{"id":22816,"date":"2026-10-14T16:59:16","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T13:59:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cas.bg\/event\/doctoral-colloquium-current-topics-in-organization-studies\/"},"modified":"2026-10-15T11:08:38","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T08:08:38","slug":"doctoral-colloquium-current-topics-in-organization-studies","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/cas.bg\/bg\/sabitie\/doctoral-colloquium-current-topics-in-organization-studies\/","title":{"rendered":"Doctoral Colloquium: \u201cCurrent Topics in Organization Studies\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\">\ntable#wpdtSimpleTable-1{ table-layout: fixed !important; }\n<\/style><div id=\"cmsmasters_row_6ad765c1359386_87801043\" class=\"cmsmasters_row cmsmasters_color_scheme_default cmsmasters_row_top_default cmsmasters_row_bot_default cmsmasters_row_boxed\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_outer_parent\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_outer\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_inner\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_margin\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_column one_first\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_text\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Institute for Work, Organisation and Transformation (FAA-HSG), University of St.Gallen &amp; Centre for Advanced Study Sofia<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Doctoral Colloquium<br \/>\n\u201cCurrent Topics in Organization Studies\u201d<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">September 28th, 2026 Sofia (Bulgaria)<br \/>\nCentre for Advanced Study Sofia<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_text\">\n<h3 class=\"wpdt-c\"\n        id=\"wdt-table-title-1\">Colloquium schedule<\/h3>\n<div class=\"wpdt-c row wpDataTableContainerSimpleTable wpDataTables wpDataTablesWrapper\n\"\n    >\n        <table id=\"wpdtSimpleTable-1\"\n           style=\"border-collapse:collapse;\n                   border-spacing:0px;\"\n           class=\"wpdtSimpleTable wpDataTable\"\n           data-column=\"2\"\n           data-rows=\"12\"\n           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    Arrival and welcome coffee                    <\/td>\n                                        <\/tr>\n                            <tr class=\"wpdt-cell-row \" >\n                                <td class=\"wpdt-cell wpdt-align-left\"\n                                            data-cell-id=\"A2\"\n                    data-col-index=\"0\"\n                    data-row-index=\"1\"\n                    style=\"                    padding:8px;\n                    \"\n                    >\n                                        10:00\u201310:15                    <\/td>\n                                                <td class=\"wpdt-cell wpdt-align-left\"\n                                            data-cell-id=\"B2\"\n                    data-col-index=\"1\"\n                    data-row-index=\"1\"\n                    style=\"                    padding:8px;\n                    \"\n                    >\n                                        Opening of the colloquium <br> Welcome, introduction of participants, format and aims of the day                    <\/td>\n                                        <\/tr>\n                            <tr class=\"wpdt-cell-row \" >\n                                <td class=\"wpdt-cell wpdt-align-left\"\n                                            data-cell-id=\"A3\"\n                    data-col-index=\"0\"\n                    data-row-index=\"2\"\n                    style=\"                    padding:8px;\n                    \"\n                    >\n                                        10:15\u201311:15                    <\/td>\n                                                <td class=\"wpdt-cell wpdt-align-left\"\n                                            data-cell-id=\"B3\"\n                    data-col-index=\"1\"\n                    data-row-index=\"2\"\n                    style=\"                    padding:8px;\n                    \"\n                    >\n                                        Session 1: <br> Affirmative human rights claims in Swiss \u2018modernised\u2019 development finance - <b>Mariam Shakil<\/b> (online)                    <\/td>\n                                        <\/tr>\n                            <tr class=\"wpdt-cell-row \" >\n                                <td class=\"wpdt-cell wpdt-align-left\"\n                                            data-cell-id=\"A4\"\n                    data-col-index=\"0\"\n                    data-row-index=\"3\"\n                    style=\"                    padding:8px;\n                    \"\n                    >\n                                        11:15\u201311:30                    <\/td>\n                                                <td class=\"wpdt-cell wpdt-align-left\"\n                                            data-cell-id=\"B4\"\n                    data-col-index=\"1\"\n                    data-row-index=\"3\"\n                    style=\"                    padding:8px;\n                    \"\n                    >\n                                        Coffee break                    <\/td>\n                                        <\/tr>\n                            <tr class=\"wpdt-cell-row \" >\n                                <td class=\"wpdt-cell wpdt-align-left\"\n                                            data-cell-id=\"A5\"\n                    data-col-index=\"0\"\n                    data-row-index=\"4\"\n                    style=\"                    padding:8px;\n                    \"\n                    >\n                                        11:30\u201312:30                    <\/td>\n                                                <td class=\"wpdt-cell wpdt-align-left\"\n                                            data-cell-id=\"B5\"\n                    data-col-index=\"1\"\n                    data-row-index=\"4\"\n                    style=\"                    padding:8px;\n                    \"\n                    >\n                                        Session 2: <br> \u201cWe need to sell SUVs now to become sustainable in the future\u201d \u2013 A non-linear temporal perspective on corporate change towards sustainability - <b>Alexandra Engstr\u00f6m<\/b>                    <\/td>\n                                        <\/tr>\n                            <tr class=\"wpdt-cell-row \" >\n                                <td class=\"wpdt-cell wpdt-align-left\"\n                                            data-cell-id=\"A6\"\n                    data-col-index=\"0\"\n                    data-row-index=\"5\"\n                    style=\"                    padding:8px;\n                    \"\n                    >\n                                        12:30\u201314:00                    <\/td>\n                                                <td class=\"wpdt-cell wpdt-align-left\"\n                                            data-cell-id=\"B6\"\n                    data-col-index=\"1\"\n                    data-row-index=\"5\"\n                    style=\"                    padding:8px;\n                    \"\n                    >\n                                        Lunch                    <\/td>\n                                        <\/tr>\n                            <tr class=\"wpdt-cell-row \" >\n                                <td class=\"wpdt-cell wpdt-align-left\"\n                                            data-cell-id=\"A7\"\n                    data-col-index=\"0\"\n                    data-row-index=\"6\"\n                    style=\"                    padding:8px;\n                    \"\n                    >\n                                        14:00\u201315:00                    <\/td>\n                                                <td class=\"wpdt-cell wpdt-align-left\"\n                                            data-cell-id=\"B7\"\n                    data-col-index=\"1\"\n                    data-row-index=\"6\"\n                    style=\"                    padding:8px;\n                    \"\n                    >\n                                        Session 3: <br>Seeing Through Models: The Duality of Digital Sensemaking - <b>Lena Rieck<\/b>                    <\/td>\n                                        <\/tr>\n                            <tr class=\"wpdt-cell-row \" >\n                                <td class=\"wpdt-cell wpdt-align-left\"\n                                            data-cell-id=\"A8\"\n                    data-col-index=\"0\"\n                    data-row-index=\"7\"\n                    style=\"                    padding:8px;\n                    \"\n                    >\n                                        15:00\u201315:15                    <\/td>\n                                                <td class=\"wpdt-cell wpdt-align-left\"\n                                            data-cell-id=\"B8\"\n                    data-col-index=\"1\"\n                    data-row-index=\"7\"\n                    style=\"                    padding:8px;\n                    \"\n                    >\n                                        Coffee break                    <\/td>\n                                        <\/tr>\n                            <tr class=\"wpdt-cell-row \" >\n                                <td class=\"wpdt-cell wpdt-align-left\"\n                                            data-cell-id=\"A9\"\n                    data-col-index=\"0\"\n                    data-row-index=\"8\"\n                    style=\"                    padding:8px;\n                    \"\n                    >\n                                        15:15\u201316:15                    <\/td>\n                                                <td class=\"wpdt-cell wpdt-align-left\"\n                                            data-cell-id=\"B9\"\n                    data-col-index=\"1\"\n                    data-row-index=\"8\"\n                    style=\"                    padding:8px;\n                    \"\n                    >\n                                        Session 4: <br>Four Principles of Sustainability-First Digitalization - <b>Chris Sch\u00e4fer<\/b>                    <\/td>\n                                        <\/tr>\n                            <tr class=\"wpdt-cell-row \" >\n                                <td class=\"wpdt-cell wpdt-align-left\"\n                                            data-cell-id=\"A10\"\n                    data-col-index=\"0\"\n                    data-row-index=\"9\"\n                    style=\"                    padding:8px;\n                    \"\n                    >\n                                        16:15\u201316:30                    <\/td>\n                                                <td class=\"wpdt-cell wpdt-align-left\"\n                                            data-cell-id=\"B10\"\n                    data-col-index=\"1\"\n                    data-row-index=\"9\"\n                    style=\"                    padding:8px;\n                    \"\n                    >\n                                        Coffee break                    <\/td>\n                                        <\/tr>\n                            <tr class=\"wpdt-cell-row \" >\n                                <td class=\"wpdt-cell wpdt-align-left\"\n                                            data-cell-id=\"A11\"\n                    data-col-index=\"0\"\n                    data-row-index=\"10\"\n                    style=\"                    padding:8px;\n                    \"\n                    >\n                                        16:30\u201317:30                    <\/td>\n                                                <td class=\"wpdt-cell wpdt-align-left\"\n                                            data-cell-id=\"B11\"\n                    data-col-index=\"1\"\n                    data-row-index=\"10\"\n                    style=\"                    padding:8px;\n                    \"\n                    >\n                                        Session 5: <br>Beyond the Distribution of Authority: Relational Infrastructures in Decentralized Design - <b>Dr. Jonas Friedrich<\/b>                    <\/td>\n                                        <\/tr>\n                            <tr class=\"wpdt-cell-row \" >\n                                <td class=\"wpdt-cell wpdt-align-left\"\n                                            data-cell-id=\"A12\"\n                    data-col-index=\"0\"\n                    data-row-index=\"11\"\n                    style=\"                    padding:8px;\n                    \"\n                    >\n                                        17:30\u201318:15                    <\/td>\n                                                <td class=\"wpdt-cell wpdt-align-left\"\n                                            data-cell-id=\"B12\"\n                    data-col-index=\"1\"\n                    data-row-index=\"11\"\n                    style=\"                    padding:8px;\n                    \"\n                    >\n                                        Closing round                    <\/td>\n                                        <\/tr>\n                    <\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>Each session comprises a 20-minute presentation followed by 40 minutes of discussion.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_quotes quote_grid quote_one\">\n<div class=\"quote_vert\"><\/div><div class=\"quotes_list\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_quote\">\n\r\n<!-- Start Grid Article  -->\r\n\r\n<article class=\"cmsmasters_quote_inner\" id=\"cmsmasters_quote_6ad765c137ccb0_01745461\">\r\n\t<div class=\"quote_content_wrap\">\r\n\t<div class=\"quote_content\">\n<p>What a wonderful way to wrap up my stay as a Visiting Fellow at the <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/signup\/cold-join?session_redirect=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Ffeed%2Fhashtag%2Fcas&amp;trk=public_post-text\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-tracking-control-name=\"public_post-text\" data-tracking-will-navigate=\"\">#CAS<\/a> (Centre for Advanced Study) in Sofia, Bulgaria: A research colloquium with my brilliant doctoral and postdoctoral students: <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/de.linkedin.com\/in\/alexandra-engstr%C3%B6m-00948048?trk=public_post-text\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-tracking-control-name=\"public_post-text\" data-tracking-will-navigate=\"\">Alexandra Engstr\u00f6m<\/a>, <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/ch.linkedin.com\/in\/lena-rieck-1940341b5?trk=public_post-text\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-tracking-control-name=\"public_post-text\" data-tracking-will-navigate=\"\">Lena Rieck<\/a>, <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/ch.linkedin.com\/in\/chris-sch%C3%A4fer-38838b245?trk=public_post-text\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-tracking-control-name=\"public_post-text\" data-tracking-will-navigate=\"\">Chris Sch\u00e4fer<\/a> and <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/ch.linkedin.com\/in\/jonas-friedrich-726853147?trk=public_post-text\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-tracking-control-name=\"public_post-text\" data-tracking-will-navigate=\"\">Jonas Friedrich<\/a>. We spent two and a half days of meaningful discussions and sometimes intense debate on our ongoing research projects at the intersection of <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/signup\/cold-join?session_redirect=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Ffeed%2Fhashtag%2Ftime&amp;trk=public_post-text\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-tracking-control-name=\"public_post-text\" data-tracking-will-navigate=\"\">#time<\/a>, <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/signup\/cold-join?session_redirect=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Ffeed%2Fhashtag%2Fsustainability&amp;trk=public_post-text\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-tracking-control-name=\"public_post-text\" data-tracking-will-navigate=\"\">#sustainability<\/a>, and <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/signup\/cold-join?session_redirect=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Ffeed%2Fhashtag%2Fdigitalization&amp;trk=public_post-text\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-tracking-control-name=\"public_post-text\" data-tracking-will-navigate=\"\">#digitalization<\/a>, asking questions such as:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; WHY do companies struggle to align what they do in the present with their declared goals for the future?