All publications
My published work explores how social entrepreneurship, social innovation and policy intersect in the development of more inclusive and sustainable urban futures.
Articles
Haque, M. N., Beckers, D., Costales, E., Aad, S., Sharifi, A., & Mora, L. (2025).
A systematic review of research on just, equitable, responsible, and inclusive smart cities. Technology in Society, 103050
Zeyen, Anica., Branzei, Oana., Costales, Emilio., Sabbah, Halah., Sutton, Christopher., Given, Kelly., Wade, Brandon., Katzman, Erica. (2025
Minor Miracles—the Play” A Co-ethnographic exploration of intimate encounters at work by diverse bodies and minds. Culture and Organization. 1-24
Costales, Emilio and Zeyen, Anica. (2025).
From social interaction to societal discourse: An ordonomic analysis of the smart city, Cities
Articles Under Review
Darmenova, Yuliya & Costales, Emilio (under review)
The Social Value of Business. Business & Society
Sharifi, Ayoob., Haque, Nazmul., Costales, Emilio., Beckers, Dominik., Aad, Samar., Mora, Luca (under review).
Social Value and Inclusion in the Smart City: A stakeholders’ approach. Sustainable Cities and Society
Book Chapters
Costales, Emilo & Darmenova, Yuliya (forthcoming)
Principles through an Ordonomic Perspective: Students as Partners in the Landscape of Responsible Management Education. In Emancipatory Education without Boundaries. Cham: Springer International Publishing.
Costales, Emilio & Sindani, Tabitha (forthcoming)
Inclusive Entrepreneurship: The Case of Healthy Feminist. In Reimagining Education through Entrepreneurship: An International Showcase of Leadership and Collaboration to Educate for a Sustainable Future. Edward Elgar Publishing.
Costales, Emilio and Zeyen Anica (2022)
Social Capital and the Morphogenesis of Actors: Lessons from International Social Entrepreneurship in the Netherlands, In Handbook on International Entrepreneurship
Costales, E., & Zeyen, A. (2022)
Social Entrepreneurship and Grand Challenges. In Social Entrepreneurship and Grand Challenges: Navigating Layers of Disruption from COVID-19 and Beyond (pp. 1-16). Cham: Springer International Publishing
Costales, E., & Zeyen, A. (2022)
Social Entrepreneurship, Grand Challenges and Crisis: What We Know So Far. In Social Entrepreneurship and Grand Challenges: Navigating Layers of Disruption from COVID-19 and Beyond (pp. 17-32). Cham: Springer International Publishing
Costales, E., & Zeyen, A. (2022)
Social Systems and Modern Society. In Social Entrepreneurship and Grand Challenges: Navigating Layers of Disruption from COVID-19 and Beyond (pp. 33-49). Cham: Springer International Publishing
Costales, E., & Zeyen, A. (2022)
Spaces and Places from the Imagination to Reality: The Case of the Global COVID-19 Spatial Lockdowns. In Social Entrepreneurship and Grand Challenges: Navigating Layers of Disruption from COVID-19 and Beyond (pp. 51-77). Cham: Springer International Publishing
Costales, E., & Zeyen, A. (2022)
Deconstructing Social Entrepreneurship and its Role in Society. In Social Entrepreneurship and Grand Challenges: Navigating Layers of Disruption from COVID-19 and Beyond (pp. 79-98). Cham: Springer International Publishing
Costales, E., & Zeyen, A. (2022)
The Sustainable Development Goals, Complexity, and Errors of the Third Kind. In Social Entrepreneurship and Grand Challenges: Navigating Layers of Disruption from COVID-19 and Beyond (pp. 99-116). Cham: Springer International Publishing
Accepted Conference Papers
Darmenova, Yuliya & Costales, Emilio (2025
‘Reimagining Corporate Social Responsibility: Navigating the Formality- Informality Nexus’ Paper presentation, 85th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, 25th July- 29th July, 2025
Costales, Emilio & O’Rourke, Grace (2024
‘Bridging the Gap: Cultivating Sustainability Initiatives in Post-92 Universities—A case Study of the University of Greenwich’, UK*I PRME Conference, University of Exeter, United Kingdom, June 19-21, 2024
Costales, Emilio & Zeyen, Anica (2024)
‘Social Entrepreneurship and the Practice Tradition’, 20th Annual Social Entrepreneurship Conference, Lausanne University, Switzerland, April 18-20, 2024
Costales, Emilio & Zeyen, Anica (2023)
‘(Social) Entrepreneurship as Spatial Practice’ 8th Annual Entrepreneurship as Practice Conference, Leuphana University, Lüneburg, Germany, March 29-31 2023
Costales, Emilio & Zeyen, Anica (2022)
‘Pluralism and the ideal city: Making sense of the human-centric smart city’, Paper presentation 38th EGOS Colloquium, Vienna. Sub-theme 57: Smart and Livable Cities SDGs in Urban Governance and Organization, 7th July- 9th July, 2022
Costales, Emilio, Zeyen, Anica & Branzei, Oana (2022)
‘Choreographing Space for Living One’s Calling: Lessons from COVID-19‘, Paper presentation, 82nd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, online, 5th August- 9th August
Costales, Emilio, Zeyen, Anica & Branzei, Oana (2021)
‘The Spatial Dimension of Social Entrepreneurship: Manifesting the Imaginary during COVID19’, Paper presentation, 81st Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, online, 31st July – 4th August 2021
‘The impact of digital transformation on volunteering’: roundtable discussion, Royal Holloway’s Community Partners’ Conference
‘Royal Holloway, University of London, 11th September, 2018
