About the Workshop
Purpose
Many of us study related phenomena around AI within larger institutions which focus on more general ideologies. As such, it can be difficult to find peers working on related work. The purpose of this group is to provide a community of junior scholars interested in innovation, AI, management, and organizations.
Our hope is that in the short term this group is a resource for juniors to brainstorm, get early feedback, and learn about relevant work at other organizations. In the long term, we hope that this group is a source of inspiration, future collaborators, and support on the journey that is academia.
Principles
This group is a way to support each other across time and distance. We believe that careers are marathons. This is supposed to help us find people we want to share that long journey with.
People will run at different paces at different times, and that's okay. Careers are long enough for everyone to be successful, and career success is not a zero-sum game. If we make each other better, we make our field better, and increase opportunities for everyone.
Format
We meet monthly to support each other's research and professional development through:
- Tiny Talks: Short presentations (1/2-2 pages or 3-5 slides) for early-stage ideas and feedback
- Big Talks: 30-40 minute discussions of working papers and work in progress
- Job Market Showcases: Practice presentations for final-year PhD candidates
The co-leaders are grateful to Kyle Myers (Harvard Business School, Technology and Operations Management) for inspiring the Tiny and Big Talks format through his Doctoral Seminar Course.
Our Journey
Fall 2024
First meeting of the Coast-to-Coast Doctoral Workshop
Year 1: Building Community
Monthly Tiny and Big Talks where members presented papers, work in progress, and ambitious ideas to gather group feedback
Year 2: Job Market Showcases
Expanded to support job market candidates with practice presentations:
- Elisabeth Yang - "How Organizations can Derive Value from Imperfect Predictive Algorithms"
- Danial Salman - "End of the Road? Autonomous Vehicles and Displacement Risk"
- Abhishek Gupte - "Insiders or outsiders: How occupational positions shape technological selection and introduction"
People
Co-Leaders
Founding Members
Join Us
Membership Requirements
- PhD Candidates (who have completed their qualification requirements), Postdocs, or very early faculty
- Concrete participation in the academic community around AI and allied phenomena (data work, etc.) in the field of innovation, management, or organizations
- Examples include: organizing events at AOM, presenting at peer-reviewed conferences, or having submitted papers to peer-reviewed outlets
- Regular group attendance is expected
Professional Standards
As a professional organization, members are expected to maintain a psychologically safe environment which follows the norms and ethics of academia. We uphold the same professional standards around authorship, acknowledgement, and confidentiality as journal submissions and journal reviewers.
Interested in joining? Fill out our application form or reach out to the co-leaders for more information.