Sub-Themes 2027

Call for Short Papers

Sub-Theme Overview 2027

Important information

The submission window for short papers will open in early October 2026 and close on January 15, 2027 (12:00 CET). We strongly recommend not to wait until the very last minute, to avoid technical difficulties!
To submit a short paper only registration (no payment) is necessary.
You can only submit one paper to one sub-theme (i.e. main authorship).
You can be listed as co-author in a maximum of two additional papers.
Further information and useful guidelines will be published here before the submission phase opens.

List of Sub-Themes

To view the detailed Call for short papers, please click on the sub-theme(s) you are interested in. Please note that, as every year, a number of sub-themes will be held in hybrid format, allowing online participation. The allocation process is not yet finalized, but all hybrid sub-themes will be marked accordingly before the submission window opens.

For an overview, please have a look at the official EGOS 2027 Flyer.

Sub-theme 01: [SWG] Meta-organizations and Meta-organizing: Alternatives to Capitalism Convenors: Mario Diani, Mariana Baldi, Mikko Laamanen
Sub-theme 02: [SWG] Transformations Towards Equity, Diversity and Inclusion: Imagining and Creating Equitable, Diverse, and Inclusive Organizations Convenors: Inge Bleijenbergh, Dounia Bourabain, Bareerah Hafeez Hoorani
Sub-theme 03: [SWG] Algorithms and the Hyper-Real: Simulating Organizational Realities Through Data and AI Convenors: Marleen Huysman, Tomislav Karacic, Ella W. Hafermalz
Sub-theme 05: [SWG] Social Evaluations Within and Across Cultural Contexts Convenors: Thomas Roulet, Kisha Lashley, Anastasiya Zavyalova
Sub-theme 06: [SWG] Organizing with Care and Response-ability: Performing and Communicating Organizational Responses in an Era of Poly-crisis. Convenors: Mie Plotnikof, Monica Nadegger, Joëlle Basque
Sub-theme 07: [SWG] Organizations and Place-Based Communities: Communities in the Context of Local and Global Dynamics of Organizations and Institutions Convenors: Ines Kuric, Gili S. Drori, Markus A. Höllerer
Sub-theme 08: [SWG] Expertise and Organizational Design Convenors: Jillian Chown, Lisa E. Cohen, Pedro Monteiro
Sub-theme 09: [SWG] Practicing Impact Through Organizing-as-Practice Scholarship Convenors: Violetta Splitter, Paula Jarzabkowski, Hans Berends
Sub-theme 10: [SWG] Desirable Futures: Empirical Work and Methodological Challenges Convenors: Alice Comi, Garima Sharma, Matthias Wenzel
Sub-theme 11: [SWG] Time and Organization Studies: Pacing Organizational Life Through Speed, Rhythms and Affective Duration Convenors: Christina Lüthy, Abbie Shipp, Omid Omidvar
Sub-theme 12: [SWG] Craft and Emerging Forms of Organizing in Post-Industrial Society: Stakes, Rules, Re-Enchantment and Play Convenors: Monika Żebrowska, Max Ganzin, Jochem Kroezen
Sub-theme 13: [SWG] The Constitutive Role of Tasks in Temporary Organizations Convenors: Joachim Thiel, Alfons van Marrewijk, Joana Geraldi
Sub-theme 14: [SWG] Qualitative Restudies: Retheorizing in a Changing World Convenors: Tine Köhler, Catherine L Welch, Maria Rumyantseva
Sub-theme 15: Activating Paths in Motion: Routine Dynamics and the Temporal Fabric of Organizing Convenors: Christian A. Mahringer, Sunny Mosangzi Xu, Brian T. Pentland
Sub-theme 16: Bridging the Space Between Us: Exploring Connection and Disconnection in Workplace Relationships Convenors: Jennifer Petriglieri, Lakshmi Ramarajan, Brianna Barker Caza
