Past Qual+ events

We’re pleased to welcome Professor Jean-François Hennart, Emeritus Professor of International Business at Tilburg University, to Aalto University for a research seminar organized in collaboration with ENTU, IB, and Qual+.

Prof. Hennart studies multinational enterprises and foreign market entry strategies, and applies Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) in his empirical work.

📅 Date: Thursday, 15 May

 🕝 Time: 14:30–16:00

 📍 Location: Ekonominaukio 1, U213

We look forward to seeing many of you there!

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to invite you to our upcoming Qual+ Research Seminar featuring Prof. Tom Lawrence from the Saïd Business School, University of Oxford. Prof. Lawrence is a leading scholar in developing research strategy and organisation theory that integrates cultural understandings of organisations, industries, and fields, with particular emphasis on the role of individuals and organisations in driving meaningful change. In this seminar, Prof. Lawrance will present his ongoing qualitative work on local economic inclusion. On Friday, he will be acting as opponent at our colleague Aracely Soto-Simeone’s doctoral defence “Entrepreneurial agency in context: Enacting places, relationships, and time.”

Date & Time: Thursday, March 27, 10:00–12:00
Location: Kide Building, Room 1572 (Noether)

* Refreshments will be provided during the event.

Please feel free to reach out if you have any questions or require further details.

Looking forward to seeing you there!

Dear colleagues,

We are excited to invite you to the upcoming Qual+ workshop on multimodal data analysis, which combines textual, visual and other sensory data sources for deeper insights into complex phenomena. The workshop will be facilitated by Professor Dennis Jancsary (University of Liverpool Management School) – a pioneer on multimodal data analysis–on Friday April 11.

Location: Ekonominaukio 1, Room T003

Workshop Schedule:

• 9:00–10:00 | Keynote by Professor Jancsary 

• 10:00–10:30 | Coffee Break

• 10:30–12:00 | Interactive Session 

For the interactive session, we warmly invite participants to share their multimodal data through a five-minute pitch (optional), receive feedback, and engage collaboratively with fellow researchers. If you want to present, please contact me (emrecan.gulay@aalto.fi) with a brief overview of your topic and any materials you plan to share.

We look forward to your participation! Feel free to reach out if you have any questions.

Qual+ Seminar: Abductive reasoning in organizational research by Professor Mikko Ketokivi, 30 September 2024 (1230-1400)

Aalto Center for Qualitative Management Research (Qual+)invites you to explore the use of abductive reasoning in organizational research together with Mikko Ketokivi, Professor of Operations Management & Organization Design at IE University, Spain. Ketokivi has published widely on scientific reasoning, argumentation, the case study as a scientific method, and the use of analogies in reasoning. You are most welcome to attend his research seminar on September 30 at 12:30-14:00.

Location: Hall U006, Aalto University School of Business, Ekonominaukio 1, Otaniemi

or join Zoom Meeting

https://aalto.zoom.us/j/64903491187

Meeting ID: 649 0349 1187

“Of the three forms of reasoning (deduction, induction, and abduction), abduction is comparatively the most complex and multifaceted. We all use at least some variants of abduction in our research, no matter what our research design and knowledge interest. In this seminar, I explore the use of abduction in organizational research, paying special attention to how it differs from induction. I will also discuss the common practice of using reasoning terminology to describe not just our reasoning processes but entire research designs. My position is that the use of reasoning terms to describe entire research designs -- as in "inductive research" -- is potentially misleading.” – Mikko Ketokivi

BIO: Mikko Ketokivi (www.ketokivi.com) is a Professor of Operations Management & Organization Design at IE University in Madrid, Spain. In addition to the substantive research topics of operations management and governance, his academic writings address research design, methodology, reasoning, and argumentation. His most recent methodological research interests include the use of abductive reasoning and the role of models in organizational research.

Looking forward to seeing you there. 

All the best,                                                                                                                                               Qual+ Team

Recommended readings:

Locke, Karen, and Karen Golden-Biddle. 1997. "Constructing opportunities for contribution: Structuring intertextual coherence and "problematizing" in organizational studies." Academy of Management Journal 40 (5): 1023-1062.

Dear all, 

please find below an invitation to a Seminar “It’s not impossible – Publishing a qualitative study in a very quantitative journal” with Associate Professor Vikram Bhakoo (University of Melbourne) on 27th September 2024 (1400-1530) at Aalto University School of Business. In this interactive and engaging session, he will provide the audience the key insights from his recent published paper in POMS (https://doi.org/10.1177/10591478231224922). But more importantly, he will take them “behind the scenes” and highlight key issues in the review process and how he navigated them. He will zone in on key essential attributes of a qualitative study that appeal even to a very positivist review team. He will briefly discuss the contributions of the papers in ‘Templates in qualitative research methods: Origins, limitations, and new directions’.  

Vikram Bhakoo’s research within the supply chain domain can be broadly clustered under three themes: sustainability, buyer/supplier relationships, and qualitative research methods. Currently, he is passionate about understanding and developing effective mechanisms for combating modern slavery in supply chains. He seeks to adopt a multi-disciplinary approach in his studies. His scholarship has been published in a variety of prestigious journals such as the Journal of Operations Management, Production and Operations Management, Journal of Supply Chain Management and Organizational Research Methods amongst others. He is an Associate editor for the Journal of Supply Chain Management where he received the best Associate Editor award in 2022. 

• Location: T003 (Business School ground floor)
• Date/time: 27 Sep 2024 at 14.00 – 15.30
• A tentative schedule: Presentation for 20-30 min, which will be followed by 20-30 min Q&A. The remaining time will be allocated for networking. Light refreshments (coffee, tea, and some snacks) will be available for networking.

For more information, please contact seongtae.kim@aalto.fi. Thank you.

Introduction to Configurational Theorizing and QCA by Professor Peer C. Fiss

Day 1 

Introduction to Configurational Theorizing and QCA

Where:

5.6. 1030-1230 A215 A2 (Otakaari 1) 

This introductory session will engage in some of the key issues in configurational theorizing and the use of configurational methods such as QCA. The session will be in hybrid format and is open to everyone (no workshop registration required).

Join Zoom Meeting

https://aalto.zoom.us/j/67835701283

Meeting ID: 678 3570 1283

Workshop at Aalto Center for Qualitative Management Research

Qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) is a research approach consisting of both an analytical technique and a conceptual perspective for researchers interested in studying configurational phenomena. QCA is particularly appropriate for the analysis of causally complex phenomena marked by multiple, conjunctural causation where multiple causes combine to bring about outcomes in complex ways. 

QCA was developed in the 1980s by Charles Ragin, a sociologist and political scientist, as an alternative comparative approach that lies midway between the primarily qualitative, case-oriented approach and the primarily quantitative, variable-oriented approach, with the goal of bridging both by combining their advantages and tackling situations where causality is complex and conjunctural. QCA uses Boolean algebra for the analysis of set relations and allows researchers to formally analyze patterns of necessity and sufficiency regarding outcomes of interest. Since its inception, QCA has developed into a broad set of techniques that share their set-analytic nature and include both descriptive and inferential techniques. 

Many researchers have drawn on QCA because it offers a means to systematically analyze data sets with relatively few observations. In fact, QCA was originally developed for small- to medium-N situations with between 10 and 50 cases. In such situations there are frequently too many cases to pursue a classical qualitative approach but too few cases for conventional statistical analysis. However, more recently, researchers have also applied QCA to medium- and large-N situations marked by hundreds of thousands of cases. While these applications require some changes to how QCA is applied, they retain many advantages for analyzing situations that are configurational in nature and marked by causal complexity.
 

Preparation for the Workshop

*Misangyi, Vilmos F., and Thomas Greckhamer, Santi Furnari, Peer C. Fiss, Donal Crilly, Ruth Aguilera (in reverse alphabetical order). 2017. Embracing Causal Complexity: The Emergence of a Neo-Configurational Perspective. Journal of Management, 43: 255-282.

*Furnari, Santi, and Donal Crilly, Vilmos F. Misangyi, Thomas Greckhamer, Peer C. Fiss, Ruth Aguilera. 2021. Capturing Causal Complexity: Heuristics for Configurational Theorizing. Academy of Management Review, 46: 778-799.

If you are only attending the first session of the workshop on configurational theorizing, you only need to review the articles by Misangyi et al. and Furnari et al. above (marked with an asterisk). 

Peer Fiss Bio

Peer C. Fiss is the Jill and Frank Fertitta Chair and Professor of Management & Organization and Sociology at the University of Southern California (USA). His research interest lie primarily in the areas of organization theory and methodology, but has also published in sociology, political science, and information systems. His early work focused on how larger social and political forces influence the diffusion and adaptation of organizational innovations, and how accounts that “frame” and justify such practices are constructed. More recently, he has worked on how social categorization processes affect and shape exchange markets. Peer has also been working for almost two decades on the use of set-analytic methods in the social sciences, and specifically on the use of set-fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis (QCA). His work has been published in the Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Administrative Science Quarterly, American Sociological Review, Journal of Management, Journal of Management Studies, MIS Quarterly, Organization Science, Organization Studies, Strategic Organization, and the Strategic Management Journal, among others. His last book with Charles Ragin on applying set-analytic methods to policy analysis is entitled Intersectional Inequality: Race, Class, Test Scores, and Poverty (University of Chicago Press, 2017). 

Peer received his PhD jointly in Management & Organization and Sociology from Northwestern University in 2003. He started his career at Queen’s University, Canada, and moved to USC where he became a chaired professor in 2020 and served as Department Chair from 2017 to 2020. He currently serves as the Associate Vice Dean for Research at Marshall. 

Peer has served as an Associate Editor for the Academy of Management Review and as a Senior Editor for Organization Science. He has also served on the editorial boards of management journals such as AMJ, AMR, ASQ, JIBS, Org Sci, and SMJ. He is a former Chair of the Academy of Management’s Organization and Management Theory Division. He has been granted numerous awards, including the Western Academy of Management's Ascendant Scholar Award, the Golden Apple Teaching Award for the Marshall MBA Core, the Mellon Mentoring Award from the University of California, and the Marshall Faculty Award for Ph.D. Mentoring. Professor Fiss has over 9,400 citations with a h-index of 26 in Web of Science and over 18,500 citations with a h-index of 29 in Google Scholar.

Peer has offered workshops on QCA at universities in Europe and North America and will again teach a one-week workshop as part of the Global School on Empirical Research Methods at St. Gallen, Switzerland, in the summer of 2024. Peer’s workshops of QCA methods are widely recognized as world-class, empowering scholars to deal with causal complexity. His pioneering work on QCA in management studies has changed the way researchers analyze and comprehend the intricate relationships between multiple causes. Through his work he has demonstrated how QCA can unveil the complex configurations that drive outcomes such as high performance, agility, and strategic change in organizations. 

Dear all,

Welcome to Qual+ powered symposium named "We all do it, but could we do it better? The art of interviewing in changing organizational contexts" Organized by Aalto BIZ Management Studies doctoral Researchers. This symposium takes a deep look into interview methodology in qualitative research  andexplores various interview approaches, guiding researchers through considerations for selecting and implementing techniques across different contexts.

The symposium will be held at Aalto University, Espoo, on 21st May 2024, in classroom V002 located at Ekonominaukio 1.

Program Schedule:

10:00 am - 10:05 am: Opening Words

10:05 am - 11:20 am: Keynote Speaker (15 mins)

10:20 am - 11:05 am: Panel Discussion (45 mins)

11:05 am - 11:25 am: Group Discussion (20 mins)

11:25 am - 11:30 am: Conclusion

The symposium gives concrete tools for students and academics to improve their interview skills. There are a multitude of things that we rarely think about, if we take interviewing for granted. To make interviewing more effective, we consider the structural, ethical and environmental aspects of interviewing. Our keynote speaker, an experienced journalist, will provide valuable insights and expertise on relevant subjects within the field of journalism, enriching our symposium by addressing the challenges of conducting interviews in complex or adverse conditions. This is an opportunity to hone your interviewing skills and take your research to the next level! Looking forward to seeing you there! 

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact marzieh.soleimani@aalto.fi . 

Regards,
The Organisers 

1.Main Discussion Topics

Sub-topic 1: Changing organizational contexts

Organizations are clarifying their relationship to digital environments and physical office settings. Now that we have had time to think about the changes brought about by widespread remote work and the recent push to return to the office, where should we as researchers stand in terms of interviewing? How do changes in settings impact data quality? How are new dynamics of secrecy and transparency in digital environments impacting the interview structures, and possible findings?

Sub-topic 2: Ethical Considerations

This part of the symposium will cover the ethical dilemmas and considerations that researchers must navigate when planning and conducting interviews. Topics such as informed consent, confidentiality, power dynamics, and the researcher-participant relationship will be examined. How to interview participants who have something to hide? How to uphold a trusting relationship, but distill revealing findings and publicize them?

