Semarang, June 24, 2025 – The Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Diponegoro (FEB Undip), reaffirmed its presence in the international academic network through the participation of its lecturer, Lala Irviana, S.Sos., S.E., M.M., a lecturer at the Department of Management, FEB Undip, in the IFERA (The International Family Enterprise Research Academy) 2025 international conference which was held in Zadar, Croatia, on June 10-13, 2025. On this occasion, Lala Irviana presented a scientific paper entitled “Women’s Identity and Legitimacy in Family Business: A Micro-Foundational Perspective on Cultural, Religious and Societal Values” which was selected as part of the Work in Progress discussion sessions.
IFERA is a global non-profit research organization established in 2001 and specifically accommodates researchers in the field of family business. This year, IFERA received a total of 505 paper submissions representing 38 countries, with the top five countries coming from Italy, Germany, Spain, Belgium and Austria. The conference consists of seven types of sessions, including plenary session, Full Paper discussion session, Work in Progress discussion session, Practice Session, Special Session, Doctoral Consortium and Social event.
Lala’s participation in IFERA 2025 is the fifth consecutive contribution after previously attending the IFERA Summer School 2021, as well as IFERA conferences in Spain (2022), Poland (2023), and Portugal (2024). This participation is fully supported by Universitas Diponegoro through the World Class University (WCU) program in the International Academics Networking (IAN) scheme.
The involvement of FEB Undip lecturers in a scientific forum like IFERA is a strategic step in strengthening the position of FEB as part of a global academic network, especially in the field of family business. In addition to broadening academic horizons, this participation strengthens the reputation of FEB Undip as a higher education institution that actively engaged in building international research collaborations.
Through active participation in international forums such as IFERA, FEB Undip hopes to continue to encourage the emergence of new researchers in the field of family business in Indonesia, as well as strengthen the direction of research development oriented towards achieving world-class standards.
We are committed to encouraging the birth of new researchers in the field of family business in Indonesia by actively participating in international academic forums such as IFERA, as well as strengthening the development of research that is directed at achieving international academic standards.