Teaching
- CSR
- Business Ethics
- Guidelines for Writing Reports
- Sustainable Development
- Sustainable and Responsible Business
Qualifications
- PhD in Management, Rennes School of Business, France (2020)
- MSc in Development Planning, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, SA (2011).
- MSc in Politics and Administrative Sciences, Université de Kinshasa, DRC (2004)
Research interests
- Waste management and recycling for small business and their consequences on sustainable development
- Business ethics of informal labour
- Local cultures and knowledge as entrepreneurship drivers
- The role of (multi) stakeholder in addressing the complex socio-environmental problems.
- CSR and the informal norms in developing countries.
Work Experience
Academic
- Rennes School of Business, Rennes France.
Lecturer September 2014 – present
Courses taught :
Graduate programme (PGE 3, MSc)
– Corporate Social Responsability (CSR)
Undergraduate programme (IBPM 2)
– Business Ethics
– Guidelines for Writing Report
Research, GP Supervisor : (2014 to date)
– Areas : Sustainable development, eco-conception, CSR, Business Ethics, Circular Economy. Solid waste management and recycling.
- University of Rennes 1 IGR-IAE, Rennes France
Lecturer January 2015 – May 2018
Course taught :
Graduate programme (Master / international mobility)
– Social Responsability and Ethics in Management
- Institut Mines – Telecom Business School, Evry France.
Lecturer January 2017 – July 2017
Courses taught :
Graduate programme:
– Corporate Social Responsability (CSR)
– Business Ethics
– Digital Ethics
Non Academic
- Learning Center of Rennes School of Business
Helpdesk Officer (October 2014 to present)
– Students research assistance.
– Running trainings for the use of Learning Center resources.
– Books management (borrowing and returning).
– Boxes management.
- Quest Research Services (QRS) SA
Researcher (August, 2011 to August 2012).
– Fieldwork (interviews, focus groups, data collection).
– Conducting qualitative and quantitative researches.
– Research proposals writing and reporting.
– Data capturing, research quality verification and analysis.
– Running research briefing.
- Nemai consulting, Johannesburg South Africa
Research Assistant (2009 Nov to July 2011: full time permanent)
– Assisting Director with different project management and admin.
– Attending clients meeting, reporting project progress.
– Fieldwork (interviews, focus groups, marketing, sales …).
– Conducting qualitative and quantitative researches.
– Conducting Social and Environmental Impact Assessment.
– Monitoring and evaluation (M&E) of project progress and results.
– Research proposals writing and reporting.
– Data capturing, research quality verification and analysis.
– Project management, logistics, scheduling site visits, accommodation and flights arrangement.
– Writing proposal and running Training.
Service
- Member of South African Council for Planners (SACPLAN) (Student Member since November 2009).
- Member of Institute for Waste Management in Southern Africa (IWMSA) (Student Member since November 2013).
- Member of European Group for Organisational Studies (EGOS) (Student Member since November 2013).
- Reviewer:
– Journal of Business Ethics
Intellectual contributions
Refereed Articles – Basic or Discovery Scholarship
- Longondjo, C. The limits of freedom of waste-picking in Kinshasa: A New Form of Human Enslavement! 7th CEnSE Urban and Regional Economics Workshop on Social Interactions in Regions, Hällsnäs, Sweden, October 25 to 27, 2023
- Roloff, J., Longondjo, C. The two faces of routines: Combating and enabling process failure. 83rd AOM, Boston, USA, 2-8 August 2023
- Longondjo, C., Roloff, J. How routine dynamics of citizens, informal workers and recycling business contribute to waste management being an unsurmountable challenge in Kinshasa. EGOS 2020, Hamburg, Germany, Virtual, 2-4 July 2020
- Etambakonga, C. L., & Roloff, J. (2020). Protecting Environment or People? Pitfalls and Merits of Informal Labour in the Congolese Recycling Industry. Journal of Business Ethics, 161(4), 815-834.
- Simatele, D., & Etambakonga, C. L. (2015). Scavenging for solid waste in Kinshasa: A livelihood strategy for the urban poor in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Habitat International, 49, 266-274.
- Etambakonga, C. L. (2013). Barriers to widespread biomass energy in South Africa. The Journals of MacroTrends in Energy and Sustainability, 1(1), 36-49.
Chapters in books
- Longondjo, C. 2021. The Rise of Virtual Reality Technology in Online Courses: Ethical Issues and Policy Recommendations. Prof. Ali G. Hessami Ed. Factoring Ethics in Technology, Policy Making and Regulation, Open Access book, IntechOpen, London
- Longondjo, E., C. (2015). Urbanization and Poverty in Kinshasa: Thinking Beyond 2015 Millennium Development Goals. In Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in Retrospect (pp. 31-44). Springer, Cham.
- Longondjo E. C. & Mugangu, T. (2020). The role of responsible tourism in peace-building and social inclusion in war risk cities: Evidence from Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, In Tourism and Urban Risk: contemporary African perspectives, ISBN 9780367904142, December 22, 2020, Forthcoming by Routledge, 296 Pages.
