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Strategy-as-Practice (SAP) Community Day 2026: “Strategizing in the More-than-Human Society: Expanding the SAP Community in Research & Teaching“

Convenors:
Jessica A. Crewe-Brown
Massey University, New Zealand
Theresa Füreder
Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria
David Montens
IESEG School of Management, France
Yinfeng (Benny) Shen
The University of Sydney Business School, Australia

Call for Applications

Overview

The Strategy-as-Practice (SAP) Community Day 2026 warmly invites scholars from all backgrounds, disciplines, and career stages to join us for exchange, reflection, and co-development around strategizing as lived, situated practice. Held online the day before the EGOS online Colloquium 2026, this long-standing pre-colloquium workshop brings together our global and growing SAP community for collaborative learning, dialogue, and the exploration of emerging directions in research and teaching.

In the spirit of EGOS 2026’s theme, Reframing Organizations in the More-than-Human Society, we will consider how this perspective shapes the SAP domain. We will explore how practice-based research and teaching can meaningfully engage with emerging topics and transformations shaping strategy work today, including the role of artificial intelligence, nature and sustainability, and teaching. Through developmental conversations, conceptual provocations, and shared reflection, the SAP Community Day aims to strengthen the intellectual and social fabric of our community. Our goal is to foster inclusive, forward-looking dialogue across diverse strands of SAP research, teaching, and practice.

The SAP Community Day 2026 will consist of two parts:

Part 1 – Paper Development Roundtables

We will host our traditional Paper Development Roundtables, offering participants a supportive environment to discuss their work with senior SAP scholars and peers. Submissions are welcome on all topics related to Strategy-as-Practice research, whether conceptual, empirical, or methodological. Participants may present early-stage papers, theoretical ideas, or emerging observations. The roundtables offer a supportive environment for in-depth feedback, networking, and community exchange. Participants will submit their papers prior to the session, briefly present their core ideas and the challenges they are currently facing, and receive feedback from the allocated roundtable host.

Roundtable hosts:

– Birgit Renzl, University of Stuttgart, Germany
– Martin Friesl, Otto-Friedrich University Bamberg, Germany
– Renate Kratochvil, Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden
– Violetta Splitter, Oxford University, United Kingdom
– Waldemar Kremser, Johannes Kepler Universität Linz, Austria
 

Part 2 – Thematic Sessions & Keynotes

Part two will feature thematic sessions designed to spark reflection and conversation on how SAP can expand its intellectual horizons. Composed of three themes, each featuring a keynote and moderated discussion on how SAP can engage with new domains, moderated by David Seidl, University of Zurich, Switzerland:

  • SAP & AI with Thomas Grisold, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria. Thomas will present on how algorithmic systems, data, and digital technologies reshape strategizing practices—SAP & Future-Making—how strategists enact and anticipate futures through everyday practices. In what ways do algorithms, data systems, and AI agents participate in strategizing practices? How can SAP remain grounded in everyday strategizing practices while also contributing to debates about the future of organizations and society?
  • SAP & Nature with Fleur Deken, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Fleur will present on engaging with sustainability, ecology, and materiality in strategizing. What does it mean to consider “nature” or “the planet” as part of strategizing practices?
  • SAP & Teaching with Matthias Wenzel, Leuphana University Lüneburg, Germany. Matthias will present on practice-based approaches to teaching and learning strategy. How does a practice perspective change the way we teach strategy—not just what we teach, but how students experience strategizing?Together, these provocations will inspire forward-looking conversations and foster new connections across the SAP community.

Application

Please submit your application via the EGOS website by March 31, 2026 as a single document (.docx or .pdf) including:

  1. Personal details: name, affiliation, contact information, 3–5 keywords describing your research interests, and whether your wish to attend Part 1 (Paper Development Roundtables), Part 2 ( Thematic session & Keynotes), or both.
  2. To apply for the Part 1 roundtable sessions, please include an abstract of up to 1,000 words (incl. references) and, if applicable, your preferred roundtable host(s). Submissions are welcome at any development stage and from all theoretical or methodological perspectives related to SAP.

Late applications will only be accepted for Part 2 and must be submitted via email to the EGOS Executive Secretariat until May 31 ,2026.
 

Jessica A. Crewe-Brown is a PhD student at the University of Auckland Business School, New Zealand. Using practice perspectives and qualitative techniques, her PhD focuses on the boundaries in organizations and their implications for participation in Open Strategy. She is also a Senior Tutor at Massey Business School.
Theresa Füreder is a doctoral candidate at the Institute of Strategic Management (part of the JKU Business School) at Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria. In her research, she is interested in the effectiveness of implementing open strategy processes. She particularly focuses on the inclusion of actors and the dynamics that emerge among the actors and during the process, given the actors’ inclusion, using a role theory lens.
David Montens is an Assistant Professor at IESEG School of Management, France. Member of the LEM CNRS UMR (9221) research laboratory and the ICOR research group at IESEG. His research focuses on different forms of openness within organizations and in the field of strategy. In particular, he studies inclusion and transparency (open strategy) and explores how to integrate the voice and place of Nature in organizations.
Yinfeng (Benny) Shen is a PhD candidate and sessional academic at the University of Sydney Business School, Australia. Collaborating with local government, his research adopts a Strategy-as-Practice lens and a phenomenon-driven approach to examine how interorganizational actors, particularly public institutions and businesses, collaboratively strategize social cohesion as a complex and multidimensional social phenomenon.