Dear colleagues,
with utopias and dystopias now being (de)constructed, shared, and enacted, we would like to draw your attention to an AOM panel symposium on "Utopias, Dystopias & Organizational Imaginaries: Organization Studies in a Brave New World". In this session, an esteemed group of high-profile scholars โ Andy Hoffman, Lara Monticelli, Paolo Quattrone, Juliane Reinecke, Garima Sharma, and Charlene Zietsma โ will share and discuss their views on the following overarching questions:
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What theories of organizing do we have that would help us make sense of utopias, dystopias, and organizational imaginaries?
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What roles can and should academics play in evoking, influencing, or counteracting utopian organizational imaginaries?
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How might the study of alternative organizational imaginaries advance theory in management research?
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With which methods can we best study and contribute to alternative organizational imaginaries?
Please join the conversation!
Here is the link to the session on the AOM platform: https://aom.econference.io/public/A5p5d1k/main/sessions/31198
There is also a related Organization Studies Special Issue Call for Papers on "Utopias-dystopias as sources of organizations and organizing": https://journals.sagepub.com/pb-assets/cmscontent/CFP-Utopias-25-06-23-1688621755.pdf
And related information on other activities incl. a newsletter: https://desirablefutures.net/
All the best,
Ali Gรผmรผsay, Jonas Spengler, Eva-Maria Spreitzer, and Matthias Wenzel
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Matthias Wenzel
Professor
Leuphana University of Lรผneburg
Lรผneburg
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