Please note there is an opportunity to apply for a Travel Award to attend the Doctoral Consortium. More information provided below in the call.
Organization Development & Change (ODC) Division
2025 Doctoral Student Consortium
Saturday, July 26 (9am – 5:15pm)
Application Deadline: Friday, May 9
Organizers:
Michael Jarrett (INSEAD)
Katerina Gonzalez (Sawyer Business School, Suffolk University)
Danny van Montfort (Nyenrode Business University)
We are pleased to invite doctoral students with organizational change and development-related research to participate in our 2025 Doctoral Student Consortium. If you are looking for a vibrant and welcoming research community, excellent networking opportunities, and access to great scholars, this is the place for you! The consortium is an excellent opportunity to interact with prominent scholars from around the world and fellow doctoral students in the field. The consortium content and activities are aimed toward doctoral students who are in the dissertation stage of their doctoral degree. However, students at earlier stages are welcome to apply and will be considered if space permits.
You may be eligible for a Travel Award of up to $2,000 to support your attendance at the AOM annual meeting and the ODC Doctoral Consortium! In light of global uncertainties and challenges for educational institutions, the AOM is offering enhanced travel support to help offset costs such as lodging and transportation. We have a limited number of awards available.
The 2025 ODC Doctoral Consortium will be held on Saturday, 26 July as part of the conference program of the Academy of Management meeting in Copenhagen. To apply, please send an email to Michael Jarrett michael.jarrett.odc@insead.edu with the documents listed at the end of this document attached by Friday, May 9, 2025. You are encouraged to apply early.
This event is for doctoral students who focus on topics on any aspect of organizational change and
development at the individual, group, organizational, and/or field level such as:
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• Change management
• Strategic and institutional change
• Organizational learning
• Responses to change
• Network dynamics
• Leadership, innovation and change
• Discourse, materiality and change
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• Positive organization development
• Action-research
• Gender and diversity
• Work studies
• Processes and practice studies
• Identity and change
• Design thinking and change
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The consortium will provide opportunities for community building, structured discussions, and informal interactions between doctoral students, new faculty members, and senior faculty mentors. You will hear perspectives on research, publishing, career development, and other early career questions. Faculty mentors will give helpful feedback and focus on how to achieve publishable results. Breakfast and lunch are included as part of the consortium.
Application Materials: Please send the following to Michael Jarrett michael.jarrett.odc@insead.edu by Friday May 9, 2025:
• A recommendation letter from your dean, department chair, or major advisor/supervisor that verifies your (a) status/progress and (b) year in your school's doctoral program.
• A one-page bio summarizing your contact information, research and teaching interests, and publications.
• A 3–5-page (double-spaced) summary of your dissertation project, including the research question, rationale, any hypotheses/propositions, proposed methods, and any results (if applicable).
• (Optional) An ODC Travel Award statement of interest. This statement of interest should be 500 words or less and should include 1) your funding shortfall (with detail regarding the anticipated costs of attending the annual meeting and the funding you will receive from your institution and other sources, including other AOM divisions), and 2) a statement of fit with the below criteria:
· To receive an award, you must be:
1. a current ODC Division member or pledge to become a member if the award is offered to you, and
2. require financial assistance (i.e., receive limited or no funding from your institution).
· Preference will be given to:
1. those presenting papers, PDWs, and/or symposia at this annual meeting, and
2. those living, working, and/or studying in an institution in the Global South, as defined here, in order to help facilitate inclusion of members from geographic regions underrepresented in AOM/ODC Division.
Note: If accepted for the consortium, your one-page bio and summary of your dissertation project will be distributed among consortium faculty in advance of the July session.
Please direct any questions you may have about this consortium to Michael Jarrett michael.jarrett.odc@insead.edu or Katerina Gonzalez Katerina.Gonzalez@suffolk.edu
or Danny Van Montfort d.vanmontfort@my.nyenrode.nl
Program Highlights
(Full program to be distributed at a later date)
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Opening
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Welcome
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Morning Session
Flourishing in
Academic and
Practitioner Roles
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Navigating One's Doctoral Program and Post-School Transition
• Finding and building mentoring relationships
• Resources and strategies for completing your dissertation
• One-to-one Mentoring sessions with ODC scholars
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Afternoon Session
Meaningfulness and
Impact in Academic and
Practitioner Roles
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Impact in Academic and Practitioner Roles
• Nasty Friends with Professor Quy Huy: How to Improve journal submissions through honest, caring, and constructive feedback
• Building an identity and a post-school career (academic and scholar-practitioner streams)
• Getting ready: Mock Interviews
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Closing Session
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Bringing It All Together
Reflections on the day, plus a special invitation to the Rigor & Relevance presentation and Award on Sunday 27 July 2025. Winners Prof. Ann Langley and Prof. Matt Alverson will share their deep experience of working on the boundary.
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Ignacio Pavez
Assistant Professor
Catholic University of Chile
Santiago
+56998840259
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