Sub-topic 3: Best practices

Additionally, we encourage the panelists to share their best practices and rules of thumb of interview research. Are there some questions that always reveal something interesting? Some professional groups within the organization that often have the most revealing answers? Any non-obvious mistakes of the past that should be avoided? What best practices can researchers employ to mitigate potential challenges associated with conducting digital interviews, such as technical issues and privacy concerns? In what ways can technology enhance the interview process in digital environments?

2. Speakers Bio

Tiina Ritvala is Associate Professor of International Business at Aalto University School of Business. Her research focuses on public-private dynamics in international sustainability contexts ranging from functional foods to clean energy investments, cultural industries and sustainable architecture. Her mainly interview-based case studies have been published in the leading journals of management and international business such as Journal of International Business Studies and Journal of Management Studies. Together with her co-authors she has also published a paper on exiting from fieldwork published in the Academy of Management Review.

Minna Halme is a professor of Sustainability Management at Aalto University School of Business, where she heads Sustainability in Business Research. Her recent published work is “Rigour vs. Reality: Contextualizing Qualitative Research in the Low-Income Settings in Emerging Markets (2024)”. The authors introduced the alternative concept of ‘rigour-within-context’, which reconciles the seemingly opposing goals of rigorous and contextualized research, in low-income settings. 

Timo Vuori is an Assistant Professor of Department of Industrial Engineering and Management where he studies how companies formulate and execute strategies. In particular, he focuses on how the human-side of the process interacts with data-analytics and organisational practices. He has published in some of the highest-ranking journals in the field, such as Academy of Management Journal, and uses mainly interview-based case studies as his method of choice.

Tiina Lundell is a journalist at MOT since 2010, an investigative branch of Yle that is specialized in uncovering societal issues, including corruption and unlawful action in organizations and public administration. Before that she worked in current affairs program A-studio and tv news. She started her career as a reporter in newspapers. She was a chair of the Finnish Association of Investigative Journalism "Tutkivat" from 2016–2019.

Dear all, 

Qual+ team is excited to announce its collaboration with Global Studies Group (GSG) at Durham Business School (UK).  We are inviting students willing to participate in the event (they can participate online) to submit their papers by the 5th of April. Paper development workshop aims to have six papers to discuss, three from Durham and three from Aalto. Once we receive the papers, we will select the ones with the best potential. The participants will be asked to make a 10-minute presentation about their research for the committee. Professor Grazia Santangelo and Professor Stewart Miller will comment on all presentations. We also plan to have special guests who are familiar with the topic to comment on papers. We will schedule the presentations for the day once we have received all the papers and select them. 

More information about the PDW please contact Roberta & Xinming 

xinming.he@durham.ac.uk

Leads of GSG

Qual+ & IB Research Seminar: Professor Tim Andrews on Surviving the Review Process

Join us for the Qual+ powered IB Research Seminar presented by Professor Tim Andrews from Chiang Mai University Business School, Thailand, on the topic of 'Surviving the review process: Behind the scenes of submitting a qualitative paper on Myanmar.' In this seminar, Prof. Andrews will offer a behind-the-scenes look at navigating the review process for an unconventional qualitative research paper in JIBS. A more specific description of the seminar and Prof. Andrews' bio can be found below. 

Title: Surviving the review process: Behind the scenes of submitting a qualitative paper on Myanmar

Date: Monday, March 18, 2024

Time: 12:30 - 13:30

Location: Aalto University School of Business, Lecture Hall U006

Zoom Meeting: https://aalto.zoom.us/j/69089852861

Description:

This talk aims to provide an informal and candid behind-the-scenes look at how we navigated the Journal of International Business Studies review process for a qualitative research paper set in a neglected business environment to investigate a rarely discussed phenomenon. Not only did we employ exploratory, inductive procedures throughout, but our empirical context was the largely uncharted emerging economy of Myanmar, and our focus was the typically covert, inadmissible ‘anti-science’ of superstition in managerial and organizational decision-making. Not surprisingly, our findings – and the model they engendered – were also somewhat idiosyncratic, uncovering the role of novel phenomena such as contested institutional legitimacy, formal-informal ‘legitimacy thresholds and institutional masking. In this seminar I will share some of the challenges we faced from both ‘constructively tough’ and hostile reviewer demands/attitudes towards our topic and methods and explain how these were addressed and overcome with both editors and reviewers as we steered the paper towards eventual publication. My hope is that, in showing how this was done, I can encourage other researchers to explore interesting and unusual research questions using qualitative procedures in journals typically considered ‘quants’ in their orientation – particularly with topics which lie ‘off the beaten track.’

Speaker Bio:

Tim Andrews is Research Professor at Chiang Mai University Business School and a former Senior Visiting Fellow at the Centre for Southeast Asian Studies, London School of Economics. His current scholarly interests focus on how indigenous socio-cultural constructs shape MNC subunit management in emerging/transitional East Asian economies. Tim has published a number of books, book chapters and research articles – the latter in outlets such as Journal of International Business Studies, Asia Pacific Journal of Management and Management International Review. His research draws upon more than two decades of commercial and consulting experience in emerging Southeast Asia – notably in the automotive, energy, facilities management, and hospitality sectors. Recent books include Organizational Corruption in the Asia Pacific (2023) and Building Brands in Asia: From the Inside-Out (2017).

The event is free and open for all. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to reach out. 

Looking forward to seeing you there!

Best regards, 

IB folks

Mixed-Methods Hackathon

Co-Organizers: Qual+, Aalto University Center for Qualitative Management Studies and Aalto Economic Institute

We invite all Aalto scholars to participate in an engaged dialogue between qualitative and quantitative scholars. Interaction between quantitative and qualitative research traditions can support each other in various ways. Qualitative scholars may find access to empirical programs that offer motivated questions and support sampling and access to significant data. Even if publications do not incorporate quantitative data, qualitative scholars will be supported in crafting motivated samples and impactful research problems. Quantitative scholars, in turn, will be supported the work of crafting new hypotheses and discussing the theoretical significance of their findings. 

Time: 7.3.2024 at 14.00-16.00

Place: Aalto University, School of Business, Ekonominaukio 1, Lecture Hall U006 

Program:

1. Welcome from Qual+, introduction to Qual Research Methods, motivation of the multi-method approach (Rebecca Piekkari & Saku Mantere) (15 min)

2. Two perspectives on immigration (20 min)

• Qual research example (Hilla Back, Language-based discrimination in multilingual organizations: 3 slides: research question, methods, findings) (10 min)
• Quant research example (Ellen Sahlström: “Quant Immigration Study”: 3 slides: research question, methods, findings) (10 min)

3. Data sets of societal significance (Ramin Izadi) (30 min)

• Combining Big Register Data (10 min)
• Experiment multi-methods research about preschool education with educational scientists (20 min)

4. Simultaneous roundtables: Econ-researchers present a question that fascinates them “what is puzzling in my      data”, and discuss in mixed groups: present puzzling graphs or images (30 min)

• Traffic emissions (Arttu Ahonen)
• Pharmaceutical markets (Helena Rantakaulio)
• Immigration (Ellen Sahlström)
• Urban life (Max Toikka)

5. Reflections about interdisciplinary research (Heikki Mannila) (15 min)

6. Conclusion (Rebecca Piekkari, Saku Mantere, Oskari Nokso-Koivisto) (10 min)

7. Beer and Pizza at the Econ Dept

There is limited space to attend so please sign up soon https://link.webropol.com/s/MMHackathon

Aalto Management Department Methods Workshop:     Using Narrative Perspectives in Management Research

This workshop that is offered jointly by Qual+ and Management Unit of the Department is intended for those interested in using narrative lenses in their research projects. This workshop will include two parts. In the first part, Professor Eero Vaara will provide an overview of how narrative perspectives can be employed in theorizing or empirical analysis. In the second part, we will focus on the participants’ own research ideas or projects. The approach taken will be pragmatic, and the key idea is to help each other in learning more about narrative perspectives, methods and their applications.

Schedule:

10.30-12.00 How to use narrative perspectives in management research (Eero Vaara)

12.00-12.30 Lunch (at own cost)

12.30-14.30 Presentation of research ideas and projects

14.30 Conclusion with coffee

In order to organize for catering in the afternoon, please sign up by 15.12 and indicate also if you wish to present and discuss your research idea or project during the latter part of the workshop. If you present, be prepared to submit a brief outline of your idea/project by January 10 (instructions will follow).  The ideas or projects can be at any stage of development! 

Qual+ book launch event (hybrid): Handbook of Feminist Research Methodologies in Management and Organization Studies

(Katila, S., Meriläinen, S. & Bell, E. eds.) 

15.12. at 15.00-16.15, wine service 16.30 - (Finnish time)

Place

Aalto University, School of Business 
Ekonominaukio 1 
Lecture room V001 JENNY JA ANTTI WIHURIN RAHASTO

Programme

Introduction to the book 

Dr., Adjunct Professor Saija Katila, Professor Susan Meriläinen

Comments on the book and its’ role 

Professor Marta Calas, University of Massachusetts, Amherst (online)

• What is the role of the book for the feminist research community and organizations studies in general?
• What chapters resonate to you the most?

Professor Saku Mantere, McGill University & Aalto University (in person & online)

• What is/could be the role of the book to organization studies from the perspective of a scholar who has not actively engaged with feminist theories and methodologies?
• What chapters resonate to you the most?

Dr. Jenny Rodriguez, The University of Manchester (online)

• What is the role of the book for the feminist research community and organizations studies in general? 
• What chapters resonate to you the most?

Professor Leena-Maija Rossi, University of Lapland (in person and online)

• How does the book look like in relation to Finnish gender studies field where business school scholars remain in the margin?
• What chapters resonate to you the most?

Discussion

Wine service, second floor coffee room 

Please register for the event HERE latest by 13.12.2023.

NB! A ZOOM link will be provided prior to the event by email to those opting to participate online.

Handbook of Feminist Research Methodologies in Management and Organization Studies (e-elgar.com) (Katila, Meriläinen and Bell, 2023)

Qual+ research workshop: Historical research approaches in management studies

Time: Thursday 30.11.2023, 13.00-17:30

Place: Aalto University, Maarintie 8, 1199 TU6

Welcome to Qual+ research workshop that dives into the historical research approaches within management studies. The workshop aims to demystify historical research approaches, explicate the opportunities they provide for management scholarship, and the numerous ways they can be employed in practice. 

The workshop has a lineup of superb speakers, all of whom have successfully integrated historical research approaches into management studies. The session begins by equipping attendees with new methodological tools through keynote speeches. Thereafter, we have a panel discussion on how different historical methods can be utilized and what can one hope to achieve with them. Finally, attendees can interactively delve into specialized topics with our panel experts, each anchoring a table on subjects closely tied to their expertise. Participants will have the chance to spend roughly 20 minutes at two different tables of their choosing, allowing a deeper understanding and hands-on exposure to historical research in management.

This event is for those seeking to expand their foundational knowledge of historical research approaches, but especially for early career researchers and those new to historical approaches. We also invite seasoned scholars to foster an exchange of knowledge and bring in multiple perspectives.

Program of the event:

For more information please contact:

Aleksi Niittymies, aleksi.niittymies@aalto.fi

Prof Robert Galliers will lead the first Qual+ Roundtable discussion based on his newly co-edited volume: Cambridge Handbook of Qualitative Digital Research (Simeonova and Galliers, 2023).

Here is a brief overview of the book:

Introduction

Digitalisation is a pervasive and growing phenomenon. Data analytics and Data science programmes are proliferating, but the management, societal and ethical considerations have so far received much less attention.

Addressing this gap in the qualitative analysis of digitalisation, this book serves as a trans-disciplinary complement to quantitative approaches, moving us closer to mixed methods that can tackle the phenomenon adequately.

Structure

Part 1: Philosophical, Epistemological and Theoretical Considerations

Part 2: Methodological Considerations

Part 3: Illustrative Examples and Emergent Issues.
 

Focus of the Qual+ Roundtable discussion
 

After a brief introduction, we will exchange views on the issues that confront the academic community as we grapple with our changing digital world. 
 

Biography

Bob Galliers is Professor Emeritus of Bentley University, where he has served since 2002, first as Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, and then as University Distinguished Professor until his retirement in 2017.

Bob's research is transdisciplinary, focusing on organizational innovation/transformation and change management; the processes and practices of information systems strategizing; organizational knowing, and the intra- and extra-organizational impacts of digital technologies.

Welcome!

The official opening of Qual+ was “a smart and heady event,” as John Van Maanen said of this “unusual gathering of qualitative researchers all in one room”.

