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3rd Open Strategy Workshop 2026 at University of Innsbruck

After UZH Chair of Organization and Management in 2024 and Saïd Business School at University of Oxford in 2025, this year was our turn to host the 3rd Open Strategy Research Workshop at Universität Innsbruck. Even at the risk of sounding like one of those all-too-familiar and unconvincing LinkedIn cheerleading posts, I want to celebrate this event here and share some photos and slides.

First of all, while Julia Hautz and I were lead organisers, it was Leonie Sauer and Thomas Ortner who really made sure that everything ran as smoothly as it did. In Thomas’s case, he also made it possible for us to enjoy the conference dinner high atop Innsbruck’s Bergisel ski jump – shortly after earning everyone’s admiration by fearlessly soaring 129 meters off the ramp.

At the same time, I am confident that we achieved our main goal to challenge the status quo and expand the scope of what makes open strategy research. Both the keynote delivered by Ali Aslan Gümüsay as well as the Young Voices Panel featuring Kristina Stoiber, Julian Just, Monica Nadegger and Christoph Brielmaier led the way here.

Finally, I had the honour to host the final “Open Strategy Family Feud” session: after having surveyed 50 members from the wider open strategy community, Team Finland (Aki Koppinen, Heini Merkkiniemi, Jukka-Pekka Heikkilä & Pilvi Posio) narrowly defeated Team UK (Chris Golding, Josh Morton, Tiantian Qin & Winky Wu) over 12 rounds of guessing the most common answers. A big thank you to all who where so kind to take part in the survey prior to the workshop – check out the slides with the survey results.

For those interested in the 4th Open Strategy Workshop in Helsinki, save the date: June 15-17, 2027 and sign-up for updates here.

Call for Submissions: 3rd Open Strategy Workshop at University of Innsbruck

After the first two workshops gathering Open Strategy scholars took place in Zurich (2024) and Oxford (2025), we are excited to announce the 3rd workshop will be hosted by University of Innsbruck on June 25-26, 2026. The call for extended abstracts is already live. Your extended abstract should align with the general theme of Open Strategy and must not have been previously published. Authors of accepted abstracts will have the opportunity to attend the two-day workshop in person and apply for poster presentations. To ensure high-quality exchanges and foster meaningful connections, on-site participation is limited.

Format: ~2000 words excl. references. Submitted abstracts should be double-spaced with 12 point font. The first page of your abstract should contain all author names and e-mail addresses.

Submission Deadline: February 1, 2026 (23:59 CET).

Submission Process: Please submit your abstracts via this submission form. You will be informed about the decision of acceptances by mid-March. 

Workshop Registration: An accepted abstract is a pre-requisite for in person attendance and workshop participation. 

Presentations: Accepted abstracts will be invited to be presented in poster presentation sessions.

Paper Development Workshop (PDW): Similar to last year’s Oxford edition, we will offer a PDW for early career scholars. Details on the application procedure for the PDW will be announced at a later stage.

For more information on the event, check out the workshop website.

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