IACMR 2025 Conference, Xi’An

MACRO-TRACK JUNIOR FACULTY CONSORTIUM

Call for Applications

Application Deadline: March 31, 2025

We are pleased to announce that the IACMR will hold a Macro-track (Strategy/OT/IB/ENT) Junior Faculty Consortium at the 2025 Xi’An Conference. The consortium will be held at 1:30-5:30 pm on June 15^th, 2025. If you have started a macro-track junior faculty position in the last few years, this consortium is for you! The consortium provides an intimate forum for interacting with established scholars, enabling you to prosper in your academic career. More specifically, attending this consortium will help you:

1. Develop research projects for publication. Seasoned scholars in your area will provide one-on-one feedback on your research project. You will also receive feedback from other colleagues during roundtable discussions.
2. Explore strategies for impact and growth as a business scholar and teacher. A distinguished panel of established scholars will share their insights with you in an interactive discussion.
3. Navigate the early academic career in diverse institutional settings. Leaders in our communities and research institutions will share their knowledge with you in an interactive discussion.
4. Build and develop potentially lifelong professional networks. The consortium provides opportunities to socialize casually with faculty mentors and peers.

A tentative agenda of the consortium is provided below.

1:30-1:40 pm Introduction and Welcome
1:40-2:40 pm Panel Presentations on Developing a Research Stream
2:40-3:30 pm Panel Presentations on Career Strategies
3:30-4:00 pm Networking Break
4:00-5:00 pm Roundtable Discussion (feedback on participants’ research)
5:00-5:30 pm Summary by each table and Closing Remarks

Application Process

To facilitate close engagements by all participants and panelists, space for this consortium is limited and participation is by application only. If you hold a faculty position as an Assistant Professor or a comparable rank and your research focuses on Strategy/Organization Theory/International Business/Entrepreneurship, we encourage you to apply. We also invite deans, department chairs, former workshop alumni, and faculty mentors to encourage their junior colleagues to apply.

To apply, please create a single document containing the following information, and email the single document to ZHANG Zhengchu zc.zhang.2023@pbs.smu.edu.sg. Please title your email “Application to IACMR Macro-Track Junior Faculty Consortium”.

The single document should contain:

1. Your name, email address, telephone number, and institutional affiliation
2. Your academic curriculum vitae, including a brief statement of research interest and a list of academic publications, if any.
3. An extended summary of a working paper that you wish to receive feedback on. This summary should be no longer than three pages (single-spaced, 12-point Times New Roman, with 1-inch margins all around). You may use additional space for references, tables, and figures.

We encourage you to apply early to guarantee consideration. The deadline for applying is March 31, 2025. If you have questions, please don’t hesitate to contact the organizers. We look forward to seeing you at the IACMR conference in Xi’An!

Junior Faculty Consortium Organizers:
Cyndi Man Zhang, Singapore Management University, Singapore cyndizhang@smu.edu.sg
Weiwen Li, School of Business, Sun Yat-sen University, China liweiw6@mail.sysu.edu.cn