Sub-theme 17: Can We Play, Seriously, in and with Crises? Pragmatist Reexaminations of Our Current Crises, Big and Small Convenors: Piera Morlacchi, Jared M. Poole, Frank den Hond
Sub-theme 18: Changing the Games: Emotions, Institutions, and the Struggles for Positive Social Change - [Hybrid] Convenors: Chuqiao Zhou, Lin Dong, Maxim Voronov
Sub-theme 19: Come Together or I, Me, Mine? Individual and Group Creativity Within Collectives Convenors: Pier Vittorio Mannucci, Rita Bissola, Christina E. Shalley
Sub-theme 20: Contemporary Careers: Arenas, Power, Rules and Shadows Convenors: Nawel A. Sidi Ali Cherif, Katharina Chudzikowski, Wolfgang Mayrhofer
Sub-theme 21: Cultural Entrepreneurship: Mobilizing, Expressing, and Producing the Rules of the Game Convenors: Jean-François Soublière, Christi Lockwood, Ewald Kibler
Sub-theme 22: Ethnographies Beyond the Rules: Rethinking Power, Practice, and Possibility Convenors: Rafael Alcadipani, Jenna Pandeli, Jennifer Manning
Sub-theme 23: Exploring Intersections Between Markets, Fields and Grand Challenges Convenors: Debora Sara Anspach, Charlotte Cloutier, April L. Wright
Sub-theme 24: Fields of Play: Organization Studies in Sports Convenors: Edeltraud Hanappi-Egger, Marvin Washington, Roman Gibel
Sub-theme 25: From Symbols to Rules: New Perspectives on Language and Communication in Entrepreneurship and Innovation Research Convenors: Donato Cutolo, Simone Ferriani, Sai Kalvapalle
Sub-theme 26: Games of Violence in Organizational Life and Death Worlds Convenors: Roya Derakhshan, Devi Vijay, Michelle Mielly
Sub-theme 27: Inequality and the (Un)changing Rules of Professional Life and Work - [Hybrid] Convenors: Stefanie Gustafsson, Sumati Ahuja, Andrew Sturdy
Sub-theme 28: Learning Good Judgements: Insights from Organizational and Educational Contexts Convenors: Martyna Śliwa, Igor Pyrko, Demetris Hadjimichael
Sub-theme 29: Multimodality at Play: Theories, Ontologies, and Methodologies of Studying Sustainability Organizing Convenors: Lærke Højgaard Christiansen, Mélodie Cartel, Dennis Jancsary
Sub-theme 30: New Rules: Understanding Grand Challenges as Systems Change Convenors: Linda Jakob Sadeh, Charlene Zietsma, Bernard Leca
Sub-theme 31: No Games Without Rules: Assessing the Unmaking and Remaking of Formal Organization Convenors: Catherine Casler, Paul L. du Gay, Signe Vikkelsø
Sub-theme 32: Organizational Language Games: The Hidden Rules of Communication and Institutional Life Convenors: Michal Izak, Yuan Li, Wenyao G. (Will) G. Zhao
Sub-theme 33: Organizational Purpose at the Crossroads - [Hybrid] Convenors: Anna Jasinenko, Rodolphe Durand, Renate E. Meyer
Sub-theme 34: Organizing Risk: Risk Games, Gamifying Risk, and the Politics of Play Convenors: Tommaso Palermo, Christian Huber, Finia Kuhlmann
Sub-theme 35: Platformization of Business and Society: Routes, Responses, and Prospects Convenors: Georg Reischauer, Cristina Alaimo, Annabelle Gawer
Sub-theme 36: Play, Passion, and Precariousness: The Politics of Free Labour in Contemporary Work and Organizations - [Hybrid] Convenors: Annalisa Murgia, Amanda M. Peticca-Harris, Marieke van den Brink
Sub-theme 37: Playing by, with, and Against the Rules: Governance and Legitimacy in Universities Convenors: Simon Oertel, Stéphanie Mignot-Gérard, Linda Wedlin
Sub-theme 38: Playing with the Law: Organizational Resistance and Alternatives at the Boundary of the Legal Convenors: Stephanie Daher, Kate Kenny, Marcos Barros
