Call for Proposals: Navigating the New Arctic (NSF)

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Message from John Parker, Program Director at NSF:

“The National Science Foundation has recently announced the Navigating the New Arctic funding program. The goal of the program is to fund scholars from all fields to research and understand the profound social, environmental, and engineering challenges and opportunities related to the creation of an open and ice-free arctic.

Sociologists are particularly well suited to think about these issues, and it would be fantastic to have some sociologically oriented investigations into one of the most profound socio-environmental changes in human history.

The solicitation includes email addresses for cognizant program officers in case you would like to ask about the suitability of your research for this solicitation.”

Job Posting: Doctoral Program Director of Leadership Studies at Marian University

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Marian University seeks a strategic, innovative and creative leader who is deeply committed to academic excellence and to the mission of higher education to build a new interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Leadership Studies in the position of Doctoral Program Director and Chair of Leadership Studies.

Marian University is a Catholic, applied liberal arts institution that welcomes diverse spiritual traditions. Sponsored by the Congregation of Sisters of St. Agnes, Marian University engages students in the education of the whole person. We embrace justice and compassion and transform lives for professional service and leadership in the global community.

The Ph.D. in Leadership Studies is designed to prepare scholar-practitioners for leadership in a wide range of disciplines, with a specific focus on translating leadership theory to their own practice.  The doctoral program supports study for active professionals in fields including, but not limited to, business, government, public safety, PK-12 education, higher education, health care, social services, and religious and secular non-profit organizations.The program provides students the opportunity to enhance their knowledge, skills, and leadership ability for increasingly demanding roles in complex organizations.

The Leadership Studies doctoral program seeks to: Provide an interdisciplinary approach to the study of leadership that affords students the opportunity to learn from diverse concepts, theories, and practices; provide advanced study and professional development to students who are preparing for or are currently working in leadership positions; embed concern for social justice through ethical leadership approaches; contribute to what is known regarding the theoretical and practical implementation of leadership concepts across various disciplines through study, research, and practice; prepare students to adapt to the complexity and diversity inherent to leadership and to challenge systems where people’s faith life or human dignity is threatened.

Reporting to the Dean of the Faculty, and working closely with the Office of Academic Affairs, the Doctoral Program Director and Chair of the Leadership Studies Department’s primary role is to provide leadership and direction for the doctoral program.  A successful candidate will also be qualified to teach doctoral level courses in leadership theory and research methods, and be able to demonstrate a professional record commensurate with the faculty rank of Associate Professor at Marian University.

Minimum Qualifications:

  • Doctoral degree in leadership studies or a closely related discipline.
  • Evidence of sustained teaching excellence over a period of at least five years at the rank of assistant professor or higher.
  • Evidence of a developing or established record of excellence in scholarship and/or service.
  • Willingness to embrace the Mission and Core Values of the University.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Significant applied leadership experience in one of the above-listed sectors.
  • Demonstrated experience as an academic leader with a track record of supporting a student-focused distance learning environment.
  • Experience with recruitment and retention of faculty, and promoting faculty and scholarly excellence.

Please submit a cover letter, resume, and name, address and telephone number of three references to MUApplicants@marianuniversity.edu.  Please use ‘Chair of Leadership Studies’ in the subject line of the email.

For optimal consideration, please submit application materials by December 15, 2019. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and accepted until the position is filled.

EOE/M/F/Vet/Disabled

Any offer of employment will be contingent upon the receipt of criminal background and reference check information; and the determination that the candidate remains eligible and suitable for employment.

Member Publication

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Please check out the following recent publication from OOW member Elizabeth A. Hoffmann: “Allies Already Poised to Comply: How Social Proximity Affects Lactation at Work Law Compliance.” Law & Society Review 53 (3): 791–822.

Abstract

This study demonstrates how legal compliance may be better achieved when organizations include individuals who will advocate for newly codified rights and related accommodations. To understand compliance with a new law and the rights it confers, this article examines as its case study the Lactation at Work law, which amends the Fair Labor Standards Act to mandate basic provisions for employees to express breast milk at work. In particular, this study interviewed those organizational actors who translate the law into the policies affecting workers’ daily lives: supervising mangers and human resources personnel. Those studied in this article were “Allies Already:” friends or relatives of breastfeeding workers, or ones themselves, who held pro‐breastfeeding values and understood the complexities of combining lactation and employment. They mobilized within their organization to comply with the law swiftly and fully—often even overcomplying. This article demonstrates how heightened compliance, particularly with new laws, may be achieved even without directly affected actors mobilizing their own rights if allies champion needed accommodations.

