BAM2025 Doctoral Symposium
Tuesday 2nd September 2025 I Kent Business School, University of Kent I In-Person Only
REGISTRATIONS NOW OPEN
Overview
The Symposium will feature plenary sessions, methodology clinics, and opportunities to receive expert feedback on your research. You can choose to participate in either Research Conversations or Student Paper Presentation sessions, both led by senior academics from the BAM community. We look forward to welcoming you to the BAM2025 Doctoral Symposium at Kent Business School.
We encourage all business and management doctoral researchers, across all sub-disciplines, to join us in person for this valuable event, which includes workshops, plenaries, one-on-one Research Conversations, and Paper Presentations.
VIEW THE BAM2025 DOCTORAL SYMPOSIUM AGENDA HERE
Please note, the deadline for Early Bird Registration is 31st July 2025
Convenor
Prof Adina Dudau
Adina Dudau is Professor of Public Management at the University of Glasgow Adam Smith Business School. She serves as Associate Research Director and leads on People, Culture, and Environment within the School. Externally, she is Associate Director of the Scottish Graduate School of Social Science (SGSSS). Deeply committed to doctoral development and research capacity building, Adina has held a number of leadership roles in the doctoral training ecosystem, including Director of Postgraduate Research in her School. She will serve as Doctoral Symposium Convener at the 2025 BAM Annual Conference.
Adina brings extensive editorial experience to her work, as Co-Editor of the European Management Journal, and Associate Editor for Public Management Review and Journal of Management Inquiry. She is a regular contributor to major international management conferences, fostering collaboration and engagement across institutional and national boundaries. This breadth of experience underpins her strong commitment to the mission of the Academic Affairs of Conference and Capacity Building Committee, particularly in advancing inclusive capacity-building and international stakeholder engagement across the management research community.
Adina's own research span three key areas: research policy (research ecosystems including doctoral training, people, culture and environment), public service ecosystems, and the impact of digitalisation on the future of work and on integrity management and corruption. Her work has been funded by the Horizon Europe, UKRI, CIMA and Carnegie Universities Trust. More about Adina’s work can be found on her University of Glasgow profile.
BAM Fellows Q&A - Tuesday 2nd September
BAM Fellows Q&A
Doctoral Symposium
Tuesday 2nd September I 18:00 - 18:50
The Doctoral Symposium is about community, learning and making connections within the business and management world. At BAM, we support academics at all stages of their careers, from Doctoral Students to full Professors and beyond. In turn, our outstanding community do all they can to share their knowledge and encourage thought leadership to colleagues and students alike.
The BAM Fellows Q&A at the Doctoral Symposium is a 50 minute panel discussion with five of the leading academics, who have made outstanding academic contributions to business and management scholarship, as well as demonstrating a significant contribution to the community of scholars in the field and within BAM.
This is followed by a Q&A, where doctoral students can ask our Fellows about their academic journey's, thier greatest acheivements, their ups and their downs.
Our Q&A will be directly followed by a 10 minute award ceremony for the Tony Beasley Best Paper and Best Poster Award winners.
Chair:
Professor Fiona Wilson
Fiona Wilson was Professor of Organisational Behaviour in the Adam Smith Business School. Having retired after over 21 years there, she is currently Emeritus Professor, an Affiliate and Honorary Senior Research Fellow.
She has published two books and around 44 articles in journals such as AMR, ASQ, Sociology, Work, Employment and Society, Organization, Organization Studies and Human Relations. Her research interests are focussed mainly on equality and gender at work.
Panellists:
Professor Savvas Papagiannidis
Prof Savvas Papagiannidis is Professor of Information Systems, Digital Innovation & Transformation at Newcastle University Business School. His research interests revolve around electronic business and its various sub-domains.
More specifically, his research aims to inform our understanding of how e-business technologies affect the social and business environment, organisational strategies and business models, and how these are implemented in terms of functional innovations. His work puts strong emphasis on innovation, new value creation and exploitation of entrepreneurial opportunities, within the context of different industries.
Savvas has served as a track/SIG Chair for Ebusiness & Information Management, as a BAM Council Member and on the BAM Executive as the co-Vice Chair for SIGs. He also hosted the 2016 BAM Conference in Newcastle.
Professor Mark Saunders
Mark N.K. Saunders is Professor of Business Research Methods at the University of Birmingham Business School, UK; and a Visiting Professor at the Gordon Institute of Business Science, University of Pretoria, South Africa. His research focuses on research methods, and trust and distrust within and between organizations.
