Forfatternavn:Simon Neby

2025: Doing PhD in Turbulent Times Location: University of Agder, room: JU 071 Schedule 1100 – 1115 Welcome by Professor Jarle Trondal (University of Agder and University of Oslo) 1115 – 1215 Welcome by Professor Jarle Trondal (University of Agder and University of Oslo) 1215 – 1300 Lunch (sponsored by the NEON Conference) 1300 – 1400 Professor Romulo Pinheiro (University of Agder): “The academic profession in Europe and challenges for young academics” 1400 – 1500 Associate Professor Donatella de Paoli (BI Norwegian Business School): “Surviving and succeeding your PhD” 1500 – 1600 Professor Tor Hernes (Copenhagen Business School): «Studying things as they happen» 1800 NEON conference registration, conference venue 1900 NEON Reception at Club 21 Sky bar, conference venue About the speakers Marco Seeber is a Professor at University of Agder, Department of Political Science and Management. His research interests include the implementation and impact of policies and policy instruments in science and higher education, peer review, university internationalization, interdisciplinarity, academic careers.   Tor Hernes is a Professor at Copenhagen Business School, Centre for Organization and Time (COT). His main fields of research include organizational continuity and change, time and temporality of organizing processes, sensemaking and narrative theory, and organization theory.   Donatella de Paoli is an Associate Professor at BI Norwegian Business School. Her main field of research includes how places and spaces shape leadership, leadership in digital spaces, aesthetics and material aspects of leadership and organizations, and studies of open-plan offices, creative workspaces and office design for a digital time.   Romulo Pinheiro is Professor of Public Policy and Administration, Deputy Head of Department and member of the research group on Public Governance and Leadership (GOLEP), at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Agder (UiA). He is also a co-track coordinator at the Center for Digital Transformation (CeDiT) at UiA. Rómulo’s research interests are located at the intersection of public policy and administration, organisational studies, economic geography, innovation and higher education studies. Since 2017 he co-hosts an annual panel on Organisational Resilience at the European Group of Organisational Studies (EGOS).   Jarle Trondal is a Professor at University of Agder, Department of Political Science and Management, and at University of Oslo, ARENA Centre for European Studies. He is also a Senior Fellow at University of California, Berkeley, Institute of European Studies. His field of research includes organization theory, public policy and administration, turbulence and crisis, multilevel European politics, and international bureaucracy.

2024: Posisjonering Ph.d.-dagen 19. november Tema – Den faglige posisjoneringen   En stor utfordring i et hvert vitenskapelig arbeid er å overbevise leseren om at arbeidet bidrar med ny kunnskap innenfor et nærmere avgrenset tema. Dette gjelder både for monografier og artikkelbaserte avhandlinger. På ph.d.- dagen vil vi derfor presentere dere for ulike måter å posisjonere arbeidene deres på. Opplegget vil være en kombinasjon av innledninger og dialog med deltakerne, med utgangspunkt i deres avhandlingsprosjekter.   PhD-dagens vil foregå fra 11.00 – 17.00 i Handelshøgskolens lokaler ved UiT (Perspektivet auditorium), campus Breivika. Påmelding til Ph.d-dagen gjøres under konferansepåmelding som du finner her. Kryss av for Phd-dag (pris 1750 NOK).   Forberedelse: alle deltakerne bes sende inn et utkast til innledning innen 1. november, enten på en artikkel, monografien eller kappen (om lag 2 sider). Dette sendes til de fagansvarlige Turid Moldenæs, Hilde Marie Pettersen, og Arild Wæraas. Program 1100 Professor Arild Wæraas, OsloMet og UiT, professor Turid Moldenæs, UiT Velkommen Presentasjon av deltakerne 1130 Lunsj 1215 Professor Turid Moldenæs, UiT Den gode innledningen 1315 Professor Arild Wæraas, OsloMet/UiT Posisjonering av eget arbeid 1415 Førsteamanuensis Hilde M. Pettersen, UiT Eksempler på gode innledninger/posisjonering (monografi, artikkel og kappe) 1500 Arbeid i grupper: deltakerne diskuterer hverandres innsendte tekster 1615 Presentasjon og oppsummering i plenum Anbefalt litteratur Alvesson, M. og Sandberg, J. (2013). Constructing Research Questions: Doing Interesting Research, Sage. Barney, J. (2018). Editor’s comments: Positioning a theory paper for publication. Academy of Management Review, 43(3), 345-348. Grant, A. M., & Pollock, T. G. (2011). Publishing in AMJ—Part 3: Setting the hook. Academy of Management Journal, 54(5), 873-879. Golden-Biddle, K. og Locke, K. (2006).  