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14th EIASM-EDAMBA Consortium on Doctoral Supervision (Jan. 7- 9, 2026) hosted by Esade in Barcelona, Spain.

14th EDAMBA-EIASM Consortium on Doctoral Supervision

Key Topics: Generative AI and Degenerative AI, Supporting Candidates’ Research Projects and Writing Skills Development of Quality, Accreditation and Impact

January 7th-9th 2026,

ESADE,

Barcelona campus
Spain

Building 3
Av. Esplugues, 92-96
E-08034 Barcelona
An EDAMBA-EIASM Consortium on the (R)evolution of Doctoral Education in Management

Call for action

(R)Evolution of Doctoral Education

With the promised breakthrough and convergence of different branches of AI technology (e.g. transformer models, proximal policy optimization, retrieval augmented AI, agents), new general-purpose tools have emerged (e.g. ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini, Copilot, Mistral). What are the implications of these tools for research, critical thinking, publication processes, training, supervision and evaluation for doctoral students?

The reality for some is Generative AI is going to be a friend, for others this is all about Degenerative AI that is more a foe, undermining critical thinking and a better future for research degrees and their program Directors, doctoral students and their supervisors.

While many universities and schools have set up initiatives to address these questions management scholars and PhD candidates still face considerable uncertainty. When does AI really help and when it is just snake-oil? How to ensure that we, as degree program directors and supervisors help PhD students not to fall into counter-productive traps?

EDAMBA like EIASM has put a premium on quality of doctoral education and the role of supervisory teams remains central in ensuring a responsible and enhanced learning environment for doctoral programs, both PhD and DBA.

Our novel EDAMBA DBA Accreditation project (DBA-AP) has advanced distinctive standards and processes for ecosystem value creation and network impact beyond individual and traditional accreditations that are institution-centric and backward looking.

This 14th EDAMBA – EIASM Consortium will provide a venue for further discussion and reflections on this community driven impact assessment measuring societal and economic value with community leaders integrated from the early critical phases of DBA-AP’s development.

Further the unprecedented levels of fragmentation and divergence in terms of national and regulatory policies in the EU, and between Europe, the USA, and beyond, including high levels of economic, demographic, social and geopolitical uncertainty, are combined with the evolution of slow moving but consequential biophysical and social variables (e.g. demography and climate change). What are the implications of these global / glocal challenges for doctoral education in management and related disciplines?

The 14th edition of the winter EDAMBA-EIASM consortium specifically aims to help. PhD/DBA directors, senior and junior supervising faculty tackling these issues by bringing together participants from different countries of our global network, as well as different institutional settings, level of experience and expertise in doctoral supervision, building on evidence based knowledge.

A key premise of the consortium, as in previous editions, is that informed conversations across programs backed by:

PhD directors, senior faculty and junior faculty exchanges from a broad range of management and business studies
evidence-based knowledge from adjacent fields (e.g. education research, computer science and engineering)
conversation with journal editors.
Practical cases both leading to successful completion, or failure and withdrawal from doctoral study.

can all help us to put in perspective our own practices and make choices that are most adapted to our own specific individual institutional context and field of research.

Experienced faculty reflect on numerous successful completions as well as problem cases, and how they deal with the challenges of professionalization for both PhD and DBA candidates across multiple career paths.

Junior faculty participating in the consortium interact in a safe environment and learn from experienced faculty about different perspectives on supervision beyond their specific experiences with their former supervisors across different schools. It is an opportunity to learn about how to socialize candidates into co-authorship, evolving editorial processes, collaborating with other supervisors across disciplinary boundaries,

Program directors reflect on their experiences and learn about supervisory practices in other institutions and the transformation of doctoral education across national boundaries, especially with the rise of AI and related emerging technologies. Enhancing quality and accreditation of DBA programs is an important project for our community that this Consortium with provide a unique and timely opportunity to build bridges for impactful research across boundaries.

Target Audience
Business schools/University PhD and DBA program directors who aim to enhance the quality of their program and exchange with faculty beyond their specific institutional setting.
Business schools/University Faculty with supervisory experience who aim to update and challenge their practice of supervision, get a fresh perspective from junior faculty beyond their own former students.
Business schools/University Junior faculty without supervisory experience who aim to learn about different supervisory styles, how the training of researcher will evolve in the future.
Faculty

Consortium Faculty
Prof. Daniel Arenas, ESADE (Spain)
Prof. Dimitris Assimakopoulos, Burgundy School of Business (France) and Vaasa University, Innolab (Finland)
Prof. Francois Collet, ESADE (Spain)
Prof. Annette Boom, Copenhagen Business School, (Denmark) TBC
Prof. Radu Godina, NOVA School of Science and Technology, Lisbon (Portugal)
Prof. Ulrich Hommel, EBS University of Business and Law, and Xolas Advisors (Germany)
Prof. Dagmar Monett, Computer Science Dept., Berlin School of Economics and Law (Germany)

