Description
This workshop builds on the previous online BAM Peer Review College event “Surviving the Peer Review Process”. While that webinar emphasised emotional resilience and coping strategies, this In-Person event at Durham University Business School, deliberately serves a dual purpose:
- enhancing participants’ ability to conduct high-quality developmental reviews through targeted input from experienced academics, and
- strengthening their skill in working constructively and effectively with reviewer feedback in relation to their own manuscripts.
This programme is presented in four stages:
Stage 1: Virtual kick-off
Date: Thursday 19th February 2026, 14:30 - 15:30 GMT
An online Teams session (1-hour) introducing the goals of the programme.
The Teams link for this event will be sent on the morning and 1 hour before the virtual event.
Activities will include:
- Scene-setting
- Virtual meet-and-greet session, including clarification regarding aims and structure
- Clarifying the workshop’s dual focus on (a) improving participants’ reviewing skills and (b) strengthening their approaches to responding to reviewer feedback.
Stage 2: Submission and allocation of pre-workshop reviewing task
Date: Thursday 12th March 2026
- Participants will submit an extended abstract of their working paper, and a peer taking part in the workshop and an external academic will provide feedback.
- Participants will act as a peer reviewer for the extended abstract of another delegate and submit their response to the organisers within 1 week.
- The developmental review participants produce will be used in the sessions dedicated to reviewing practice and will serve as the basis for reflection on reviewing styles, tone, and structure.
Stage 3: Submission of response file (2 weeks before Durham)
Date: Thursday 2nd April 2026
Participants will receive feedback on their extended abstract. Based on the feedback, they devise a revision plan and a response to the reviewers’ recommendations.
- Participants should bring both documents to the in-person workshop.
- These documents will be used in the interactive sessions on responding to reviewer comments.
Stage 4: In-person workshop (Durham)
Date: Thursday 16th April 2026, 11:00 BST – Friday 17th April 2026, 15:00 BST
Please see the provisional agenda for the day HERE
Provider Information
Staged by the BAM Peer Review College (PRC), in partnership with Durham University Business School.
Who Should Attend?
Late-stage PhD candidates, and early and mid-career scholars, who:
- Are seeking reflective input in their own revision practices for journal paper R&R decisions,
- Are seeking to get involved in peer-reviewing for journals in the broader business and management domain,
- Are interested in hearing and learning from reviewing practices of more senior colleagues, to advance their own academic reviewing service in terms of conceptualisation, structure and writing.
The event speaks to Sections A1, C1 and E1, as detailed in the BAM Framework
Submission
Submissions
Submission and allocation of pre-workshop reviewing task
Deadline: Thursday 12th March 2026
- Participants will submit an extended abstract of their working paper, and a peer taking part in the workshop and an external academic will provide feedback.
- Participants will act as a peer reviewer for the extended abstract of another delegate and submit their response to the organisers within 1 week.
- The developmental review participants produce will be used in the sessions dedicated to reviewing practice and will serve as the basis for reflection on reviewing styles, tone, and structure.
These submissions can be sent to Prof Rudolf R Sinkovics at the link here [COMING SOON]
Submission of response file (2 weeks before In-Person Durham Workshop)
Deadline: Thursday 2nd April 2026
Participants will receive feedback on their extended abstract. Based on the feedback, they devise a revision plan and a response to the reviewers’ recommendations.
- Participants should bring both documents to the in-person workshop.
- These documents will be used in the interactive sessions on responding to reviewer comments.
Guest Speakers
Prof Stewart Miller
Stewart Miller obtained his PHD from Indiana University. He is an Adjunct Professor at UT Health (USA), and co-founder of the AIB Research Methods SIG. His research interests include liability of foreignness, internationalization, research methods, and MNE performance. He and his wife (Tracy) have one son (Matthew).
