Applications are now open for the 22nd SCANCOR PhD Course in Institutional Analysis and Public Lectures. All of the information about the course including where to apply can be found here. 

The course will be held from August 24 to August 28, 2026, at the School of Business, Economics, and Law, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. 

Practical information

Application deadline: 10 April 2026

Course Credit: 5 ECTS points

Cost: As the course is organized as a week-long workshop, a fee of SEK 3,000 is charged to participating doctoral candidates (when so required, through their respective departments) to cover the cost of lunches and related expenses.

Language: English

Submit application here

At the 22nd SCANCOR PhD workshop on Institutional Analysis international faculty will present recent and ongoing research, the current state of institutional theory, and discuss future directions and methodological tools that deepen the institutional agenda. Special attention is given to contemporary social, political, and economic challenges as well as challenges of theorizing to understand institutional change. We approach these challenges from a wide range of theoretical lenses including temporal dynamics, power, world society, or social movement theory.

Students will take away new insights and tools, along with a deeper understanding of how to match conceptual questions with research methods. The workshop will prepare PhD students to carry out their own individual research using approaches from institutional analysis. Previous workshops were hosted at Stanford University, Copenhagen Business School, IESE Barcelona, University of Mannheim, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Stockholm School of Economics, WU Vienna, Aalto University, Oslo University, Hamburg University and University of Bergen.

Each day of the workshop consists of two parts:

1. Public Morning Lectures (9:00–12:00)

Each morning features two lectures in which international and local scholars present and discuss research in institutional theory and institutional analysis. These sessions are open to the public, and external guests are welcome to attend. The lectures address both classical and contemporary theoretical developments in institutional theory and analysis, and also present recent and ongoing research in the field. For admitted doctoral candidates, physical attendance is mandatory.

1. Afternoon Sessions (13:00–16:00)

In the afternoons, one of the international faculty members conducts interactive sessions with the doctoral candidates. These sessions are prepared through the intensive pre-course reading and the submission of course papers. Attendance at the afternoon sessions is restricted to doctoral candidates who have been formally admitted to the course.

International teaching Faculty of the PhD course

1. Bruce Carruthers, Northwestern University
2. Gili Drori, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
3. Renate Meyer, WU Vienna
4. Woody Powell, Stanford University
5. Sarah Soule, Stanford University

Local teaching Faculty of the PhD course to be determined.

Mandatory Components:

1. Pre-course reading of approximately 1,000 pages of literature.
2. Active participation in lectures and seminar sessions.

Contact:

Ulla Eriksson-Zetterquist: uez@gu.se, Department of Business Administration, University of Gothenburg.