The Doctoral Consortium is conceived as an empowering meeting, which pursues three main aims:
- unleash the doctoral candidates’ potential, by inviting them to a critical reflection on their research project;
- stimulate doctoral candidates’ ideas through an engaging and dialogic conversation with senior scholars;
- build a strong and vivid community, where ideas flow, collaboration flourishes, and collective reasoning paves the way for impactful research.
In achieving these goals, the Doctoral Consortium offers compelling training sessions that focus on two main themes: core skills for persuasive communication and raising awareness of the underlying philosophy that inspires research.
The doctoral consortium aims to serve as a cornerstone in the candidates’ academic experience, providing insights into the steps that foster excellence in research. Themes will be consistent with the study domains embraced by the ASSIOA community, focusing on novel and compelling interpretations of organizations and organizing in contemporary society.
Submission Guidelines
PhD students must submit a structured synthesis of their research proposal (about 3,000 words, inclusive of references, tables, figures, and appendices), following the format available on the WOA website.
More specifically, the proposal should include the following sections:
- Biographical and academic information about the submitter
- Title
- Short abstract
- Keywords
- Research Aims and Scope
- Conceptual Background and Theoretical Framing
- Research Design and Methods
- Prospective Findings
- Expected Implications for Theory and Practice
Important Dates
Research proposals must be submitted via EasyChair by March 15th, 2026.
Notification of acceptance will be communicated by April 20th, 2026.
To participate in the Doctoral Consortium, registration for WOA 2026 is required.