PROS is an anual event organized in conjunction with the annual series Perspectives on Process Organization Studies, published by Oxford University Press, and it takes place in a Mediterranean island, in June every year.
First International Symposium
on Process Organization Studies
Sensemaking and Organizing
11-13 June 2009, Pissouri, Cyprus
Conveners:
Tor Hernes, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark and Norwegian School of Management, Norway, tor.hernes@bi.no
Sally Maitlis, Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia, Canada, maitlis@sauder.ubc.ca
Haridimos Tsoukas, ALBA Graduate Business School, Greece & University of Warwick, UK, pros@alba.edu.gr
Keynote Speakers:
Keith Ansell Pearson, Professor of Philosophy, University of Warwick, UK, author of Philosophy and the Adventure of the Virtual: Bergson and the Time of Life
Kenneth J. Gergen, Mustin Professor of Psychology, Swarthmore College, USA, author of Relational Being: Beyond the Individual and the Community
Kathleen Sutcliffe, Gilbert and Ruth Whitaker Professor of Business Administration and Professor of Management and Organizations, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, USA, co-author of Managing the Unexpected
Second International Symposium
on Process Organization Studies
Constructing Identity in and around Organizations
11-13 June 2010, Rhodes, Greece
Conveners:
Steve Maguire, McGill University, Canada (steve.maguire@mcgill.ca)
Majken Schultz, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark (ms.ioa@cbs.dk)
Ann Langley, HEC Montreal, Canada (ann.langley@hec.ca)
Haridimos Tsoukas, ALBA Graduate Business School, Greece &
University of Warwick, UK (process.symposium@gmail.com)
Keynote Speakers:
Michael G. Pratt, Professor of Organization Studies, Boston College, USA, Associate Editor, Academy of Management Journal
James V. Wertsch, Marshall S. Snow Professor in Arts & Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis, USA, author of Mind as Action and Voices of Collective Remembering
James Williams, Professor of European Philosophy, University of Dundee, UK, author of Gilles Deleuze’s Logic of Sense: A Critical Introduction and Guide
Third International Symposium
on Process Organization Studies
How Matter Matters: Objects,
Artifacts and Materiality in Organization Studies
16-18 June 2011, Corfu, Greece
Conveners:
Paul R. Carlile, Boston University, USA (carlile@bu.edu)
Davide Nicolini, University of Warwick, UK (davide.nicolini@wbs.ac.uk)
Ann Langley, HEC Montreal, Canada (ann.langley@hec.ca)
Haridimos Tsoukas, University of Cyprus, Cyprus & University of Warwick, UK (process.symposium@gmail.com)
Keynote Speakers:
Karen Barad, Professor of Feminist Studies, Philosophy, and History of Consciousness, University of California at Santa Cruz, USA, author of Meeting the Universe Halfway: Quantum Physics and the Entanglement of Matter and Meaning
Wanda J. Orlikowski, The Eaton-Peabody Professor of Communication Sciences and Professor of Information Technologies and Organization Studies, Sloan School of Management, MIT, USA
Lucy Suchman, Professor of Anthropology of Science and Technology, Department of Sociology and Co-Director, Centre for Science Studies, Lancaster University, UK, author of Human-Machine Reconfigurations
Fourth International Symposium
on Process Organization Studies
Language and Communication @ Work:
Discourse, Narrativity and Organizing
21-23 June 2012, Kos, Greece
Conveners:
François Cooren, Université de Montréal, Canada (f.cooren@umontreal.ca)
Eero Vaara, Hanken School of Economics, Finland (eero.vaara@hanken.fi)
Ann Langley, HEC Montreal, Canada (ann.langley@hec.ca)
Haridimos Tsoukas, University of Cyprus, Cyprus & University of Warwick, UK (process.symposium@gmail.com)
Keynote Speakers:
David Boje, Professor of Management, New Mexico State University, USA, author of Storytelling Organizations
Lillie Chouliaraki, Professor in Media and Communications, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK, co-author of Discourse in Late Modernity
Jonathan Potter, Professor of Discourse Analysis, Loughborough University, UK, co-author of Discursive Psychology
Fifth International Symposium
on Process Organization Studies
The Emergence of Novelty in Organizations
20-22 June 2013
Minoa Palace Resort, Chania, Crete, Greece
Conveners:
Raghu Garud, Penn State University, USA (rug14@smeal.psu.edu)
Barbara Simpson, University of Strathclyde, UK (barbara.simpson@strath.ac.uk)
Ann Langley, HEC Montreal, Canada (ann.langley@hec.ca)
Haridimos Tsoukas, University of Cyprus, Cyprus & University of Warwick, UK (process.symposium@gmail.com)
Keynote Speakers:
Deborah Dougherty, Professor of Management, Rutgers Business School, USA
Paul-Antoine Miquel University of Toulouse, France
Jaan Valsiner, Professor of Psychology, Clark University, USA, editor of Culture and Psychology, and co-editor of The Cambridge Handbook of Sociocultural Psychology
Seventh International Symposium
