This page is a list of PhD Conferences organized worldwide during the 2024/2025 academic year. If you are a doctoral student in a discipline related to economics, business administration, management studies, looking for relevant Call-for-Papers – or opportunities to present your research this year – we hope you find our site useful. If you know of any Ph.D. workshops, doctoral conferences, call for paper opportunities in academic journals, please drop us a line through our contact form and we will add it to our list! (Last update: January 4th, 2025)
September 2025
EUHEA 2025 – September 3–5, 2025 in Brussels, Belgium. The Institute of Health Society and the Institute of Economic and Social Research at the Université catholique de Louvain are proud to host the 12th EuHEA PhD & Supervisor Conference, to be held on the Brussels-Woluwé campus on September 3-5, 2025. The PhD & Supervisor conference presents a great opportunity for PhD students and early career researchers in the field of health economics to present their ongoing research and receive feedback from colleagues with expertise in their field of study. A specific feature of the conference is its interactive format in which each presented paper will be discussed by another student’s supervisor. This format and the friendly and constructive environment make this conference an excellent place to gain new insights, get feedback, and network with peers.
CBT 2025 – The annual CBT Doctoral Conference will take place on September 8-9 2025 in Oxford (UK). The conference offers PhD students and early careers researchers an opportunity to receive feedback in a friendly environment from Niels Johannesen, Centre Director, and other leading academics and CBT researchers. Call for papers opens in March 2025. As ever, we welcome research on any topics related to business taxation in its broadest sense, including papers from economics, law and other disciplines, as well as interdisciplinary contributions.
BAM 2025 – The 39th edition of the BAM Conference will take place from September 1-5, 2025 at Kent Business School, University of Kent. Theme: “On the Border: Management Challenges, Business Opportunities and Disrupted Institutional Contexts”
July 2025
AREUEA 2025 – The American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association (AREUEA) is pleased to announce that the 2025 Annual International conference will be held in Barcelona, Spain, on July 15–18, 2025. The conference will be hosted by the Department of Finance and Real Estate at the IESE Business School. As ever, it will provide a forum for academics, practitioners and policymakers in the areas of real estate finance, development and investment, housing, urban planning, urban economics, and public policy to exchange ideas on important issues. Submissions on all topics relating to the real estate and urban economics are encouraged.
June 2025
IESE 2025 – in Barcelona, Spain, June 13-14 2025. 8th Annual Strategy Science Conference, hosted by the IESE Business School and co-sponsored by the journal Strategy Science. The conference will take place on June 13 and 14 in Barcelona, Spain. Strategy Science, an INFORMS journal, has established itself as an important voice in the strategy field, providing an outlet for innovative strategy research tackling central questions in the field. In that spirit, the conference will provide an opportunity for strategy researchers to share their work with in-depth discussions both in the context of the formal paper presentations and panel discussions. The conference aims to attract a diverse set of work addressing key issues in the strategy field.Prior to the conference, the Strategy Science Doctoral Workshop will be held on June 12. Students admitted to the workshop will also be invited to participate in the conference that follows on June 13 and 14. The workshop is aimed at students who are finishing or have recently finished their coursework and are in the early stages of their dissertation work.
The deadline for submissions to the Conference and the Doctoral Workshop is March 10, 2025.
BCERC 2025 – The 45th Babson College Enterpreneurship Research Conference (BCERC) will be hosted by Babson College from June 4-7, 2025 in Babson Park, Massachussets. The conference will focus on cutting-edge empirical research in progress that will significantly advance the field of entrepreneurship.
EURAM 2025 – On-site Doctoral Colloquium: June 21-22 2025; EURAM Labs & Conference: June 22-25, 2025. Experienced management scholars will share their knowledge about undertaking doctoral research and pursuing a career in academia. They will guide you in your chosen research area and help you navigate through the challenges and questions you identify in your submission. There will be discussion of alternative career paths by various management scholars including a practitioner in a chosen industry, an entrepreneur utilising research base, and a policy maker in an international organisation. Learning from those scholars and asking them all the questions you have always wanted to ask is a great opportunity for your career development. Do not miss this opportunity to learn about the tacit knowledge underlying a PhD journey and get useful insights on how to complete a PhD in a successful way as well as how to develop a career trajectory transitioning out of your PhD. Collaboration is at the heart of our doctoral colloquium. The largest part of the EURAM Doctoral Colloquium (DC) is dedicated to the discussion of your papers in small mentoring teams groups – each supervised by an experienced senior academic mentor, many of who are global thought leaders and distinguished scholars in their field, and highly experienced supervisors. The aim of DC is not to ask you give a “traditional” paper presentation, but to discuss your research with your peers in the DC group as well as your Mentor. In mentoring group discussion, you can seek advice and guidance on the key issues and challenges you are experiencing in a particular phase of doctoral research you are in. These highly intensive and interactive mentoring sessions make our EURAM DC distinctive, collaborative and future orientated. Through these mentoring team sessions as well as fun networking and social activities we curate for you, we aim to connect you with your peers and senior scholars in your field. We hope that we will make you an active participant of the research ecosystem for a life-time collaboration opportunity with likeminded peers and mentors. EURAM DC will provide you the opportunity to showcase your research and your scholarly mission to different audiences; to connect with an international network of academics and further beneficiaries and users of research; express your talent and win the EURAM 2025 Doctoral Colloquium Best Paper Award or the Relevant and Responsible Research Award! Our scientific committee will select the winners of the EURAM 2025 Doctoral Colloquium Best Paper Award among all accepted submissions. This is an excellent opportunity to advance the recognition of your research and you as a researcher of highly intellectual and noble work!