He has published widely including in Work Employment and Society, British Journal of Management, Human Relations and the Human Resource Management Journal. Mark is lead author of 'Research Methods for Business Students' (currently in its 9th edition), series editor for Edward Elgar's ‘Handbooks of Research Methods in Management' and has a YouTube channel on research methods.
Mark holds fellowships of the Academy of Social Sciences, British Academy of Management and First International Network on Trust and is co-chair of BAM's Research Methodology SIG.
Professor Emmanuella Plakoyiannaki FBAM
Emmanuella Plakoyiannaki, BA, PhD is Chaired Professor of International Business and Head of the Department of Marketing and International Business at the University of Vienna, Austria. She is also Visiting Professor at Leeds University Business School, UK.
Before she joined the University of Vienna, Emmanuella Plakoyiannaki was Professor of International Business at the University of Leeds, UK. She holds a PhD from the University of Strathclyde, UK where she subsequently remained as a Post-Doctoral Fellow. Her doctoral studies were supported by the Greek State Scholarships Foundation, while her Post-doctoral research was funded by the Economics and Social Research Council (ESRC), UK.
Emmanuella Plakoyiannaki currently serves as Associate Editor in the British Journal of Management. Her research interests refer to qualitative research in International Business; SME and family firm internationalization and international entrepreneurship. She also seeks to understand and problematize the role of time, context and space in International Business theorizing. She has published in highly ranked academic journals including the Academy of Management Review, British Journal of Management, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of World Business and Journal of Management Studies.
Emmanuella Plakoyiannaki has been awarded the Medal for Research of the British Academy of Management (BAM) in 2023. In 2021, she received the prestigious Journal of International Business Studies (JIBS) Decade Award for her co-authored paper entitled “Theorising from Case Studies: Towards a Pluralist Future for International Business Research”. She is regularly invited as a guest Professor and keynote speaker at leading international universities and conferences and provides supervision for PhD Theses.
Professor Greg Bamber
Greg J. Bamber is a British-Australian Professor, Department of Management and Director, International Consortium for Research in Employment & Work, Monash Business School, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. He is also Research Theme Lead: Future of Work @ Monash Data Futures Institute.
He has received numerous awards and has served as President of several academies including: Australia and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM), International Federation of Scholarly Associations of Management. He is a Fellow of several academies including ANZAM, BAM, Academy of Social Sciences; Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia; Australian Human Resources Institute; Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.
He was educated at University (U) of Manchester, London School of Economics and Heriot-Watt U, Edinburgh. He was formerly an academic at Durham U, UK and also in Australia at Queensland U; Queensland U of Technology (Director, Australian Research Council (ARC) Key Centre in Strategic Management); Griffith U (Dean/Director, Graduate School of Management). He has been appointed as a visiting professor by a range of business schools including Nottingham Business School.
He has served on several boards in the fields of education, healthcare and sport, as well as on more than 20 editorial boards for international journals. Many universities and conferences have invited him to give presentations. He has more than 200 publications. He has helped to lead many research projects funded by the ARC and the UK Economic and Social Research Council. International agencies (e.g. International Labour Organization), governments and enterprises have commissioned him to conduct research projects or to be an advisor on work organisation, HR or industrial relations.
He has conducted research in many sectors including aviation, agriculture, building, chemicals, education, electronics, engineering, finance, health, hotels, infrastructure, mining, the public sector, railways, restaurants, retailing, tourism, telecommunications, manufacturing, universities and unions as well as a range of enterprises. He is also cited in the media. For more, see The Conversation, Linkedin, Orcid, Twitter, Who's Who in Australia, YouTube.
BAM2025 Doctoral Symposium FAQ
Paper submissions
Q. Can I submit my paper / research conversation via the Conference submission site?
A. Submissions for the BAM2025 Doctoral Symposium closed on Monday 5th May 2025
This is a separate submission process, different from that of the main conference. If you submitted a paper to the Conference, please use the same login details then click on the 'BAM2025 Doctoral Symposium' submission link.
Q. Will my paper be published in the Conference proceedings?
A. Papers presented at the Doctoral Symposium will not be subject to review and will not be published in the proceedings.
Q. Can I submit the same paper I submitted to the Conference?
A. Please note that any paper which has been accepted at the Conference will not be allowed for the Doctoral Symposium. In these instances, students may wish to submit an alternative paper to the Doctoral Symposium.
