The SIM Communications Committee is excited to share a message from our Impact/Outreach Committee Chair, @Sana Chiu, with updates on current Impact/Outreach Committee events.
Introducing the SIM Impact/ Outreach Committee
We're excited to introduce SIM's Impact/ Outreach Committee, dedicated to amplifying the real-world reach of our scholarship. The committee members are Sana Chiu (Chair), Christine Son, Emilio Marta, Eduardo Hernandez , and Catherine McDonald.
We have got an exciting and inspiring plan ahead, among others:
• Please join the Committee's inaugural webinar on Friday, April 10: "Beyond the Journal: Turning Management Research into Social Impact," with Jacobo Ramirez (Copenhagen Business School). Register here.
• Apply for the ONE-SIM Outreach Award: This award honors researchers who effectively communicate sustainability and business ethics insights to non-academic audiences. Open to all researchers, regardless of division membership. This year's jury: Andrew Crane, Andrew Hoffman, and Sarah Kaplan. Submit your paper plus a 500-word summary of your outreach activities by April 30, 2026, Apply now.
• Coming up in May, join the AMP-SIM webinar offered in collaboration with the Membership Committee: "Research that Matters: Publishing Scholarship that Solves Social Issues" with Academy of Management Perspectives Editor, Mike Barnett. Stay tuned for the event date and registration details!
• Call for Impact Stories: We invite SIM members to submit stories to Sana Chiu describing their stakeholder engagement and real-world impact
• SIM Podcast (launching soon): Stay tuned for inspiring conversations with scholars about translating research into real-world change. It's all about impact!
Our vision & mission: We connect research to practice by engaging academics, practitioners, and stakeholders across sectors and geographies. Our goal is to position SIM as a leading voice where rigorous scholarship informs action, policy, and social change through public-facing platforms, practitioner-scholar conversations, and strategic partnerships. We showcase the powerful work of SIM members and create pathways for ideas to flow beyond the academy and make a global impact.
We're excited to support the growth of SIM's impact and to highlight the amazing contributions our members are making in communities, organizations, and policy areas worldwide!
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Nabi Ebrahimi
Doctoral Student
University of Massachusetts Lowell
Lowell MA
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