May 2025
SRSC 2025 – the annual Singapore Rising Scholars Conference (SRSC) on May 15-16, 2025. The Conference which will be held at the SMU Li Ka Shing Library aims to provide a unique opportunity for doctoral students in management and the social sciences to present their latest research, receive constructive feedback from their fellow students, explore new research ideas in both disciplinary and interdisciplinary areas, and expand their professional and social network. For more information about SRSC, visit the official SRSC 2025 conference website.
SSC 2025 – May 12-14, 2025 in Liverpool (United Kingdom). The Spring Servitization Conference (SSC2025) is dedicated to understanding how organizations develop and adapt their business models through servitization and advanced services. The 2025 conference will be held in Liverpool, UK, with the overall theme of “Evidencing Productivity and Sustainability through Servitization: The Role of Suppliers, Intermediaries, Customers and Competitors”. The conference will bring together the world’s leading researchers, practitioners and doctoral students to debate and engage with the theory and practice of servitization. SSC2025 will comprise the Servitization Doctoral Symposium (Monday 12th May) and the main Spring Servitization Conference (Tues 13th and Weds 14th May 2025).
12th May: doctoral symposium for PhD students whose research focuses on topics related to servitization (including Product-Service Systems, services-centric business models, and service-dominant logic, etc.).
May 13-14: one single stream where contributors have an opportunity to present to the whole conference audience and engage in both structured and semi-structured panel sessions to discuss their work. The programme is designed to encourage extensive debate and bridge research theory and industrial practice. The conference will also feature keynotes from senior executives from leading manufacturing businesses. Some sessions will be dedicated to the early stage research, which comprise interactive keynotes by leading academics in the field, debates around emergent research themes, and poster reviews of proposed projects and doctoral research. A certificate of attendance will be provided on request after the conference by email to the conference organising team.
April 2025
EFMD 2025 – April 28-30, 2025, in Manchester, UK. This event encompasses all the different facets of doctoral education around the world. Created specifically for business school professionals in charge of doctoral programmes and research, it addresses the challenges within different types of doctoral programmes (PhD, DBA, …). Follow the global trends and keep your innovative spark alive as we continually examine different models for doctoral training, including research mobility, research placement, the nature of the curriculum and international cooperation.
BAFA 2025 Annual Conference with Doctoral Masterclasses, April 15-17, 2025, at Ulster University, in Belfast (Northern Ireland), organized by the British Accounting and Finance Association (BAFA).
AACSB 2025 – Unparalleled opportunities for learning and connection await at the 2025 International Conference and Annual Meeting (ICAM), in the beautiful city of Vienna, Austria, from April 7-9, 2025! Under the theme Amplify Your Impact, this year’s conference invites over 1200 attendees representing 60+ countries to exchange ideas, foster partnerships, and explore innovative strategies that drive the future of business education. Dive into thought-provoking keynotes and interactive sessions centered on four dynamic tracks: Elevating Your Quality, Impacting Society, Enhancing Relevance, Trends that Transform. From integrating artificial intelligence and tackling enrollment challenges to reshaping business school curricula and advancing sustainability, this year’s agenda is designed to help you navigate the critical issues defining the relevance and impact of business education today.
Beyond an exciting agenda, here is what to look forward to:
Accreditation Insights: Explore dedicated accreditation content to gain actionable guidance for your AACSB accreditation journey, ensuring your institution achieves and maintains the highest standards of excellence
Quick Learn Sessions: Get inspired by industry experts sharing practical strategies in short, focused sessions designed to deliver immediate, actionable takeaways
Affinity Group Meetings: Connect with peers who share similar interests and challenges in dedicated networking sessions, fostering collaboration and shared learning
Visionary Keynotes and Engaging Sessions: Join sessions like the “Evolve or Expire” debate, where two opposing panels tackle whether companies will still hire business school graduates in five years.