Q. Do I have to attend the Doctoral Symposium day if I submit a paper?
A. All authors who submit will need to agree to attending the Doctoral Symposium in-person on 2nd September in order to have a chance to present their paper or research conversation, and receive feedback from a senior academic from the BAM community. If you cannot attend the Doctoral Symposium, you will not be allowed to submit.
General Information DS2025
Q. Is there an opportunity to join the sessions online?
A. This year, ALL Doctoral Symposium sessions will take place in-person at Kent Business School, University of Kent.
Q. Where can I access the full Delegate Programme for the day?
A. The Programme will be sent to delegates closer to the day.
Q. I have already booked my ticket, but I want to register for the Doctoral Symposium Dinner. How can I do that?
A. Go to my account - My Events - Conference booking - Add the Ticket.
Q. Can I still attend the Doctoral Symposium even if I’m not presenting?
A. Yes, registered non-presenters will be able to attend the full day and will have the choice to attend one of the Research Conversation and Paper Presentation sessions.
Q. What is the dress code?
A. Business casual.
DS2025 Papers FAQ
Q. When and where will I be presenting on the day?
A. The Programme will be sent to delegates closer to the day.
Q. How long will I have to present my Paper?
A. The Paper Presentations session is a 1hour 30minutes roundtable session with 1-3 students presenting to 1 Mentor, an experienced senior academic. Each student will be asked to present for about 10 minutes, will receive feedback from their Mentor and will then engage in a Q&A session with the Mentor and audience.
Q. How long will I have to present my Research Conversation?
A. The Research Conversations session is a 1hour 30minutes roundtable session with 1-3 students presenting to 1 Mentor, an experienced senior academic. Each student will be asked to present for 5-10 minutes, will receive feedback from their Mentor and will then engage in a Q&A session with the Mentor and audience.
Q. Can I present slides within my Paper Presentation or Research Conversation presentation?
A. Slides are not required, it is up to you whether you present using PPT slides. There are AV facilities available in all rooms hosting Paper Presentation and Research Conversation sessions. Please bring any slides with you on a memory stick.
Slides should enhance your presentation but you should be equally confident presenting without them. Please be mindful of the time required by other Presenters in your session and limit your presentation slides to a maximum of 10 slides.
DS2025 Posters FAQ
Q. What size should my poster be printed for display?
A. You will need to print your poster as A1 size in portrait format and bring it with you on the day. Please note, BAM will NOT be printing any posters.
Q. Where should I display my poster?
A. This will be confirmed in due course. When you arrive at registration with your printed poster, please let the staff on the desk know that you are a Poster Presenter, and they will let you know where your poster display location is and how to display it.
Q. How will I display my poster?
We will have large poster boards and velcro for you to use to display your poster.
Q. How long do I have to present my poster?
A. Your poster will be displayed all day, but you should be present at its location during the morning break from 11:00-11:30 as the judging panel will be reviewing posters then and may ask you questions on your poster.
For further information, please see the Poster Presentation Guidelines, here:
BAM2024_DS_Poster_Presentation_Guidelines (1).pdf
Doctoral Fridays: Journey to the BAM2025 Doctoral Symposium
We are pleased to announce the latest series of events: Doctoral Fridays: Journey to the BAM2025 Doctoral Symposium
This series builds on the existing and popular events created by the BAM Council's Sub-Committee of Academic Affairs of Conference and Capacity Building (AACCB). Developed by doctoral students Alisha Masih and Noma Mguni, these sessions enable our participants the opportunity to network with other doctoral students and academics all in one place, learning new skills and have a safe place for knowledge sharing and thought leadership.
Please take a look at our new series of events and be sure to take part in our amazing Doctoral Symposium journey:
Paper & Poster Submission Details
PAPER AND POSTER SUBMISSIONS ARE CLOSED
Submission Deadline: CLOSED
Submission Outcome Notification: We are aiming to notifty author(s) by 10th June 2025.
Date for at least one Submission Author to register for the Conference: 4th July 2025.
PLEASE NOTE: The BAM2025 Doctoral Symposium will be taking place IN PERSON ONLY on Tuesday 2nd September 2025 at Kent Business School*
Paper Presentations
What are Student Paper Presentations?
Aimed at mid to later stage students with more developed research, the Student Paper Presentations give delegates the opportunity to present their research and gain feedback in a friendly & supportive environment.
If students have had a paper accepted at the conference, it is not expected that they submit the same version to the Doctoral Symposium.
What is required to submit?
In order to have a place in a presentation session, you should submit a paper of 2,000-2,500 words. Developmental papers are normally expected to have both theory and empirical material but are not expected to have fully developed analysis and conclusion.
