The SCANCOR-Weatherhead Spring 2017 Conference

Date and Time

May 11, 2017
09:30AM - 07:00PM EDT

Location

William James Hall, 33 Kirkland Street, Room 1550

"Organizations, Institutions, and Nation-States"

9:30AM-10:00AM Breakfast

10:00AM-11:00AM Roundtable: Organizational Theory and Transnationalism
Samuli Patala, Elena Raviola, Antoinette Hetzler

11:15AM-1:00PM Cross-Border Coordination
“Catalyzing Institutional Work: Building a Bridge over Troubled Waters”
Tiina Ritvala, Aalto University.

“What can Foreign Policy Analysis Offer Research on National Reservations on the Use of Force (“Caveats”) in Coalition Operations?”
Gunnar Fermann, Norwegian University of Science and Technology.

“Discretionary Power on the Front Line: A Bottom-up Perspective on Corporate Language Management”
Guro Refsum Sanden, Copenhagen Business School.

1:00PM-2:00PM Lunch

2:00PM-3:45PM Theorizing Institutions
“Translating New Ideas into the Field of Organizational Studies”
Ulla Eriksson-Zetterquist, University of Gothenburg.

“The Role of Verbal and Visual Text in the Process of Institutionalization”
Dennis Jancsary, WU Vienna University of Economics and Business.

“Legitimacy Under Institutional Change: How Incumbents Appropriate Clean Rhetoric for Dirty Technologies”
Samuli Patala, Aalto University.

4:00PM-5:00PM Reflections on Scancor-Weatherhead
Seija Kulkki, Dennis Jancsary, Yamin Xie, Gunnar Fermann

5:00-7:00PM Dinner

See also:
Share on:
Save: Add to calendar

Valuing Accessibility

The Weatherhead Center for International Affairs welcomes individuals with disabilities to participate in its programs and activities. If you would like to request accommodations or have questions about the access provided, please get in touch with the person listed as the contact on the individual event listing in advance of your participation or visit. Requests for Sign Language interpreters and/or CART providers should be made at least two weeks in advance, if possible. Please note that the Weatherhead Center will make every effort to secure services, but that services are subject to availability.