal of Business Ethics; Social Inclusion; Organizational Research Methods; Consumption, Market and Culture. My work has been featured in Liberation, Le Monde Diplomatique, Alpimag, Pop Science, Public Senat, The Irish Time, Recruiter UK, Fintechbloom, Recruiting News Network, among other popular media.

I completed my Ph.D. in Public Anthropology from the Autonomous University of Madrid and Sociology from the University of Lyon (2016). I have held visiting positions at the University of California, Los Angeles; IESE Business School; the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology; Jönköping International Business School; the University of Colorado at Boulder; the Open University of Catalonia; and the Autonomous University of Barcelona. 

I will be a Visiting Scholar at the Institute for the Study of Societal Issues (ISSI) at UC Berkeley starting in September 2025.