Apology for cross-posting.
Dear DEI colleagues,
We are delighted to invite you to join our interactive AOM 2026 Professional Development Workshop:
Working Apart, Succeeding Together: Navigating Research Collaboration Across Time Zones
📅 Friday, 31 July
🕘 9:00–10:30 AM
📍 Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 108A
Global research collaborations have become a defining feature of academic careers. While such collaborations are intellectually enriching, they also bring very concrete challenges, such as negotiating time-zone differences, coordination, maintaining momentum despite communication delays, and managing cultural differences that shape communication, deadlines, and decision-making.
These challenges are particularly relevant for scholars working in diverse, multicultural, and international research teams, where collaboration across countries, cultures, and institutional contexts is increasingly common.
This highly interactive PDW will bring together experienced international research teams to share practical strategies, personal insights, and lessons learned from managing cross-time-zone collaborations.
The session will include expert reflections, structured roundtable discussions, and opportunities to build meaningful international connections.
Participants will gain actionable guidance on initiating and sustaining global research projects, maintaining trust and momentum across distance, and integrating international collaboration into a sustainable academic trajectory.
This workshop is especially valuable for scholars seeking practical tools for global teamwork, early-career academics building international networks, and anyone researching or engaging in cross-cultural or cross-border collaboration.
For more information about our PDW and to add it to your conference schedule, please visit the AOM Annual Meeting Program: HERE
We hope you will join us for a rich and engaging session.
PDW Co-Chairs
Yehuda Baruch, Jelena Petrovic, Huong Nguyen, and Sebastien Point