Cognition in the Rough (CIR)

Are you working on cognition-related research? Would you like to discuss your work with major scholars in the field? Now is the time to prepare for the annual Cognition in the Rough workshop at the Academy of Management conference.

CIR provides an excellent opportunity to discuss your research in an informal, collegial roundtable setting intended to help scholars develop a research paper. Each roundtable has 2–3 facilitators giving feedback on 3–4 early-stage papers, with plenty of time for discussion. Whether you are a senior or junior researcher, this workshop offers detailed feedback from scholars who are frequently editors or editorial board members at top journals.

Many past participants have emphasised how much they benefited from developing their theoretical models and planned methodology through this process — feedback that proved instrumental in moving work toward publication in top academic journals.

Questions? Contact cirpdw@gmail.com

Open to junior and senior scholars working on managerial and organizational cognition research. Pre-registration is required and space is limited.

Submissions are evaluated for fit with the session; priority is given to early submissions and first-time attendees. For co-authored papers, only one author should attend the PDW to represent the paper.

This PDW is for work in progress. Papers already accepted for presentation elsewhere at the AOM 2026 Annual Meeting are not eligible.

Submissions must include the following five sections: