Sub-Themes

Full Paper Submission: Important Information

If your short paper submitted to one of the sub-themes at the 42^nd EGOS online Colloquium 2026 has been accepted by the respective sub-theme convenors, you are expected to upload a full paper version (ca. 20–30 pages) via your MyEGOS account.

Before uploading your full paper, please:

Check the Guidelines for full paper submissions.
Ensure that you can attend all sessions of the sub-theme to which you have submitted your (accepted) paper.
Note that you are expected to stay in this one sub-theme throughout the entire Colloquium. This means, sub-theme hopping is not permitted!

The deadline for submission of full papers is Monday, June 22, 2026.

List of Sub-Themes

All sub-themes of the main Colloquium will be held online!

Sub-theme 01: [SWG] Power in and around Meta-Organizations: Struggles, Structures, and Shared Authority Convenors: Sanne Bor, José Carlos Marques, Swetketu Patnaik
Sub-theme 02: [SWG] Reframing for a More Just, Equitable, and Inclusive World: The Role of Social Movements, Activists, and Change Agents within and around Organizations Convenors: Alexander Fleischmann, Alessia Contu, Penelope Muzanenhamo, Florence Villesèche
Sub-theme 03: [SWG] The Algorithm Decides: AI, Human Judgment, and Organizational Decision Making Convenors: Luciana D’Adderio, Vern L. Glaser, Marleen Huysman
Sub-theme 04: [SWG] Social Movements, Alternative Organizations, and the Democratization of the Economy Convenors: Simone Schiller-Merkens, Philip Balsiger, Sébastien Mena
Sub-theme 05: [SWG] Leveraging upon Social Evaluations in Organizations, Industries, and Society Convenors: Alexandre B. Bitektine, Marco Clemente, Laura Illia
Sub-theme 06: [SWG] Facts, Fiction, and the Fabric of Organizing: Exploring the Performative and Constitutive Power of (Non-)Truth Communication Convenors: Dennis Schoeneborn, Ellen Nathues, Salla-Maaria Laaksonen
Sub-theme 07: [SWG] Local Interactions and Place-Based Organizing: The Spatial Foundations of Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Competition Convenors: Laura E. Dupin, Maria P. Roche, Sunasir Dutta
Sub-theme 08: [SWG] Expertise: Professions and Beyond Convenors: Daisy Chung, Pauli Pakarinen, Ruthanne Huising
Sub-theme 09: [SWG] Organizing as Practice: The Changing Role of Materiality in Organizational Life Convenors: Fannie Couture, Davide Nicolini, Manuel Baeriswyl
Sub-theme 10: [SWG] Fostering Desirable Futures by Writing for Practitioner Audiences Convenors: Amanda Williams, Emilio Marti, Johanna Mair
Sub-theme 11: [SWG] Time and Organization Studies: Tracing and Crafting the Materiality of Time Convenors: Blagoy Blagoev, Innan Sasaki, Jonathan Feddersen
Sub-theme 12: [SWG] Craft and Emerging Forms of Organizing: Recovering Heritage, Meaningfulness, and Tradition through Craft Convenors: Jean Clarke, Davide Ravasi, Yutaka Yamauchi
Sub-theme 13: [SWG] Temporary Organizing, Teams, and Temporality Convenors: Jonas Söderlund, Beth Bechky, Henrik Bresman
Sub-theme 15: [SWG] Social Movements and the Climate/Biodiversity Crisis: The Role of Organizing, the Organized, and Ourselves Convenors: Gabriela Gutierrez-Huerter O, Giuseppe Delmestri, Stefanie Habersang
Sub-theme 16: Advanced Approaches to Theorize from Data: Demystifying Qualitative Research Methods in Organization Studies Convenors: Tine Köhler, Thomas Greckhamer, Jane K. Lê
Sub-theme 17: Advancing Routine Dynamics in the More-than-Human Sphere Convenors: Anja Danner-Schröder, Kathrin Sele, Sunny Mosangzi Xu
Sub-theme 18: Agency in Organization: The Human, More-than- and Other-than-Human Convenors: Daniel Milner, Bernard Leca, María José (Majo) Murcia
Sub-theme 19: Alternative Epistemologies: Constructing Knowledge for Organizational Alternatives Convenors: Jerzy Kociatkiewicz, Monika Kostera, Rajeshwari Chennangodu
Sub-theme 20: Alternative to What? Organizing amidst and beyond Capitalism for More-than-Human Livelihoods Convenors: Ozan Nadir Alakavuklar, Daniel S. Lacerda, Patrizia Zanoni
