AOM Copenhagen
This year’s Academy of Management Conference in Copenhagen has been an absolute highlight!
Not only was it the first AOM held in Europe, but it also brought together a vibrant global community with inspiring sessions, new perspectives, and the joy of reconnecting with so many colleagues and friends.
We are proud that the Chair and extended Chair family actively contributed to a wide range of sessions. Here is a short recap of our involvement:
David Seidl contributed as:
- Panelist in the PDW “Space and Place in Organization and Management Research”
- Speaker in the PDW “The Future of Strategizing and Organizing as Practice”
- Panelist in the Showcase Symposium “Strategy and Organizationality”
- Presenter of the paper “Exploring Dynamics of Interorganizational Sensemaking of Grand Challenges"
- Panelist in the symposium on "Organizing Space and Spatializing Organization"
Tania Raecker
- Co-organized the PDW “Space and Place in Organization and Management Research”
- Co-organized the symposium on "Organizing Space and Spatializing Organization: Charting New Territories of Inquiry"
Benjamin Grossmann-Hensel
- Co-organized the SAP Offsite Dinner at Zoku Copenhagen — a fantastic evening of food, community, and celebration
- Moderated the session “Innovations in Qualitative Collaboration, Reuse, and Ethnography” and presented his paper "Opening Ethnography: Extending the Use of Ethnographic Datasets"
Robin Engelbach
- Was part of the SAP Early Career Program throughout Friday
- Moderated the session “Practicing Openness and Inclusion in Organizational Settings” and presented his paper “Inclusion-as-Practice: Enacting Inclusion in Open Strategy Processes”
Shenghui Ma contributed across several sessions as:
- Panelist in the PDW “The Future of Strategizing and Organizing as Practice”
- Facilitator in the PDW “Unconferencing SAP and Beyond”
Jing You presented in the session “Categories and Categorization”, exploring societal-level category emergence and inter-category dynamics.
Christian Bruck co-organized the SAP Breakfast, supported the PDW “Unconferencing SAP and Beyond” as a facilitator, and presented his paper "Inter-Organizational Sensemaking About Open Strategy".
Yalan Yang presented her joint research on "How Entrepreneurs Sustain Passion Through Identity Work During Entrepreneurial Adversities", offering deep insights into how entrepreneurs navigate adversity through identity dynamics.
We are incredibly thankful for the feedback, input, and inspiration we received, and are excited to use the next weeks to refine and further develop our projects.
Already, we are looking forward to the next conferences and upcoming academic exchanges.