Permanent Faculty Member in Management — ISC Paris, Orléans campus.
Axel Berard (PhD, 2021) is a permanent faculty member in Management at ISC Paris, based on the Orléans campus. His areas of expertise include organizational behavior, team management, esports and the video game industry. Before joining ISC Paris, he undertook teaching, research and consulting activities, notably with emlyon business school and Aix-Marseille University, in France and China.
His research focuses on collective dynamics and team effectiveness, with particular attention to shared mental models, interdependence and collective competencies. He uses esports as a research setting to investigate organizational phenomena. His work also addresses management innovation, as well as the structuring and financing of esports organizations.
PhD in Management Sciences, 2021, University of Lyon, undertaken at Jean Moulin Lyon 3 University under the supervision of Thierry Picq.
Doctoral thesis focusing on group dynamics, mental models and collective competencies in amateur esports.