What is the format of the session?
1 hr 30 min roundtable sessions of 3 or 4 Ph.D. students will be chaired by an experienced academic. Each student will be asked to present for about 8-10 minutes and then engage in a question and answer session with the audience.
Audio/visual equipment will not be provided. Authors may bring copies of their paper and/or PowerPoint slides that they wish to distribute.
Format Requirements
Word count
The word count for the paper presentations is 2,000 - 2,500. This excludes the abstract, references, figures and tables.
Title page:
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Paper Title, Author, Affiliation, Contact Address, Email and Telephone Number
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The management 'discipline' of the paper (e.g. strategy, marketing, etc.)
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Three or four keywords that help identify its main themes
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A brief statement (up to six words) explaining research methodology
First page:
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Title (no author names)
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Abstract (no more than 100 words)
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The four (max.) keywords from the Title page
Content:
Papers should include statements on:
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the purpose of the research
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key concepts from the literature
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the research method
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the research questions/hypotheses
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initial analysis and findings
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any preliminary conclusions you have arrived at
Please use the British Journal of Management format for references, formulas, figures and tables.
*If students have had a paper accepted at the conference, you are unable to submit the same version to the Doctoral Symposium, and vice versa.
Research Conversations
What are Research Conversations?
Aimed at students in the early stages of their research, the Research Conversations are round-table discussions designed to help students plan the direction of their research.
What is required to submit?
In order to have a place in a conversation, you should submit an outline paper of up to, and not exceeding, 1,500 words which should include the purpose of the research, key concepts from the literature, the research method and the research questions/hypotheses.
You will be asked to indicate areas that you need help with. These can include:
(a) Literature on the topic
(b) Theory
(c) Methodology
(d) Other (please specify).
What is the format of the session?
1 hr 30 min roundtable sessions of 3 or 4 Ph.D. students will be chaired by an experienced academic. Each student will verbally present a short outline paper for about 5 minutes, after which a group conversation will aim to address the areas highlighted by the student.
Audio/visual equipment will not be provided. Authors may bring copies of their paper and/or PowerPoint slides that they wish to distribute.
Format Requirements
Word count
The word count for the paper presentations is 1,500 words. This excludes the abstract, references, figures and tables.
Title page:
Paper Title, Author, Affiliation, Contact Address, Email and Telephone Number
The management 'discipline' of the paper (e.g. strategy, marketing, etc.)
Three or four keywords that help identify its main themes
A brief statement (up to six words) explaining research methodology
Indicate in which area you would value help:
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(a) Literature on the topic
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(b) Theory
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(c) Methodology
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(d) Other (please specify).
First page:
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Title (no author names);
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Abstract (no more than 100 words);
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The four (max.) keywords from the Title page.
Content:
(Start of text) Papers should include short statements on:
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the purpose of the research
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key concepts from the literature
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the research method (or anticipated method, if not decided yet)
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the research questions/hypotheses
Finally:
Specify any particular questions you would like to discuss.
Please use the British Journal of Management format for references, formulas, figures and tables.
Poster Presentations
What are Poster Presentations?
The posters are intended for delegates at the start of their PhD., but poster presentations are open to all delegates who consider that this may be useful for their research.
Posters will be displayed in the main foyer during all refreshment breaks and presenters will be assigned one break in which they are expected to stand with their poster and discuss their work with other delegates and speakers.
Best two posters will be awarded at the end of the day, once they have been assessed throughout the day by a judging committee.
Format Requirements
For more information on the requirements of the poster guidelines as well as tips and an example poster please see:
BAM2024_DS_Poster_Presentation_Guidelines.pdf
Judging Criteria for Poster Presentations:
• Originality of contribution to knowledge with an emphasis on the paper’s innovativeness in one or more of;
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theoretical development,
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empirical results or,
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policy development
• Quality of argument incorporating;
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critical analysis of concepts, theories and findings, and
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consistency and coherency of debate
• Clear methodology that is convincing;
• Quality of writing style in term of accuracy, clarity, readability, and organisation of the paper;
*If students have had a paper accepted at the conference, you are unable to submit the same version to the Doctoral Symposium, and vice versa.
All submissions should be submitted by Monday 5th May 2025, 23:59 UK time via the submission link.
*Please note that for the paper submission, you will need to either log-in or create an account on xCD, the Submission Platform.
If you have any other questions about the Doctoral Symposium this year, you can also email Justin Brown, Communication and Events Coordinator at [email protected]