Thomas Amadieu is Associate Professor in Strategy and Marketing at the ESSCA School of Management. Former student of Ecole Normale Superieure and holder of a PhD in Sociology from Sorbonne University (CNU 19 qualifications) in the field of gambling, risk-taking and addiction, he is also an associate researcher at GEMASS (CNRS/Sorbonne University) and at the EU*Asia Institute.

He is involved in various projects adopting a comparative perspective between China and France, on the one hand in the field of market dynamics, norms and consumer representations (sustainable development, gambling, esport) and on the other hand on issues related to work values and distributive justice.

His work has been published in scientific journals (Revue Française de Sociologie, Agora Débat Jeunesse, Droits, Sciences du jeu…), collective works (La France des inégalités, Où est passé la justice sociale?, Mapping Leisure across Borders…) and in a book published by the Editions du Bord de l’ eau.

   Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen

- Michael Jordan