We look forward to a busy program of events in the years ahead. Sign up below to our newsletter to stay up to date with our future events.

Qual+ opening event program:

Pre-opening events

-Workshop ‘How to write research methods papers that make a methodological
contribution? (Professor Tine Köhler), Monday 4 September at 13.00-15.00, Väre Q202

-Workshop (brown bag) ‘How to develop and write (about) theory (Professor Joep
Cornelissen), Thursday 7 September at 11.30-12.30, School of Business U213

Thursday 7.9. Aalto University, School of Business, Room V001/V002

13.00 Opening words: Professor Rebecca Piekkari and Aalto University Chairman of the Board Mikko Kosonen

13.15 Keynote 'There and Back Again: Ruminations on Ethnographic Studies.' Professor John Van Maanen, Commentary ‘Genres of Qualitative Work’ by Professor Eero Vaara

14.15 Coffee break

14.45 Keynote ‘Cyborg Inquiry: Can AI Help Us Do Better Qualitative Research?’ by Professor Henri Schildt

15.30 Coffee break

15.45 Panel discussion ‘The Future of Qualitative Management Research’ (Professor Tine Köhler, Professor Mike Pratt, Professor Joep Cornelissen, Professor John Van Maanen, Professor Catherine Welch) Moderator: Professor Saku Mantere

16.45-17.30 Academic speed-dating. Moderator: RDC team

Friday 8.9. Aalto University, School of Business, Room V001/V002

9.00 Opening words by Rector Professor Ilkka Niemelä and Dean Professor Timo Korkeamäki

9.15 Keynote ‘New developments in qualitative methods’ by Professor Mike Pratt

10.15 Coffee break

10.45 Workshop ‘Are qualitative research methods dangerous? cross-language perspectives’ by Professor Susanne Tietze 

12.00 Lunch (self-paid) and discussion starter from Sampsa Hyysalo, Henri Weijo and Riitta Hekkala 

13.30 Roundtables I & II with Professor Tine Köhler, Professor Susanne Tietze, Professor Mike Pratt, Professor John Van Maanen, Professor Saku Mantere, Professor Henri Schildt. Moderator: Philip Gylfe

14.50 Closing words Professor Rebecca Piekkari

15:00 Closing of the event

Dates:   01.09.2025 – 05.09.2025  Location: WU-Vienna

Organizers:  Jonas.Puck@wu.ac.at  Jakob.Muellner@wu.ac.at

Topic:  “Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Big Data: Opportunities and Challenges for International   Business Research”

Workshops:

•Pitfalls in quantitative research - B. Nielsen, U. Sydney

•Pitfalls in qualitative research - C. Welch, Trinity Dublin

•Innovative Data Sources for IB – J. Müllner, WU-Vienna

•Innovation AI in quantitative Methods in IB (AI, ML) – H. Puhr, U. Innsbruck

•Innovation in qualitative Methods in IB - Miko-Schefzig, WU-Vienna

•Text processing in IB – G.Recski, TU Vienna

Additional Activities:

•Social activities (city tour, campus tours, networking dinners…)

•1-1 Coaching sessions

•Panels on publishing in IB

Key Information:

•Application deadline: May 16, 2025 (23:59 CET)

•Fee: 550 EUR for EIBA members (includes tuition, materials, and select meals)

•Travel subsidies are available for eligible participants

Dear all,

We are pleased to invite you to participate in "Learning to See: A Course in Ethnography and Discourse Analysis," taught by esteemed Professor Jo Angouri at Aalto University School of Business from 12–16 May 2025.

This course offers doctoral students a blend of theoretical and practical insights into ethnography and discourse analysis. Through interactive sessions, independent assignments, and collaborative projects, you'll gain hands-on skills in research design, data collection and analysis, and explore the impact of language on identity, interaction, and power dynamics in diverse contexts. 

Course Dates: 12–16 May 2025

Location: On-campus at Aalto University School of Business (Exact location details will be provided closer to the course date)

Credits: 6~9 ECTS

Registration Deadline: 7 April 2025

How to Register?

Please confirm your participation by emailing Jhoomer Chandra (jhoomer.chandra@aalto.fi) and Professor Jo Angouri (J.Angouri@warwick.ac.uk) by 7 April 2025. Kindly include your project title and year of study in your email.

We warmly welcome you to join us for this exciting course!

Kind regards,

Emrecan Gulay (Dr. Arts)

Qual+ Coordinator (Aalto Center for Qualitative Research)
Aalto University, School of Business
Department of Management Studies
(+358) 41 702 7581

Qual+ | Aalto University

Dear PhD students,

Please note the registration for the Kataja course ‘Feminist Theories and Organization Studies: Dialogue on New Bases’ is open to all interested PhD students, especially those whose topics/interests touch the issues of inclusion/exclusion, power relations, gender, race, ethnicity, ethics and more than human relationality. The course will be organized in the wonderful location of Pyhätunturi in Lapland. 

Time and place: June 2025 (4.-6.6.2025), University of Lapland, Pyhätunturi

Link to Kataja course page and registration information.

Feminist Theories and Organization Studies: Dialogue on New Bases - Kataja

Learning goal and objectives: This course focuses on contemporary feminist theoretical debates in the field of organization and management studies. The aim is to enable students to develop a critical appreciation of different feminist approaches to the study of organization, organizing and social relations at work. During the course, central feminist theories will be scrutinized to see how they theorize power differences and are able to reveal different forms of discrimination and processes of inclusion and exclusion, as well as offer emancipatory possibilities for change in contemporary organizations. To address and challenge inequalities in organizations students will be acquainted with new theorizing on connections between contemporary feminisms and different forms of ethics, including moralities, which are based on affective solidarity, ethics of care and recognition-based ethics.
After completing the course, students will be better able to:
* create dialogue and compare different streams of feminist theorizing in the field of management and organization studies.
* analyse power differences and processes of inclusion and exclusion, discrimination, and emancipation in contemporary organizations.
* generate contemporary, innovative research questions within the framework of current feminist debates.
* handle theoretical topics orally and in a written form, at a level appropriate for a doctoral students.

Instructors:
Alison Pullen Professor of Gender, Work and Organization, Macquarie University, Australia.

Alison was born and raised in Wales and now lives on Gadigal land. As a feminist researcher, Alison has worked with feminist philosophy and methodologies to disrupt dominant institutional norms (including knowledge practices) and explore alternative ways of living. Alison and colleagues’ recent publications focused on sexism in business schools, feminist social movements, the importance of hope and inclusion for everyday activism, the good business school and organizational responses to domestic violence. In 2023 Alison was awarded the British Academy of Management Research medal for her sustained contributions to gender research and was inducted as Fellow of the British Academy of Management. She is reading feminist plant philosophy with Sheena Vachhani, queer theory with Elo Reiss and Anna Stöber, democratic organizing in universities with Carl Rhodes, and feminist responsibilities with Alice Wickström.

Susan Meriläinen Professor of Management, University of Lapland, Finland.
Susan is an organization studies scholar whose current projects relate to the embodied and material aspects of feminist knowledge production practices. Together with her like-minded colleagues Susan has actively sought to counter hegemonic academic practices that (re)produce inequalities and hierarchies in academia by using both conventional (e.g. academic writing, curriculum redesign) and more unconventional (e.g. organizing shared knowledge production retreats in the wilderness) means. Susan’s recently co-edited (with Saija Katila and Emma Bell) Handbook of Feminist Methodologies in Management and Organization Studies is a good example of her passion and commitment to change the taken-for-granted practices in organization studies and academia in general. Currently Susan is leading an EU funded research consortium ‘AECED – Transforming Education for Democracy through Aesthetic and Embodied Learning, Responsive Pedagogies and Democracy-as-becoming’ (2024-2026). Susan serves as Associate Editor for Organization.

Saija Katila, Adjunct professor, Senior Lecturer, Aalto School of Business, Finland
Saija is organization studies scholar whose current projects relate to intersection of space and gendering as well as embodiment and materiality in the construction of inclusion and exclusion in organizations be it academia, business or else. In her studies Saija has drawn especially from feminist as well as practice-based theories. Her latest publications have been inspired by affect theories as well feminist new materiality. Recently she co-edited (with Susan Meriläinen and Emma Bell) Handbook of Feminist Methodologies in Management and Organization Studies to highlight the key contributions of feminist theorizing to the methodological practice in organization studies and to envision future directions. Saija served as an Associate Editor for Gender, Work and Organization for 20 years and currently serves in the Editorial Board of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: An International Journal. She further is a board member of Hilma, the National Gender Studies Network.

Guest lecturers:
Adjunct professor, University lecturer Pikka-Maaria Laine, University of Lapland
Professor Janne Tienari, Hanken
Professor Anu Valtonen, University of Lapland
Course coordinator and contact information: ilmarimiettunen@gmail.com

Capri Summer School – X Edition 9 - 13 September 2024 Call for Participation

Aim 

Capri Summer School was born on the impulse of AIDEA (the Italian Academy of Business Administration and Management). The overall aim of the summer school is to enhance participants’ research capabilities. Capri Summer School provides a chance for doctoral students and early career researchers to develop their understanding of research methods in management studies, benefiting from an interdisciplinary setting, under the guidance of a panel of internationally renowned scholars. The school is organized by the University of Naples Federico II and is proudly in partnership with the British Academy of Management (BAM), the Italian Academy of Business Administration and Management (AIDEA), and the University of Salerno. 

Audience and Method 

The course is aimed at doctoral students and early-stage researchers in the areas of management, interested in qualitative studies of accounting, management, finance, organization, etc. Candidates who are developing interesting ideas but who still have time to be influenced by participation in the summer school will receive the strongest consideration. Admission will be on a competitive basis. About 30 participants will be admitted: in addition to overall quality of content, factors such as position within the doctoral process and institutional representation will be taken into account. Participants will be selected by the faculty together with the organizing committee. Lectures will cover epistemological issues, data collection methods and analytic techniques such as content and discourse analysis. 

Venue 

The summer school will be held on the Island of Capri at Villa Orlandi, a seventeenth century villa re-stored by the University of Napoli Federico II. The Villa, surrounded by a nice park, is particularly suited for study and includes all essential facilities. Over ten desks equipped with PCs and Internet connections are available. We also collaborate with the wonderful venue of Villa San Michele – Axel Munthe. Procedures to ensure a safe event due to Covid-19 restrictions (green pass and social distancing) will be guaranteed. 

How to apply 

Applicants are invited to submit a single PDF file consisting of: 

1. A 4-page extended abstract of their thesis project/research idea. Clearly specifying:                      

a) Originality and importance of their intended topic;                                                                                    b) Contribution of the work (expected);                                                                                                         c) Methodological perspectives or epistemological positions they would think as useful to discuss during the summer school. 

2. CV

3. A reference letter written by your tutor explaining the reasons behind the application. 

All materials should be sent as a single PDF file by 5th May 2024. An email receipt of the letter will be sent to acknowledge submissions. Fees will be limited to Euro 500,00 for each participant (not including transports and accommodation). 

Apply online at: http://www.caprisummerschool.it/

Faculty 

Hugh Willmott (chair), Cardiff Business School and Bayes Business School                                                                 Staffan Furusten, Stockholm University & SCORE                                                                                                         Marie-Laure Salles, Graduate Institute Geneve                                                                                                         Afshin Mehrpouya, University of Edinburgh                                                                                                                 Gazi Islam, Grenoble Ecole de Management                                                                                                                 Emma Bell, Open University                                                                                                                                           Roberto Di Pietra, University of Siena                                                                                                                          Patrizia Zanoni, Hasselt University                                                                                                                               Rebecca Piekkari, Aalto University                                                                                                                               Guido Palazzo, HEC Lausanne                                                                                                                                           Emmanouela Mandalaki, NEOMA Business School 

Organizing Committee 

Gianluigi Mangia, Paolo Canonico, Andrea Tomo, Riccardo Mercurio, Lorenzo Mercurio, Stefano Consiglio, Ernesto De Nito, Lucio

More information:

www.caprisummerschool.it 

caprisummerschool@unina.it

****Please circulate to doctoral students****

Hello colleagues,

Qual+ would like to bring an interesting Qualitative Methods Workshop in Lisbon to your attention.

This 4 day workshop from 26 - 29 June 2024 is hands-on and interactive, with a focus on ethnographic methods. It is open to Ph.D. students, post-doc fellows, as well as early-career faculty. 

·       The workshop will take place at NOVA School of Business and Economics on their Carcavelos campus, by the ocean, near Lisbon, Portugal (accommodations not included)

·       Fees are 650 euros for PhD students and post-doc fellows and 850 euros for faculty.

·       The deadline to apply is March 1, 2024.

You will find more information on our website: https://www.qualitativemethodsworkshop.com/

Please share this information with your networks.

Thank you!

