Time and place: Aug. 26, 2024 9:00 AM – Aug. 30, 2024 5:00 PM, Hamburg, Germany

https://scancor.org/application/phd-workshop/

This year’s SCANCOR Workshop on Institutional Analysis will be hosted by the
University of Hamburg in collaboration with the University of Mannheim. Join the
event for a one-week intensive PhD workshop on institutional analysis. In the morning
public lectures, leading international as well as local faculty present and discuss recent
research broadly within the field of institutional theory. These talks are open to all. The
Afternoon workshop sessions with international faculty are limited to PhD students
who successfully apply to the workshop.

At the 20th SCANCOR PhD workshop on Institutional Analysis, international faculty will
present recent and ongoing research, discuss the current state of institutional theory,
and suggest 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, and 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, EMLYON Business School, Stockholm School of Economics, WU
Vienna, Aalto University and the University of Oslo. In addition to public morning
lectures, there are afternoon workshop sessions for PhD students which are devoted to
discussing both classic and contemporary theoretical developments within
institutional theory. Hence, the workshop consists of two parts each day: In public
morning lectures (2 each day), international and local faculty will present and discuss
research within the eld of institutional theory. The lectures in the morning are open
to the public and as such guests are welcome. Afternoon workshop sessions with
international faculty are limited to the selected PhD participants.

International Faculty of the PhD Workshop
Patricia Bromley, Stanford University
Bruce Carruthers, Northwestern University
Gili Drori, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Renate Meyer, WU Vienna
Woody Powell, Stanford University
Sarah Soule, Stanford University

Practical information for PhD students
Application deadline: May 5th
Application portal: https://scancor.org/application/phd-workshop/
Course Credit: 6 ECTS points
Cost: 300 EUR; selected participants are provided a welcome
reception, lunches, and a graduation dinner.
Language English
Compulsory activities: Read the literature (approximately 800 pages) in advance of
the course. Attend and participate actively in lectures and
seminars.
Interested PhD students should submit an application including a motivation letter,
their resume, a recent course paper written in English, and a letter of recommendation
from their supervisor. Only PhD students currently enrolled in a PhD program are
eligible to apply.
Please submit a motivation letter (maximum 1000 words) in which you briefly describe

• your PhD Project
• how you anticipate that the workshop could advance your dissertation work,
  and
• your research ideas and how they relate to institutional theory
  Please also upload a resume of your academic achievements including academic
  degrees, relevant work experience, publications (including working papers), as well as
  the name of your main supervisor via the SCANCOR website
  (https://www.scancor.org).
  A letter of reference by your main advisor should be sent to Sandra Kirchberg
  (sandra.kirchberg@uni-hamburg), before the application deadline.
  A decision on who will be admitted to the course will be announced mid-May.
  PhD students from the Nordic countries which are the core supporting members of the
  Scandinavian Consortium for Organizational Research, and from European and North
  American partner universities are given priority. Other PhD students are welcome to
  apply as well, and will be admitted based on available space.