Member Publication

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Please check out the following recent publication from OOW member Aliya Hamid Rao: “From Professionals to Professional Mothers: How College-educated Married Mothers Experience Unemployment in the US.” Work, Employment and Society. Online First.

Abstract

Unemployment influences life experiences and outcomes, but how it does so may be shaped by gender and parenthood. Because research on unemployment focuses on men’s experiences of unemployment, it presents as universal a process that may be gendered. This article asks: how do college-educated, heterosexual, married mothers experience involuntary unemployment? Drawing on in-depth interviews with unemployed mothers in the US, their husbands, and follow-up interviews, this article finds that the experience of job loss is tempered for mothers as they derive a culturally valued identity from motherhood which also anchors their lives. Husbands’ support emphasises that employment is one of several options mothers can pursue. Couples pivot attention to husbands’ careers as they worry about finances, often resulting in marital tensions. Using mothers’ unemployment as a case, this study demonstrates that unemployment has more divergent implications depending on gender and parenthood than prior theories suggest.

Call for Papers: 3rd Toronto Fintech Conference

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We invite submissions to the 3rd Toronto Fintech Conference, an event held every 18 months where scholars in the fields of strategy / management, economics / finance, entrepreneurship / innovation, organization theory / sociology, and law / public policy discuss their research on the rise, diffusion, and disruptive potential of financial technologies (“fintech”). 

The Toronto Fintech Conference has three objectives:

1/ To provide a networking opportunity for the fast-growing academic community of scholars (both professors and PhD students) who research fintech topics across a range of related disciplines. 

2/ To discuss cutting-edge research, both theoretical and empirical, which address important issues related to the antecedents and consequences of decentralization, disintermediation, and digitization in the fintech sector and beyond. The ultimate goal is to work together toward publication at top journals.

3/ To facilitate a dialogue between academia and public & private sectors, by bringing academics, executives, entrepreneurs, and policymakers together.  

The Conference is supported by the Scotiabank Digital Banking Lab at Ivey Business School, which proudly offers five travel grants of CAD$750 for the top PhD student papers accepted at by our Program Committee and a CAD$2,000 cash prize for the Best Fintech Paper. A CAD$750 cash prize will reward the Best Cryptoeconomics Paper. Authors can submit either a full working paper or a 5-page proposal, to be followed by a 30-40 page full paper, should the proposal be accepted.  

Submission deadline: June 15, 2020.  

This is the conference website with all the details: https://www.ivey.uwo.ca/scotiabank-digital-banking-lab/research/the-third-toronto-fintech-conference/

Member Publication

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Please check out the following recent publication from OOW member Adam Hayes: “The active construction of passive investors: roboadvisors and algorithmic ‘low-finance’”, Socio-Economic Review, online first.

Abstract

How does algorithmic finance operate in society as it crosses the threshold into the hands of lay investors? This article builds on original ethnographic research into a new class of algorithmic trading programs known as ‘roboadvisors’—inexpensive, automated, digital financial platforms that enable ordinary people to invest very small minimum amounts and that rely to a large extent on passive, index strategies that follow the prescripts of Modern Portfolio Theory. The main argument of the article is that roboadvisors, representing an ethos of ‘low-finance’, are actively constructing passive investors by disciplining them through technologies that embody canonical models of financial economics. Roboadvisors and their algorithms reconfigure their users and objectify them through automating investment decisions and enforcing a principle of ‘don’t do’ vis-à-vis the market. Implications that bear on agency, market structure and regulatory regimes are discussed.

Job Posting: TT Assistant Professor Position at Drew University

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Drew University seeks applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Management beginning August 2020, pending budgetary approval.

Note: Although the job ad explicitly mentions psychology, we are equally interested in candidates with similar backgrounds in sociology, organizational studies, or other similar fields.

The Business program is governed by an interdisciplinary steering committee with a shared vision of a Business major that reflects the liberal arts. Those  interested in the program can read more about it here. Questions about the position or the program can be sent to professor Christopher Andrews (candrews1@drew.edu) or the Business Program Director, Marc Tomljanovich (mtomljanovich@drew.edu).

Please note that the application deadline is December 16, 2019.