on Process Organization Studies
Skillful Performance: Enacting Expertise, Competence, and Capabilities in Organizations
20-27 June 2015
Helona Resort,Kos, Greece
Conveners
Jorgen Sandberg, University of Queensland, Australia (j.sandberg@business.uq.edu.au)
Linda Rouleau, HEC Montreal, Canada (linda.rouleau@hec.ca)
Ann Langley, HEC Montreal, Canada (ann.langley@hec.ca)
Haridimos Tsoukas, University of Cyprus, Cyprus & University of Warwick, UK (process.symposium@gmail.com)
Keynote Speakers:
Harry Collins, Professor of Sociology, Cardiff University, UK, author of Tacit & Explicit Knowledge and Rethinking Expertise (with R. Evans)
Hubert Dreyfus, Professor of Philosophy, University of California, Berkeley, USA, author of Being-in- the-World and What Computers Still Can’t Do
Silvia Gherardi, Professor of Sociology of Work, University of Trento, Italy, author of Organizational Knowledge and Learning and Knowing in Practice-Based Studies (with A. Strati)
Margaret A. Peteraf, Professor or Management, Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, USA, co-author of Dynamic Capabilities and Crafting & Executing Strategy
Workshop Keynote Speaker:
Charles Spinosa, philosopher, management consultant at Vision, co-author of Disclosing New Worlds (MIT Press, 1997)
Sixth International Symposium
on Process Organization Studies
Organizational routines:
How they are created, maintained, and changed
19-21 June 2014
Elysium Resort & Spa, Rhodes, Greece
Conveners:
Jennifer Howard-Grenville, University of Oregon, USA (jhg@uoregon.edu)
Claus Rerup, Western University, Canada, (crerup@ivey.uwo.ca)
Ann Langley, HEC Montreal, Canada (ann.langley@hec.ca)
Haridimos Tsoukas, University of Cyprus, Cyprus & University of Warwick, UK (process.symposium@gmail.com)
Keynote Speakers:
Paul Dourish, Professor of Informatics, University of California, Irvine, USA, author of Where the Action Is: The Foundations of Embodied Interaction
Martha Feldman, Johnson Chair for Civic Governance and Public Management, Professor of Social Ecology, Political Science, Business and Sociology, University of California, Irvine, USA
Bob Mesle, Professor of Philosophy & Religion, Graceland University, USA, author of Process-Relational Philosophy: An Introduction to Alfred North Whitehead
Eighth International Symposium
on Process Organization Studies
Dualities, dialectics and paradoxes in
organizational life
16-18 June 2016
Corfu Holiday Palace, Corfu, Greece
Conveners
Moshe Farjoun, York University, Canada (MFarjoun@schulich.yorku.ca)
Wendy Smith, University of Delaware, USA (smithw@udel.edu)
Ann Langley, HEC Montreal, Canada (ann.langley@hec.ca)
Haridimos Tsoukas, University of Cyprus, Cyprus & University of Warwick, UK (process.symposium@gmail.com)
Keynote Speakers:
John D. Dunne, Professor of Contemplative Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison, author of Foundations of Dharmakirti’s Philosophy
Marianne Lewis, Professor of Management, University of Cincinnati, USA
Charles Nuckolls, Professor of Anthropology, Brigham Young University, USA, author of The Cultural Dialectics of Knowledge and Desire
Linda Putnam, Professor of Organizational Communication, University of California-Santa Barbara, USA
Ninth International Symposium
on Process Organization Studies
Institutions and Organizations: A Process View
22-24 June 2017
Helona Resort,Kos, Greece
Conveners:
Trish Reay, University of Alberta, Canada (trish.reay@ualberta.ca)
Tammar Zilber, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel (tammar.zilber@mail.huji.ac.il)
Ann Langley, HEC Montreal, Canada (ann.langley@hec.ca)
Haridimos Tsoukas, University of Cyprus, Cyprus & University of Warwick, UK (process.symposium@gmail.com)
Keynote Speakers:
Stephen R. Barley, Christian A. Felipe Professor of Technology Management, University of California at Santa Barbara, USA
Francesca Polletta, Professor of Sociology, University of California at Irvine, USA
Ted Schatzki, Professor of Philosophy and Geography, University of Kentucky, USA
Call for Papers
Symposium Program
Tenth International Symposium
on Process Organization Studies
Institutions and Organizations: A Process View
22-24 June 2018
Porto Karras, Chalikidiki, Greece
Conveners:
Juliane Reinecke, Warwick Business School, UK (Juliane.Reinecke@wbs.ac.uk)
Roy Suddaby, University of Victoria, Canada & Newcastle University, UK (rsuddaby@uvic.ca)
Ann Langley, HEC Montreal, Canada (ann.langley@hec.ca)
Haridimos Tsoukas, University of Cyprus, Cyprus & University of Warwick, UK (process.symposium@gmail.com)
Keynote Speakers:
William Blattner, Professor of Philosophy, Georgetown University, USA, author of Heidegger’s “Being and Time”
Tor Hernes, Professor of Organization Theory, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark, author of A Process Theory of Organization
Eviatar Zerubavel, Board of Governors and Distinguished Professor of Sociology, Rutgers University, USA, author of Time Maps: Collective memory and the Social Shape of the Past