Thesis Competition

EDAMBA DOCTORAL THESIS COMPETITION 2026

EDAMBA Thesis Competition 2026.

Prizes up to €2,500

Effective communication is a key skill for doctoral candidates in management and business administration. The EDAMBA Thesis Competition recognizes junior scholars who can demonstrate the importance and relevance of their research to a diverse audience with a 5,000 word summary of their doctoral thesis.

Who can apply?

Applications are invited from scholars who have successfully defended a doctoral thesis in the last academic year (1st September 2024 – 31st December 2025) at an EDAMBA member institution.

Why was the EDAMBA Thesis Competition created?

The EDAMBA Thesis Competition was created because many doctoral students and graduates have to present their work to an audience who is not familiar with the theories or methods used. Yet the job market opportunities and career progression of doctoral students and graduates may depend on assessments or recommendations by academics from other fields. In addition, funding and grant applications may also be assessed by experts from other disciplines - especially for inter-disciplinary research proposals – which is another reason why researchers need to be able to present their work to clearly and rigorously.

What are the criteria for success?

The EDAMBA Thesis Competition focuses on research in business and management. Candidates submit a 5,000 word summary of their doctoral thesis which is evaluated on its ability to present research clearly, rigorously and concisely to a diverse management research audience while answering the following questions:

· What is the contribution of the work to its field?

· How does the work contribute to understand and address important societal challenges?

· How does the work contribute to understand and address important management challenges?

· Is the methodology sound?

Key Dates

· Submission closes: March 31, 2026

· Decision: June 2026

· Presentation and award ceremony: September 1, 2026

· Publication: January 2027

 

Links

• Call for Papers
• Guidelines
• Submission link

EDAMBA DOCTORAL THESIS COMPETITION 2025

 

EDAMBA Thesis Competition Results:

1^st Place - Hans Siggaard Jensen Memorial Prize (1/2 - 1/2 shared)

Iffat Tarannum, Norwegian School of Economics (NHH)

Understanding the Role of Textual Paralanguage in Electronic Word of Mouth

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Hannah Isabelle Tornow, Oxford Brookes University

A Multi-level Analysis of Gender-inclusive Innovation in Oxfordshire

2^nd Place

Milton Ismael Paredes Aguirre, EGADE, Tecnologico de Monterrey

Assessing Digital Skills as a Job Resource: The Moderating Role of Digital Skills in the Relationship between Job Stressors and Psychological Detachment

3^rd Place - shared

Dina Dogan, Norwegian School of Economics (NHH)

An Analysis Of Business Angels' Investment Behavior And Criteria

Nikolina Dreven, University of Zagreb Faculty of Economics and Business

Stewardship Climate In The Function Of Increasing Organizational Citizenship Behavior In Small Croatian Companies

Sonjai Kumar, Fortune Institute of International Business

Enterprise Risk Management Practices And Impact Of ERM Determinants On Firm’S Performance: A Study On Insurance Industry In India

Jareef Martuza, Norwegian School of Economics

Essays in Moral Decisions

Viktoriia Semenova, Corvinus University of Budapest

Embracing Technological Advancements: Blockchain as a Driver for Innovation and Dynamic Capability Development

Papers (1st and 2nd prizes) and abstracts (3rd prizes) will be published in the EDAMBA Online Journal.

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The European Doctoral Programmes Association in Management and Business Administration (EDAMBA) invites submissions for the EDAMBA Doctoral Thesis Award 2025

 

Prizes up to €2,500

Effective communication is a key skill for doctoral candidates in management and business administration. The EDAMBA Thesis Competition recognizes junior scholars who can demonstrate the importance and relevance of their research to a diverse audience with a 5,000 word summary of their doctoral thesis.

 

Who can apply?

Applications are invited from scholars who have successfully defended a doctoral thesis in the last academic year (1st September 2023 – 31st December 2024) at an EDAMBA member institution.

 

Why was the EDAMBA Thesis Competition created?

The EDAMBA Thesis Competition was created because many doctoral students and graduates have to present their work to an audience who is not familiar with the theories or methods used. Yet the job market opportunities and career progression of doctoral students and graduates may depend on assessments or recommendations by academics from other fields.  In addition, funding and grant applications may also be assessed by experts from other disciplines - especially for inter-disciplinary research proposals – which is another reason why researchers need to be able to present their work to clearly and rigorously.

 

What are the criteria for success?

The EDAMBA Thesis Competition focuses on research in business and management. Candidates submit a 5,000 word summary of their doctoral thesis which is evaluated on its ability to present research clearly, rigorously and concisely to a diverse management research audience while answering the following questions:

·       What is the contribution of the work to its field?

·       How does the work contribute to understand and address important societal challenges?

·       How does the work contribute to understand and address important management challenges?

·       Is the methodology sound?