He has prior appointments at Michigan State University and over 20 years in the University of Texas system. He has over 60 publications include scholarly articles, cases, teaching notes, and book chapters. His articles have appeared in Academy of Management Journal, Strategic Management Journal, Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of Management, Organization Science, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, and Global Strategy Journal among others. Also, he co-authored the textbook, International Management (10th edition). He is Co-editor for Global Strategy Journal and a Consulting Editor for Journal of International Business Studies.
Prof Anna Morgan-Thomas
Professor Anna Morgan-Thomas is a strategic academic leader and leading scholar in digital transformation. Her research explores how emerging technologies — particularly AI, digital platforms, and digital marketing tools - reshape organizational strategy and performance across firms, governments, and academia.
Her interdisciplinary research bridges marketing, strategy, international business, and public administration. Current projects examine AI-driven entrepreneurship and government digitalization, alongside policy collaborations in Southeast Asia and Poland.
Anna has published widely on digital transformation and online engagement, with high-impact articles in Research Policy, Journal of Business Research, Long Range Planning, and Academy of Management Learning & Education. Her earlier research on digital brand engagement and consumer ecosystems continues to attract citations and has informed her broader exploration of how technologies mediate relationships, strategy, and institutional purpose.
Prof Stefanie Reissner
Prof Stefanie Reissner is Professor of Organization Studies at Durham University Business School and is currently serving as Director of Research for the 100-strong Department of Management & Marketing. She has a PhD from Durham University and extensive experience in research, teaching and higher education leadership over a 20-year career.
Stefanie specializes in qualitative research, particularly constructionist and interpretivist methodologies involving interviewing, narrative and reflexivity. She has researched identity, storytelling and sensemaking in different contexts, such as organizational change, employee engagement, professional identity formation and flexible working.
Stefanie has received funding by ESRC, British Academy, British Academy of Management, and Council for International Veterinary Medical Education. Her research has been published in major management and organization journals, including British Journal of Management; Work, Employment & Society; Public Administration; Journal of Business Ethics; European Management Review; Studies in Higher Education; International Journal of Human Resource Management; Journal of Organizational Change Management; International Journal of Strategic Communication; Culture & Organization; and Qualitative Research in Organizations and Management.
Stefanie has also authored two research monographs and co-edited the Handbook of Research Methods for Studying Identity In and Around Organizations (2023).
- Email:
- [email protected]
Prof Noemi Sinkovics
Noemi Sinkovics (PhD, The University of Manchester, United Kingdom) is Professor of Sustainable and Responsible Business at Newcastle University, United Kingdom and Visiting Professor at the University of Vaasa, InnoLab, Finland. She previously worked at the University of Glasgow, United Kingdom, the University of Auckland, New Zealand and the University of Manchester, United Kingdom.
Her research focuses on how businesses can balance their social, environmental, and economic objectives. She explores this question through various frameworks, including global value chains, the business-responsibility matrix, business model innovation, and the Sustainable Development Goals. Noemi is Associate Editor for Critical Perspectives on International Business and Senior Associate Editor for European Management Journal and serves on several editorial review boards. [email protected]
Prof Rudolf Sinkovics
Rudolf R. Sinkovics (Dr.rer.soc.oec, WU-Vienna, Austria) is Professor of Strategy and International Business at Durham University, United Kingdom, and Visiting Professor at LUT University, Finland. He previously worked at University of Glasgow (UK), University of Auckland (New Zealand), University of Manchester (UK), and WU-Vienna (Austria).
His research covers issues of inter-organizational governance, and the role of advanced technologies, focusing on responsible business. He is included in the Stanford/Elsevier list, highlighting the top 2% of the most cited scientists across the globe in terms of citation impact. He is Co-Editor-in-Chief for Critical Perspectives on International Business and serves on several editorial boards. https://www.sinkovics.com/rudolf
- Email:
- [email protected]
Professor Martin Spring
Martin Spring is Professor of Operations Management at Lancaster University Management School (LUMS), UK. He is also Principal Investigator of TiPS (Technology in Professional Services) Accelerator for digital adoption in law and accountancy firms and Director of the School’s Centre for Productivity & Innovation.