Beth Bechky, UC Davis
 

Anne-Laure Fayard, NOVA SBE

Ruthanne Huising, EMLYON

Melissa Mazmanian, UC Irvine

Hila Lifshitz-Assaf, Warwick Business School

Please enroll for the course here: Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) Workshop | Aalto University

Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) by Professor Peer C. Fiss

Where:

5.6. 1030-1700 A215 A2 (Otakaari 1) 

Please notice that The Introduction to Configurational Theorizing and QCA 1030-1230 will be in hybrid format and is open to everyone (no workshop registration required).

Join Zoom Meeting

https://aalto.zoom.us/j/67835701283

Meeting ID: 678 3570 1283         

6.6. 1030-1700 V002 (Ekonominaukio 1)                                                                                                     

7.6.  1030-1700 V001 (Ekonominaukio 1) 

Workshop at Aalto Center for Qualitative Management Research

Qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) is a research approach consisting of both an analytical technique and a conceptual perspective for researchers interested in studying configurational phenomena. QCA is particularly appropriate for the analysis of causally complex phenomena marked by multiple, conjunctural causation where multiple causes combine to bring about outcomes in complex ways. 

QCA was developed in the 1980s by Charles Ragin, a sociologist and political scientist, as an alternative comparative approach that lies midway between the primarily qualitative, case-oriented approach and the primarily quantitative, variable-oriented approach, with the goal of bridging both by combining their advantages and tackling situations where causality is complex and conjunctural. QCA uses Boolean algebra for the analysis of set relations and allows researchers to formally analyze patterns of necessity and sufficiency regarding outcomes of interest. Since its inception, QCA has developed into a broad set of techniques that share their set-analytic nature and include both descriptive and inferential techniques. 

Many researchers have drawn on QCA because it offers a means to systematically analyze data sets with relatively few observations. In fact, QCA was originally developed for small- to medium-N situations with between 10 and 50 cases. In such situations there are frequently too many cases to pursue a classical qualitative approach but too few cases for conventional statistical analysis. However, more recently, researchers have also applied QCA to medium- and large-N situations marked by hundreds of thousands of cases. While these applications require some changes to how QCA is applied, they retain many advantages for analyzing situations that are configurational in nature and marked by causal complexity.

The goal of this workshop is to provide a ground-up introduction to Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) and fuzzy sets. Participants will get intensive instruction in the method as well as hands-on experience with the fsQCA software package. On completion of the course, participants should be able to:

1.  understand the goals, assumptions, and key concepts of QCA.
2. design and execute research projects using a set-analytic approach.
3. conduct data analysis using the fsQCA software package!
4. apply advanced forms of set-analytic investigation
    

I would like this workshop to be as useful to you as possible. To get the most out of this workshop, you would ideally already be working on an empirical project that might be aided by taking a configurational approach, but that is not essential. Over the course of this workshop, I hope you will be thinking about how you can apply these methods to your research, and I will do my best to be of assistance. 

More information: https://sisu.aalto.fi/student/courseunit/otm-fd6b0085-5776-4155-9f02-b94c637ea512/brochure

Day 1 

Introduction to Configurational Theorizing and QCA

10:30-12:30

General Introduction: QCA and Configurational Theorizing. 

This introductory session will engage in some of the key issues in configurational theorizing and the use of configurational methods such as QCA. The session will be in hybrid format and is open to everyone (no workshop registration required).

Join Zoom Meeting

https://aalto.zoom.us/j/67835701283

Meeting ID: 678 3570 1283

12:30-13:30

Lunch

13:30-16:30

Session 1: Introduction to the comparative perspective and QCA

The goal of this first unit is to offer an introduction to the logic of comparative research, as this perspective will be fundamental in informing our thinking for the coming days. The focus is on understanding social research from a set-analytic perspective as well as examining the distinctive place of configurational and comparative research. 

We will move on to the basics of QCA, starting with a brief introduction to sets and Boolean algebra. We will then cover set-analytic analysis vs. correlational analysis, the concepts of necessity and sufficiency as well as consistency, coverage, and set coincidence. 

Key Readings:

Ragin, 2000: Chapters 3-5

Ragin, 2008: Chapters 1-3

Day 2

Crisp Set QCA

10:30-12:30

Session 2: Crisp Set Analysis 

In this session, we will work through an example of a complete crisp-set QCA (csQCA) using binary data sets. This will include the coding of data, the construction of truth tables, and understanding the three solutions—complex, parsimonious, and intermediate. We will also begin to examine the importance of counterfactual analysis based on easy versus difficult counterfactuals. 

Key Readings:
Ragin, 2000: Chapters 3-5
 

12:30-13:30

Lunch

13:30-16:30

Session 3: Hands-On Exercise with the fsqca software package

During the afternoon session, we will be using the fsqca software package to analyze a sample dataset based on the example we covered in the morning. Please bring your laptop with the fsqca software package already installed. It can be downloaded for free here. The software runs better on PCs, so if you are a Mac user, I recommend running it on a virtual Windows machine. We will also be getting into case-oriented strategies for improving consistency scores in empirical projects. 

Day 3

Fuzzy Set QCA and Beyond

10:30-12:30

Session 4: Fuzzy Set Analysis

We will move on to fuzzy sets and their calibration. Fuzzy sets are attractive because they permit fine-grained calibration of concepts, making them much more flexible than binary crisp sets. Time permitting, we will also examine issues around partitioning consistency and coverage scores. 

Key readings:

Ragin, 2008: Chapters 4-5

12:30-13:30

Lunch

13:30-16:30

We will use the afternoon to review examples of recent large-N applications of QCA. These examples will give us an opportunity to raise further questions about how to execute research using a set-analytic approach. We will also reserve some time for further questions that have come up during the workshop.

Preparation for the Workshop

To prepare for this workshop, there are several required readings that you should complete before we start. They are as follows: 

Ragin, Charles C. 1987. The Comparative Method: Moving beyond Qualitative and Quantitative Strategies. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. Chapters 6-8.

Ragin, Charles C. 2000. Fuzzy Set Social Science. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press. Chapters 3-5. 

Ragin, Charles C. 2008. Redesigning Social Inquiry: Fuzzy-Sets and Beyond. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press. Chapters 1-5.

Fiss, Peer C. 2007. A Set-theoretic Approach to Organizational Configurations. Academy of Management Review, 32: 1180-1198.

Peer C. Fiss. 2011. Building Better Causal Theories: A Fuzzy Set Approach to Typologies in Organization Research. Academy of Management Journal, 54: 393 420.

*Misangyi, Vilmos F., and Thomas Greckhamer, Santi Furnari, Peer C. Fiss, Donal Crilly, Ruth Aguilera (in reverse alphabetical order). 2017. Embracing Causal Complexity: The Emergence of a Neo-Configurational Perspective. Journal of Management, 43: 255-282.

*Furnari, Santi, and Donal Crilly, Vilmos F. Misangyi, Thomas Greckhamer, Peer C. Fiss, Ruth Aguilera. 2021. Capturing Causal Complexity: Heuristics for Configurational Theorizing. Academy of Management Review, 46: 778-799.

All required readings are posted here, and the presentation slides are posted here. In addition, I have posted a selection of optional readings. They are not required but cover various issues and should be helpful to you, especially if you want to take the workshop for course credit (see below). 

Finally, if you are only attending the first session of the workshop on configurational theorizing, you only need to review the articles by Misangyi et al. and Furnari et al. above (marked with an asterisk). 

Taking This Workshop for Course Credit

Doctoral students may take this 3-day workshop for credit towards their degree. To do that, you have to attend all sessions and, after the completion of the workshop, create a reseach proposal for a study using QCA based on the content we have covered during the course. All required chapters listed above are part of the examination relevant literature, as are all course materials such as PPTs and materials distributed to the participants during the course. 

To get inspiration for research proposals, I recommend that you review recent research projects in their field using QCA. A bibliography of such projects is available at http://compasss.org/bibliography/, in addition to the folder with optional readings containing a set of studies curated by me. 

The empirical project proposal should be about 10 pages double-spaced and should contain the following elements: abstract, theory, hypotheses (only if hypothesis testing), research design, discussion of anticipated contributions, references. Note that this does not include any requirement for data collection or analysis. However, if if you already have data, know a faculty member who has data you can use, or a strong lead on data that you can get quickly, you may also add empirical results, but typically this is not expected. Because of the additional burdens of data collection and analysis, I do not require you to perform all of the analyses a full paper would require. 

Peer Fiss Bio

Peer C. Fiss is the Jill and Frank Fertitta Chair and Professor of Management & Organization and Sociology at the University of Southern California (USA). His research interest lie primarily in the areas of organization theory and methodology, but has also published in sociology, political science, and information systems. His early work focused on how larger social and political forces influence the diffusion and adaptation of organizational innovations, and how accounts that “frame” and justify such practices are constructed. More recently, he has worked on how social categorization processes affect and shape exchange markets. Peer has also been working for almost two decades on the use of set-analytic methods in the social sciences, and specifically on the use of set-fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis (QCA). His work has been published in the Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Administrative Science Quarterly, American Sociological Review, Journal of Management, Journal of Management Studies, MIS Quarterly, Organization Science, Organization Studies, Strategic Organization, and the Strategic Management Journal, among others. His last book with Charles Ragin on applying set-analytic methods to policy analysis is entitled Intersectional Inequality: Race, Class, Test Scores, and Poverty (University of Chicago Press, 2017). 

Peer received his PhD jointly in Management & Organization and Sociology from Northwestern University in 2003. He started his career at Queen’s University, Canada, and moved to USC where he became a chaired professor in 2020 and served as Department Chair from 2017 to 2020. He currently serves as the Associate Vice Dean for Research at Marshall. 

Peer has served as an Associate Editor for the Academy of Management Review and as a Senior Editor for Organization Science. He has also served on the editorial boards of management journals such as AMJ, AMR, ASQ, JIBS, Org Sci, and SMJ. He is a former Chair of the Academy of Management’s Organization and Management Theory Division. He has been granted numerous awards, including the Western Academy of Management's Ascendant Scholar Award, the Golden Apple Teaching Award for the Marshall MBA Core, the Mellon Mentoring Award from the University of California, and the Marshall Faculty Award for Ph.D. Mentoring. Professor Fiss has over 9,400 citations with a h-index of 26 in Web of Science and over 18,500 citations with a h-index of 29 in Google Scholar.

Peer has offered workshops on QCA at universities in Europe and North America and will again teach a one-week workshop as part of the Global School on Empirical Research Methods at St. Gallen, Switzerland, in the summer of 2024. Peer’s workshops of QCA methods are widely recognized as world-class, empowering scholars to deal with causal complexity. His pioneering work on QCA in management studies has changed the way researchers analyze and comprehend the intricate relationships between multiple causes. Through his work he has demonstrated how QCA can unveil the complex configurations that drive outcomes such as high performance, agility, and strategic change in organizations. 

26L30511 Learning to See: A Course in Ethnography and Discourse Analysis (6 ~ 9 ECTS cr)

Level and status: Doctoral studies. 

Objective: This course is intended for students of Aalto-BIZ doctoral program as an elective module of Common Core Studies.

The course provides an overview of theory and method for discourse research. It is structured in two parts, a theoretical and an empirical one; for the latter, the students design and carry out a research project. Through class meetings and independent learning, the course familiarizes students with the principles and practices of designing a discourse project, collecting data, analysing interaction, and presenting and writing up findings.

The aims of the course are:

To examine critically how different theoretical and methodological approaches in discourse studies help us understand, describe, and interpret language use in different multilingual and multicultural contexts,

To extend and develop the students’ knowledge of issues surrounding discourse in society,

To develop a critical awareness of the relationship between the features of language and the social context at both micro and macro levels,

To extend and develop the students’ knowledge of ethnographic research.

Course content:

The course will draw on the following general themes:

• Philosophical underpinnings of discourse analysis,
• Language use in context,
• Qualitative and quantitative traditions of discourse research,
• Ethnographic research,
• Multimodal analysis,
• What is (not) discourse analysis,
• Language and identity,
• Multilingual practices at work,
• Language policy and language practice.

By the end of the course the student should be able to:

• Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of theories and empirical research on discourse with a particular focus on interaction analysis,
• Show understandings of the relationship between language and society,
• Show awareness of key issues around interaction, identity, and multilingualism,
• Evaluate critically how different theoretical & methodological approaches and concepts help to understand, describe, and explain language use in different multilingual and multicultural contexts,
• Design and carry out a small-scale investigative ethnographic study using quantitative and/or qualitative methods as appropriate.

Measurable outcomes:

• Write up discourse research in a clear, informative, and structured way,
• Use effectively key theoretical concepts in discourse and terminology,
• Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the complex relationship between language and gender, ethnicity and power in the workplace,
• Demonstrate familiarity with the methods and tools of socio/linguistic enquiry.