Key Responsibilities

The successful candidate will teach core and elective courses in our business program and closely work with our undergraduate students. In addition, they will contribute to a program that values interdisciplinary, experiential, ethical, and global business perspectives. We especially encourage candidates with industry and/or academic work experience, as well as candidates with teaching or research interests in the field of industrial and organizational psychology.

Requirements

The successful candidate must have a Ph.D. in a field related to management, by August 1, 2020. Course responsibilities include core and upper-level management classes.

Application

To apply, please send: (1) a cover letter; (2) current curriculum vitae; (3) a brief statement of teaching interests and philosophy; (4) evidence of teaching excellence; (5) a job paper or published article; and (6) three letters of references to hr1119-7@drew.edu. For full consideration, applications must be complete by December 16, 2019.

About Drew University

Drew University, located on a beautiful, wooded,186-acre campus in Madison, New Jersey, includes the College of Liberal Arts, the Theological School and the Caspersen School of Graduate Studies. It has a total enrollment of more than 2,100 students with 145 full-time faculty members. Over 35% of our undergraduate students are from underrepresented groups, and we were recently ranked 19th among baccalaureate institutions for the number of international students enrolled. The Theological and Caspersen Schools offer master’s and doctoral degrees, and the College confers bachelor’s degrees in 32 disciplines.

Drew is dedicated to exceptional faculty mentorship and hands-on learning that successfully prepares students for their futures. Students regularly connect with local communities, and because of our proximity to New York City, we are home to multiple New York Semester experiences for our undergraduate students: Wall Street, United Nations, Contemporary Art, Communications and Media, Social Entrepreneurship, and New York Theatre. The University also houses the Charles A. Dana Research Institute for Scientists Emeriti, the Center for Global Education, the Center for Civic Engagement, the Center on Religion, Culture & Conflict, and the United Methodist Archives and History Center. Drew also recently received a multi-year grant to transform teaching and learning in the humanities by incorporating emerging digital technologies, methods, and pedagogies.

To enrich education through diversity, Drew University is an Equal Opportunity Employer. In accordance with Department of Homeland Security regulations, a successful candidate must be authorized to work in the United States. These positions are subject to a background check.

Call for Papers: SASE’s 32nd Annual Conference

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Submissions and registration are now open for SASE’s 32nd Annual Conference, Development Today; Accumulation, Surveillance, Redistribution, hosted by The University of Amsterdam from 18-20 July 2020.

Once logged into sase.org, simply click on the green “Submit A Paper” button in the top right-hand corner of the SASE website to begin the submission process. If you need to create an online profile for the first time, click the Join SASE Now button. Detailed submission instructions here.

Early Bird registration fees will be available until 1 April 2020. 

The deadline for submissions is 10 January 2020

Call for Applications: Medici Summer School – Strategies for the Future of Work

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XII Edition of the Medici School: Strategies for the Future of Work (June 15-19, 2020)

We are pleased to announce the organization of the XII edition of the Medici Summer School in Management Studies for doctoral students and young researchers which will be held in Boston, Massachusetts, June 15-19, 2020. The school is organized and sponsored by Bologna Business School (University of Bologna), HEC Paris (Society and Organizations Research Center and the HEC Foundation), and MIT Sloan School of Management (Economic Sociology PhD Program).

Mission

The Summer School is designed to promote doctoral education and research in organization theory and related fields (economic sociology, management studies, strategy) and contribute to the development of enlightened practice in the management of business organizations. The Medici Summer School advocates a special focus on cross-fertilizing research across North American and European traditions. The Summer School is a unique educational program for qualified doctoral students interacting with thought leaders in the management field who have shared their knowledge and wisdom on frontier research topics.

The Medici School combines lectures and research seminars by prominent international scholars with active engagement by participating students. Every day of the one-week program is scheduled to end with the presentation of students’ research related to the topic of the School and with a panel of senior faculty providing feedback. There is no fee to participate.

Selected candidates will be fully covered in their accommodation expenses provided that they stay the full week. However, transportation is not covered by the organizers.

