Pre-Colloquium Post-Doctoral & Early Career Scholars Workshop 2026

The pre-Colloquium Post-Doctoral & Early Career Scholars Workshop will take place onsite & online on Tuesday, July 7, 2026, from 09:00 to 22:00 CEST [Central European Summer Time]. 
Please note that only accepted applicants are entitled to participate in this workshop!
 

Location

University of Bergamo (Campus Ex Monastero di Sant'Agostino)
Piazzale S. Agostino, 2
24129 Bergamo
BG, Italy

For further information regarding your onsite attendance please have a look here.

Convenors:

Luca Carollo, University of Bergamo, Italy
Jean Clarke, emlyon business school, France
Dirk Deichmann, Erasmus University, The Netherlands

Program

09:00 – 10:00
Room 7

Opening
Moderators: Dirk Deichmann & Jean Clarke; online coordinator: Luca Carollo

10:00 – 11:00
Room 5

Publishing in Organization Studies and Organization Theory (joint session with participants of the PhD workshop)
Facilitators: John Amis, Editor-in-Chief of Organization Studies and Sigrid Quack, Editor-in-Chief of Organization Theory

11:00 – 11:30

Coffee break

11:30 – 12:30
Room 7

Interactive session: Developing identity and voice – from current to aspired CV
Moderators: Dirk Deichmann & Jean Clarke; online coordinator: Luca Carollo

12:30 – 13:30

Lunch

13:30 – 14:45
Room 7

Panel: Varieties of impact and relevance, behind the scenes of different career paths
Moderator: Dirk Deichmann, Online participants streaming

10 minuntes each:

  • Societal impact
    Christine Moser, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
  • Impact through reviewing and editorial work
    John Amis, University of Edinburgh
  • Scholarly impact - online
    Tina Dacin, Queen´s University
  • Impact through teaching
    Thorsten Grohsjean, Bocconi University
  • Impact through (social) media - online
    Paolo Aversa,  King`s College London
  • Impact through teaching and other cool initiatives
    Markus Perkmann, Imperial College London

14:45 – 15:00

Coffee break

15:00 – 16:00
Room 7 & 1

(Online) Round table discussions: Balancing conflicting demands

3 rounds, 20 minutes each:

  • Tension 1: Home institutions vs. international peer community
    Christine Moser, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
  • Tension 2: Teaching vs. research
    John Amis, University of Edinburgh
  • Tension 3: Focus vs. interdisciplinarity - online
    Tina Dacin, Queen´s University
  • Tension 4: Career vs. other interests
    Thorsten Grohsjean, Bocconi University
  • Tension 5: Studying mainstream topics vs. passion topics - online
    Paolo Aversa,  King`s College London
  • Tension 6: Career vs. life?
    Markus Perkmann, Imperial College London

16:00 – 16:15

Coffee break

16:15 – 17:15
Room 5

Keynote: Why academic work is a labour of love and care (joint session with participants of the PhD workshop)
Marianna Fotaki, Warwick Business School

17:15 – 18:15
Room 5 & 7

Optional activities to follow from the PhD workshop

  • The art of reviewing - Room 5
    Yvonne Benschop, Radboud University

  • Sucess on the academic job market - Room 7
    Magdalena Plesa, University of Liverpool
    Stefan Haefliger, Bayes Business School

18:15 – 19:00

Free time

19:00 – 22:00

Workshop dinner in the large patio of the campus Ex Monastero di Sant'Agostino