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Strategic Management Division (STR) Doctoral and Dissertation Consortia 2025

STR Doctoral Consortium

Application Deadline: May 29, 2025

The STR Doctoral Consortium is intended for students who are in the dissertation proposal stage of their PhD programs. The objective of the consortium is to support doctoral students as they shape their dissertations. Students will have opportunities to discuss their work in small groups with distinguished faculty and peers, to meet and interact with future colleagues, and to enhance their scholarship, teaching and overall development.

The 2025 STR Doctoral Consortium will have both virtual and in person components. The virtual meeting will be held the Monday before AOM on July 21^st from 8:00 am to 1:00 pm EDT. The in-person meeting will take place at AOM in Copenhagen on Friday, July 25^th from 8:30am – 5pm (local time). Specific times are subject to approval and will be confirmed by June, 2025.

The 2025 Doctoral Consortium co-chairs are Jillian Chown (Northwestern University) and John Eklund (University of Southern California). The tentative faculty panel includes (by last name in alphabetic order): Valentina Assenova (University of Pennsylvania), Julia Bodner (Copenhagen Business School), Shivaram Devarakonda (Nanyang Technology University), Anil Doshi (University College London), Marina Gama (FGV, Sao Paulo School of Business Administration), Hyo Kang (Seoul National University, Jennifer Kao (University of California, Los Angeles), Esther Leibel (University of Western Ontario), Sam MacAulay (University of Queensland), Mike Manor (Notre Dame), John Mawdsley (HEC Paris), Tomasz Obloj (Indiana University), Alessandro Piazza (Rice School of Business), and Elizabeth Pontikes (University of California, Davis)

Interested students should apply via the application website no later than May 29th, 2025. All applicants will be notified of admission decisions by the end of June 2025.

Application Website

As part of the application, you need to upload a single pdf file containing the four items below. The file should be named LastName_FirstName_STR_DC_2025.pdf:

1. Cover Letter. This should describe your interest in the Strategic Management division, and why the STR Doctoral Consortium is the best fit for you. Please also indicate the number of years you will have participated in your PhD program by September 2025 and your expected dissertation proposal defense date.

2.  Curriculum Vitae. 

3. Dissertation Abstract. A 200-word abstract of your dissertation proposal. 

4. Dissertation Summary. A summary of your dissertation proposal (2 page maximum).

If you have questions about the Doctoral Consortium, please contact consortium co-chairs Jillian Chown (jillian.chown@kellogg.northwestern.edu) and John Eklund (jceklund@marshall.usc.edu).

July 25, 2025 (8:00 am – 5:00 pm – In-person Only)

Application Deadline: May 29, 2025

[Note: Time is subject to AOM's scheduling approval and will be confirmed in Spring 2025]

The STR Dissertation Consortium is intended for those PhD students who are in the advanced stages of their programs and who are considering the job market during the 2025-2026 academic year (i.e., for faculty positions that begin in Fall 2026). The focus of the STR Dissertation Consortium will be on providing participating students with an opportunity to discuss their job market papers and 'elevator pitches' about their research identity in small groups with distinguished faculty and peers for high-quality, developmental feedback. We will also be using breakout groups during coffee breaks to facilitate student networking.

The co-chairs of the 2025 Dissertation Consortium are Seth Carnahan (Washington University) and Vera Rocha (Copenhagen Business School). The faculty panel includes (by last name in alphabetic order): Arzi Adbi (National University of Singapore), Shahzad (Shaz) Ansari (Cambridge Judge Business School), Rocio Bonet (IE Madrid), Linus Dahlander (ESMT Berlin), Anne Jacqueminet (Bocconi), Olenka Kacperczyk (London Business School), Megan Lawrence (Vanderbilt University), Johannes Luger (University of Zurich), Milan Miric (USC Marshall), Leandro (Leo) Pongeluppe (Wharton), Maria Roche (Harvard Business School),Victoria Sevcenko (INSEAD), Giovanni Valentini (IESE), Danqing Wang (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology).

Priority for admission to the 2025 Dissertation Consortium will be given to students who: (1) have completed drafts of their job market papers, and (2) have not previously attended the STR Doctoral Consortium. However, any doctoral student who is considering entering the job market and graduate during the 2025-2026 academic year (and who is not applying to the 2025 Doctoral Consortium) may apply. We intend to cover how to maneuver the challenges and considerations of the job market, crafting your elevator pitch, and also focus on providing developmental feedback for the publication process on student job market papers.

Interested students should apply via the application website (link below) no later than May 29, 2025. All applicants will be notified of admission decisions by the end of June 2025.

***Application website: Application for 2025 STR Dissertation Consortium

The application website will request the following information:

1. Nomination Letter: Upload your nomination letter. Have your dissertation chair write a nomination letter (on letterhead). The letter should verify that you are considering entering the job market and will graduate during the 2025-2026 academic year. Your supervisor can provide you the letter to upload or you can provide them the link and they can upload it themselves.

2. Curriculum Vitae: Upload your current CV as a PDF (only). Please name the file as follows: LastName-FirstName-CV.pdf.

3. Job Market Paper: Upload the current version of your job market paper. Please upload as a PDF (only). Please name the file as follows: LastName-FirstName-Paper.pdf.

If you have questions about the Dissertation Consortium, please contact one of the co-chairs, Seth Carnahan (seth.carnahan@wustl.edu) or Vera Rocha (vr.si@cbs.dk). 

Which STR consortium is right for you?

(Important note: Students are typically allowed to attend only one consortium during their PhD program, barring special circumstances)