Organising Committee
Francois Collet, Dimitris Assimakopoulos, Daniel Arenas, Pilar Gallego (ESADE), Pavlos Dimitrakos (EIASM)
Programme Overview January 7th

January 7th
8:30-9:00 Registration
9:00-9:15 Welcome and Introduction
9:15-10:45 MODULE 1: Supporting the research project and skill development of doctoral candidates
• Group Discussion on the practice of supporting research projects and skill development and Supervisors and Students Expectation.
• Evidence-based Discussion in Plenary.
• Group work facilitated by Francois Collet & Daniel Arenas (ESADE) and Dimitris Assimakopoulos (EDAMBA President, BSB)
10:45-11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:30 MODULE 2: Generative AI in Practice: Reasoning Models, Agents and the stagnation of AI models.
· Plenary Discussion facilitated by Radu Godina (Nova).
12:30-14:00 Lunch Break
14:00-15:30 MODULE 3: The critical use of Degenerative AI in Doctoral education
· Keynote Lecture and Discussion by Dagmar Monett (Computer Science Dept., Berlin School of Economics and Law).
15:30-15:45 Coffee Break
15:45-17:15 MODULE 4: Current Challenges and (R)Evolution of Doctoral Education
Discussion with PhD directors, DBA directors and Supervising faculty. A comparative approach
· The use of AI in research and supervision.
· Global Supply, Demand and Mobility.
· Impact and Quality enhancement
Programme Overview January 8th

January 8th
9:00-10:00 MODULE 5: Quality of Doctoral Education. The EDAMBA DBA Accreditation standards

Activity Facilitated by: Dimitris Assimakopoulos (EDAMBA President, BSB) and Ulrich Hommel (Xolas and EBS)
10:45-11:00 Coffee Break
11:00-12:30 MODULE 6: Supporting Writing and Feedback and Supporting the Research Process in the Age of AI: Evidence-based group discussion
· Mobilizing Evidence Based Knowledge and Work Group Assessment.
Activity Facilitated by: François Collet and Daniel Arenas (ESADE).
12:30-14:00 Lunch Break
14:00-15:30 MODULE 7: The challenge of inter-disciplinary work
Activity Facilitated by: Gerardine Doyle (UC Dublin, Smurfit School of Business)
Afternoon and Gala Dinner:
Optional Cultural Activity: THE GOTHIC QUARTER. A walking tour.
Consortium Dinner at 8pm
Programme Overview January 9th

January 9th
9:00-10:30 MODULE 8: A discussion Management Journal Editors
This session aims at fostering discussion with editors of high-quality management journals (AMR, JIBS, Management Learning, etc.), how we can help doctoral candidates and how AI is impacting submission quality and reviewing processes.
10:45-11:00 Coffee Break
11:00-12:30 MODULE 9: Plenary discussion about the R(e)volution of doctoral education.
Facilitated by Dimitris Assimakopoulos
12:30 Lunch (optional) and Departure

Registration & Fees

Please submit your statement of commitment to participate to the 14th EDAMBA-EIASM Consortium on Doctoral Supervision.

Fees

For participants affiliated with an institution that is member of the EIASM Academic Council and or/participants affiliated with an institution that is member of EDAMBA: €460.
For all other participants: €560
EIASM Academic Council members are listed on the EIASM website here.
EDAMBA Members are listed here.
The fee does not include travel to Barcelona, transfers to ESADE Business School or hotel accommodation. Please make your own arrangements for travel, transfers and accommodation. The fee includes coffee breaks and lunch at ESADE Business School on January 7-9, 2025 and dinner on January 8, 2026.
Registration

Registrations will open soon.

Deadline: November 9, 2025
RECOMMENDED HOTELS

The hosts have some secured lower prices in some hotels in the area.
Please consult this document to book your accommodation

How to reach the venue

The site is easily reachable by public transport from central Barcelona.
How to get there - Barcelona Campus
Esade is located 15 minutes from the Barcelona-El Prat Airport by car.
The campus can be easily accessed by car or public transport from the city’s historic district or outside the city.
Bus
City buses with stops near Esade: 63, 68, 78, 113, H4, V5.
Metro
L3 / Tram T1-3 (Palau Reial).
Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya
Reina Elisenda (L12) station: 250 m from Esade.

Administration

For queries regarding this event, please contact

Mr. Pavlos Dimitrakos
EDAMBA
pavlos.dimitrakos@eiasm.be
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REMEMBERING HANS SIGGAARD JENSEN

Message from EDAMBA Presdsent Dimitris Assimakopoulos

"This year we fondly remembered our fabulous Honorary President Hans Siggaard Jensen, who after more than 35 years of enormous (pro-bono) contributions sadly passed away, after a painful fight with cancer in late June 2024."

