21.07.2024Colloquium 2024 in Milan

From Tuesday until today, our entire Chair and the extended Chair Family, including David Seidl, Tania Räcker, Theresa Langenmayr, Benjamin Grossmann-Hensel, Robin Engelbach, Yalan Yang, Violetta Splitter, Shenghui Ma, Peter Smith, and Christoph Brielmaier attended and contributed to the EGOS (European Group for Organizational Studies) Colloquium 2024 in Milan, Italy.

On Wednesday, Robin and Christoph convened the Strategy-as-Practice Community Day on “Practicing Strategy at the Crossroads” featuring Tania as panelist and Violetta as roundtable host.

From Thursday onward, Theresa, Violetta, and Janne Tienari convened Sub-theme 36 on “Diversity and Inclusion in Strategizing: Integrating TMT and Participation Research”. The Sub-theme was dedicated to bringing together scholars who conduct research on more diverse and inclusive forms of strategizing, such as Open Strategy or Top Management Teams research. The program aimed to bridge the gap between both fields, encouraging scholars to exchange different perspectives, stimulate integrative insights, and jointly discuss avenues for future research. As part of the sub-theme, David and Robin each presented their latest paper ideas on a holistic framework for advancing Open Strategy research and Inclusion-as-Practice in Open Strategy processes respectively.

It was a great pleasure to see so many colleagues and friends in the community again and to enjoy the Italian food, drinks, and hospitality. We are already looking forward to the next EGOS Colloquium 2025 in Athens (GR), hosting the very special new anniversary Standing Working Group on “Organizing as Practice: Advancing Novel Practice-Theoretical Insights in Organization Studies” (2025–2028). We will also celebrate the 10-year anniversary of the Strategy-as-Practice Community Day with a very special event and panel on July 2, 2025.

We look forward to seeing you there!