Composing qualitative research, Sage. Patriotta, G. (2017). Crafting papers for publication: Novelty and convention in academic writing. Journal of Management Studies, 54(5), 747-759. Faglig ansvarlige er: Professor Arild Wæraas, OsloMet Professor Turid Moldenæs, UiT Norges arktiske universitet Førsteamanuensis Hilde Marie Pettersen, UiT Norges arktiske universitet Arild Wæraas Professor, OsloMet Turid Moldenæs Professor , UIT Hilde Marie Pettersen Førsteamanuensis, UIT

2023: Workshop for early career scholars (arrangert på engelsk) NEON workshop for early-career scholars NTNU Kalvskinnet (Room: Enga)   On Tuesday 21 November early-career scholars are invited to share their work, learn about academic life and make connections in a friendly atmosphere. By early-career scholars, we mean PhD-candidates, postdocs or others in the beginning of their careers as academics or researchers. The workshop will include feedback sessions, round-table discussions and talks on topics such as publishing practices and career planning.   To participate, you would need to submit either a research paper (draft) or a project plan (1-2 pages) outlining future research work. We would also greatly appreciate if you could notify us in advance if you intend to participate and describe your current work status (e.g. “third year PhD-candidate finalizing my thesis”). That will allow us to make the program more engaging for the participants. Please see the deadlines below.   The workshop is organized by Siri Øyslebø Sørensen, Michael Grothe-Hammer and Jonas A. Ingvaldsen from NTNU. Additional speakers will be announced later.   Practical information Place: NTNU Trondheim, Kalvskinnet campus Time: Tuesday 21 November 12:00 – 17:00 (starting with lunch)  Deadline: 10 November for paper or proposal Please notify us by 10 October  if you intend to participate Please send the notification and submission to jonas.a.ingvaldsen@ntnu.no  Register at conference webpage by 10 October  Registration fee: NOK 1750,-

2021: Theory and writing (arrangert på engelsk) Theme: theory and writing Program 0815 Welcome and introduction of the day by Annette Risberg, the Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences. 0830 On Theory What is theory? Workshop on theory with Hervé Corvellec, Lund University. Description The What is theory? question   There can be a wealth of possible answers to the question what theory is[1] [2], but it is not that theory can be anything and anything can be theory. There is a fundamental difference between anything and many things, and a purpose of the workshop is to help participants to distinguish between many and any views of theory.   The What is theory? workshop   First, as a participant to the workshop, you present a very short presentation of an example of theory. It can be a theory that you use in your PhD project or not. Explain in a few sentences the basic tenets and claims of the theory, provide 1-2 key names, and explain why you think this is a theory. The answers of all participants will lay ground for what will be the class’s performative theory of theory[3]. (09:15-10:00)   Second, we reflect on this definition, answering to questions such as: Is this a good definition of theory? Anything missing? Anything unnecessary? Is it precise enough to decide what is not a theory? A Ph.D. is required to make a theoretical contribution; is this definition helpful to understand what this requirement means? (10:15-10:45)   Third, I contrast the collective and individual answers provided in the class with the answers provided by the contributors to the What is theory? book (see note 1). More than an epistemological lecture, the purpose here is to provide an entry into the richness of academic practice with theory. (10:45-11:10)   Finally, in the time left, we discuss how you use or plan to use theory in your research, and with which consequences. (11:20-12:00)   See you!   