"Hans will always be remembered and missed as our great friend and mentor, trained in the philosophy of science at UCLA and cross- and inter-disciplinary science, from philosophy to software engineering, knowledge management, and higher education across Europe and the world, and initiated so many EDAMBA projects at the Universities of Copenhagen, Copenhagen Business School, and Aarhus School of Education."

"Hans's wife Bodil traveled from Copenhagen to Barcelona and shared our Gala Dinner at the winter Consortium. We expressed our love and immense sympathy to Bodil who has always been there with Hans in so many EDAMBA missions from day 1, when Hans was elected to serve as the Founding EDAMBA President-elect in the Stockholm School of Economics. We with Bodil praised Hans's legendary courage to continue leading several of our activities for more than three decades!!!"

"On a personal note, I will never forget that together with Hans we upstarted our EDAMBA Winter Academy on Doctoral Supervision and the emergence of a Global Research Landscape - back in 2008, see photo from Chamonix / Mont Blanc. "

13th EDAMBA EIASM consortium - 'a truly impactful learning experience'

Thank you to more than 40 Consortium participants and faculty for an inpsiring consortium at Esade in Barcelona in January 2025. We were pleased to engage with academics from 25 institutions in 13 countries. The final day focused on the DBA and how to ensure quality or supervision and impact with discussion facilitated by Dimitris Assimakopoulos and Ulrich Hommel.

Day 2 of the Consortium has started with Radu Godina presenting the use of AI for research in management and business adminsitration and demonstrating how automated tools cannot identify AI generated content in publications. He went on to discuss how PhD students experience feedback and to facilitate a lively discussion on how PhD and DBA doctoral programmes need to change.

More than 30 Doctoral supervisors and Heads od Doctoral Programmes (PhD and DBA) have registered from EDAMBA members Université Paris Dauphine - PSL, Nord University Business School, Grenoble Ecole de Management, Wroclaw University of Economics and Business, Universidad Pontificia Comillas, Department of Business Studies, Uppsala University, University of Gloucestershire, Corvinus University of Budapest, Kozminski University, University College Dublin, Sveučilište u Rijeci / University of Rijeka Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Miksolc and Esade as well as non-members Universidade de Aveiro, Lancaster University, INSEAD, Linköping University, Babson College and Aalto University.

Welcome new members of EDAMBA

We are delighted to welcome 4 new members to our community:

Comillas Pontifical University (Spain)

Kozminksi University (Poland)

NSYSU Taiwan (Taiwan)

NORD University Business School (Norway)

INVITATION TO REVIEW EDAMBA THESIS COMPETITION 2025

EDAMBA is recruiting a team of qualified scholars to review and select submissions to the Thesis Competition.

We conduct a blind review process with two reviewers assigned to each paper. As a first step in the process, Thesis Competition Chair Daniel Havran would like to invite faculty from EDAMBA Member Institutions to register as a reviewer.

If you are interested in participating in the review process, please send an email to info@edamba.eu indicating your affiliation, area of expertise and your title (Professor, Associate Professor ...).

WELCOME TO NEW EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

The new Executive Committee was confirmed at the General Assembly held in 2025.

President:   Dimitris Assimakopoulos

Vice-President:   John Parm Ulhøi

Secretary General: Sara Le Roux

Treasurer:  Daniel Havran

Member: Daniel Arenas

Member: Taran Patel

Member: Qingsong Ruan

Member: Carolina Serrano-Archimi

Honorary President: Eduard Bonet

Honorary President: Pierre Batteau

WELCOME TO EDAMBA

The European Doctoral Programmes Association in Management & Business Administration (EDAMBA), aims to develop and secure the highest standards in doctoral education in the fields of management and business studies by:

Providing a European and worldwide network for the exchange of information and discussion of ideas among doctoral directors, programs and schools

Developing, improving and promoting best practices through codes of conduct of the highest order.

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AACSB EDAMBA REPORT

AACSB International (AACSB) and the European Doctoral Programmes Association in Management and Business Administration (EDAMBA) released a new report that evaluates the global landscape of business doctoral degree programs.

The report was inspired by AACSB’s 2013 Doctoral Education Task Force, which recommended that business doctoral programs explore new innovations to create impact, while meeting the demands of business and business education. In 2019, business schools were again surveyed to gather new opinions and insights on the challenges facing business doctoral programs globally. "Doctoral education is changing, a reality further heightened by the impacts of Covid-19," said Dimitris Assimakopoulos, President of EDAMBA.

Download the Report "Mapping the Global Landscape of Business Doctoral Program

EDAMBA aims to achieve its mission through three pillars of activity:
1. The Annual Meeting
2. The Summer Research Academy
3. The EDAMBA-EIASM Consortium of Doctoral Supervision

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EDAMBA engages in global collaboration across networks
1. European Code of Practice
2. EQUAL
3. AACSB

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