Guillaume Dumont

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

I study people's lived experiences of work through long-term ethnographic research and use these insights to analyze how organizations and state institutions produce social and economic inequalities. 

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 book projects include a monograph, "Narcopisos: Drug trafficking, Speculative practices, and urban marginalization in Barcelona" (Edicions Bellaterra, 2027), and a co-edited volume titled “Organizing at the Edge (Berghahn, 2027).”

I have published in journals such as The Academy of Management Discoveries, New Media & Society, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Ethnography, Work Employment & Society, Journal of Business Ethics, and Organizational Research Methods. My work has been featured in Liberation, Le Monde Diplomatique, Alpimag, Pop Science, Public Senat, The Irish Times, 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, Berkeley; the University of California, Los Angeles; IESE Business School; the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology; the Jönköping International Business School; the University of Colorado at Boulder; the Open University of Catalonia; and the Autonomous University of Barcelona.