Literature: Package of readings, to be announced

Language: English 

Enrolment: Via email and/or SISU (once the course webpage is updated)

Grading: Pass/Fail

Course website: MyCourses

Further information: Maximum number of students 10.

Schedule: one-week intensive classes in Period V of Spring term 2024 (10:00-16:00 every weekday, May 15^th-21^st, except May 17^th) and significant independent work in-between; several optional reading circles

Credits: 6 ECTs for completing the intensive week of this course and additional optional 3 ECTs for completing the reading circles throughout the year.

Prerequisites: Have taken a qualitative research related course

Teacher: Jo Angouri

Application method: 

Please register by sending email to Jo Angouri (J.Angouri@warwick.ac.uk) and Jiayin Yu (jiayin.yu@aalto.fi) with very basics about your project (title/year of study).

To register for the course, students from Aalto will also need to register through SISU later, once the course is created.

Dear all, 

Qual+ would like to bring an interesting philosophy of science course to your attention. 

Philosophical Underpinnings and Ongoing Debates of Marketing and Consumer Research (Doctoral Course, 6 / 7,5 ECTS, 9.-11.4.2024, Aalto University School of Business) 

Course Directors: Henrikki Tikkanen, Joel Hietanen & Jacob Östberg 

Course coordinator: Henrikki Tikkanen 

Please enroll for the course at Sisu by sending email to: henrikki.tikkanen (at) aalto.fi

Contents: 

1. Course description and instructions 

2. Schedule 

3. Literature list 

1. Course description and instructions 

Over more than half a century, the field of marketing has been characterized by a number of ideological and epistemological debates covering issues such as what phenomena should be studied, from what perspectives, and for what purposes. This course aims to introduce students to these debates in order to give a sufficient intellectual grounding in the field of marketing to be able to produce high quality research. The course takes its departure in some of the current and historical debates and charts the philosophical underpinnings of the different protagonists. 

Learning outcomes 

Upon successful completion of the course, the student should have acquired a level of understanding and knowledge about philosophical underpinnings and ongoing debates of marketing and consumer research that allows him/her to: 

• Analyze and identify the philosophical underpinnings and ongoing debates on philosophy of science in marketing and consumer research. 

• Describe and discuss how different studies in marketing and consumer research are connected to different research paradigms, and underlying ontological and epistemological assumptions. 

• Reflect upon the impact of various philosophical underpinnings for the conduct of research in marketing and consumer research. 

Forms of instruction 

The course consists of intensive seminars conducted over three days where the texts are discussed together with the three course directors. In preparation for these intensive seminars the students should read the texts and prepare notes in advance for writing a learning diary, which can then be used to prepare a comprehensive final report after the seminars. 

Forms of examination 

The course is assessed through active participation in the seminars and completion of written assignments. 

Learning diary 

Extensive notes for writing the learning diary should be prepared before the seminars. The final version of the learning diary should contain a discussion of the journal articles in the reading list. 

It is up to you to find a specific format for the learning diary that makes sense to you; it is most importantly a tool for your learning, but also a way for us to assess whether you have engaged with the readings. You do not need to summarize every single article, but you do need to demonstrate a thorough engagement with the texts. An important part of academic work is learning to quickly assess whether to engage more wholeheartedly with a specific text or whether to engage with it in a more cursory fashion. We expect you to engage with the reading list as a totality, meaning that you will be familiar with all the texts, and that you should be able to discuss the different debates covered. It does not mean, however, that you should be able to re-tell the content of every single article. 

The complete learning diary is to be handed in with the final report (below). A typical learning diary will cover approximately 25 pages body text (Times New Roman, 1,5 spacing). 

Final report 

For students taking the course for 7,5 ECTS credits, the final report should connect the readings covered in the learning diary to the student’s learning from discussions during the seminars and a core book in the readings list (Brown, S. 1995, Postmodern Marketing [see ‘Further readings 1’ below]). 

Students taking the course for 6 ECTS credits do not need to engage with the book (Brown, 1995) at all. 

While the learning diary contains your reflections on the individual readings, the final report should take a meta perspective and engage with the readings and the discussions as a totality. The final report should thus be an essay where you discuss the different debates and position yourself and your research in the midst of these discussions. You do not necessarily need to confine yourself to discussing the articles in relationship to the classroom discussions and the books but are free to take any perspective that you find worthwhile. 

The deadline for handing in a file containing both the learning diary and final report is May 15, 2024, and a typical final report (in addition to the learning diary) will cover approximate 15 pages (Times New Roman, 1,5 spacing). 

2. Schedule 

• Tuesday, April 9, 2024: 10-16 (Aalto Business School, Room T003) 

• Wednesday, April 10, 2024: 10-16 (Aalto Business School, Room U006) 

• Thursday, April 11,2024: 10-16 (Aalto Business School, Room U135) 

Literature List 

Readings (Day 1) – Historical perspectives 

Levy, S. J. (1959). Symbols for sale. Harvard Business Review, 37(4), 117-124. 

Bagozzi, R. P. (1975). Marketing as exchange. Journal of Marketing, 39(4), 32-39. 

Hunt, S. D. (1976). The nature and scope of marketing. Journal of Marketing, 40(3), 17-28. 

Brown, S. (2001). Art or science? Fifty years of marketing debate. The Marketing Review, 2(1), 89-119. 

Vargo, S. L., & Lusch, R. F. (2004). Evolving to a new dominant logic for marketing. Journal of Marketing, 68(1), 1-17. 

Tadajewski, M. (2004). The philosophy of marketing theory: Historical and future directions. The Marketing Review, 4(3), 307-340. 

Levy, S. J. (2006). History of qualitative research methods in marketing. In Handbook of Qualitative Research Methods in Marketing. (Ed.) Belk, R.W., 3-16, Edward Elgar: U.K. 

Tapp, A. (2007). Physics envy. Marketing Intelligence & Planning, 25(3), 229-231. 

Tadajewski, M. (2008). Incommensurable paradigms, cognitive bias and the politics of marketing theory. Marketing Theory, 8(3), 273-297. 

Tadajewski, M. (2008). Final thoughts on amnesia and marketing theory. Marketing Theory, 8(4), 465-484. 

Tadajewski, M., & Jones, D. B. (2012). Scientific marketing management and the emergence of the ethical marketing concept. Journal of Marketing Management, 28(1/2), 37-61. 

Thompson, C. J., Arnould, E., & Giesler, M. (2013). Discursivity, difference, and disruption: Genealogical reflections on the consumer culture theory heteroglossia. Marketing Theory, 13(2), 149-174. 

Readings (Day 2) – Fragmentation of the ‘Received View’ and the emergence of the qualitative paradigm 

Anderson, P. F. (1986). On method in consumer research: A critical relativist perspective. Journal of Consumer Research, 13(2), 155-173. 

Hirschman, E. C. (1986). Humanistic inquiry in marketing research: Philosophy, method, and criteria. Journal of Marketing Research, 23(3), 237-249. 

Holbrook, M. B., & O’Shaughnessy, J. (1988). On the scientific status of consumer research and the need for an interpretive approach to studying consumption behavior. Journal of Consumer Research, 15 (3), 398-402. 

Hudson, L. A., & Ozanne, J. L. (1988). Alternative ways of seeking knowledge in consumer research. Journal of Consumer Research, 14 (4), 508-521. 

Siegel, H. (1988). Relativism for consumer research (Comments for Anderson). Journal of Consumer Research, 15(1), 129-132. 

Monieson, D. D. (1989). Intellectualization in macromarketing revisited: A Reply to Hunt. Journal of Macromarketing, 9(2), 11-16. 

Holt, D. B. (1991). Rashomon visits consumer behavior: An interpretive critique of naturalistic inquiry. In Advances in Consumer Research (18), (Eds.) 

Holman, R. H., Solomon, M. R., 57-62, Association for Consumer Research: Provo, USA. 

Hunt, S. D. (1993). Objectivity in marketing theory and research. Journal of Marketing, 57(2), 76-91. 

Firat, F. A., Dholakia, N., Venkatesh, A. (1995), Marketing in a postmodern world. European Journal of Marketing, 29(1), 40-56. 

Denzin, N. K. (2001). The seventh movement: Qualitative inquiry and practices of a more radical consumer research. Journal of Consumer Research, 28(2), 324-330. 

Brownlie, D. (2006), Emancipation, epiphany and resistance: On the underimagined and overdetermined in critical marketing. Journal of Marketing Management, 22(5/6), 505- 528. 

Maclaran, P., & Kravets, O. (2018). Feminist perspectives in marketing: Past, present, and future. In The Routledge Companion to Critical Marketing. London: Routledge, pp. 64- 82. 

Readings (Day 3) – Fragmentation of structuralism and dark (?) future directions 

Shankar, A., Whittaker, J., & Fitchett, J. A. (2006). Heaven knows I’m miserable now. Marketing Theory, 6(4), 485-505. 

Cluley, R., & Dunne, S. (2012). From commodity fetishism to commodity narcissism. Marketing Theory, 12(3), 251-265. 

Maclaran, P. (2015). Feminism’s fourth wave: A research agenda for marketing and consumer research. Journal of Marketing Management, 31(15-16), 1732-1738. 

Gabriel, Y. (2015). Identity, choice and consumer freedom–the new opiates? A psychoanalytic interrogation. Marketing Theory, 15(1), 25-30. 

Bradshaw, A., & Zwick, D. (2016). The field of business sustainability and the death drive: A radical intervention. Journal of Business Ethics, 136(2), 267-279. 

Hietanen, J., Andéhn, M., & Bradshaw, A. (2018). Against the implicit politics of servicedominant logic. Marketing Theory, 18(1), 101-119. 

Ahlberg, O., Hietanen, J., & Soila, T. (2021). The haunting specter of retro consumption. Marketing Theory, 21(2), 157-175. 

Darmody, A., & Zwick, D. (2020). Manipulate to empower: Hyper-relevance and the contradictions of marketing in the age of surveillance capitalism. Big Data & Society. Epub ahead of print 4 February 2020. DOI: 10.1177/2053951720904112 

Ahlberg, O., Coffin, J., & Hietanen, J. (2022). Bleak signs of our times: Descent into ‘Terminal Marketing’. Marketing Theory, 22(4), 667-688. 

Hietanen, J., Ahlberg, O., & Botez, A. (2022). The ‘dividual’ is semiocapitalist consumer culture. Journal of Marketing Management, 38(1-2), 165-181. Special presentation: Luoma, J., & Hietanen, J. (forthcoming). Reflexive quantitative modeling. Conditionally accepted to Academy of Management Review. 

(NOT MANDATORY) Further readings 1 – Seminal monographs 

Lincoln, Y. S., & Guba, E. (1985). Naturalistic Inquiry. Sage Publications: Beverly Hills, USA. 

Marcus, G. E., Fischer, M. M. J. (1986). Anthropology as a Cultural Critique: An Experimental Moment in the Human Sciences. University of Chicago Press: Chicago, USA. 

Clifford, J., & Marcus, G. (1986), Writing Culture: The Poetics and Politics of Ethnography. University of California Press: Berkeley, CA. Brown, S. (1995). Postmodern Marketing. Routledge: London, UK. 

Further readings 2 – Special perspectives 

Thompson, C. J., Locander, W. B., & Pollio, H. R. (1989). Putting consumer experience back into consumer research: The philosophy and method of existential-phenomenology. Journal of Consumer Research, 16(2), 133-146. 

Bristor, J. M., & Fischer, E. (1993). Feminist thought: Implications for consumer research. Journal of Consumer Research, 14(4), 518-536. 

Hetrick, W. P., & Lozada, H. R. (1994). Constructing the critical imagination: Comments and necessary diversions. Journal of Consumer Research, 21(3), 548- 558. 

Gherardi, S. (2000). Practice-based theorizing on learning and knowing in organizations. Organization, 7(2), 211-223. Mick, D. G. (1986). Consumer research and semiotics: Exploring the morphology of signs, symbols, and significance. Journal of Consumer Research, 13 (2), 196-213. 

Murray, J. B., & Ozanne, J. L. (1991). The critical imagination: Emancipatory interests in consumer research. Journal of Consumer Research, 18(2), 129- 144.

Kozinets, R. V. (2002). The field behind of the screen: Using netnography for marketing research in online communities. Journal of Marketing Research, 39(1), 61-72. 

Bode, M., & Østergaard, P. (2013). ‘The wild and wacky worlds of consumer oddballs’: Analyzing the manifestary context of consumer culture theory. Marketing Theory, 13(2), 175-192. 

Further readings 3 – The rise of politics and criticality 

Hackley, C. (2002). The panoptic role of advertising agencies in the production of consumer culture. Consumption, Markets & Culture, 5(3), 211-229. 

