The Identity Track is always a friendly, constructive, and supportive space for authors to present and discuss their work at the BAM Conference. We are also delighted to invite other researchers from different fields, to join us! With this workshop the Identity Special Interest Group expands its supportive space to offer a workshop on preparing and writing your identity-related paper.
The workshop has three aims. Firstly, for those new/er to the field, or wondering whether their paper might align with the Identity track, it will offer guidance for writing about identity. Second, it will address the skills and practice of writing a conference paper, which may be especially helpful for early career academics and doctoral candidates submitting a paper to the BAM Conference for the first time.
Specifically, we will reflect on the nature of the BAM Developmental Paper: what it is, what it is not, and how authors can use the format to support the development of their ideas and research. These first two aims will be addressed through a series of short presentations, including perspectives from reviewers and Track Chairs, and will be interactive and with opportunities for questions and answers. Lastly, the workshop will offer an opportunity to actually write and provide some methods for maintaining your writing momentum.
The workshop will conclude with reflections between delegates and presenters on how we might wish to sustain our writing community and what would help us to develop our research and especially our writing practice.
Please note: Delegates should have a working idea for a Developmental paper as a minimum.
Provider Information
BAM Identity Special Interest GroupWho Should Attend?
The event speaks to Sections A1, A2, A3, D1, D2, D3, E1, E2 and E3, as detailed in the BAM Framework.
Guest Speaker
Prof Andrew D. Brown
Prof Andrew D. Brown is Professor of Organization Studies at the University of Bath. He has previously held faculty positions at the universities of Manchester, Nottingham, Cambridge, and Warwick. His primary research interests centre on issues of identity, especially as they relate to sensemaking, narrative, and power. His work has been published in journals including Academy of Management Review, Organization Studies, Journal of Management Studies, and Human Relations. He currently serves on the editorial boards of Organization Studies, Journal of Management Studies, and Organization, and he is a Co-Editor for Human Relations.
Prof Eva Selenko
Eva Selenko is (Full) Professor of Work Psychology at Loughborough University, UK. A social and organisational psychologist by origin she is interested in how precarious or quickly changing work situations can affect people's identity, their wellbeing, performance and attitudes – at work and also beyond, in wider society. Eva has published in world-leading journals (e.g. Journal of Management, Journal of Vocational Behavior, Current Directions in Psychological Sciences) and is active on the editorial board of the Journal of Organizational Behavior and the Scandinavian Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology. In recognition for her work on precarity and wellbeing she was awarded a Fellowship by the Royal Society of Arts in 2020. From January 2026 she is also a guest professor at Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria.
Dr Lara Carminati
Dr Lara Carminati is an Assistant Professor Organisational Behaviour and Change Management, at the University of Twente, the Netherlands.
Her research lies in the field of identity and includes the relationships between identity and disruptive technologies such as AI, the values and emotions underpinning professionals' identities, the antecedents and consequences of identity work and conflict, as well as the micro and macro processes surrounding identity dynamics.
Her work has been published in different journals, among which Applied Psychology, Production, Planning & Control, Frontiers in Psychology, Current Psychology, Ethics & Behavior, and Healthcare Management Review.
Dr Hector Viveros Tapia
Dr Hector Viveros Tapia is a Senior Lecturer at Macquarie Business School, Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia. His research spans a diverse range of interests including identity, voice, and corporate social responsibility, with his current work focusing on academic and student identity in higher education.
Hector’s research has been presented at leading conferences such as the British Academy of Management and the Academy of Management, and published in journals including Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, Resource Policy, Health and Social Care in the Community, and Psycho-Oncology.
Facilitator
Dr Ali Rostron
Dr Ali Rostron is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Liverpool Management School. Ali is the BAM Identity Special Interest Group (SIG) Chair and has been involved in the Identity SIG since 2014, including three years as the Conference Track Chair and several ‘best paper’ awards.
Ali’s research includes forms of identity work in management education and gender identity, and has been published in several journals including Management Learning, Journal of Management Inquiry and Qualitative Research in Organisations and Management.
Benefits of attending
- Better understand the contemporary field of Identity studies and reflect on how your paper might best fit the interests of this track.
- Expand your knowledge and practices of planning and writing papers for a conference, and of how you might make the most of opportunities afforded through submitting a Developmental Paper to the BAM Conference.
- Begin (or continue) writing your conference Developmental paper – from whatever your starting point is.
- Receive constructive peer and facilitator feedback on your emerging ideas, argument structure, and contribution to the field, helping you strengthen your paper for future submission or publication.
- Engage and discuss with other scholars interested in identity research, expanding your network, building writing relationships, and gain confidence in positioning your voice within ongoing conversations in the Identity community.
Contact
Please contact the BAM Office at [email protected] with any queries.
Event Fee
BAM Members and Student Members: Free
Non-Members: £60
If you are booking multiple paid events as a Non-Member, it may be cheaper for you to purchase a BAM Membership as nearly all BAM Events are free or at a discounted rate for Members.
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Registration closes on 14th January 2026 at 23:59 GMT