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Call for Papers | EGOS 2026 โ€“ Sub-theme 29 Framing, Attention & Managerial Cognition in an Age of Platform Ecosystems and AI

  • 1.  Call for Papers | EGOS 2026 โ€“ Sub-theme 29 Framing, Attention & Managerial Cognition in an Age of Platform Ecosystems and AI

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    ๐Ÿš€ Call for Papers | EGOS 2026 โ€“ Sub-theme 29
    Framing, Attention & Managerial Cognition in an Age of Platform Ecosystems and AI

    Do you study framing, attention, cognition, or sensemaking in the context of platforms, ecosystems, or Artificial Intelligence? If so, we warmly invite you to submit your work to EGOS Sub-theme 29!

    ๐ŸŒ About the Sub-theme

    Scholarship on framing, attention, cognition, and sense-making has advanced our understanding of how processes of social perception and interpretation shape organizational outcomes. However, much of this work still assumes "Chandlerian" firms-vertically integrated, hierarchical organizations. Yet today's strategizing and organizing are increasingly shaped by platform ecosystems, AI-driven firms, and post-Chandlerian forms of coordination. These settings introduce new cognitive complexities for managers, complementors, users, and regulators alike.

    ๐ŸŽฏ What we're looking for:

    This sub-theme invites contributions that examine when, how, and why cognitive processes unfold in platform- and AI-driven firms and their stakeholders-including:

    • Framing, attention, and sensemaking in platform ecosystems
    • Managerial cognition in AI-driven organizations
    • Stakeholder cognition across digital and multi-sided markets

    We welcome papers using diverse methodologies (including conceptual work) and encourage submissions that draw on a broad range of cognitive perspectives within and beyond organization studies.

    โœจ Submission Details

    ๐Ÿ‘‰Format: Short papers

    ๐Ÿ“Œ Submission Deadline: Wednesday, January 7, 2026 (12:00 CET)

    ๐Ÿ—“ Conference Dates: July 9โ€“11, 2026 | Mode: Online (hosted by the University of Bergamo) 

    ๐Ÿ”— Sub-theme Link: EGOS - Home - European Group for Organizational Studies

     If you're working on emerging research at the intersection of cognition, platforms, and AI, we'd love to discuss your ideas with you at EGOS 2026. We look forward to your submissions!



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    Georg Reischauer
    WU โ€“ Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria

    Krithika Randhawa
    University of Sydney, Australia

    Andreas Kรถnig
    University of Passau, Germany

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