Sub-theme 21: Amplifying Research in and from the Global South Convenors: Ouafaa Hmaddi, Joel Bothello, Tim Weiss
Sub-theme 22 (Cancelled): Antisemitism and the Workplace: Cross-Cultural Reflections Convenors: Yochanan Altman, Wolfgang Mayrhofer, Bice Della Piana
Sub-theme 23: Between Social and Digital: The Making of the ‘Ideal Worker’ Convenors: Michel Ajzen, Michal Izak, Stefanie Constanze Reissner
Sub-theme 24 (Cancelled): Collective Strategy and Coopetition in the More-than-Human Society Convenors: Tatbeeq Raza-Ullah, Saouré Kouamé, Saeed Khanagha
Sub-theme 25: Critical Reflections on More-than-Human Ways of Being and Knowing: Implications for Management and Organization Studies Convenors: Bobby Banerjee, Costanza Sartoris, Anu Valtonen
Sub-theme 26 (Cancelled): Em-Bodied Organizing for More-than-Human Worlds Convenors: Wendelin M. Küpers, Pasi Heikkurinen, Matt Statler
Sub-theme 27: Emerging Technologies and Knowledge Work: Changing Relations Convenors: Samer Faraj, Christine Moser, Georg von Krogh
Sub-theme 28 (Cancelled): Environmental Ethics and More-than-Human Organizing Convenors: Stephanie Daher, Irene Henriques, Gazi Islam
Sub-theme 29: Framing, Attention, and Managerial Cognition in an Age of Platform Ecosystems and Artificial Intelligence Convenors: Georg Reischauer, Krithika Randhawa, Andreas König
Sub-theme 30: From the Margins to the Mainstream: The Role of Contestation, Competition, and Agency in the Evolution of Novelty Convenors: Ibrat Djabbarov, Gino Cattani, Denise Falchetti
Sub-theme 31 (Cancelled): Humans (and Non-Humans) at Play: Games and Simulations in Crisis Management Convenors: Andrea Bernardi, Giulia Gaudenzi, Philippe Lépinard
Sub-theme 32: Human-Centered Future of Work in More-than-Human Society through Responsible Use of Exponential Technologies in Organizations Convenors: Aizhan Tursunbayeva, Luigi Moschera, Vicenc Fernandez
Sub-theme 33: Imagining What’s Next: Post-Human Technologies and the Futures We Create Convenors: Soo Young Choi, Laure Cabantous, Stefan Haefliger
Sub-theme 34: Is Another Way of Managing Possible? Exploring the Potential and Challenges of Self-Managed Organizing Convenors: Rosalía Cascón-Pereira, Federica Angeli, Claudia De los Angeles Díaz Leyva
Sub-theme 35 (Cancelled): Memory & the Machine: Technology, Cultural Production, and the Future of the Past in the AI Age Convenors: Yasaman Sadeghi, Hamid Foroughi, Omid Omidvar
Sub-theme 36: Network Agency, Creativity, and Innovation: The Mutual Interdependence between Network Actors and Social Structures Convenors: Stefan Breet, Francesca Pallotti, Stefano Tasselli
Sub-theme 37 (Cancelled): Ocean Governance of Public and Private Organizations to Mitigate Climate Change Convenors: Tania Pereira Christopoulos, Pedro Verga Matos, Wânia Duleba
Sub-theme 38: Open Strategy: Exploring Different Contexts, Actors, and Domains Convenors: David Seidl, Robin Engelbach, Winky Wu
Sub-theme 39: Organizing Animals: The Dynamics of Interspecies Power, Privilege, and Possibility Convenors: Helen Wadham, Linda Tallberg, Doris Schneeberger
Sub-theme 40: Organizing Decolonial and Queer Ecologies: Re-imagining Decolonial and Queer Studies together with the Posthuman Turn Convenors: Elo L.K. Reiss, Ali Rostron, Monica Nadegger
Sub-theme 41: Organizing with Earthly Entanglements: Engaging with the Absences of More-than-Human Worlds in/for Sustainable Organizing Convenors: Anke Strauß, Emmanouela Mandalaki, Maria Ehrnström-Fuentes
Sub-theme 42: Organizing within Boundaries: Integrating Management and Natural Sciences Convenors: Lucrezia Nava, Lucie Baudoin, Simone Carmine
Sub-theme 43: Qualitative Research with Archival Data Convenors: Anders Dahl Krabbe, Stine Grodal, Mia Chang-Zunino
Sub-theme 44: Reconciling Systems Theories and Approaches to Organization Studies Convenors: Domenico Dentoni, Silvia Dorado, Sandra Waddock
Sub-theme 45: Redesigning a Digitalized and Sustainable Public Sector: A Crossroad between HRM, Changing Mindset, and Sources of Knowledge Convenors: Andrea Tomo, Manuela Barreca, Manuel Castriotta
