253: Occupations and Professions as a Lens for Studying Pressing Societal Challenges (15844)

Saturday, August 10, 2024

08:00 – 10:00 CT (GMT-5/UTC-5)

Location: Fairmont: International Ballroom

Session Number: 253
PDW (workshop)
Orientation: Theme,Research,Diversity
Shareable link: https://cdmcd.co/jPBzx9

Organizer(s)

DB

Danielle Elaine Bovenberg

Yale School of Management, United States

Panelist(s)

HR

Hatim A. Rahman

Northwestern Kellogg School of Management, United States

Facilitator(s)

CC

Curtis Kwinyen Chan

Boston College, United States
AW

Andrea Wessendorf

U. of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Organizer(s)

LH

Luke Hedden

U. of Miami, United States
AH

Audrey Holm

HEC Paris, France
EK

Ece Kaynak

Bayes Business School (formerly Cass), City, U. of London, United Kingdom
TK

Tomi Koljonen

U. of Liverpool, United Kingdom

Panelist(s)

CA

Callen Anthony

New York U., United States
MB

Matt Beane

U. of California, Santa Barbara, United States
JD

Julia DiBenigno

Yale School of Management, United States
JH

Jennifer Howard-Grenville

Cambridge Judge Business School, United Kingdom

Moderator(s)

CC

Curtis Kwinyen Chan

Boston College, United States

The world of work is rapidly changing. New technologies and sweeping social and environmental issues can break down long-standing work boundaries, reconfigure and replace work tasks, and disrupt entire societies. How can scholarship on occupations and professions inform and enrich our understanding of pressing societal challenges? And how can scholars of occupations expand their methodological toolkits to study these phenomena? The goal of this professional development workshop is to stimulate scholarly conversations around these questions. An additional objective of this annual PDW–now in its fifth year–is to encourage community building among scholars engaged in theoretical and empirical research on occupations and professions. Through presentations from leading scholars, interactive panel discussions, and roundtable breakouts, we seek to advance scholarship in these important areas while simultaneously building community.