This is a call for participants for the 2026 Research Methods Division-CARMA Doctoral Student and Junior Faculty Consortium. The consortium offers a virtual, real-time, and interactive opportunity designed for participants to engage with leading scholars and methodologists across three perspectives: macro-quantitative, micro-quantitative, and qualitative.
The consortium features two plenary panels where accomplished scholars share their expertise and advice on designing and publishing research with advanced methods. In addition, participants will have the opportunity to engage deeply with specialized methodological areas through two interactive breakout sessions. These sessions are designed to provide hands-on experiences and stimulate discussion on specific research methods, guided by expert methodologists. For each breakout session, participants will select and join two methods topics they are interested in, enabling them to explore a diverse range of methodologies and enhance their skills in those methods.
Schedule of Online Sessions - times indicated are in EDT (US East Coast time zone)
· Wednesday, June 3, 10 am-11:30 am: Introduction to the consortium and Designing and managing your dissertation or a large research project
· Wednesday, June 10, 10 am-noon: Breakout groups about specific methods, each led by an expert panelist.
· Wednesday, June 17, 10 am-noon: Second set of breakout groups with method specialists.
· Wednesday, June 24, 10 am-11:30 am: Publishing with and about methods: Advice from leading scholars
Key Benefits
1. Expert Interaction: Direct engagement with leading scholars and methodologists, gaining valuable insights and feedback.
2. Convenient Scheduling: All sessions are scheduled outside of the Academy of Management conference timeframe, ensuring greater accessibility.
3. Virtual Accessibility: Participate from anywhere in the world without the need to travel, thanks to our fully online format.
4. Open Participation: There is no restriction on the number of participants from the same institution, allowing multiple doctoral students and faculty members to benefit from this consortium.
Who Can Apply?
Anyone interested in research methodology can apply, especially:
1. Doctoral students seeking to deepen their expertise in research methodology
2. Junior faculty seeking professional development
Do I Need to Be a Methods Researcher to Participate?
No! The consortium is open to researchers of all areas who wish to discover various methods, develop their methodological skills, or ask questions from the expert panelists.
Application Process
· Phase 1: Submit an initial application online by Tuesday, May 12: Application Link.
· Phase 2: Accepted applicants will be notified by Friday, May 15 and will need to complete a survey by Thursday, May 21 to select their preferred breakout sessions and submit questions for the introductory and editorial sessions.
Required Documents
Your CV. Graduate students should also provide the name and email address of a faculty advisor or mentor who supports their application.
Membership Requirements
Participants are expected to join the Research Methods (RM) Division as a condition for joining the consortium, or as soon as membership renewal allows.
If you have any questions about the consortium, please contact Xavier Martin at x.martin@tilburguniversity.edu
Consortium Co-Chairs: Andrew Hanna and Xavier Martin
CARMA Representative: Larry Williams
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Day and EDT Time
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Topic
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Wednesday, June 3
10 am-11:30 am
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Introduction to the consortium and
Designing and managing your dissertation or large research project
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Emma Frank, Ohio State University
Joseph Harrison, University of Tennessee-Knoxville
John Paul Stephens, Case Western Reserve University
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Wednesday, June 10
10 am-noon
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Breakout roundtables with method specialists #1
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Grounded Theory with Lakshmi Balachandran Nair, LUISS University, Rome
Ethnography with Violetta Splitter, University of Oxford
Replication and Reproducibility with Jose Cortina, Virginia Commonwealth University
Meta-Analysis with Ernest O'Boyle, Indiana University
Mediation and Moderation with Jeremy Dawson, University of Sheffield
Cross-Level and Multilevel Analysis with James LeBreton, Pennsylvania State University
Endogeneity with Trevis Certo, Arizona State University
Panel Data with Donald Bergh, University of Denver
Latent Variable Analysis with Kathleen Keeler, Ohio State University
Machine Learning with Prithwiraj Choudhury, London School of Economics
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Wednesday, June 17
10 am-noon
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Breakout roundtables with method specialists #2
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Case Studies with Emmanuella Plakoyiannaki, University of Vienna
Set-Analytic (QCA) with Dónal Crilly, London Business School
Experience Sampling Methodology with Marcus Butts, Southern Methodist University
Experimental Methods with Heiko Breitsohl, Klagenfurt University
Computer Simulations with James Grand, University of Maryland
Difference-in-Differences Design with Shotaro Yamaguchi, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Matching Methods with Ovünç Yılmaz, University of Colorado-Boulder
Directed Acyclic Graphs with Gwendolyn Lee, Purdue University
Natural Language Processing with Tianjun Sun, Rice University
Large Language Models with Riitta Katila, Stanford University
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Wednesday, June 24
10 am-11:30 am
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Publishing with and about methods: Advice from leading scholars
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Herman Aguinis, George Washington University
Nan Jia, University of Southern California
Anne Smith, University of Tennessee-Knoxville
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Xavier Martin
Tilburg University
Netherlands
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