Academy of Management Discoveries “Open Mic” Virtual Paper Development Workshop

Join this virtual session to share exploratory empirical research related to AMD’s Research Spotlight: From Circularity to Regeneration in Management and Organizations.

Workshop Leaders

Guest coeditors of the Special Research Spotlight: From Circularity to Regeneration in Management and Organizations

• Oana Branzei, Western University
• Nancy Bocken, Maastricht University
• Stefano Pascucci, University of Exeter
• Susan Cohen, Deputy Editor, Academy of Management Discoveries 

Purpose

We invite scholars of all ages and stages who are interested in publishing empirical exploration in AMD’s Research Spotlight on Circularity to Regeneration to share their work—even if it is not quite ready for prime time! The “Open Mic” format enables you to share the heart of your research project without needing to have all the nuts and bolts worked out and to engage an interested audience and the guest editors. This dynamic, interactive format can quickly surface golden nuggets in your research and assess alignment with AMD’s mission to disseminate empirical discoveries that seed fruitful theorizing. AMD’s Research Spotlights are multiyear commitments to publish compelling empirical discoveries related to an important phenomenon for which existing theory falls short. Even if your research is not quite ready for a March submission deadline, please join us to help supercharge this Spotlight and become part of this community! 

Whether you join us as a presenter or audience, registrants are encouraged to read the Research Spotlight call thoroughly and to review select AMD FTEs before attending. We will not spend time reviewing this content during Open Mic.

Agenda

Open Mic will run from 4:00–5:30 PM US Eastern Time on 17 November 2025. An event link will be provided to registrants prior to that date. In 4-5 minutes, presenters will describe the phenomena or puzzle of interest, articulate their compelling research question, explain why it matters and why empirical exploration is warranted, and briefly describe the empirical approach. Don’t be afraid to personalize your research! Engage the audience with a succinct but intriguing description of your study context or data about the phenomenon. The Guest Editors will then engage the audience in a “react and ask” session, for 7 minutes. 

Workshop Instructions

If you are interested in having your paper included the workshop, you should prepare a 2–3-page (double-spaced) abstract of your conceptual/theoretical idea that you can share with the facilitators. We also encourage you to prepare a 2-minute presentation of your idea to share at the breakout session that concisely provides the necessary information. We will match 4-5 participants with an Associate Editor or an Editorial Review Board member from the journal. These groups will then discuss the participants’ ideas and provide each participant with insight about how to clarify the paper idea or move the idea forward. The number of participants with accepted abstracts will be limited to 30. Other participants may wish to join the talks or sit in on paper discussions.

Registration Information

Be sure to check the appropriate participation box on the registration form if you plan to share your research.