Team at EGOS 2022 in Vienna

11. Juli 2022

Foto: Harborth

After two years of online only encounters, the European Group for Organizational Studies Conference took place onsite again from 7.-9. July in Vienna. Under the theme “Organizing: The Beauty of Imperfection" 2200 scholars from more than 60 countries discussed their work on Organization Studies.

Daniel Geiger was one of five panelists at the Sub-Plenary "Collective Action in Crisis?". The Sub-Plenary aimed to open up discussions about how collective action can be accomplished in situations of crisis – particularly collective action involving collaborations amongst a network of diverse actors that do not necessarily share a common history, tradition or identity. He also presented the paper co-authored with Lisa Harborth titled “Towards a diachronic perspective on coordinating routines in crises: Enacting temporal elasticity”. 

Iris Seidemann attended the Pre-Colloquium PhD Workshop to discuss the theoretical framing of her dissertation with peers and senior scholars. Furthermore, she presented her newest project on the management of multiple tensions within the context of Grand Challenges at the paper development workshop “Paradox Theory for Research in an Imperfect Society”.

During the PhD workshop, Lisa Harborth had the chance to discuss the theoretical underpinnings of her dissertation with peers and senior scholars. She also attended the paper development workshop "Theorizing Desirable Futures", where she introduced a project focusing on how organizations create sustainable futures through present-day temporal structuring. Furthermore, she presented a paper exploring the role of time in process organization studies in the sub-theme "Organization and Time: Time as X and X as Time".

Ali Aslan Gümüsay was invited to present his paper "Entrepreneurship of the marginalized given institutional adversity: Muslim entrepreneurs in India" along with Abrar Ali Saiyed & Erkan Erdemir. He also presented his paper "Principles & Challenges of Digital Organizing in Open Strategy"  together with Stephan Bohn. Ali Aslan Gümüsay was one of three convenors for the PDW "Theorizing Desirable Futures". The PDW opened up conversations about what a new future-oriented research agenda might look like, with the aim to develop new ways of theorizing desirable futures. 

We are back from a week filled with stimulating intellectual discussion, lots of networking and the pleasure of being part of a vibrant community of scholars.