European Group for Organizational Studies

European Group for Organizational Studies
Name	European Group for Organizational Studies
Formation	1973
Type	Academic association
Headquarters	Europe
Region served	Europe
Membership	Scholars, researchers, institutions
Leader title	President

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European Group for Organizational Studies is an independent scholarly association founded to advance research on organizations across Europe and beyond. It brings together researchers associated with universities, research councils, and independent institutes to foster interdisciplinary dialogue among scholars connected to Manchester School of Management, London School of Economics, Bocconi University, University of Oxford. The group hosts conferences, supports publication networks linked to journals such as Organization Studies, Administrative Science Quarterly, Academy of Management Journal, and facilitates collaboration across institutions like European Research Council, Max Planck Society, CNRS.

History

The organization emerged during the 1970s amid intellectual exchanges between research centers such as Aarhus University, Sciences Po, University of Amsterdam, Humboldt University of Berlin and policy institutions including European Commission, Council of Europe, OECD. Early founders had affiliations with Warwick Business School, HEC Paris, Rotterdam School of Management, Università Bocconi and maintained contacts with scholars from Harvard Business School, Stanford University, Columbia University. Its development intersected with debates linked to landmark works by Alfred Chandler, Max Weber, Michel Foucault, Pascale Bèkes and conferences that echoed themes from events like the Palgrave Conference and gatherings at European University Institute. Over decades the group institutionalized mechanisms similar to those of Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, British Academy and American Sociological Association.

The stated mission aligns with goals pursued by entities such as European Science Foundation, Wellcome Trust, Leverhulme Trust: to promote conceptual innovation, methodological pluralism, and empirical rigor among scholars at University of Cambridge, University of Edinburgh, TU Delft, ETH Zurich. Objectives include fostering networks comparable to Nuffield College research clusters, encouraging publication pipelines toward outlets like British Journal of Management, Journal of Management Studies, Human Relations, and supporting early-career researchers affiliated with Max Weber Programme, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions.

Annual and biennial meetings are convened in partnership with host institutions such as University of Manchester, University of Glasgow, Trinity College Dublin, University of Barcelona and sometimes co-located with events organized by Academy of Management, European Academy of Management, Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics. These events feature plenaries by scholars from Yale University, Princeton University, University of Michigan, Cornell University and panels reflecting research programs associated with LSE Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, Centre national de la recherche scientifique. Workshops and symposia echo formats used in Economic History Society and Royal Geographical Society gatherings.

The organization supports edited volumes and special issues in journals like Organization Science, Management Science, Sociology, Science, Technology & Human Values and maintains research networks comparable to EuroNF and thematic groups modeled on NARR, EGOS Subtheme. It facilitates working paper series maintained in collaboration with repositories at SSRN, RePEc and libraries including Bodleian Library and Bibliothèque nationale de France. Collaborative projects have linked scholars from IESE Business School, Esade, Stockholm School of Economics, Norwegian School of Economics with funding agencies such as Horizon 2020, European Research Council.

The group administers prizes for best paper, dissertation, and emerging scholar awards similar in prestige to honors conferred by Academy of Management, European Academy of Management and national academies like Royal Society of Edinburgh. Recipients often hold positions at University College London, King's College London, University of Warwick, University of Leiden and receive fellowships from bodies such as Marie Curie Actions and Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. Special recognition events have been held in venues like Palazzo Vecchio, Royal Irish Academy, Haus der Kulturen der Welt.

Its influence is evident in citation networks connecting authors from University of California, Berkeley, Dartmouth College, University of Toronto, McGill University and in shaping curricula at business schools including London Business School, Said Business School. Critics associated with commentators from The Guardian, Financial Times, The Economist and scholars from Princeton and Yale have argued the group at times privileges Eurocentric networks and mainstream publication strategies similar to critiques leveled at American Sociological Association and Academy of Management, prompting reforms paralleling those in Open Science Framework and transparency initiatives promoted by ScienceOpen. Defenders point to collaborative outputs with institutions like World Bank, UNESCO, European Commission and to training programs that echo best practices from European Graduate School and Institute for Advanced Study.

Category:Academic organizations in Europe