Sherry Jr, J. F., & Schouten, J. W. (2002). A role for poetry in consumer research. Journal of Consumer Research, 29(2), 218-234. 

Cherrier, H., & Murray, J. B. (2004). The sociology of consumption: the hidden facet of marketing. Journal of Marketing Management, 20(5/6), 509-525. 

Marion, G. (2006). Marketing ideology and criticism: Legitimacy and legitimization. Marketing Theory, 6(2), 245-262. 

Patterson, A., Bradshaw, A., & Brown, S. (2008). Don’t forget the fruit gums, chum’: Marketing under erasure and renewal. Marketing Theory, 8(4), 449-463. 

Fitchett, J. A., Patsiaouras, G., & Davies, A. (2014). Myth and ideology in consumer culture theory. Marketing Theory, 14(4), 495-506. 

Hill, T., Canniford, R., & Mol, J. (2014). Non-representational marketing theory. Marketing Theory, 14(4), 377-394. Cluley, R. (2015). Consumption and repression. Marketing Theory, 15(3), 365-379. 

Lambert, A. (2019). Psychotic, acritical and precarious? A Lacanian exploration of the neoliberal consumer subject. Marketing Theory, 19(3), 329-346. 

Andéhn, M., Hietanen, J., & Lucarelli, A. (2020). Performing place promotion—On implaced identity in marketized geographies. Marketing Theory, 20(3), 321-342. 

Hietanen, J., Murray, J. B., Sihvonen, A., & Tikkanen, H. (2019). Seduced by “fakes”: Producing the excessive interplay of authentic/counterfeit from a Baudrillardian perspective. Marketing Theory, 20(1), 23-43. 

Instructor Biographies 

Prof. Henrikki Tikkanen (henrikki.tikkanen@aalto.fi) is the A.I. Virtanen Professor of Marketing and Consumer Research at Aalto University School of Business in Helsinki, Finland. Henrikki’s research has focused on the interface of strategic marketing and management, business model and industry evolution, and management & organizational history. He has published recently in such leading journals such as Business History, Management & Organizational History, Scandinavian Economic History Review, Strategic Management Journal, Journal of Management Studies, Journal of Marketing and Journal of Service Research. Henrikki has also been a Professor at Stockholm University, and a visiting professor at ESCP Europe in Paris and at the AIT Asian Institute of Technology in Bangkok. He holds a D.Sc. (Econ. & Bus. Adm.) in international marketing and a Ph.D. in history. 

Prof. Jacob Östberg (jacob.ostberg@sbs.su.se) is Professor of Marketing at Stockholm Business School, Stockholm University, Sweden. He earned his PhD in 2003 at Lund University, Sweden. Since then he has taught at the Business Schools at Lund and Stockholm University, and as Visiting Distinguished Professor of Marketing, Aalto University School of Business, Helsinki, Finland, and visiting scholar at Bìlkent University in Ankara, Turkey. His research focuses on consumer culture and on how meaning is negotiated at the intersection of marketing, popular culture, and consumers’ lived lives. In particular, Östberg has been interested in questions around gender and masculinity in a Nordic setting. He has authored, coauthored, and edited 10 books. His work has also appeared in outlets such as Consumption, Markets & Culture; European Journal of Marketing; Journal of Consumer Culture; Journal of Consumer Research; Journal of Marketing Management; and Marketing Theory as well as in numerous contributions to edited volumes. 

Prof. Joel Hietanen (joel.hietanen@helsinki.fi) is Professor of Socio-technical Change in Consumer Society at Centre for Consumer Society Research, University of Helsinki, Finland. Joel’s research has focused on various critical interpretations of French philosophy to scholarship in consumer culture and the technologization of consumption. He has recently published in leading journals in both consumer research and marketing and organization theory including Journal of Consumer Culture, Journal of Business Ethics, Marketing Theory, Journal of Business Research, Organization Studies, Management Learning, and Organization. Joel has also been Associate Professor in Stockholm School of Business, Stockholm University. He holds a D.Sc. (Econ. & Bus. Adm.) in marketing from Aalto University School of Business.

Further details here: https://www.eiasm.org/frontoffice/eden_announcement.asp?event_id=1686%20

For more information:

Capri Summer School | AIDEA Capri Summer School in Capri

Call for participation:

https://www.caprisummerschool.it/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/CfP_CSS_2023.pdf

Registration is open for the 3^rd Northeastern Qualitative Research Conference, which will be held on April 9^th from 10 am to 1 pm EST. The conference is online and free to all participants.   To register please click here: https://qualconference.vfairs.com/en/registration-form

Please forward this registration to anyone who you think might be interested in joining!

The goal is for the global qualitative community to come together around a shared experience and share insights. This year we are going to have two panels. The first is focused on how we might (or might not) use AI for qualitative research. The second is focused on investigating new themes in qualitative research. We are going to have a plenary by Tammar Zilber, who is going to share insights from the forthcoming special issue in Organization Studies on qualitative methods. See the more detailed program below:

Schedule for the 3^rd Northeastern Qualitative Research Conference

(Times are listed in Eastern Standard Time).

10:00 – 10:10     Introduction by Stine Grodal, Northeastern University

10:10 – 11:10     AI and qualitative research 

·         Hila Lifshitz, Warwick University

·         Andrew Nelson, University of Oregon

·         Arvind Karunakaran, Stanford University

·         Henri Schildt, Aalto University

11:10 - 11:25    Small group discussions

11:25 – 11:30    “Coffee Break”

11:30 – 11:50    Plenary by Tammar Zilber, Hebrew University

11:50 – 12:50    New Themes in Qualitative Research

·         Sarah Kaplan, University of Toronto

·         Judith Clair, Boston College

·         Julia DiBenigno, Yale University

12:50 – 1:00      Conclusion by Stine Grodal, Northeastern University

The 3^rd Northeastern Qualitative Research Conference is hosted by the D’Amore-McKim School of Business at Northeastern University

We look forward to seeing you! 

Best, 

Stine Grodal

Distinguished Professor

Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Northeastern University

www.grodal.org

Dear colleagues,

Please find below information regarding the Latin American Practice and Process Gathering (LAPPG) that will take place between the 4^th and 6^th of December of 2024 at EAFIT University in Colombia and the Academy of Management Idea Development Workshop (AMR IDW) that will take place on the 3^rd of December of 2024 at EAFIT University. The LAPPG event has a registration fee, while the AMR IDW involves no fee.

Details on the Latin American Practice & Process Gathering:

https://educacioncontinua.eafit.edu.co/area-misional/latin-american-practice-process-gathering-lappg-2024/

Details on the Academy of Management Review Idea Development Workshop in Colombia:

https://aom.org/events/event-detail/2024/12/03/higher-logic-calendar/amr-idea-development-workshop-colombia

All the best, 

Qual+ Team

Dear colleagues, 

Please find below an extended Zoom invitation to A Global Studies Centre events with Prof Keith Brouthers (King's College London, Fellow of AIB), a leading scholar in international business and international management. These include the highly anticipated Workshop on Publishing (6^th Nov) and a Research Feedback Workshop (7^th Nov). With extensive expertise in publishing, Prof Brouthers will offer invaluable insights and practical advice on navigating the publication process and offer helpful feedback. These workshops are highly recommended for ECRs and PhD students looking to enhance their publishing skills and boost their academic careers. Please find the details and links below.

All the best, 

Qual+ Team

From: HE, XINMING <xinming.he@durham.ac.uk> 
Sent: Wednesday, 30 October 2024 10.00
Subject: FW: GSC Workshops 6th & 7th Nov 2024

Hello,

It is a quick reminder of our upcoming events with Prof Keith Brouthers (King's College London, Fellow of AIB) next week, featuring the Workshop on Publishing (6^th Nov) and a Research Feedback Workshop (7^th Nov). Please find the details below.

Best wishes,

Roberta & Xinming

Leads of GSC (Global Studies Centre)

DUBS

From: HE, XINMING <xinming.he@durham.ac.uk> 
Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2024 1:14 PM
Subject: GSC Workshops 6th & 7th Nov 2024

Dear colleagues,

GSC (Global Studies Centre) is excited to announce that Prof Keith Brouthers (King's College London, Fellow of AIB), a leading scholar in international business and international management, will be joining us for two research events during his visit. These include the highly anticipated Workshop on Publishing (6^th Nov) and a Research Feedback Workshop (7^th Nov). With extensive expertise in publishing, Prof Brouthers will offer invaluable insights and practical advice on navigating the publication process and offer helpful feedback. These workshops are highly recommended for ECRs and PhD students looking to enhance their publishing skills and boost their academic careers. The details and Prof Brouthers’ bio are below.

Agenda:

Workshop on Publishing (0900-1230, 6^th Nov 2024, WB1005,the Waterside Building; A zoom link is available if unable to attend in person: https://durhamuniversity.zoom.us/j/97708162873, Meeting ID: 977 0816 2873, Passcode: 816762).

9.00-10.30: Session 1

General approach to publishing

Why publish

Level of Publishing

Management versus Academic articles

Journal rankings – prestige versus citations

Potential outlets

Brouthers, KD, Mudambi, R, & Reeb, DM 2012. The blockbuster hypothesis: Influencing the boundaries of knowledge. Scientometrics, 90(3): 959-982.

ABS list, FT list

Dealing with rejection

Day, NE 2011. The silent majority: Manuscript rejection and its impact on scholars. Academy of management Learning & Education, 10(4): 704-718.

Coming up with a good idea

Why is the idea so critical?

Potential sources

Qualifying your idea

What is not a good idea

Whetten, DA 1989. What constitutes a theoretical contribution? Academy of Management Review, 14(4): 490-495.            

What do reviewers look for?

Caligiuri, P & Thomas, DC 2013. How to write a high-quality review. Journal of International Business Studies, 44: 547-553.

10.45-12.15 Session 2

How to collect data for academic research

Data collection for IB studies

What types of firms to survey

Where do you get firm information?

Developing a survey questionnaire

Collecting data

Other issues

Research Feedback Workshop (0900-1200, 7^th Nov 2024, WB1005,the Waterside Building)

We are inviting up to five colleagues and PhD students to present their research for personalised feedback. This is a great opportunity to receive detailed, expert insights on your work. 

If you're interested in joining, please email us to secure your place - spots will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.

Speaker bio: Keith D. Brouthers is Professor of Business Strategy at King’s Business School, King’s College London and a Fellow of the Academy of International Business. Prof Brouthers specializes in international strategic management. His current research interests include entry and establishment mode choice, export channel selection, and the digital economy. Recognised as a leading scholar in the field of international business and international management, Prof Brouthers’ research has been published in leading academic journals including Strategic Management Journal, Journal of Management, Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of Management Studies, Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, and Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice. A single-authored article by Prof Brouthers won the Decade Award of the Journal of International Business Studies in 2012. 

Looking forward to your participation!

Roberta & Xinming

Leads of GSC (Global Studies Centre)

DUBS

Subject: Global Studies Group events - Prof Fabrice Lumineau (Hong Kong; AE, Journal of Management) 29th May 2024

Dear colleagues,

please find below an extended Zoom invitation to a Global Studies Seminar with Professor Fabrice Lumineau (The University of Hong Kong; Associate Editor, Journal of Management)  on 29th May 2024. The seminars Publishing in the Journal of Management, and War as a Phenomenon of Inquiry in Management are hosted by Dr Saadat Saeed and our esteemed partner, Global Studies Group at the Durham University Business School (UK).  

The details with Zoom links, and Prof Fabrice’s bio are below:

Seminar 1: Publishing in Journal of Management 

Room: MHL 223, 1300-1430 (EEST) 1100 to 1230 (UTC + 1 hour) 

The Journal of Management is a prestigious academic publication that serves as a leading forum for scholarly research and discussion in the field of management. This seminar offers an overview of JOM, elucidating its objectives and thematic focus, the composition and expertise of its editorial board, and the journal's latest endeavors in advancing the field. The seminar will delve into JOM's review process, offering detailed insights and practical advice for authors aiming to submit their research to the journal.

Zoom: https://durhamuniversity.zoom.us/j/92938157865?pwd=Z1lNS0hPOVI5UWxrV3JNMjRjNVJUUT09

(Meeting ID: 929 3815 7865, Passcode: 220221)

Lunch at Fusion 1230-1330: Some lunch vouchers are available upon request in advance if you’d like to have lunch with our guest at the Fusion.

