Founded in 1993, the Organization Studies Research Network was established to explore how organizations—public and private, large and small—respond to shifting social, economic, technological, and ecological conditions. From the outset, the Network has treated organizations as dynamic knowledge systems: places where meaning is made, decisions are negotiated, cultures are produced, and power is exercised. Building on this foundation, the Network investigates how organizations operate in uncertain worlds, how they learn and adapt, and how their practices shape and are shaped by wider institutional, political, and environmental contexts.
The International Conference on Knowledge, Culture & Change in Organizations brings together field leaders and emerging scholars to share research, debate key issues, and build collaborations. Past partners include the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (USA); Universidad San Pablo CEU (Spain); Catholic University of America (USA); Saïd Business School, University of Oxford (UK); Copenhagen Business School (Denmark); RMIT University (Australia); the University of Konstanz (Germany); the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (USA); and the University of Auckland (New Zealand).
The Organization Studies Journal Collection publishes peer-reviewed, hybrid open access research across three core titles: The International Journal of Interdisciplinary Organizational Studies, which examines how groups, institutions, and networks organize, collaborate, and adapt across sectors; Change Management: An International Journal, which investigates how organizations respond to social, stakeholder, and market pressures through learning, innovation, and institutional transformation; and Organizational Cultures: An International Journal, which explores cultural dynamics, productive diversity, shared meaning, and the practices that shape thriving and adaptive workplaces. Together, the journals address organizational structures, leadership, communication, diversity, culture, decision-making, and institutional change. All submissions undergo double-anonymous, rubric-guided peer review with constructive editorial feedback, and the Collection provides clear pathways from conference presentations and Knowledge Community contributions to fully developed, peer-reviewed publications.
The Organization Studies Book Imprint publishes monographs and edited collections that advance theoretical and applied insights into organizational culture, knowledge systems, leadership, governance, and institutional change. Volumes range from comparative case studies and conceptual analyses to practice-oriented works on management, collaboration, creativity, and organizational futures. The imprint welcomes diverse authorship and both broad and highly specialized topics, offering open access pathways to expand visibility and impact across academic, professional, and policy communities.
The Organization Studies Research Network’s Member Knowledge Community on CGScholar supports year-round engagement among scholars, practitioners, and students. Members share profiles, papers, field studies, organizational analyses, and works-in-progress through a multimodal authoring environment with light, community-guided review. Conference presentations, journal submissions, and book projects circulate within one integrated research ecosystem—sustaining ongoing dialogue across themes of knowledge, culture, change, leadership, communication, and organizational design in uncertain and rapidly evolving contexts.
Partnerships extend the Network’s scholar-led mission—linking universities, cultural institutions, and community organizations committed to advancing creative research and social engagement. Recent partners include:
