PhD Workshop in Business & Management

15.00   Opening session

• Dr. Núria Casals, Director of the PhD School (UIC Barcelona)
• Dr. Frederic Marimon, Director of the PhD Program in Economics & Law (UIC Barcelona)

15:15   Keynote session: Pursuing an academic career

• José L: Ruiz-Alba, Research and Knowledge Exchange Leader (Westminster Business School)
• Chair: Dra. Marta Mas (UIC Barcelona)

15.45   Editors’ session: Publishing your research

• Dr. Alireza Nazarian (Editor-in-chief Journal of Organisational Studies and Innovation)
• Chair: Dr. Manuel Flores (UIC Barcelona)

16:30   Networking

• The link to the session will be provided to each participant after registering

15.00   Panel discussion: Job market

• Dr. Burçin Güçlü (ICN Business School)
• Dr. Yannis Pierrakis (UIC Barcelona)
• Dr. Ruggero Colombari (UIC Barcelona)
• Chair: Marta Mas (UIC Barcelona)

16.00   Parallel sessions

• Session 1 (Marketing, Quality Management & Operation)
• Session 2 (HHRR & Strategy)
• Session 3 (Entrepreneurship)
• Session 4 (Accounting & Finance)
• Session 5 (Applied Economics)

17.00   Closing

• Frederic Marimon, Director of the PhD Program in Economics & Law (UIC Barcelona)
• Concluding remarks and award ceremony (best paper, best review)

PhD students willing to attend the workshop can do so by submitting their proposals via the following link and attach an academic paper that is related to or part of your thesis (it can be a work-in-progress). Fill in the Initial submission form

The recommended length is 6.000-8.000 words. It is compulsory to use this template paper UIC when writing the paper.

A maximum of 28 PhD students will be selected, based on the quality of the work presented.

The selected students will be notified on May 7.

Registration for the workshop costs 40 euros. This fee includes access to all sessions and materials. EDOC Activities | Universitat Internacional de Catalunya

1. If you are one of the selected doctoral students, you can register as PhD participant (Attendees will receive a certificate proving their active participation in the workshop)
2. If you do not have any paper to present, but you are interested in meeting other students and listening to the workshop presentations (including tips and advice from editors/ professors), you can also register as Other assistants

You can register through this form.

Once you are registered, in order to finalise your submission, fill in the Review report submission form and you will have to upload the review report for the paper you have been assigned. It is compulsory to use this template review report when writing the paper.