Hervé CorvellecLund University   [1] See: Corvellec Hervé (Ed); What is theory? Answers from the social and cultural sciences, Liber 2013[2] See: Sandberg, Jörgen, and Mats Alvesson. 2021. “Meanings of Theory: Clarifying Theory through Typification.” Journal of Management Studies 58 (2):487-516. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/joms.12587. [3] About performative definitions see: Latour Bruno. (1986) The Power of association. In: Law J(ed) Power, action and belief: A new sociology of knowledge? London:Routledge, 264-280 The What is theory? question   There can be a wealth of possible answers to the question what theory is[1] [2], but it is not that theory can be anything and anything can be theory. There is a fundamental difference between anything and many things, and a purpose of the workshop is to help participants to distinguish between many and any views of theory.   The What is theory? workshop   First, as a participant to the workshop, you present a very short presentation of an example of theory. It can be a theory that you use in your PhD project or not. Explain in a few sentences the basic tenets and claims of the theory, provide 1-2 key names, and explain why you think this is a theory. The answers of all participants will lay ground for what will be the class’s performative theory of theory[3]. (09:15-10:00)   Second, we reflect on this definition, answering to questions such as: Is this a good definition of theory? Anything missing? Anything unnecessary? Is it precise enough to decide what is not a theory? A Ph.D. is required to make a theoretical contribution; is this definition helpful to understand what this requirement means? (10:15-10:45)   Third, I contrast the collective and individual answers provided in the class with the answers provided by the contributors to the What is theory? book (see note 1). More than an epistemological lecture, the purpose here is to provide an entry into the richness of academic practice with theory. (10:45-11:10)   Finally, in the time left, we discuss how you use or plan to use theory in your research, and with which consequences. (11:20-12:00)   See you!   Hervé CorvellecLund University   [1] See: Corvellec Hervé (Ed); What is theory? Answers from the social and cultural sciences, Liber 2013[2] See: Sandberg, Jörgen, and Mats Alvesson. 2021. «Meanings of Theory: Clarifying Theory through Typification.» Journal of Management Studies 58 (2):487-516. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/joms.12587. [3] About performative definitions see: Latour Bruno. (1986) The Power of association. In: Law J(ed) Power, action and belief: A new sociology of knowledge? London:Routledge, 264-280 1115 Break 1130 Performative theorizing, Interactive lecture with Oliver Laasch, Manchester University. Description Performativity describes theories whose truthfulness and success lies not in accurately representing current realities. Instead, performative truth depends on theories’ success in shaping future realities. Such success in turn centrally depends on us as academics. Academic work is inescapably performative, as teaching, generating, and disseminating theory is our daily bread. Therefore, if we want it or not, we engage in performative practice that shapes future realities- to the better or worse. This keynote’s main purpose is to help us acknowledge our performative nature and to start owning it! Performativity describes theories whose truthfulness and success lies not in accurately representing current realities. Instead, performative truth depends on theories’ success in shaping future realities. Such success in turn centrally depends on us as academics. Academic work is inescapably performative, as teaching, generating, and disseminating theory is our daily bread. Therefore, if we want it or not, we engage in performative practice that shapes future realities- to the better or worse. This keynote’s main purpose is to help us acknowledge our performative nature and to start owning it! 1300 Lunch 1400 On Writing Beyond linear writing – finding your personal way of writing. Monika Kostera, Jagiellonian University in Kraków. 1500 Break 1515 Writing academic articles – reflections from the editor’s side. Annette Risberg, the Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences. 1600 Reflections and discussion on the participants’ own writing and theorizing in their PhD projects. 1700 End of programme