Engage with cutting-edge methodologies, technological advancements, and actionable strategies that ensure your institution remains a leader in preparing tomorrow’s change makers.
Who Should Attend?
Corporate representatives, deans, associate/assistant deans, international directors, program directors, department chairs, and faculty.
March 2025
PREDOC 2025 – The PhD Project Annual Conference 2025
During the conference, prospective doctoral students get a realistic look at every phase of the PhD journey as well as an opportunity to network with current doctoral students, business school representatives, professors and partner organizations – all in one place, in Chicago, Illinois, on March 20-21, 2025 Who should apply? Prospective doctoral students are invited to apply to The PhD Project’s exclusive annual conference, designed for historically underrepresented individuals considering business doctoral studies.
UBFOB 2025 – 6th International Conference on Business Innovation and Growth, March 17-19, 2025 in Selebi Phikwe, Botswana, organized by the Faculty of Business, University of Botswana
It’s About People 2025 – 13th Annual Conference of Europe’s Sciences and Arts Leaders and Scholars: “It’s About People: Social and Technological Resilience for Health and Sustainable Development” – March 14-19, 2025 – ONLINE, with an on-site plenary in Maribor, Slovenia – Deadline for Abstract Submission: 30 November 2024
February 2025
INOMICS 2025 – The Ruhr Graduate School in Economics (RGS Econ) is hosting its annual, refereed Doctoral Conference in Economics onsite on February 25-26, 2025 in Dortmund, Germany. The submission deadline is December 13th, 2024. We invite early-career researchers to submit full papers from all areas of Economics. There is no participation or registration fee. Around 75 doctoral students from across Europe and beyond will present and discuss their work in a well-established, internationally visible format. The conference will take place in-person in Dortmund, Germany and feature the headline topic “Family Economics” with dedicated sessions and keynote speeches by Michèle Tertilt (University of Mannheim) and Aslı Sevindim (Head of the Integration department, Ministry for Children, Youth, Family, Equality, Refugees and Integration of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia) and a joint conference dinner. The best paper to be submitted and presented will be awarded a prize of EUR 500. For more information of the conference and submission, please visit the official 2025 conference website.
The Ruhr Graduate School in Economics (RGS Econ) is part of the Research Academy Ruhr and combines the expertise of the four UA Ruhr economics departments and the RWI – Leibniz Institute for Economic Research, one of Germany’s leading economic research institutes. RGS Econ combines and leverages the expertise of more than 50 faculty members to provide structured PhD education to currently 52 doctoral students in Economics.
INSEAD 2025 – Feb 6-9, 2025 in San Francisco (California). Americas Conference 2025 – The Future is Now: Bridging Business, Technology, and Humanity. In this unprecedented global change, businesses must innovate while prioritizing humanity’s well-being. To remain competitive, companies must embrace AI and GenAI while adapting to growing demands for just, sustainable, and resilient operations. The Americas Conference, hosted at the INSEAD San Francisco Hub For Business Innovation, offers a unique platform for senior leaders, faculty, and alumni to explore how companies can responsibly leverage new technologies to create a just, resilient future. It’s also an opportunity to network, share insights, and celebrate INSEAD’s 5th Anniversary in North America alongside the second edition of the Business Sustainability Awards.
Articles
Admissions & Financial Support – Outreach Events – Harvard Business School – Information Sessions: there are both local and virtual opportunities to connect with HBU’s doctoral staff to learn more about the programs and get answers to your questions regarding admissions at Harvard Business School.
Pursuing a PhD in Management: Everything You Need to Know – Read about pretty much all the aspects you need to consider before embarking on your journey…
Resources
EDAMBA is the European Doctoral Programmes Association in Management and Business Administration, with an aim to promote and facilitate cooperation among Doctoral Programmes in Management and Business Administration. Their members are Business Schools, Universities and Schools of Management with PhD programmes. Established in 1991, EDAMBA’s mission is to develop common ideas, values, evaluation criteria, standards, and practices to assess and enhance the quality of doctoral education, through the exchange of experiences and cooperation in a global network.
ESERA 2023 – 14th PhD Research Conferences of the European Science Education Research Association (ESERA)
Other resources
2025 Conferences Organized by ATINER – Athens Institution for Education and Research (Greece)
EIASM Conference Calendar 2025 – European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management
ERSA – The European Regional Science Association (ERSA) is the supranational grouping of national regional science associations across Europe, based in Belgium.
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