Call for Submissions
Social Issues in Management Division (SIM)
2026 Call for Professional Development Workshop (PDW) Proposals
Division PDW Chair: Jegoo Lee, College of Business, The University of Rhode Island, USA
We are looking forward to the high-quality, insightful, collaborative, and impactful PDWs for which the SIM community is well known. For 86th Academy of Management Annual Meeting (AOM 2026), PDWs will take place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on Friday, 31 July through Sunday, 2 August 2026.
PDWs are among the most rewarding, stimulating, and enjoyable sessions of the AOM Annual Meeting. PDWs differ from the Academy’s scholarly program and provide an opportunity for skill development and high-engagement participation, usually structured as workshops, breakout sessions, tutorials, discussion panels, research incubators, or other formats. PDWs are expected to be interactive, inclusive, provocative, and creative – providing a forum for exchanging ideas, sharing knowledge, and building relationships, and offering the opportunity to experiment with new models of interaction and engagement.
PDW organizers may choose to incorporate a broad spectrum of the issues announced and related to the SIM Division domain. Priority will be given to proposals designed for wide engagement with SIMians to build capacity for generative multi- or interdisciplinary conversations, methods, understandings, and problem-solving, also with other divisions.
PDW proposals are sought in three Tracks: Research, Teaching, and Professional Development
In the PDW proposals, please include the following sections, and see the AOM PDW Submission Guidelines.
- Research, Teaching, or Professional Development: Please indicate which PDW Track the proposal fits into.
- Participants’ Names and Affiliations: Please include a statement confirming the AOM 3+3 Rule for all participants.
- Workshop Focus and Importance: What is the focus of the proposed PDW and why is this important to SIM members? What specific SIM issues and topics does the PDW contribute to? Why might other AOM Divisions and Interest Groups be interested in the PDW?
- Structure and Audience Engagement: (a) How much time will this workshop take, and how will it be used? (b) How will the audience engage interactively during the PDW? (c) Who is the target audience?
- Goals and Outcomes: Indicate clearly the key goals of the PDW. What are the anticipated valuable outcomes for workshop participants? How could these outcomes be shared with SIM or other AOM members not in attendance?
- Summary: Please briefly highlight the expected key takeaways from the PDW.
Recent examples of engaging SIM PDW proposal topics include: Launching micro-communities to support impact scholarship; The craft of purpose research: Challenges, joys, and new ways of thinking; Lights, Camera, Action … and Learning! Using High-Engagement Video Assignments in a Time of AI; and Artificial intelligence, ICT, and responsible management education.
Please don’t hesitate to reach out to this year’s SIM PDW Chair, Jegoo Lee, if you have any questions. Thank you!