STR Professional Development Workshop

Please join us for the first edition of the STR Professional Development Workshop (STR PDW), jointly organized by SemeAd and the Academy of Management’s Strategic Management Division. The PDW aims to promote and strengthen research in strategic management, particularly among doctoral students and early-career scholars. The workshop will take place during SemeAd 2026 in São Paulo on November 10, 2026, in person at FEA-USP, from 2:00 PM to 5:40 PM. Participation is free of charge and open to all.

Among the participants in the Paper Feedback Session, the three best submitted papers will be awarded an STR Global Scholarship. Each scholarship includes US$ 1,000 to support travel to the AOM Annual Meeting.

Organizers

Marina GamaFGV – EAESPSTR Division Global Representative for Latin America and the Caribbean

Thiago J. SoaresInsper

Tobias C. ParenteFEA-USP

Program – November 10, 2026

Time	Activity
2:00 PM – 2:05 PM	Kickoff and welcome from SemeAd and STR
2:05 PM – 3:15 PM	Part 1. Papers sessions: participants receive feedback on their work from their assigned mentors
3:15 PM – 3:30 PM	Break
3:30 PM – 4:10 PM	Part 2. Panel 1: Research Visits to Top Schools: Making the Most of Your Visits
4:15 PM – 4:55 PM	Part 2. Panel 2: Building Research Implications that Connect Theory, Practice, and Society
5:00 PM – 5:40 PM	Part 2. Panel 3: Publication Process in Top International Management Journals

Panelists

Panel 1 — Research Visits to Top Schools: Making the Most of Your Visits

Daphne CoelhoInsper

Lígia Azevedo-RezendeUSC Marshall and Insper

Panel 2 — Building Research Implications that Connect Theory, Practice, and Society

Tobias ParenteFEA-USP

Panel 3 — Publication Process in Top Management Journals

Sergio LazzariniInsper

Application process

Part 2 (Panel Discussions): no registration is required — everyone is welcome to simply come in and join us.

Additionally, you can participate in Part 1 by sending your extended abstract to marina.gama@fgv.br. Please follow this submission format — a single PDF document containing:

Title and author page.
Extended six-page abstract including introduction, theoretical framework, methods, preliminary findings (if available), and references.
You can submit your paper in English (preferred), Portuguese, or Spanish. We will do our best to match the discussant’s language with the participant’s.
The PDF file must be named as follows: STRPDW_LastName_FirstName.pdf — for example, STRPDW_Dias_Laura.pdf if your name is Laura Dias.
Among the participants in the Paper Feedback Session, the three best submitted papers will be awarded an STR Global Scholarship. Each scholarship includes US$ 1,000 to support travel to the AOM Annual Meeting.

Important dates

Submission deadline: October 1^st, 2026
Notification of acceptance: by October 19^th, 2026
Workshop date: November 10^th, 2026, from 2:00 PM to 5:40 PM Brasília time (BRT, GMT-3), in person at FEA-USP