<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; HOW can we ensure that digitalization contributes to sustainable development rather than undermine it?<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; HOW do organizations design and deploy simulation models to make sense of and handle natural disaster risks?<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; WHAT relational infrastructures are necessary to make democratic forms of organizing work?<\/p>\n<p>Discussing and providing feedback on early career scholars&#8217; projects is one of the most rewarding parts of academic work, and my hometown Sofia could not have provided a better site for this colloquium.<\/p>\n<p>As a town where cultural heritage from the <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/signup\/cold-join?session_redirect=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Ffeed%2Fhashtag%2Froman&amp;trk=public_post-text\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-tracking-control-name=\"public_post-text\" data-tracking-will-navigate=\"\">#Roman<\/a>, <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/signup\/cold-join?session_redirect=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Ffeed%2Fhashtag%2Fmedieval&amp;trk=public_post-text\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-tracking-control-name=\"public_post-text\" data-tracking-will-navigate=\"\">#Medieval<\/a> Bulgarian, <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/signup\/cold-join?session_redirect=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Ffeed%2Fhashtag%2Fbyzantine&amp;trk=public_post-text\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-tracking-control-name=\"public_post-text\" data-tracking-will-navigate=\"\">#Byzantine<\/a>, and <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/signup\/cold-join?session_redirect=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Ffeed%2Fhashtag%2Fottoman&amp;trk=public_post-text\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-tracking-control-name=\"public_post-text\" data-tracking-will-navigate=\"\">#Ottoman<\/a> periods exists side-by-side with <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/signup\/cold-join?session_redirect=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Ffeed%2Fhashtag%2Fhabsburg&amp;trk=public_post-text\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-tracking-control-name=\"public_post-text\" data-tracking-will-navigate=\"\">#Habsburg<\/a> architecture, <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/signup\/cold-join?session_redirect=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Ffeed%2Fhashtag%2Fsoviet&amp;trk=public_post-text\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-tracking-control-name=\"public_post-text\" data-tracking-will-navigate=\"\">#Soviet<\/a> monumentalism, a vibrant contemporary art scene, and a dynamic entrepreneurial ecosystem, Sofia enabled us to see the material &#8222;shape of time&#8220; (to cite Kubler), and its multi-layered and never-quite-settled nature, in very literal terms. Special thanks to the CAS team and its director Diana Mishkova for hosting me and us!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"quote_info_wrap\"><div class=\"wrap_quote_title\"><h6 class=\"quote_title\">Prof. Dr Blagoy Blagoev, organiser<\/h6>\n<a class=\"quote_link\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/posts\/blagoy-blagoev_cas-time-sustainability-share-7515878646897811456-UJgD\">https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/posts\/blagoy-blagoev_cas-time-sustainability-share-7515878646897811456-UJgD<\/a>\n<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/article>\r\n<!-- Finish Grid Article  -->\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"quotes_list\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22795,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cas.bg\/bg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/22816"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cas.bg\/bg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cas.bg\/bg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cas.bg\/bg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cas.bg\/bg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22816"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cas.bg\/bg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/22816\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22817,"href":"https:\/\/cas.bg\/bg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/22816\/revisions\/22817"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cas.bg\/bg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cas.bg\/bg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cas.bg\/bg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22816"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cas.bg\/bg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=22816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}