Call for Contributions
Researchers from economics, sociology, management, political science, and related disciplines are invited to submit their work.
Topics of Interest
We welcome contributions related to:
•Organizational resilience and crisis preparedness
•Firm responses to technological, economic, or political shocks and transformation
•Cyber security risks and digital resilience
•Worker well-being and household resilience
•Organizational change and management practices
•Labor market effects of technological change
•Digital inequality and digital skills
Besides papers related to the main theme of the conference, we also welcome submissions that address other relevant topics in personnel and organization research.
Data and Methodological Approaches The workshop particularly encourages contributions using household micro data sources like German Socio-Economic Panel, register data of employees and companies, linked employer–employee datasets, firm and establishment surveys, as well as qualitative data and expert surveys.
Of course, submissions using other high-quality datasets are also welcome.
Submission Authors are invited to submit either an extended abstract (1–2 pages) or a full paper. Always
include: title, authors and affiliations, research question, data and empirical strategy, as well as preliminary orexpected results.
Key Dates
Submission deadline: September 01, 2026
Notification: October 15, 2026
Organizers:
Carsten Schröder
DIW Berlin, Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), Freie Universität Berlin
Thomas Behrends, Susanne Royer, Europa-Universität Flensburg, Internationales Institut für Management (IIM)
Wenzel Matiaske, Helmut-Schmidt-Universität/Uni Bw H, Institut für Personal und Arbeit (IPA)
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