Sub-theme 46: Reframing Inter-Organizational Relations in the World of the Fourth Industrial Revolution: From Technological Partnerships to Digital Ecosystems Convenors: Paula Ungureanu, Maria C. Annosi, Wenqian Wang
Sub-theme 47: Reframing the Extreme: Moving from Context to Theory Convenors: Derin Kent, Gloria Kutscher, Daniel Geiger
Sub-theme 48: Reframing the Lived Experience at Work: Emotion, Body, and Space as New Ways of Exploring Ethics, Responsibility, and Sustainability Convenors: Rebecca Dickason, Benjamin Apelojg, Maxim Voronov
Sub-theme 49: Reimagining (In)Equality and Inclusion in AI-Powered Organizational and HR Ecosystems Convenors: Chidozie Umeh, Fang Lee Cooke, Jacqueline O’Reilly
Sub-theme 50: Reimagining Meaningful Work in the More-than-Human Society Convenors: Evgenia I. Lysova, Christopher Michaelson, Luke Fletcher
Sub-theme 51 (Cancelled): Remaining Human: The Challenges and Necessity of Rethinking Humanism in a ‘More-than-Human’ Society Convenors: Antoine Inglebert-Frydman, Michael A. Pirson, Laurent Taskin
Sub-theme 52: Resilience for Whom and at What Price? Reframing Epistemological, Methodological, and Narrative Approaches Convenors: Rómulo Pinheiro, Maria Laura Frigotto, Tanja Klenk
Sub-theme 53: Responsible Management-as-Practice in More-than-Human Organizations: Organizational Responsibility in the More-than-Human Assemblage Convenors: Frederik Claeyé, Marcelo de Souza Bispo, Charlotte Durieux
Sub-theme 54: Rethinking Teamwork in a Fluid and Digital World Convenors: Elisa Mattarelli, Francesca Bellesia, Fabiola Bertolotti
Sub-theme 55: Sustainability Agency: Exploring an Evolving Multi-Theoretical, Multi-Level, and Interdisciplinary Field of Study Convenors: Satu Teerikangas, Efrosyni Konstantinou, Gustavo Birollo
Sub-theme 56: Technology and Inclusion at Work: Closing the Gap for Workers in Precarious Positions Convenors: Jeroen Meijerink, Anneleen Forrier, Anne Keegan
Sub-theme 57: Technology and the Organization of Fields Convenors: Dzifa Ametowobla, Attila Bruni, David Seibt
Sub-theme 58: Embedding Human Rights in Management and Organizations: Contributions from Organizational Studies Convenors: Zlatko Nedelko, Roberta Troisi, Mathiyazhagan Kaliyan
Sub-theme 59 (Cancelled): The Interplay between Technology & Human Rights in Business Convenors: Michelle Westermann-Behaylo, Kathleen Rehbein, Harry J. Van Buren III
Sub-theme 60 (Cancelled): The Multispecies Turn: Challenges and Opportunities for Organizing beyond Anthropocentrism Convenors: Juan Pablo Casadiego, Mike Zundel, Rita Mota
Sub-theme 61: The New Frontiers of Co-Presence: Navigating Human Connection in Hybrid and AI-enhanced Organizational Settings Convenors: Elke Schüßler, Leo Bancou, Benjamin Schiemer
Sub-theme 62 (Cancelled): Tracing Cancel Culture’s Effects on Organizations and Management Convenors: Michael Carney, Yasaman Gorji, Balázs Borsi
Sub-theme 63 (Cancelled): Transcending Humans: The Future of Health and Wellbeing Convenors: Diego Ponte, Lorenzo Mercurio, Anne Marie L. Husebø
Sub-theme 64: Translating Professional-driven Change: Agency, Adaptation, and Impact across Contexts Convenors: Stefan Heusinkveld, Lucie Noury, Marlieke van Grinsven
Sub-theme 65: Universities in Transition: Strategies for Adapting to and Shaping Social Change Convenors: Christine Musselin, Simon Oertel, Linda Wedlin
Sub-theme 66: What It Means to Be Human? Applying a Paradox Perspective to Investigate the Risks and Opportunities of a More-than-Human Organization Convenors: Marco Berti, Camille Pradies, Angela Greco
Sub-theme 67: Social-Symbolic Work and the Technologization of New Ways of Working: A Reflexive Perspective Convenors: Daniela Aliberti, Lucio Todisco, Stephanie J. Creary

Reframing Organizations in the More-than-Human Society

Sub-Themes

Full Paper Submission: Important Information

List of Sub-Themes

All sub-themes of the main Colloquium will be held online!