Seminar 2: War as a Phenomenon of Inquiry in Management 

Room: MHL 427, 1530-1700 (EEST) 1330 to 1500 (UTC+ 1)  

This paper argues for the importance of war as a phenomenon deserving more focused attention in management. We first provide an overview of the literature on war, and identify critical blind spots in management research. We then highlight several reasons why we should consider war an important and relevant phenomenon in management scholarship. It leads us to develop an integrative theoretical framework—structured around three building blocks: (a) the nature of war from an organizational viewpoint, (b) the actors in the war ecosystem, and (c) the war’s contextual factors—laying the foundations of a programmatic theory to analyze war as a specific area of inquiry in management. We next provide directions for management research at the intersection of each of these three building blocks and outline a roadmap to identify pressing questions that management can address. We also explain how wars can be used as a revelatory empirical context in management research. Finally, we highlight empirical challenges and offer specific recommendations to pave the way for future research by management scholars. This paper thus significantly contributes to establishing a forward-looking research agenda that can help scholars problematize key questions in the analysis of war.

Zoom: https://durhamuniversity.zoom.us/j/95504259064?pwd=WGJNS3ovZXl0dlNteVZNbkgxRFFXQT09

(Meeting ID: 955 0425 9064, Passcode: 819862)

Biography: Fabrice Lumineau is a Professor in Strategic Management at HKU Business School, The University of Hong Kong.

His research investigates inter-organizational partnerships, the interplay between contract and trust in collaborative strategies, opportunism and ethical issues, and blockchain governance. He has published more than 30 articles in the top management journals, such as Academy of Management Annals, Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of Management, Journal of Management Studies, Organization Science, Organization Studies, Research Policy, and Strategic Management Journal.

Prof. Lumineau serves as an associate editor at the Journal of Management and on the editorial board of Strategic Management Journal, Organization Science, and Strategic Organization. He is an elected member of the AOM’s STR – Strategic Management Executive Committee and has served as the Program Chair of the Cooperative Strategies Interest Group at the Strategic Management Society.

He has received a number of scholarly awards such as the Best Paper Award from the Business Policy and Strategy division and the Most Influential Article Award from the Conflict Management division at the Academy of Management Conference, the Discovery Early Career Research Award from the Australian Research Council, and the Jay Ross Faculty Scholar Award at Purdue University.

So far, Prof. Lumineau has taught in six main fields and has received numerous teaching recognitions: Inter-Organizational Relationships and Partnerships (Ph.D. and MSc levels); Psycho-Cognitive Foundations of Strategy (Ph.D. level); Strategic Management (MBA, Executive MBA, MSc, and BBA levels); International Strategy (MBA, Weekend MBA, MSc, and BBA levels); Channel Management (MBA and BBA levels); and programs in executive education. In 2017, Prof. Lumineau was chosen by Poets & Quants as one of the “40 Under 40 Most Outstanding Business School Professors.”

Prof. Lumineau has lived in France, the USA, Germany, Canada, Switzerland, Australia, and China. Prior to receiving his PhD from HEC Paris, he worked as a project manager in the insurance and investment banking industries.

For more information, please contact Roberta Aguzzoli and Xinming He. 

xinming.he@durham.ac.uk

Leads of GSG (Global Studies Group)

DUBS

Qual+ would like to bring an interesting event organized by The Qualitative Research Forum to your attention. 

One-day BI/NHH Qualitative Research Day. Artificial Intelligence in Qualitative Research Methods

What: One-day BI/NHH Qualitative Research Day. Artificial Intelligence in Qualitative Research Methods

When: 26 April 2024, 10.30-17.00 (UTC+01:00)

Where: BI - campus Oslo or ZOOM

Registration link: Google doc form 

Participation is open to everybody interested in the topic and doing qualitative research is not pre-requisite for attendance.It is organized jointly by BI Oslo Qualitative Research Forum (Renate Kratochvil, Davide Nicolini & Victor Renza) and NHH (Inger Stensaker, Vidya Oruganti). The purpose of this event is to bring together qualitative researchers from different parts of Norway, other Nordic countries, and beyond. The main objective is to establish relationships, learn from each other, and build a community. This year, our main focus will be on the utilization of AI in qualitative research. The recent advancements in these technologies present an array of opportunities and challenges for qualitative researchers and their traditional skills, as they can automate the processes of data collection, analysis, and presentation of findings. Through this event, the aim is to delve deeper into the current hype surrounding AI and its possible implications for qualitative research.

Join Zoom Meeting

https://binorwegianbusinessschool.zoom.us/j/62742845046?pwd=SmViRk1reGNZY0JCaHBxS3B5QVZpdz09

Meeting ID: 627 4284 5046

Passcode: 868796

If you have any questions please contact renate.kratochvil@bi.no

More information:

https://www.bi.edu/research/centres-groups-and-other-initiatives/qualitative-research-forum/upcoming-events/

Subject: Global Studies Group events - Professor Peter J Buckley, 15th Apr 2024

Dear all,

It’s our pleasure to extend a Zoom invitation to you to an upcoming Global Studies Group event with Prof Peter J Buckley OBE FBA (Manchester), 1100-1215 15^th April Monday 2024, Room 223 the Business School. Prof Buckley is one of the most influential scholars in IB research. Feel free to join via Zoom if attending in person is not possible https://durhamuniversity.zoom.us/j/98334339497(Meeting ID 983 3433 9497, Passcode 26784).

Some lunch vouchers are available upon request in advance if you’d like to have lunch with our guest at the Fusion 1230-1330.

Topic: International Business Research trends: Past, Present and Future

Content: In this talk, Prof Buckley will discuss the long run development of international business as a subject, and how researchers can contribute.

Bio: Professor Peter J Buckley OBE FBA

Peter J Buckley (BA (Econ), York; MA, East Anglia; PhD Economics, Lancaster; Dr h.c. (Uppsala); DSc hon. (Lappeenranta), Dr. Merc.H.C. (Copenhagen), Doctor of Laws, H.C. (Carleton), DBA, h.c. (Hong Kong Metropolitan University).

200th Anniversary Chair in International Business, Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester; Visiting Professor, Hong Kong Metropolitan University and University of Queensland Business School.

Fellowships

Fellow of the Academy of International Business (AIB), Fellow of the British Academy of Management (BAM), Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA), Fellow of the European International Business Academy (EIBA), Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences (FAcSS), Fellow of the Japan Academy of International Business Studies, Fellow of the British Academy (FBA).

Offices

President of the Academy of International Business 2002-04.  

Chair of the European International Business Academy (2009-2012). 

Cheung Kong Scholar Chair Professor, University of International Business and Economics (UIBE), Beijing. 

Principal Consultant/Senior Advisor UNCTAD (2008 - 2011).

Prizes and Awards

Viipuri Prize Award in Strategic Management and Business Economics 2006.

IMD Booz Allen Hamilton Strategy+Business Eminent Scholar in Management Prize 2008.

Richard Whipp Lifetime Achievement Award 2011, (British Academy of Management) 2012. 

John H. Dunning Prize for Lifetime Achievement (UKAIB) 2017. 

EIASM (European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management) Interdisciplinary Leadership Award 2019. 

Medal of the City of Rennes, 2019.

JIBS Platinum Medal for Scholarship as the most frequent contributor during the first 50 years of the journal. 2019. 

British Academy of Management (BAM) Medal for Research, 2021.

Appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) 2012 “for services to higher education, international business and research”, elected a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA), 2014.

Publications

He has published over 250 refereed articles and 28 books plus edited 20 more that have over 58,550 Google citations (h-index 100).  (April 2024)

In the afternoon, there will be a research feedback session for 4-5 colleagues and PhD students to discuss their work with Prof Buckley, 1400-1600 in Room 223. Please email Roberta Aguzzoli or Xinming He if you are interested.

Best wishes,

Roberta & Xinming 

xinming.he@durham.ac.uk

Leads of GSG (Global Studies Group)

DUBS.

Using Quotes to Present Claims: Practices for the Writing Stages of Qualitative Research (Seminar)

Speaker: Professor Kevin Rockmann, George Mason University

When: 12 March, 14:00-15:30

Where: BI - campus Oslo, Room C2-065

Participation is open to everybody interested in the topic and doing qualitative research is not pre-requisite for attendance. You are very welcome to attend physically (dates and location indicated above).

If you have any questions please contact renate.kratochvil@bi.no

More information:

https://www.bi.edu/research/centres-groups-and-other-initiatives/qualitative-research-forum/upcoming-events/

Dear colleagues, 

Qual+ would like to bring interesting LUBS Training and Professional Development Workshops with Professor Roy Suddaby to your attention. 

27^th February and 1^st March 2024 (14.00-17.00 both days - ONLINE) 

Are you interested in learning skills to better navigate the process of peer review? These two workshops address two of the major barriers to publication in top management journals. The first workshop focuses on the primary reason for rejecting papers at elite journals – the lack of a contribution to theory. The second workshop focuses on developing a better understanding of the process of peer review, first from the perspective of a reviewer and second, from the perspective of an author interpreting and responding to the recommendations of the reviewers.

Both workshops offer a combination of lectures and discussions designed to identify and analyze the key structural and narrative elements of highly impactful papers in management and organizational theory. 

If you are able to fully commit to joining, you are welcome to register for one or both of these workshops.

Workshop 1: Making a Contribution to Theory

Date/Time:        Tuesday 27^th February 16.00-19.00 (EET) 14.00-17.00 (UCT)     

Location:           Online via Zoom

Audience:          Doctoral Students, Early and Mid-Career Researchers

This workshop focuses on the most common reasons for rejection of a paper at a top management journal – motivation, literature review, construct clarity, presentation and a contribution to theory. Special attention will be devoted to what constitutes a theoretical contribution.

Register here: https://forms.office.com/e/8BQGr5SK3s

Workshop 2: The Art of the Review

Date/Time:        Friday 1^st March 16.00-19.00 (EET) 14.00-17.00 (UCT)

Location:           Online via Zoom

Audience:          Doctoral Students, Early and Mid-Career Researchers

This workshop focuses on how to navigate the process of peer review. The first part analyzes best practices for reviewing papers. The assumption here is that active engagement as a reviewer is the best way to learn how to respond to reviews as an author. The second part examines best practices for interpreting and responding to reviews. 

Register here: https://forms.office.com/e/jz7F1525Ss

Advanced Preparation: There is no advanced reading required. Please come prepared to discuss your own experiences with the publishing process, both as a reviewer and an author, as well as any questions you might have.

Roy Suddaby is a past editor of the Academy of Management Review and a current associate editor of the Academy of Management Perspectives and Human Resources Management Journal. He has served, or continues to serve on the editorial boards of the Academy of Management Journal, Administrative Science Quarterly, Academy of Management Perspectives, Organization Studies, Journal of Business Venturing, Journal of Management Studies, Journal of Management Inquiry, and the Scandinavian Management Review. He is a Fellow of the US Academy of Management and the Irish Academy of Management.

Best wishes, Jo

Please note: The Faculty Research Office team is working on campus and remotely.  Please contact the team via email or Teams in the first instance.

Jo Garrick

*Research Support Officer: Training & Development 

*Network Manager: Northern Advanced Research Training Initiative (NARTI)

*Founding member of Writing for Research and Academic Practice (WRAP): A European network embedding social writing in and beyond academia

*Research Leadership Development Consortium Co-ordinator

Leeds University Business School 

business.leeds.ac.uk/

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Dear all, 

Qual+ team is happy to extend a Zoom invitation to you from Global Studies Group (GSG) at Durham Business School (UK). The seminar, Unpacking Managerial Motivation's Role in Firm International Marketing Agility with Prof Carlos MP Sousa (Molde, Norway) will be held 1600-1700 (EET) 1400-1500 (UCT), on the 21^st Feb 2024 at the Business School. Feel free to join via Zoom if attending in person is not possible https://durhamuniversity.zoom.us/j/97484861588 (Meeting ID: 974 8486 1588, Passcode: 738814).

Topic: Unpacking Managerial Motivation's Role in Firm International Marketing Agility

Abstract: Emerging as a focal point in international marketing research, the concept of International Marketing Agility (IMA) prompts inquiry into its determinants. This study delves into the psychological motivations of decision-makers, particularly their Regulatory Focus (RF), and its influence on a firm's IMA. We extend current understanding by exploring how export Intensity moderates the relationship between RF (comprising promotion and prevention orientations) and IMA. Using data from managers of Portuguese export firms, the findings indicate a positive association between promotion orientation and IMA, further bolstered by export intensity. Conversely, the negative impact of prevention orientation on IMA is accentuated in firms with high export intensity. These insights highlight the role of decision-makers' psychological traits in shaping IMA and offer valuable insights into its contextual nuances.

Bio: Carlos M. P. Sousa is Full Professor of Marketing and Business Strategy at Molde University College in Norway. Professor Sousa is an Associate Editor of the Journal of Business Research and Associate Editor of International Marketing Review. He has been a visiting professor at universities in Australia, Brazil, Chile, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, Spain, and the UK. Professor Sousa has published over 70 articles, in journals such as Research Policy, Journal of Product Innovation Management, Journal of World Business, Global Strategy Journal, and British Journal of Management. He also sits on the editorial boards of several academic journals in international business, marketing, and management.

