[AISWorld] Call for applications, 15 May: 2017 OCIS Doctoral Consortium

[Ola Henfridsson]

Dear all:

 

(gentle reminder)

  

The OCIS division of the Academy of Management is pleased to announce the 2017 Doctoral Consortium (DC), to be held in Atlanta, GA on August 4, 2017. The consortium will provide an opportunity for doctoral students to network, receive feedback on their research and discuss career issues. All interested PhD students working on research in the areas of Organizational Communications, Information Science, or Information Systems are invited to apply.

 

Faculty advisers include: 

- Michael Barrett, University of Cambridge

- Nick Berente, University of Georgia

- Elena Karahanna, University of Georgia 

- Ann Majchrzak, University of Southern California

- Eivor Oborn, University of Warwick   

- Ulrike Schultze, Southern Methodist University

- Youngjin Yoo, Case Western Reserve University

- Ola Henfridsson, University of Warwick (faculty mentor and DC Chair/organizer)

 

Travel support is available for some of the students admitted to the consortium. Acceptance to the consortium will be based on a review of the application materials. 

 

Preference for attendance and funding will be given to students who will have defended their dissertation proposals but not their dissertations by the date of the consortium, to those who have not previously participated in the OCIS consortium, and to those whose institutions or fields would not otherwise be represented.

 

The application includes:

1) A 5-page, double-spaced, 12-point abstract of the proposed dissertation research

2) A letter of recommendation from dissertation chair/advisor supporting the student’s participation in the Doctoral Consortium.

3) A 1-page informational document with: Name of applicant; PhD program university /school affiliation; Dissertation title; Expected completion date; Educational background; Professional background / prior work experience; Future career aspirations.

 

The due date for applications and letters of recommendation is May 15, 2017. 

 

Please email all application materials as attachments in a single email to: ola.henfridsson at wbs.ac.uk  

 

For questions, please contact Ola Henfridsson (ola.henfridsson at wbs.ac.uk), this year’s OCIS Doctoral Consortium chair. Thank you for circulating this call to all doctoral students you know who might be interested.

 

 

 

 

-- 

Ola Henfridsson, PhD

Professor of Information Systems & Management

Warwick Business School

The University of Warwick

Coventry CV4 7AL

United Kingdom

 

Tel: +447405194204

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