Call for Participants – 2026 AOM CTO Division Junior Faculty Consortium
Deadline for Priority Consideration: May 15th, 2026
The Communication, Digital Technology, and Organization (CTO) Division of the Academy of Management is pleased to announce the 2026 Junior Faculty Consortium (JFC) on Friday July 31, 2026, at the 86th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management in Philadelphia, PA.
The Junior Faculty Consortium is an opportunity for untenured faculty and postdoctoral researchers to network, receive feedback on their research, and discuss career issues. All interested junior faculty conducting research at the intersection of communication, digital technology, and organizing are welcome to apply. We welcome researchers from the full range of topics and approaches to these phenomena, including behavioral, social, technical, and economic issues.
The purpose of the Consortium is to explore strategies and helpful practices for developing successful academic careers. Over the years, the CTO (https://cto.aom.org/) Junior Faculty Consortium has played a significant role in helping hundreds of scholars develop their careers and build professional relationships. This year's activities include career-related discussions of publication strategies (quality and quantity), tenure and promotion, academic integrity, developing and fostering professional relationships, as well as research topics and methods.
Faculty advisors include:
Aleksi Aaltonen (Stevens Institute of Technology, US)
Ahmed Abbasi (University of Notre Dame, US)
Luciana D'Adderio (University of Edinburgh, UK)
Nina Huang (University of Miami, US)
Harris Kyriakou (ESSEC Business School, Spain)
Elena Raviola (University of Gothenburg, Sweden)
Yuqing Ren (University of Minnesota, US)
Hani Safadi (University of Georgia, US)
Stefan Seidel (University of Cologne, Germany)
PK Senyo (University of Southampton, UK)
Anu Sivunen (University of Jyväskylä, Finland)
Monideepa Tarafdar (University of Massachusetts Amherst, US)
Organizer: Roberta Bernardi (University of Bristol, UK)
All untenured faculty and postdoctoral researchers with an interest in organizations and information systems, artificial intelligence, data science, communication, design science, and computational social science are invited to participate. AOM CTO is open to all methodologies, including qualitative, econometric, experimental, survey-based, computational, modeling, and design approaches to communication, digital technology, and organization research.
Space is limited. To apply, please send an email with "CTO JFC" in the subject line to Roberta Bernardi at roberta.bernardi@bristol.ac.uk by May 15, 2026 for priority consideration. Please include a brief cover letter (stating your research interests and approach, a one-paragraph summary of a current research project, and your motivation for applying to the JFC) and a copy of your current CV. Indicate whether you have attended the CTO Junior Faculty Consortium in prior years. The Junior Faculty Consortium will be held on Friday, July 31, 2026, from 10 am to 4 pm at the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown and will include lunch and refreshments. Participants are expected to attend the full session.
Participants and mentors are also invited to the CTO Welcoming Poster Reception from 6:00 to 8:00 pm on Saturday, August 1st, where our doctoral students from the Doctoral Consortium will display their research posters.
For any questions, contact the Junior Faculty Consortium organizer, Roberta Bernardi at roberta.bernardi@bristol.ac.uk.
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Roberta Bernardi
CTO Division Chair-Elect
roberta.bernardi@bristol.ac.uk------------------------------