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Call for Papers: „Management and cultures: Qualitative organizational research“ EURAM-Conference “Navigating High Waters. Managing in an age of disruption” University of Agder

For the 10th consecutive year, Professor Christoph Barmeyer, together with Professors Sylvie Chevrier (Université Gustave Eiffel, Paris-Est) and Mette Zølner (University of Aarhus), is organizing a section as part of the 26th EURAM Conference (European Academy of Management). This time, it will take place from June 16 to 19, 2026, at the University of Agder in Kristiansand, Norway.

For many years, this track has been investigating the complex role of cultures in organizations using qualitative methods and has contributed to the development of a supportive community of researchers on intercultural issues in organizations. We are interested in emerging cultures in the context of the digital transformation of organizations, using qualitative methods. We welcome contributions that address intercultural encounters in the workplace, the Global South, multicultural individuals, languages in organizations, the international transfer and recontextualization of management tools, and the interplay of cultures and power relations in different organizations. Methodological questions will also be addressed: How can access to international contexts be gained? How can comparable situations in different countries be compared? How can language and translation problems be dealt with? What strategies can researchers use to achieve meaningful intercultural research results?

We welcome both advanced contributions that are ready for publication and contributions that are still in development and could benefit from constructive feedback from colleagues.

The detailed call for papers can be found in the appendix.
ST07_02 - Management and cultures: Qualitative organizational research

The deadline for submitting contributions is January 07, 2026, at 2:00 p.m. Belgian time.

Further information about the conference: conferences.euram.academy/2026conference/

University of Passau’s Teaching Innovation Fund supports project on intercultural welcome formats

The University of Passau’s Teaching Innovation Fund is supporting a new project that aims to develop intercultural welcome formats for international students. The initiative is designed to ease the transition into student life for newcomers from abroad and to strengthen an open and diverse university culture.

The welcome formats are being designed and implemented within the framework of service learning by students specializing in intercultural communication. In this way, participants can directly apply their theoretical knowledge in practice while actively contributing to the internationalization of the university.

The project is embedded in a dedicated project seminar. Here, students have the opportunity to obtain both a project certificate and a seminar certificate – while gaining valuable experience in project management, intercultural collaboration, and civic engagement.

PATEC: Passau – The Entrepreneurial Campus Intercultural Start-up Hub

The University of Passau wants to realize the great founder potential of Passau's students and develop into a real entrepreneurial university. Therefore, on September 1, 2020 the project: Passau - The Entrepreneurial Campus (PATEC) launched, supported by the BMWi program EXIST-Potentiale for over five years with almost two million Euros. The project aims to raise awareness, connect, and consult students about starting their own business in order to establish an active and vivid start-up culture at the University of Passau, especially targeting students of the humanities, social and cultural sciences as well as female students.

In addition to a sustainable and digital start-up hub, an intercultural start-up hub will be established under the direction of the Chair of Intercultural Communication and the research assistant and PhD student Constanze Ruesga Rath. Through the Intercultural start-up hub, aspects of culture, internationality and interculturality will be integrated into traditional elements of entrepreneurship, which nowadays are also indispensable for start-ups.

Next to the Chair for Intercultural Communication, the Transfer Center and various chairs/institutes of all faculties of the University of Passau are involved in PATEC. Furthermore, a network consisting of alumni founders, the INN.KUBATOR Passau, the BayStartUP, the Hans Lindner Foundation, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Niederbayern, the HWK Niederbayern-Oberpfalz, experienced coaches and mentors as well as seed-investors will be established to support the students in their start-up projects.

Under the following link you will find further information: https://www.uni-passau.de/bereiche/presse/pressemeldungen/meldung/detail/bund-foerdert-gruendungskultur-projekt-der-universitaet-passau/