Sub-theme 39: Playing with, or Playing Within, the Rules of the Game? Ethics and the (Un-)written Moral Rules of Organizing Convenors: Gazi Islam, Martin Kornberger, Tanusree Jain
Sub-theme 40: Promises and Paradoxes of Intelligent and Distributed Technologies: Rethinking Relations, Organizations and Institutions Convenors: Paula Ungureanu, Nelson Phillips, Elisa Villani
Sub-theme 41: Re-writing the Rules of Social Networks and Networking: Intra- And Inter-organizational Networks and Relationships in Non-Western Contexts Convenors: Julia Brennecke, Christiana Weber, Jane Khayesi
Sub-theme 42: Rethinking Corporate Sustainability: Progress, Balance or Backlash? Convenors: Jette Steen Knudsen, Jeremy Moon, Julia Bartosch
Sub-theme 43: Societal Governance in the Face of Grand Challenges: Perspectives from the Global North and South, East and West Convenors: Zlatko Bodrožić, Paul S. Adler, Ning Nicole Liu
Sub-theme 44: Organizing with and for Nature: Rethinking Voice, Agency, and Co-production Convenors: Theresa Langenmayr, Fleur Deken, David Montens
Sub-theme 45: The Science of Organizations: How Managers Can Be Replaced by Self-Motivated Employees and Good Pay Convenors: William Ocasio, Daniella Laureiro-Martinez, Christoph Brielmaier
Sub-theme 46: The Role of Organizational Practices in Shaping Workplace Diversity and Inequality Convenors: Isabel Fernandez-Mateo, Emilio J. Castilla, Eliot L. Sherman
Sub-theme 47: Where Are Biophysical Rules in Management Games? Integrating Management and Natural Sciences - [Hybrid] Convenors: Lucie Baudoin, Simone Carmine, Martina Linnenluecke
Sub-theme 48: Who Plays (with) Whom – And in What Games? Rethinking Personhood and Actorhood in Institutional Life Convenors: Tao Wang, Daniel Semper, Elke Weik
Sub-theme 49: Magic, Mysteries, and Illusions in Organizational Games and Play: Methods, Technologies and Practices Convenors: Stefan Schwarzkopf, Elena Giovannoni, Paolo Quattrone
Sub-theme 50: Addressing Dualities of Resilience and Vulnerability in Extreme Contexts Convenors: Gloria Kutscher, Derin Kent, Anja Danner-Schröder
Sub-theme 51: At Table! Crossing Perspectives and Mixing Ingredients to Study Organization in the Hospitality Industry Convenors: Bernard Forgues, Daphne Demetry, Giada Di Stefano
Sub-theme 52: Organizing in Marginalized Communities: Navigating Entrepreneurship and Institutions Convenors: Alina Spanuth, Sönke Mestwerdt, Nevena Radoynovska
Sub-theme 53: Playing with Complexity: QCA and Organizational Games - [Hybrid] Convenors: Joanna T. Campbell, Peer C. Fiss, Johannes Meuer
Sub-theme 54: Managing Nonprofit Strategic Tensions: Impact, Scaling, and Resilience Convenors: Sofiane Baba, Caitlin McMullin, Jamel Stambouli
Sub-theme 55: Playing and Cheating the Ableism Game: Rewriting the Rules of (Dis)ability in Organizations - [Hybrid] Convenors: Andries Baeken, Eline Jammaers, Anneleen Forrier
Sub-theme 56: Institutional Repair: Exploring the Aftermath of Institutional Breakdown Convenors: Mia Raynard, Emily S. Block, Alexander Rustler
Sub-theme 57: Where Networks Meet: Exploring the Relationship Between Intra- And Inter-Organizational Networks Convenors: Stefan Breet, Stefano Tasselli
Sub-theme 58: Overlooked Entrepreneurs: Playing When Nobody is Watching Convenors: Pursey P.M.A.R. Heugens, Katrin M. Smolka, Friederike Welter
Sub-theme 59: Words and Numbers in Quality Construction: How Categories and Classifications Shape Market Valuations Convenors: Anne-Sophie Barbe, Arnaud Cudennec, Yuval Millo
