LOST programme for the summer term 2026

2026-03-15 Here are the dates for our LOST programme during the summer term 2026, organized by Iris Seidemann and Boukje Cnossen.

LOST Theme Summer Term 2026

Being Affected

Proximity, Discomfort, and the Practice of Research

In this summer semester of LOST, we foreground affect, discomfort, and resistance as central dimensions of organizational research. Many of the phenomena we study are socially relevant, urgent, and emotionally demanding, bringing research objects uncomfortably close to our own lives and commitments. Rather than treating these affective experiences as mere side effects, the semester creates space to reflect on how proximity, resistance, and discomfort actively shape research relations, methodological choices, and the practice of research itself.

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13 April, 2026 | 4:00–6:00 pm
Online-only session
Paper discussion session organized with the Sheffield University Management School – Organization Studies Group.

In this session, we discuss two full papers by LOST members, with a discussant from the University of Sheffield, as well as two papers from the University of Sheffield, discussed by two of our LOST members.

22 April, 2026 | 12:00–3:00 pm
Lunch (12:00–1:00 pm) + LOST session
Room: C 40.164

19 May, 2026 | 4:00–6:00 pm
LOST session
Dinner afterwards
Room: C 6.317

3 June, 2026 | 12:00–3:00 pm
Lunch (12:00–1:00 pm) + LOST session
Room: C 11.320 and online

For this session, we welcome Jochen Koch (European University Viadrina) as a guest.

16 June, 2026 | 4:00–6:00 pm
LOST session
Dinner afterwards
Room: C 6.317

7 July, 2026 | 4:00–8:00 pm
LOST × EGOS session
Paper party
Room: C 25.019

LOST Workshop at the University of Twente, 23-25 September 2026
Organized in collaboration with our LOST colleagues at the University of Twente, the LOST workshop takes place in Enschede.