 

Key Dates

 

·       Submission opens: January 27, 2025

·       Extended deadline: March 31, 2025

·       Decision: June 2025

·       Presentation and award ceremony: September 2, 2025

·       Publication: January 2026

 

 

Links

• Call for Papers
• Guidelines
• Submission link

 

 

Prizes

·       Hans Siggaard Jensen Memorial Prize was awarded to the best paper submitted to the Thesis Competition: €2,500

·       Second prize: €1,500

·       Third prize: €750

·       Prizes also include a certificate and support for publication in the EDAMBA Online Journal.

 

   

 

 

Invitation to review the EDAMBA Thesis Competition 2025

 

EDAMBA will be recruiting a team of qualified scholars to review and select submissions to the Thesis Competition which satisfy the highest academic and scientific standards. 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 ...).

EDAMBA will attribute public acknowledgments to the reviewers involved in the process. A list of reviewers with affiliation will be published in the online EDAMBA Journal. 

Expected timeline for reviewing as follows:
- Registration deadline March 31, 2025
- Allocation of papers April 15, 2025
- Deadline to submit reviews May 15, 2025

We would strongly appreciate your contribution to the enhancement of knowledge.

EDAMBA Doctoral Programmes Association
Thesis Competition Committee
Daniel Havran
Francois Collet
 

 

 

EDAMBA DOCTORAL THESIS COMPETITION 2024

Congratulations to winners - presented at EDAMBA Annual Meeting on September 2, 2024.

 

   

Hans Siggaard Jensen Memorial Prize awarded to the best paper:

Debajyoti Biswas (ESSEC, University College Dublin)

Four Essays in Healthcare Analytics, insurance Pricing and Home Services Optimisation

2nd Prize:

Miguel Morillas (Stockholm School of Economics, University of Copenhagen)

The terms of inclusion: how migrant professionals negotiate inclusion in organizations

 

3rd Prize (joint):

Laura Ilona Urrila (University of Vaasa)

Be(com)ing other-oriented: the value of mindfulness for leaders and leadership development

 

 

3rd Prize (joint):

Claudia Gomez (EGADE, Tecnologico de Monterrey)

Empowering women through femvertising

 

 

Thank you
 
Our thanks to the Committee and Team of Reviewers for their time and expertise in the important review process. 

 

1.Rima Al Hasan (University of Jordan)

2.Laurent Alfandari (Essec)

3.Sivakumar Alur (VIT University – Vellore institute of Technology)

4.Patrik Andersson (HHS Stockholm School of Economics)

5.Daniel Arenas (ESADE)

6.Pierre Batteau (Aix-Marseille University)

7.Helena Blažić (Faculty of Economics University of Rijeka)

8.Isabelle Bouty (Paris Dauphine University)

9.Jan Brinckmann (TU Berlin)

10.Francesca Cabiddu (University of Cagliari)

11.Denisa Ciderova (University of Economics Bratislava)

12.Sara Csillag (Budapest Business School)

13.Diego Cueto (ESAN Graduate School of Business)

14.Jose G. Dias (Lisbon University institute ISCTE)

15.Nicoletta Dimitrova (University of Greenwich)

16.Jasmina Dlacic (Faculty of Economics University of Rijeka)

17.Dorota Dobija (Kozminski University)

18.Gabriella Erdos (Corvinus University)

19.Kirsten Foss (Copenhagen Business School)

20.Andrea Gelei (Corvinus University)

21.Ana Maria Gomez-Trujillo (EAFIT University)

22.Sven A. Haugland (NHH Norwegian School of Economics)

23.Daniel Havran (Corvinus University)

24.Sandra Jankovic (Faculty of Tourism and Hospitality Management, University of Rijeka)

25.Anne Jeny-Cazavan (IESEG)

26.Zsófia Kenesei (Corvinus University)

27.Tamara Keszey (Corvinus University)

28.Delphine Lacaze (Aix-Marseille University)

29.Katarina Lagerström (Uppsala University)

30.Sara Le Roux (Oxford Brookes Business School)

31.Miklós Losoncz (Budapest Business School)

32.Liisa Mäkelä (University of Vaasa)

33.Juliana Malagón (University of the andes)

34.Jane Mckenzie (Henley Business School at University of Reading)

35.Davide Nicolini (University of Warwick)

36.Martina Pocchiari (NUS Business School)

37.Henriett Primecz (Corvinus University)

38.Sarah Quinton (Oxford Brookes Business School)

39.Hatem Rjiba (Paris School of Business)

40.José Antonio Robles-Flores (ESAN University)

41.Janice Rudkowski (Ted Rogers School of Management)

42.Carolina Serrano Archimi (Aix-Marseille University)

43.Miha Skerlavaj (University of Ljubljana)

44.Viktória Szente (MATE institute of Agriculture and Food Economics Kaposvár Campus)

45.Roland Szilas (Corvinus University)

46.Enrique Ter Horst (University of the andes)

47.Costas Theodoridis (Manchester Metropolitan University)

48.John Parm Ulhøi (Aarhus University)

49.Szergej Vinogradov (Budapest Metropolitan University)

50.Rene Wiedner (Warwick Business School)

51.Vesna Zabkar (University of Ljubljana)

52.Ninghua Zhong (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)

53.Agnes Zsoka (Corvinus University)