Time: July 24-25, 2025
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
Dear Colleagues,
The Social Issues in Management (SIM) Division is soliciting applications to its in-person Doctoral Consortium during this year's Academy of Management Meeting. If you are a doctoral student, please consider applying using the link below. If you are faculty, please consider forwarding this opportunity to your students doing research on social issues in management.
To apply, please fill out this application form.
Applications are due by April1, 2025. Applicants will be informed of acceptance by April 20, 2025.
The SIM Doctoral Consortium aims to inspire and inform doctoral students focusing on SIM topics, providing elements for success and impact in scholarship, teaching, service, and academic lives. Distinguished SIM scholars will share their knowledge, engage in panel debates, and interact with students. Junior SIM faculty will discuss their dissertation process, job market experiences, and teaching mastery. The PDW is designed to be both informative and interactive, offering students a "survival toolkit" for completing their doctoral program and early career. Students will also be paired with a mentor for individualized attention and advice over lunch.
The SIM Doctoral Consortium welcomes current PhD students interested in Social Issues in Management, with priority given to those advanced in their programs if over-subscribed. Accepted students can request a conference fee waiver, subject to availability. Participation in the consortium itself incurs no additional costs.
The event will begin with a Fireside chat with Jean Pascal-Gond, a leading SIM scholar, hosted by Michael Johnson-Cramer on Thursday, July 24, at 6:00pm CET, and followed by dinner. The main program will be held on Friday, July 25, from 9:00 am – 6:00 pm.
Below is the detailed schedule:
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CET
(Copenhagen)
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Thursday, July 24, 2025
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6:00pm
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Off-site Fireside Chat with Jean-Pascal Gond
Moderated by Michael Johnson-Cramer
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7:00pm
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Dinner
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CET
(Copenhagen)
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Friday, July 25, 2025
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9:00am
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Welcome and Introductions
Akwasi Opoku-Dakwa & Karen Maas (DSC co-organizers)
Michelle Westermann-Behaylo (SIM Division Chair)
Rajat Panwar (SIM Program Chair)
Punit Arora (SIM PDW Chair)
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9:30am
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Editors Panel
Mike Barnett (Academy of Management Perspectives)
Frank den Hond (Business Ethics Quarterly)
Johanne Grosvold (Business and Society Journal)
Gazi Islam (Journal of Business Ethics)
Simy Joy (Academy of Management Learning & Education)
Garima Sharma (Journal of Management Studies)
Paul Tracy (Academy of Management Review)
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11:00am
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15-minute BREAK
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11:15am
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Dissertation, Job Market, and Early Career
Colin Higgins (Deakin University)
Jegoo Lee (University of Rhode Island)
Mette Morsing (University of Oxford)
MariaLuiza Pinho (Widener University)
Alexander Rustler (University of Oxford)
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12:45pm
2:15pm
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1.5-hour LUNCH
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2:15pm-3:45pm
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Teaching - Inspiring future leaders
Miles Davis (Linfield University, Shenandoah University, Rtrd)
PJ Dillon (Duquesne University)
Arno Kourula (University of Amsterdam)
Marina Schmitz (IEDC-Bled School of Management)
Jerome Stewart (University of San Francisco)
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3:45pm
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15-minute BREAK
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4:00pm
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Ethics in the Academy
Vikram Bhargava (George Washington University)
Sybille Sachs (University of Zurich / AoM Ethics Education Committee)
Harry Van Buren (University of Tennessee Chattanooga)
Robbin Derry (University of Lethbridge)
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5:30pm
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Concluding Remarks
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Please note that this consortium takes place on Thursday night and all-day Friday before the AOM conference. Please only apply if you are able to commit to the entirety of this consortium.
Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have questions.
Akwasi Opoku-Dakwa (opokudakwaa@duq.edu) Co-Organizer of the SIM Doctoral Consortium 2025
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Akwasi Opoku-Dakwa
Duquesne University
Pittsburgh PA
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