Best wishes,

Roberta & Xinming 

Leads of GSG (Global Studies Group)

DUBS

xinming.he@durham.ac.uk

Dear all, 

Qual+ team is excited to announce its collaboration with Global Studies Group (GSG) at Durham Business School (UK).We extend a Zoom invitation to you fromGSG, which is organizing its first Global Studies seminar. The talk, Cross-language Research: Translation and Linguistic Reflexivity, will be delivered by Professor Susanne Tietze (Sheffield Hallam, UK), hosted by Prof Roberta Aguzzoli, 1630-1830 (EET) 1430-1630 (UCT), on the 7^th Feb 2024, Room 427, the Business School. A Zoom link is here for those unable to attend in person https://durhamuniversity.zoom.us/j/97760943700?pwd=NGdMQmxlRWxWZUtkdmZ4V0lEMnhsdz09 (Meeting ID: 977 6094 3700 Passcode: 794302). 

Topic: Cross-language Research: Translation and Linguistic Reflexivity

Abstract: Cross-language research employs two or more languages. It includes instances where empirical research projects may be designed and executed in one language, but for purposes of publication are translated into English, which is the contemporary and dominant lingua franca for (business and management) knowledge.  Cross-language research also includes projects which are multilingual in character in so far as data from several languages is collected. Whatever the specific details of cross-language research, I propose that a) the existence of ‘languages’ in research and consequently, the existence, use and consequences of ‘translation’ have been glossed over in cross-language business/management research and that b) this is because of English is being assumed to be the unproblematic, ‘natural’ and universal language of all (management) knowledge.

In this talk I take issue with the monolingual assumptions of much business and management research and draw attention to the (often obscured and unrecognized) role of translation (and interpreting) in cross-language research. In particular, I propose that translators (and interpreters) have agency in the research process and that therefore ‘translation decisions’ (who translates what, when, how much and with how much accuracy and to which consequences) need to made transparent in the cross-language research process. To this purpose the employment of linguistic reflexivity throughout different stages of the research process is advised to increase research transparency and also with a view to challenge hegemonic assumptions about the relevance of ‘other’ languages in cross-language research.

Speaker bio: Susanne Tietze, PhD, MA, MBA, efmd diploma (teaching) is (Emerita) Professor of Multilingual Management at Sheffield Hallam University, UK.  She has felt ‘at odds’ with many of the discursive practices of academia since her socialization as a university lecturer and a long-standing interest in discourse and meaning making resulted from these experiences. She has researched multilingual workplaces empirically, and has, more recently, addressed questions of methods and methodologies in cross-language research. She has been Principal Investigator of both ESRC and AHRC grants about language/translation matters; and her most recent publications reflect her interest in cross-language research and translation.

Best wishes,

Roberta & Xinming (xinming.he@durham.ac.uk)

Leads of GSG (Global Studies Group)

DUBS

Further details here: https://www.aib.world/events/2024/contribute/call-for-papers/

Detailed agenda TBC

The title of the thesis is: "The employee perspective on translating management fashions".

The public defense will be held at the School of Business, Hall U006 starting at 13:15.

Opponent: Associate Professor Stefan Heusinkveld, Radboud University
Custos (Chairperson): Professor Rebecca Piekkari, Aalto University School of Business

Summary and link to thesis text here: https://www.aalto.fi/en/events/defense-of-thesis-in-international-business-riku-reunamaki-msc-econ-bus-admin

Co-How – Scrutinity of Strategy tools and Methods in Critical Transdisciplinarity is one of the ongoing Radical Creativity projects at Aalto University. The project organises two workshops, which will utilize creative group work methods and reflect on the possibilities and limitations of interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary collaboration. Focal questions are, in what ways creative field(s) can benefit from research, and how transdisciplinary collaboration could better succeed? 

Transdisciplinarity, the theme of the first workshop, will be introduced by Johanna Ylipulli, Academy of Finland researcher and Antti Ahlava, Professor of Emergent Design Methodologies. The workshop consists of two tasks. First as a warm-up, a wicked practical challenge: The future use of Otakaari 8 building in Otaniemi. Through this case, we concretise occasions in which transdisciplinary approach might come useful. In the second task, we will think together how to articulate right kinds of questions that transdisciplinary groups and methods can resolve.

We kindly request you to sign up by October 10th! Drinks and finger food will be served. Places are limited, so in case you would be unable to attend, please remember to cancel your participation. 

The language of the workshop is English.

You are warmly welcome! Feel free to share the invitation with your peers and colleagues.

Sign up here: https://link.webropolsurveys.com/EP/588C203F28FA437E

For more information: https://www.aib.world/events/2023/preconference/research-methods-workshops-and-masterclasses/

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS - 2^nd EIBA Summer School on “INNOVATION AND CATCHING–UP ALONG THE GVCs: RESEARCH METHODS AND NEW APPROACHES IN IB”

Deadline Extended to May 5, 2023

The European International Business Academy (EIBA) in collaboration with the Instituto Complutense de Estudios Internacionales -Universidad Complutense de Madrid-, is pleased to announce that the 2nd EIBA Summer School will be held at the Universidad Internacional Menéndez Pelayo, Magdalena Campus, http://www.uimp.es/en/, Santander, Spain, August 28th-September 1st, 2023.

This edition’s topic will feature research methods and new approaches in IB for navigating innovation and catching-up in global value chains.

The School aims to provide participants with tools to understand and tackle different dimensions of global value chains (GVCs) in IB. To do so, examples of traditional and emerging IB topics will be analyzed (i.e. international knowledge creation, GVCs formation and restructuring, and policy trends – especially in terms of sustainability and digital transition), illustrating how to do justice to the conceptual and methodological challenges (and opportunities) characterizing the new international reconfiguration of GVCs.

The study of GVCs require to account for more recent phenomena, such as big data, blockchains, AI, platforms, and complex networks. Additionally, it requires eclectic methodological choices that combine multiple methods to pursue rigorous, reliable and valid results. Attention will be given to quantitative, qualitative and mixed-methods, via lectures, seminars and workshops.

Each day we will analyze different dimensions of innovation and GVCs by exploring a different IB topic. Daily sessions will consist of an initial inspiring lecture by an expert of the field, followed by a workshop on the associated challenges and opportunities of GVC in term of research design, data collection and data management, a methodological session on traditional and advanced techniques and a workgroup for student training. The last day will be devoted to the sustainability of research activities and to the final presentations from participants, who will be asked to connect the knowledge and insights gained during the school with their own research.
 

Format And Goals

The Summer School offers lectures delivered by internationally leading scholars on the specific designated topic, methodological workshops and supervised tutorials/teamwork.
 

Key features of the pedagogical approach adopted by the Summer School are as follows:

• Morning lectures will be offered by invited professors. Lectures cover a large variety of issues regarding recent advances in theory and applications in IB.
• Mid-day sessions will be devoted to methodologies
• Afternoon workshops are devoted to group work aimed to apply the issues and methodologies presented during the previous sessions, this likely connected to students’ research topics.
• Evening social scientific dinners are to connect participants, discuss paths of academic careers, publication strategies, role of social media etc.

Great importance is given to informal discussions, which are precious for sharing experiences and expanding networks, among participants and with invited professors who are asked to stay a few days for that purpose. The organization aims at creating moments for get-together activities (shared meals, field visits, get-together dinner, etc).

 Local Organizing Committee:

ICEI - Universidad Complutense de Madrid: Isabel Álvarez, Esther Gil, Javier Velázquez, UIMP administrative team

Scientific Committee

• Isabel Álvarez, ICEI Universidad Complutense de Madrid, ICEI Director
• Diletta Pegoraro, Politecnico di Milano
• Lucia Piscitello, Politecnico di Milano, EIBA Chair
• Javier Velázquez, ICEI Universidad Complutense de Madrid
• Catherine Welch, Trinity College Dublin

 Faculty

• Isabel Álvarez, ICEI Universidad Complutense de Madrid
• Leticia Blázquez, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha
• John Cantwell, Rutgers University
• Gary Gereffi, Duke University
• Valentina de Marchi, University of Padova
• Torben Pedersen, Copenhagen Business School
• Diletta Pegoraro, Politecnico di Milano
• Lucia Piscitello, Politecnico di Milano
• Roberta Rabellotti, Universitá di Pavia
• Massimo Riccaboni, IMT Lucca
• Ari Van Assche, HEC-Montréal
• Javier Velázquez, ICEI Universidad Complutense de Madrid
• Catherine Welch, Trinity College Dublin

Application

Target and Selection of Participants

The Summer Schools targets Ph.D. students, postdocs and early career researchers.

The number of students attending each course is limited to 30.

The program provides networking opportunities and allows developing global partnerships.

How to Apply

Prospective participants are required to send (by email to: diricei@ucm.es and mialvare@ucm.es) a 1-page letter (pdf) organized as follows:

• name, department/university, current position (PhD student, postdoc, other)
• educational background
• research activity and interests
• motivations for participating in the School

Selection Criteria

The Organizing Committee will consider a number of features including: the coherence of the motivation with the aim and scope of the school, the potential benefit for the student’s research, the timeliness for the development of the student’s career.

Applications

Applications deadline is Friday May 5^th. Decisions will be communicated by May 15th.

Accommodation

Accommodation costs for doctoral researchers and early career researchers will be covered by the School (this includes 5 nights’ accommodation, breakfast and lunch for 5 days) at the Universidad Internacional Menendez Pelayo, Santander, Spain http://www.uimp.es/en.

Registration Fee

550 euros (UIMP School Fee + UIMP accommodation costs)

All the participants should be (or should become) EIBA Members for 2023 (https://www.eiba.org/r/membership-fees)
 

Costs Covered

The registration fee includes 5 days of lectures, course materials, wi-fi connections, lunches, accommodation.

• Diary research  workshop, 15-16 May 2023
• From Margins to Mainstream: Novel Perspectives on the Emergence of Fields and Markets, 25-26 May 2023
• Videography workshop for business research, 3-5 May
• Workshop: Qualitative research with automated data analysis, 3rd of April (2023)
• MARK-L20001 Historical Approaches to Business Research (6 ECTS cr.) 7-9.3.2023
• The Northeastern Qualitative Research Conference on March 1st, 2023

• Popularizing Research roundtable workshop, 16th of February, 2023

  We are organizing a workshop where we discuss alternative ways of popularizing research. We talk about challenges and opportunities and also discuss different forms of text such as news outlets, social media, podcasts, books etc. Susanna Rosin from Aalto External Communications has kindly agreed to join the event and give a brief introduction to Aalto services. Thank you Minna Halme and Paula Koskinen-Sandberg who have indicated their availability as round table hosts in the session.

• Seminar on writing and theorizing, 10th of February 2023 In this seminar session, we examine the practice of writing as a key component of theory development. In understanding where theory comes from, we often focus on methodological and cognitive perspectives, which may imply a false assumption that writing is a separate, instrumental activity where fully-matured theories are merely “spelled out”, “reported” or “documented”. While this view has little explicit support in a field where theories are narratives, there is surprisingly little methodological work on the practice of writing theory as a truly generative activity. Professors Jukka Rintamäki and Saku Mantere will lead a discussion based on two text examples attached to this email. The conversation is open to both PhD students and faculty.
• Wellbeing in academia, 23rd of  January, 2023 The wellbeing in academia event will focus on supervision and reflection on challenges and wishes during our PhD studies. Therefore, the event is mostly targeted at PhD students, but anyone interested is welcome as well. Below you can find more detailed program:
  - Introduction and overview of available resources for wellbeing of PhD students
  - Greetings from our ombudsperson, Marjo-Riitta Diehl
  - Supervision: expectations and positive cases, by Maija Taka, Academic Coordinator at School of Engineering
  - Interactive reflection: dream team, by Maija Taka, Academic Coordinator at School of Engineering
• "What is this a case of" Panel (see video below), 1st of December 2022 As part of the EIASM EDEN Advanced course on Case Studies in Business and Management Research we will organize a panel entitled ‘What is this a case of?’ with Saku Mantere (McGill University, Aalto University), Jacqueline Mees-Buss (University of New South Wales), Catherine Welch (Trinity College Dublin, Aalto University) and Rebecca Piekkari. In this panel we will discuss why theoretical contributions rarely emerge from explaining what happens in the case by applying theoretical language. Rather, theoretical contributions are constructed by explaining how the case sheds light on theory. This is what is meant by the famous question of  ‘what is this a case of?’. We will also cover the role of reasoning in theorizing.  
• Research Get-Away, 6-7 October 2022