Sub-theme 60: Resistance Through Play: Decolonial and Queer Disruptions of Organizational Rules Convenors: Elo L.K. Reiss, Ebru Calin, Chris Steyaert
Sub-theme 61: New Rules of the Game? Re-organizing Democracy in an Illiberal Age Convenors: Andreas Georg Scherer, Peter N Bloom, Elanor Colleoni
Sub-theme 62: “All Work and No Play” - Conceptions of Work, Organizing and Business in Historical Perspective Convenors: Nicholas D. Wong, Stephanie Decker, Valeria Giacomin
Sub-theme 63: Abductive Qualitative Research: Puzzles, Surprises and Explanations Convenors: Stine Grodal, Anders Dahl Krabbe, Saku Mantere
Sub-theme 64: Rage Against the Digital Machine? Rethinking Humanness and the Possibility for Human Connection in Times of Emerging Technologies. Convenors: Frank Martela, Sophia Galière, Johan Alvehus
Sub-theme 65: Organizing Ahead of the Game: Machineries of Anticipation in the Age of Datafication Convenors: Lena Rieck, Mikkel Flyverbom, Maximilian Heimstädt
Sub-theme 66: Organizing Civic Wealth Creation: Multidisciplinary Perspectives for Broader Impact Convenors: Bjoern C. Mitzinneck, Sophie Bacq, Christina Hertel
Sub-theme 67: Come Play with Us! Feminism as Survival: Naming, Resisting, and Reimagining the Academy Convenors: Alison Pullen, Marianna Fotaki, Alexia Panayiotou
Sub-theme 68: Power Plays, Paths to Peace: Organizing Amid Conflict and Geopolitical Pressure Convenors: François Maon, Ambreen Ben-Shmuel, Jay Joseph
Sub-theme 69: Scale Matters: Accounting for Scale in Organizational Practice, Politics, and Research Convenors: Armin Beverungen, Karolina Mikołajewska-Zając, Bartosz Ślosarski
Sub-theme 70: The Past Through Games of Power: Memory and Organizational History Convenors: Amon Barros, Hamid Foroughi, Gabrielle Durepos
Sub-theme 71: Relational (Re)Design: How Formal and Informal Structures Co-evolve in Organizations Under Continuous Change Convenors: Daniele Mascia, Børge Obel, Francesca Pallotti
Sub-theme 72: Animals in the Games of Organization: Politics, Power, and Interspecies Relations Convenors: Lucie Wiart, Helen Wadham, Linda Tallberg
Sub-theme 73: Land Matters: Re-imagining Organizations Through Land-based Perspectives Convenors: Yousaf Nishat-Botero, Maria Ehrnström-Fuentes, Laura Albareda
Sub-theme 74: Planetary Playgrounds: Organization Studies in the Age of the New Space Race Convenors: Attila Márton, Marc J. Ventresca, Elisa Fiore
Sub-theme 75: Enterprising Tricksters & Entrepreneurial Pranksters? Play, Art, Power, Tactics, and Subversive Resistance against Tech Elites threatening Democracy Convenors: Sylvain Pierre Bureau, Amy Whitaker, Daniel Hjorth
Sub-theme 76: Serious Play as Resonant Organizing: Atmospheres, Attunement, and Intercorporeality Convenors: Wendelin M. Küpers, Matt Statler, Rita Tóth
Sub-theme 77: Professionals, Expertise and Attention in Organizing for Societal Challenges Convenors: Yiannis Kyratsis, Amit Nigam, Amelia Compagni
Sub-theme 78: Playing Organization: The Power of Fiction as Playful Approach to Understanding and Rethinking Organizations Convenors: Carola Wolf, Leighann Spencer, Christian De Cock
Sub-theme 79: The Language Games We Play: Opportunities and Obstacles in Studying Macro-Level Phenomena with Computational Methods Convenors: Philipp Poschmann, Stephan Bohn, Laura K. Nelson

The Games We Play: Re-Writing the Rules of Organization?

Sub-Themes 2027

Call for Short Papers

Sub-Theme Overview 2027

Important information

List of Sub-Themes