His research is concerned with the intersection between innovation in products, services and technologies, and the processes and supply chains of which they are a part. His work on this theme has focussed on product customisation, supply chain flexibility, the links between public policy and innovation in supply networks, and innovation in business-to-business services. Recently, he has been researching the adoption of AI-based digital technology in law and accountancy firms, and the role of innovation support organisations in accelerating innovation adoption.
He is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences (FAcSS), a Member of the Council of Experts of the ESRC/Innovate UK Innovation & Research Caucus (IRC) and an AIM (Advanced Institute for Management Research) Services Fellow. He is Associate Editor of the International Journal of Operations and Production Management, and of the Journal of Operations Management, and a former Associate Editor of the Journal of Supply Chain Management.
He serves, or has served as: an ESRC CASE Studentship Panel Member (2005-2008), an ESRC Peer Review College member (2010-present), a Fellow of the British Academy of Management Peer Review College, a member of the Board of the European Operations Management Association (EurOMA), and Vice-President (Conferences) of the International Federation of Scholarly Associations of Management (IFSAM). He also chaired the 2021 British Academy of Management Conference, which was hosted by Lancaster University.
Benefits of Attendance
Benefits of attending
- Learning and improving ability to conduct constructive, field-sensitive developmental reviews of peers’ work.
- Identifying key revision priorirites through analysis and synthesis of reviewer comments.
- Mapping of reviewer comments to specific revision actions.
- Ability to draft persuasive and professional response-to-reviewer letters.
- Ability to work confidently across qualitative and quantitative traditions when reviewing or responding to methodological critique.
Venue
Venue
Durham University Business School,
The Waterside Building,
Riverside Place,
Durham,
DH1 1SL
Event Fees
Event Fees
BAM Member: £45
BAM Student Member: £30
BAM Non-Member: £135
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Registration Deadline: Wednesday 18th February 2026, 23:59 BST
Contact
Prof Rudolf Sinkovics
Rudolf R. Sinkovics (Dr.rer.soc.oec, WU-Vienna, Austria) is Professor of Strategy and International Business at Durham University, United Kingdom, and Visiting Professor at LUT University, Finland. He previously worked at University of Glasgow (UK), University of Auckland (New Zealand), University of Manchester (UK), and WU-Vienna (Austria).
His research covers issues of inter-organizational governance, and the role of advanced technologies, focusing on responsible business. He is included in the Stanford/Elsevier list, highlighting the top 2% of the most cited scientists across the globe in terms of citation impact. He is Co-Editor-in-Chief for Critical Perspectives on International Business and serves on several editorial boards. https://www.sinkovics.com/rudolf
- Email:
- [email protected]
Prof Stefanie Reissner
Prof Stefanie Reissner is Professor of Organization Studies at Durham University Business School and is currently serving as Director of Research for the 100-strong Department of Management & Marketing. She has a PhD from Durham University and extensive experience in research, teaching and higher education leadership over a 20-year career.
Stefanie specializes in qualitative research, particularly constructionist and interpretivist methodologies involving interviewing, narrative and reflexivity. She has researched identity, storytelling and sensemaking in different contexts, such as organizational change, employee engagement, professional identity formation and flexible working.
Stefanie has received funding by ESRC, British Academy, British Academy of Management, and Council for International Veterinary Medical Education. Her research has been published in major management and organization journals, including British Journal of Management; Work, Employment & Society; Public Administration; Journal of Business Ethics; European Management Review; Studies in Higher Education; International Journal of Human Resource Management; Journal of Organizational Change Management; International Journal of Strategic Communication; Culture & Organization; and Qualitative Research in Organizations and Management.
Stefanie has also authored two research monographs and co-edited the Handbook of Research Methods for Studying Identity In and Around Organizations (2023).
- Email:
- [email protected]
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