Theme: Strategies for the Future of Work

Over the past few years, the world of work has witnessed many important changes. The digitization and digitalization of products, services and processes have revolutionized how sellers and customers behave, the way firms produce and are organized, and the very notion of value capturing and competition. The experience of working has become more fluid: people seem to have more opportunities to change and combine jobs as the waves of freelancers, contractors and part-time workers participating in the Gig Economy illustrate. Deployment of artificial intelligence, machine learning and robotics has provided organizations with opportunities to boost productivity, innovation and growth, and has helped dramatically improve the well-being and quality of life for the vast majority of people around the world. Simultaneously, economic and social disruptions often followed those technological and institutional changes, with lasting results for workers, their families, and their communities. Along the way, new skills, occupations, and industries replaced older employment models, challenging established assumptions and setting novel priorities.

The goal of the XII edition of the Medici Summer School is to zoom in on the strategic challenges that characterize the future of work. Changes in the nature of work in fact, open the door to new ways of organizing, affecting how organizations behave, what managers and workers do at work, the ways people experience their jobs and think about work. For social scientists, the opportunities associated with the study of the future of work allow for exploring new ideas, relationships and logics of organizing. The increasing availability of data also present great opportunities for engaging with unorthodox methodologies that are often needed to tackle complex causal interdependences that cut across social, technical, political as well as disciplinary boundaries.

The School will bring together leading researchers who focus on advancing our knowledge on how work has changed and will change, and the ensuing implications for organizations, workers, and institutions. In particular, our goal is to discuss cutting-edge organizational research that sheds new light on theoretical mechanisms, processes as well as methodological approaches that can enhance our understanding of major questions around the future of work. This theme choice reflects a sense of excitement about what can and has been learned from integrating technology- and organization- related concepts and constructs with those existing in current organizational, managerial and entrepreneurship theories.

Program and Faculty

The host faculty members include representatives from the three cosponsoring institutions and those who have been organizing the Summer School over the years. Host faculty at this year’s summer school include Ezra Zuckerman Sivan and Emilio J. Castilla (MIT); Simone Ferriani and Gianni Lorenzoni (Bologna); Rodolphe Durand (HEC Paris); and Gino Cattani (NYU). In addition to the host faculty, the Summer School will bring together guest faculty who are leading strategy, organizations, sociology, and social psychology scholars. The five days of the School are tentatively organized as follows:

  • Day 1, June 15: Lead faculty: Peter Cappelli, The Wharton School
  • Day 2, June 16: Lead faculty: Ruthanne Huising, EMLYON Business
    School
  • Day 3, June 17: Lead faculty: Klarita Gërxhani, European University
    Institute
  • Day 4, June 18: Lead faculty: Steve Barley, University of California,
    Santa Barbara
  • Day 5, June 19: Lead faculty: András Tilcsik, University of Toronto

Each faculty member will be in residence at the School for several days, allowing ample time for one-to-one sessions, knowledge sharing, and networking opportunities.

Application procedure

The School will admit 20-25 student participants. Applications are welcome from current Ph.D. students in Management, Strategy, Organization Theory, Economic Sociology, and related disciplines from universities worldwide. Students for the Summer School will be selected in accordance with the quality of their doctoral curricula, research interests, and application materials. Applications from students who have completed at least two years of doctoral training will be considered, with preference given to those who have satisfied their course requirements and qualifying exams but have not yet embarked on their dissertation research. Applications from post-docs will also be considered.

There is no application or participation fee. Student participants will be responsible for covering their own travel expenses to and from Boston, but the Summer School will cover all accommodation and board expenses during the week of sessions provided that students attend the entire week.

Applications should include:

  • A simple statement declaring that the applicant is interested in being
    considered for admission to the Summer School together with the
    applicant’s contact information: email address, telephone, and mailing address. All of this should be in the body of an email sent to the address below.
  • Curriculum vitae listing educational background, Ph.D. program, scholarly achievements, nationality, etc.
  • A motivation letter (no longer than 1 page) indicating the applicant’s current research activities and their specific interest in the proposed topic for the 2020 Summer School.
  • A brief recommendation letter from one faculty member of their dissertation committee.
  • Applicants are also encouraged (but not required) to submit an extended abstract or discussion note that they could present during the Summer School. The Selection Committee will evaluate the relevance of this paper to the 2020 School theme.

All application materials should be sent by March 6th, 2020 exclusively via email to the following address: mit_medici2020@mit.edu with application Medici Summer School in the subject of the email. For any specific inquiry or clarification please also contact mit_medici2020@mit.edu.

Admitted candidates will be notified by April 10th, 2020.

More details about the Medici School, theme and application procedure here.