STR Doctoral/Dissertation Consortia: Deadline approaching and journey grants out there

DEADLINE APPROACHING: June 1st, 2026

Please be aware that we’ve a restricted variety of journey scholarships out there to cowl a few of the prices of attending the convention. If you want this assist, please notify the organizers as you fill out the shape to submit your utility to both of the consortia.

CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS

Strategic Management Division (STR) Doctoral and Dissertation Consortia 2026

STR Doctoral Consortium

Application Deadline: June 1, 2026

Virtual Session: Monday, July 27^th, 2026 (8:00 am to 1:00 pm EDT)

In Person: July 31^st, 2026 (8:00 am – 5:00 pm EDT)

[Note: Time is subject to AOM’s scheduling approval and will be confirmed in Spring 2026]

The STR Doctoral Consortium is meant for college students who’re within the dissertation proposal stage of their PhD applications. The goal of the consortium is to assist doctoral college students as they form their dissertations. Students may have alternatives to debate their work in small teams with distinguished college and friends, to meet and work together with future colleagues, and to improve their scholarship, educating and total improvement.

The 2025 STR Doctoral Consortium will have each digital and in individual parts. The digital assembly will probably be held the Monday earlier than AOM on July 27^th from 8:00 am to 1:00 pm EDT. The in-person assembly will happen at AOM in Philadelphia on Friday, July 31^st from 8:00am – 5.00pm (EDT). Specific instances are topic to approval and will probably be confirmed by June, 2026.

The 2026 Doctoral Consortium co-chairs are John Eklund (University of Southern California) and Viviann He (University College London). The Consortium panelists are: Raffaele Conti (ESSEC), Kenneth Huang (NUS), Arvind Karunakaran (Stanford), Wesley Koo (Johns Hopkins), Tobias Kretschmer (Imperial College), Eric Lee (Texas A&M), Felipe Massa (Vermont), Alex Murray (Oregon), Belinda Nwosu (Lagos Business School), Daniel Sands (UNC), Matt Semadeni (ASU), Thiago Soares (INSPER), Vijay Venkataraman (IIMB), Subrina Xirong Shen (HKUST), Trevor Young-Hyman (Pittsburgh), and Maggie Zhou (Michigan).

Interested college students ought to apply by way of this link no later than June 1, 2026. All candidates will probably be notified of admission choices by the tip of June 2026.

As a part of the applying, you must add a single pdf file containing the 4 objects under. The file must be named LastName_FirstName_STR_DC_2026.pdf:

1.       Cover Letter. This ought to describe your curiosity within the Strategic Management division, and why the STR Doctoral Consortium is the perfect match for you. Please additionally point out the variety of years you’ll have participated in your PhD program by September 2026 and your anticipated dissertation proposal protection date.

2.       Curriculum Vitae.

3.       Dissertation Abstract. A 200 phrase summary of your dissertation proposal.

4.       Dissertation Summary. A abstract of your dissertation proposal (2 web page most). 

We have a restricted variety of journey scholarships out there to cowl a few of the prices of attending the convention. More info to return nearer to the time.

If you have questions about the Doctoral Consortium, please contact consortium co-chairs John Eklund (jceklund@marshall.usc.edu) and Vivianna He (vivianna.he@ucl.ac.uk).

STR Dissertation Consortium: The Job Market and Beyond 

July 31, 2026 (8:00 am – 5:00 pm – In-person Only)

Application Deadline: June 1, 2026

[Note: Time is subject to AOM’s scheduling approval and will be confirmed in Spring 2026]

The STR Dissertation Consortium is meant for these PhD college students who’re within the superior levels of their applications and who’re contemplating the job market in the course of the 2026-2027 tutorial 12 months (i.e., for college positions that start in Fall 2027). The focus of the STR Dissertation Consortium will probably be on offering collaborating college students with a chance to debate their job market papers and ‘elevator pitches’ about their analysis id in small teams with distinguished college and friends for high-quality, developmental suggestions. We may even be utilizing breakout teams throughout espresso breaks to facilitate scholar networking.

The co-chairs of the 2026 Dissertation Consortium are Vera Rocha (Copenhagen Business School) and Simone Santamaria (National University of Singapore). The college panel consists of (in alphabetic order): Aseem Kaul (University of Minnesota), Florenta Teodoridis (University of Southern California), George Chondrakis (ESADE), Heather Berry (Georgetown University), Leandro Nardi (HEC Paris), Mahka Moeen (University of Wisconsin-Madison), Neus Palomeras (U Carlos III Madrid), Rebecca Bednarek (Victoria University of Wellington), Rebecca Karp (Harvard Business School), Sandro Cabral (INSPER), Sebastian Raisch (University of Geneva), Sinziana Dorobantu (NYU Stern), and Sukhun Kang (UC Santa Barbara).

Priority for admission to the 2026 Dissertation Consortium will probably be given to college students who: (1) have accomplished drafts of their job market papers, and (2) haven’t beforehand attended the STR Doctoral Consortium. However, any doctoral scholar who’s contemplating coming into the job market and graduate in the course of the 2026-2027 tutorial 12 months (and who just isn’t making use of to the 2026 Doctoral Consortium) could apply. We intend to cowl how to maneuver the challenges and concerns of the job market, crafting your elevator pitch, and in addition give attention to offering developmental suggestions for the publication course of on scholar job market papers.

Interested college students ought to apply by way of the utility web page (https://copenhagenbusiness.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6DMk7qDkDYr9vLg) no later than June 1, 2026. All candidates will probably be notified of admission choices by the tip of June 2026.

The utility web site will request the next info:

1.       Nomination Letter: Upload your nomination letter. Have your dissertation chair write a nomination letter (on letterhead). The letter ought to confirm that you are contemplating coming into the job market and can graduate in the course of the 2026-2027 tutorial 12 months. Your supervisor can present you the letter to add or you may present them the hyperlink they usually can add it themselves.

2.       Curriculum Vitae: Upload your present CV as a PDF (solely). Please title the file as follows: LastName-FirstName-CV.pdf.

3.       Job Market Paper: Upload the present model of your job market paper. Please add as a PDF (solely). Please title the file as follows: LastName-FirstName-Paper.pdf.

We have a restricted variety of journey scholarships out there to cowl a few of the prices of attending the convention. More info to return nearer to the time.

If you have questions about the Dissertation Consortium, please contact one of the co-chairs, Vera Rocha (vr.si@cbs.dk) or Simone Santamaria (bizsim@nus.edu.sg). 

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Vera Rocha
Copenhagen Business School
Kilevej
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