I study the human limits of sustainability and social change in organizations. 

Across my work, I show that the limits of sustainability and social change are not primarily technical or strategic, but human. Organizational initiatives break down when individuals face sustained misalignment between symbolic commitments and everyday practices, heightened visibility and exposure, and the moral and social risks associated with continued engagement. By centering individual agency under constraint, my research explains why participation erodes, why resistance and backlash emerge, and why well-intentioned efforts unravel in practice. 

I am an Associate Professor at IESEG School of Management (Paris, France) and a joint professor at Dom Cabral Foundation (Belo Horizonte, Brazil). My work engages with organizational theories concerned with agency, meaning, and evaluation, including paradox, stigma, sensemaking, and moral judgment, while remaining attentive to the institutional conditions under which individual and organizational action unfolds.

Methodologically, I conduct longitudinal qualitative research using interviews, organizational ethnography, and textual and visual materials, including social media data.

I publish in leading international management journals and actively contribute to the academic community as a reviewer and mentor. I teach at undergraduate and graduate levels and supervise doctoral and master’s research.