Deadline for submissions – 15 July 2026
We are pleased to invite you to collaborate in the design of the programme by proposing topics and symposia for discussion for the 27th EURAM Annual Conference by 15 July 2026.
The EURAM 2027 Conference will be held at the School of Business and Economics and the Department of Management & Organisation of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU), The Netherlands, 22-25 June 2027.
Our conference theme is
Rising Above
Embracing Resilience, Reimagining History, and Rethinking Management for a Sustainable Future
Contemporary management research stands at a turning point. Many dominant theories of organisations, leadership, and governance were built on assumptions of stability, growth, and control—assumptions increasingly challenged by ecological crisis, social inequality, geopolitical instability, and rapid technological change. While management scholarship has advanced efficiency and value creation, it has paid less attention to resilience, historical responsibility, and long-term sustainability. The task now is not simply to refine existing models, but to rethink the foundations of management theory.
The theme of the European Academy of Management (EURAM) Conference 2027, “Rising Above,” responds to this need. It invites scholars and practitioners to question inherited assumptions and imagine new ways of organising and leading amid persistent uncertainty. “Rising Above” is not about optimism alone, but about transcending conceptual limits that constrain how management engages with today’s grand challenges.
The Netherlands offers a powerful metaphor. Living largely below sea level, Dutch society has long faced water as both a threat and an opportunity. Through collective ingenuity—building dikes, reclaiming land, and pioneering advanced water management—it has demonstrated resilience as an ongoing, socially embedded process. This example inspires three interconnected priorities: embracing resilience, reimagining history, and leading toward sustainability.
First, resilience means the capacity to adapt, innovate, and act decisively in crisis. As disruption becomes the norm, organisations must move beyond incremental change toward bold approaches to governance and leadership.
Second, “Rising Above” calls for critical engagement with history. Management theories and practices reflect past power structures, including colonial extraction and exclusionary systems. Addressing these legacies is essential to aligning economic performance with ethical responsibility and inclusion.
Finally, the theme underscores sustainability. As climate change intensifies, traditional business models fall short. Management must be understood not merely as technical expertise, but as a moral and political practice shaping regenerative, just, and sustainable futures.
Topics and symposia are submitted to one of EURAM’s 14 Strategic Interest Groups.
Do not hesitate to contact the relevant Special Interest Groups (SIGs) Chairs by email. Information about the SIGs can be found here.
Word of notice: Starting from EURAM 2027, the current SIG 09 OB & HRM will be split into two separate SIGs:
- SIG 08 – Human Resource Management
- SIG 09 – Organisational Behaviour
Topics and symposia can therefore also be submitted to these two newly separated SIGs.
Call for Topics
Relevant topics comprise research questions, agendas, issues, problems, or aspects which relate to the conference theme or are normally included in the general programme of the conference (i.e., configuring the parallel sessions of the different Strategic Interest Groups [SIGs] of EURAM).
Click here for more information on how to submit a topic proposal. Proposals are to be submitted via the Topic Submission online platform.
In the online system, you will be asked to fill in the proposal, so please use the fields checklist to prepare your proposal before online submission.
Call for Symposia
Symposia are discrete sessions around a specific topic or problem that:
- Engage a group of panellists in a formal interactive discussion
- Encourage lively discussion and presentation of alternative views
- Attract the interest of a sufficient number of scholars.
- Engage with issues that cut across existing SIGs, and
- Can be accomplished in a 90-minute window
Click here for more information on submitting a symposium proposal. Proposals are to be submitted via the Symposium Submission online platform.
In the system, you will be asked to fill in the proposal, so please use the fields checklist to prepare your proposal before submitting it online.
We are thrilled to welcome you to Amsterdam and look forward to embarking on this journey together.
On behalf of the Local Organising Committee,
David P. Kroon, co-Chair
Svetlana Khapova, co-Chair