Doctoral Workshop

We invite PhD students to join us in the EDSI Doctoral Workshop, taking place on Sunday, June 1st, 2025, in Gothenburg, Sweden. This workshop aims to support PhD students in developing their research and an international network of peers and world-renowned faculty. The Doctoral Workshop is specifically designed for PhD students working in Decision Science related fields and will include editors from our top journals.

Theme of the workshop: Crafting introductions that effectively highlight contributions in academic papers

Organizing faculty:
Ala Arvidsson, Associate professor at Chalmers university of Technology
Patricia van Loon, Associate professor at Chalmers university of Technology

Registration: At the same time as for the EDSI conference

Submission: The introduction section of a scientific work (paper, dissertation, or similar) including a title and an abstract (1-3 pages).

Important: The submission is distinct from the conference submission. All submissions should be sent to: patricia.van.loon@chalmers.se, with “EDSI doctoral workshop submission” as the email subject. Please save submisson files with the last name of the participant followed by _EDSI25)

Deadline for submission: 10th April 2025
(Notification of acceptance and registration: April 15th)

With the participation of following faculty:
Joy Field, Associate Professor of Operations Management, Boston Carroll School of Management
Martin C. Schleper, Professor of SCM and Sustainability, Neoma Business School, Co-EIC IJOPM
Andreas Wieland, Associate Professor of Supply Chain Management, Copenhagen Business School and Co-EiC of Journal of Supply Chain Management
Karen Yanchong Zheng, Associate professor at MIT Sloan, departmental (sustainable operations) editor of POMS

Doctoral workshop agenda (preliminary)
8:30-9:00   Coffee and registration
9:00-10:00   Opening: writing a stellar introduction (Editors)
10:00-12:00   Round table discussions. Reading each other’s introductions beforehand and giving constructive feedback
12:00-13:00   Lunch
13:00-13:30   Reflections from the roundtable discussions
13:30-14:30   Q&A session (Joy Field)
14:30-15:00   Coffee and cake
15:00-16:30   Closing: what introductions do I love, hate, or kill (Editors)
Wrap up