We would like to invite nominations from BAM members (with current membership) interested in serving on Council for a period of 3 calendar years, starting in January 2025 . There are eight vacancies for election this year.
Professor Jonathan Liu (Academic Affairs of Conference and Capacity Building sub-committee) reaches the end of his second term of office and must therefore step down by rotation; we continue to be most grateful for Jonathan's contribution over so many years.
Dr Fariba Darabi (Management Knowledge and Education sub-committee), Dr Filomena Izzo (Special Interest Groups sub-committee), Professor Jia Liu (Research & Publications sub-committee), Dr Rebecca Liu (Special Interest Groups sub-committee) and Dr Neil Pyper (Management Knowledge and Education sub-committee all reach the end of their first term of office and all are eligible to stand for re-election. We are also very grateful for their contribution over the last 3 years.
Professor Andy Charlwood (Research & Publications sub-committee) and Professor Nicholas Burton (Research & Publications sub-committee) also reach the end of their first term, but have been elected as Co-Vice Chairs of the Research & Publications sub-committee from January 2026, so their spaces on BAM Council become vacant.
About the role:
BAM Council is an active group of elected and co-opted BAM members that supports the BAM Executive in its work to promote, support and foster the management research and education community for the benefits of its members. Everyone elected is expected to contribute actively.
All Council members are assigned to one of the four sub-committees: Special Interest Groups (SIGs); Academic Affairs of Conference & Capacity Building; Management, Knowledge and Education (MKE); and Research & Publications. All Council members are also asked to support the work of the Vice Chair for EDIR and Sustainability.
The work you will carry out will vary from, for example, setting up and supporting grant schemes, organising capacity building events or supporting SIG governance. In your role you will have opportunities for leadership and development by contributing to the delivery of the BAM vision.
We invite nominations from full BAM members at all career levels, however, please note student members are not eligible to stand or to vote in this election as they have a separate election each autumn for two student representatives.
We ask for commitment and a willingness to work. You will be expected to attend sub-committee and Council meetings and report back on your activities. Those unable to make an active contribution are asked to step-down to make way for someone who can. Council meetings are traditionally held four times each year: March, May, September (at conference) and November, and focus on the planning and supporting of activities to be carried out between meetings. Sub-committee meetings are now held online in advance of the Council meetings, whilst Council meetings are held in in-person format for at least 2 meetings each year, including the September one at Conference. It is important that you are able to attend in-person meetings, which will be in London or another major British city. BAM will reimburse reasonable out of pocket travel expenses to enable Council members to attend.
We welcome enquiries from anyone who feels that they can make this commitment and who is keen to make a difference to our community. Due to the nature of the role, being based in the UK is important.
If you are considering nominating yourself or another academic but are unsure of the commitment involved, please do not hesitate to contact the BAM office to discuss this further at [email protected]
We very much look forward to hearing from you.
Nominations should be made by 17.00 (UK time) on Friday 13th June via our online submission form:
All nominations should include a statement from the nominee giving brief biographical details, research interests, what your involvement with BAM has been so far and what you’d like to do, if elected.
Guidelines
- Strict maximum of 200 words - Nominations over this word limit will not be accepted.
- No hyperlinks to external content
- No images
- Names of candidates, position, and institution (as provided in the appropriate section of the nominations form) will be included on the ballot, so don’t need to be included within the statement.
- IMPORTANT: Canvassing – of any type – is strictly forbidden to support our core values of Equality, Diversity, Inclusivity and Respect. We expect our BAM community to understand and honour the expectation that candidate statements are the basis upon which members decide where to cast their votes. Candidates – as well as their friends and supporters - must not ask people to vote for them. Failure to observe this rule may result in a candidate being withdrawn from the election.
Nomination statements should be submitted via the below link:
From Wednesday 18th June until noon on Friday 4th July 2025 all active members will be able to view nomination statements and cast votes via a secure online ballot, after which the results will be announced.