Sebastian Hoenen Research Prize

In memory of Sebastian Hoene

The SEI Consortium is proud to announce the 2025 Sebastian Hoenen Research Prize. The prize seeks to recognize early career scholars working at the forefront of strategy, innovation, and entrepreneurship who have conducted adventurous, creative, and rigorous research. Nominations are open to graduates of European institutions within five years since the completion of their thesis. The prize is accompanied by a 1000 EURO award, provided generously by his surviving family and by former colleagues, collaborators, and employers. The deadline for applications is July 14, 2025.

Click here to learn more about the prize and the application process.

Faculty Workshop

Paper submission deadline: May 1st, 2025

We would like to invite paper submissions for the annual European Strategy, Entrepreneurship and Innovation (SEI) Faculty Workshop to be held on Friday, September 19th – Saturday, September 20th, at the Stockholm School of Economics. The small-scale workshop builds upon the success of previous SEI Faculty Workshops and aims to provide a forum for in-depth discussion to scholars in the fields of Strategy, Entrepreneurship and/or Innovation that are in the process of preparing high-potential manuscripts for submission to top journals. Junior faculty (e.g., assistant professors, tenure trackers) will receive priority, and are especially encouraged to submit their work. The workshop will start with an informal dinner on Thursday, September 18th and end on Saturday, September 20th after lunch. The Faculty Workshop will take place alongside the Doctoral Consortium, constituting a single event.

About the SEI faculty workshop: The SEI Consortium is an initiative of faculty from Europe’s leading business schools, to help advance the research frontier and stimulate the academic labour market. To this end, it supports an annual Faculty Workshop and a Doctoral Consortium. The purpose of the Faculty Workshop is to bring together top scholars from European institutions whose research focuses on strategy, entrepreneurship and innovation. It provides a venue to present work in development and receive feedback from leading scholars in the field, including several members of editorial boards of journals such as the Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Management Studies, Management Science, Organization Science, Research Policy, Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, Journal of Business Venturing, and Strategic Management Journal, among others. Several papers presented in past workshops have been published in those outlets. There will be plenty of opportunities for informal discussion and networking outside the formal presentations, including coffee breaks, meals, and dinners.

Selection process: Junior faculty members (e.g., assistant professors and tenure trackers) and those who have not presented at the SEI before are especially encouraged to apply. All participants are expected to be based in Europe.

Paper format: Each paper will have about 45 minutes for presentation and discussion. All participants are expected to read the papers and contribute to the discussion. The submitted papers should contribute to one or more of the following broad areas: strategy, entrepreneurship, and innovation. Since the aim of this developmental workshop is to help prepare articles for submission to top journals, papers must not have already been accepted or be close to being accepted. Preference will be given to papers by junior faculty.

Schedule: The deadline for the submission of papers is May 1st, 2025. Please use the link below to submit your paper. Please submit your paper with names and affiliations on the first page, separate from the paper itself. A selection committee will blind review and rank all papers given the selection criteria. The top scoring papers will be selected for inclusion in the program. No feedback will be provided at this stage. We aim to inform authors of accepted papers by mid June 2025.

Transportation, lodging, and meals: Faculty presenters are expected to cover their own travel and accommodation expenses. There is no registration fee for the workshop.

Call for Papers

Submit a Paper

Conference Schedule

The submission window is now closed. We aim to inform authors of accepted papers by mid-July 2023.

Doctoral Consortium

Student nomination deadline: May 1st, 2025

We invite nominations from faculty at business schools in Europe for their doctoral students to participate in the SEI Doctoral Consortium to be held on Friday, September 19th – Saturday, September 20th, at Stockholm School of Economics. The consortium seeks to bring together a select group of doctoral students doing research in the areas of Strategy, Entrepreneurship and/or Innovation. The workshop will start with an informal dinner on Thursday, September 18th and end on Saturday, September 20th after lunch.

About the SEI Doctoral Consortium: The SEI Consortium is an initiative of faculty from Europe’s leading business schools, to help advance the research frontier and stimulate the academic labour market. To this end, it supports an annual Faculty Workshop and a Doctoral Consortium. The SEI Doctoral Consortium provides doctoral students at universities in Europe with a unique opportunity to present their dissertation-stage research to, and receive developmental feedback from leading strategy, innovation, and entrepreneurship scholars, including the editors of many of the top journals in the field. Ample informal mentoring and networking opportunities will be provided outside the formal student presentations, including coffee breaks, lunches, and dinners.

Selection process: Nominations should be made by the faculty (rather than the student) and should be coordinated at the institution level. Since the consortium is designed to help students develop their research, we prefer nominees whose research is beyond the thesis proposal stage. A selection committee will evaluate all nominees, and only a select group of Ph.D. students will be invited to attend. Priority will be given to students who have not presented at a previous SEI consortium and students whose thesis advisor commits to participate in the event. All participants are expected to be based in Europe. We strive for diversity in institutions, participants, and research topics.

To nominate, the following information is requested:

Doctoral student name and affiliation
Advisor’s name and affiliation
The stage that the student has reached in the doctoral program
Confirmation that the student has not presented previously at the SEI Consortium
Confirmation that the advisor will commit to participate in the event
The rank of the nominated student in your institution’s nomination list, if more than one student is being nominated from your institution
An up-to-date CV of the nominee

Schedule: The deadline for the submission of nominations is May 1st, 2025. Submissions should be made online using the link below. We aim to inform accepted Ph.D. students by mid June 2025.

Transportation, lodging, and meals: The hosting institution will reimburse the cost of transportation within the limit of our budget, such as flights (economy) and arrange the accommodation (two nights stay) for all invited Ph.D. students. There is no registration fee for the workshop.

Call for Nominations

Nominate a Student

Conference Schedule

The submission window is now closed. We aim to inform accepted Ph.D. students by mid-July 2023.