Documents
Report of the highlights of the 2008 EABIS Colloquium (pdf)
Jonathan Ferrar, IBM Director of Human Resources, UK & Ireland (ppt)
PhD Conference
Ashridge Business School
13 September 2008
Schedule
Registration
Accommodation
Directions to Ashridge
Call for Contributions
Your input
Junior faculty and PhD get-together
For the sixth consecutive year, the EABIS PhD Conference will bring together doctoral candidates from across Europe and beyond to share their research experience, their findings, and the challenges they face in their studies on corporate responsibility.
The EABIS PhD Conference is an outstanding opportunity for PhD students to:
- Explore research questions, methodologies and thematic issues around corporate responsibility and the role of business in society
- Benefit from one to one interaction and feedback from senior professors, leading researchers and business representatives
- Gain insights from Editors of renowned journals on practical approaches to publishing doctoral work
- Network with peers from around Europe and beyond
In line with the theme of the 7th Annual EABIS Colloquium – “Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability: Leadership and Organisational Change” – the focus this year will be on leadership and organisational change as key corporate responsibility and sustainability drivers. Please note however, that we welcome contributions from any doctoral candidates pursuing work around corporate responsibility issues.
In keeping with previous years, EABIS, Ashridge and Cranfield, are committed to delivering an event with high added value to its participants, through the quality of insight provided by senior academics, as well as the practical tools and approaches generated by in-depth discussion of doctoral work.
Schedule
09.00 |
Registration |
09:30 |
Welcome Session |
09:45 |
Roundtable Presentations from Leading EABIS Supervisors |
10:45 |
Coffee Break |
11.00 |
Parallel Sessions I |
12:30 |
Editor’s Presentation and Roundtable Discussions |
13.15 |
Editor’s Lunch - informal discussions continue – |
14:30 |
Parallel Sessions II |
16:00 |
Career Guidance & Q&A |
17:15 |
End of PhD Day |
Registration
In order to register into the PhD Conference, please fill out the Registration Form on the right. The registration for the PhD Conference is linked to the 7th Annual Colloquium of EABIS.
A limited number of places are available to doctoral candidates for the PhD Conference and the full EABIS Colloquium on September 11 and 12 for a reduced fee. Those who only want to attend the PhD event will benefit from a flat fee.
Accommodation
For those wishing to arrive on Friday 12 September, accommodation can be booked at Cranfield Management Development Centre and transport will be provided to Ashridge Business School on Saturday morning.
Directions to Ashridge
http://www.ashridge.org.uk/Website/Content.nsf/wCOR/Directions?opendocument
Call for Contributions
Introduction
In line with the theme of the EABIS 7th Annual Colloquium that immediately precedes it –“Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability: Leadership and Organizational Change” – the focus of this year’s PhD forum will be on leadership and organizational change as key corporate responsibility and sustainability drivers. Please note, however, that we welcome contributions from any doctoral candidates pursuing work around corporate responsibility issues.
We are calling for inputs to shape our discussions and to promote knowledge sharing and cross-fertilisation of ideas and approaches. Two kinds of contributions will be accepted:
Papers and research projects: a structured description of research question, theoretical mainstream and research methodologies that candidates want to use, or are currently using, in their research
Issues or methodological queries: a narrative of problems related to issues or methodologies that the candidates are facing in their research
Selection Criteria
- Academic rigour
- Practical relevance to business, civil society actors and policy-makers
- Clear language accessible to all
- Relevance of issues and methodological problems to other PhD candidates
Submission Details
Submission of contributions (papers, research projects and issues or methodological queries) by 21 July 2008
Review feedback and decision by 4 August 2008
Procedure and format for papers and research projects:
Summaries should be between 2000 and 3000 words and include the following:
- Field of research and theoretical mainstream
- Clear description of the research question(s)
- Detailed description of the research methodology on both data collection and data analysis
- Organisational details such as links with professors or colleagues from different countries, cooperation with research institutes/universities, international database(s) used, etc.
Procedure and format for issues or methodological queries:
Summaries should be between 1000 and 1500 words and include the following:
- Field of research
- Clear description of the research question(s) and topic being examined
- Comprehensible narratives of the problems related to intra or inter disciplinary issues, research design, theory building, research methodologies, etc.
- Organisational details such as links with professors or colleagues from different countries, cooperation with research institutes/universities, international database(s) used, etc.
- All submissions should be addressed to Dr Pablo Collazzo at pablo.collazzo@eabis.org
- Please send your contribution by e-mail only and in Microsoft Word or RTF format
- All tables and figures must be on separate pages at the end, numbered and with captions
- In the text, all tables and figures must be referred to and all must have captions ("[Figure 1 about here]")
- All figures must also be provided in original file format (ex., .jpg, .eps, .tif, etc.)
- If the lead author is Katherine Smith, the main manuscript filename should be smith.doc. Figure filenames should be smith_fig1.tif, smith_fig2.jpg, etc
- Everything, including references, must be double-spaced - with exception to tables
Your Input To Shape The Conference
In a unique move to deliver an exceptional event, we invite all PhD Conference participants to inform us of what they would like to see in the programme. In your cover e-mail to Dr Collazzo, please include any pressing issues and questions you have about methodology, data analysis / acquisition, selection of thesis questions, company and manager collaboration, confidentiality and ethics, engagement by managers as research partners, validating or communicating findings and so forth.
We very much look forward to receiving your contributions and to meeting you at Ashridge!
Junior faculty and PhD get-together
In order to facilitate knowledge exchange and networking among junior faculty members and PhD students, Cranfield's Doughty Centre for Corporate Responsibility will host two events during the EABIS colloquium. On Thursday, 11th September 2008, we meet for lunch. The lunch will help to get to know each other and to present your specific research background and interest. If you are interested in sharing your research please get in touch with Heiko Spitzeck (heiko.spitzeck@cranfield.ac.uk) and submit a short abstract (4-6 lines). On Friday, 12th September 2008, we will organise a BBQ for a social finish to the EABIS Colloquium and a warm-up to the PhD conference at Ashridge on Saturday, 13th of September 2008. For those participating at the Colloquium and the PhD Conference transportation is organised between Cranfield and Ashridge.