Global Community Where Serious Ideas Meet Fun Collaboration!
SCOS is a global network of academics and practitioners, who hail from a hugely diverse range of disciplines and professional backgrounds. We were formed in 1981, originally as an autonomous working group of the European Group for Organizational Studies, but have been an independent academic venture for over 25 yearly conferences. Our central interest is in the interlinked issues of organizational symbolism, culture and change, articulated in the broadest possible sense and informed by our commitment to interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary understandings of organization and management. Thus our work draws, inter alia, from organization studies, social anthropology, cultural studies, media studies, philosophy, history, politics and social psychology.
The SCOS philosophy is ‘serious fun,’ which perfectly captures the experience of attending our annual international conferences or regular workshops. Serious, because we are dedicated to the development of unusual and groundbreaking ideas in the analysis of organization, organizing, management and managing. Fun, because the members of our network provide a continual source of enthu-siasm, support and inspiration for each other: for SCOS the social side of our activities is an essential – indeed indistinguishable – element of our intellectual and practical endeavours.
Contact
➤ SCOS 2026 organizers
jair.santos@ulife.com.br
➤ SCOS board
scosboard@gmail.com
Recent Articles in C&O
Imperfect reflections: using the carnival to identify transformative employee voice practices
While the mainstream HRM and OB literature argues that more active employee voice can democratise organisations, critical commentators contend that democratising effects are not possible without a wide-scale transformation of capitalist relations. In this paper, we offer an analytical framework ...
Writing against the grain: towards rehearsing refusal-in/as-action
Thinking. Writing. Pausing. Remembering. Refusing. Silence. Triggering. Breathing.
Try again. (Re)think. (Re)turn. Insist.
To write. To testify. To refuse.
Here, I write. …
Beyond stereotypes: an autoethnographic journey of an Emirati woman through educational stigma
As the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has undergone rapid socio-economic development post-oil boom, it has cultivated a globalized educational landscape where Emirati culture intersects with international influences. Despite the privileges often associated with Emirati nationals, this autoethnography …
From surface acting to genuine care: emotional labor among SOS mothers in Sri Lanka
The SOS mother role, established by SOS Children’s Villages International, uniquely blends traditional motherly duties with professional caregiving in alternative foster care. Despite its significance, this profession is under-researched. This interpretive, case-study-based study explores how SOS mothers …
Gat-her-ing at the dinner table: an arts-based invitation to organize differently in academia
Academic meetings often feel intimidating and can exclude people. How might we organize them differently to encourage connections? Welcome to our reimagining of Judy Chicago’s famous feminist art installation The Dinner Table, where you will encounter South African flowers, butterflies, bumblebees, and …
Curated informality in corporate coworking
In corporate coworking, corporate teams enter coworking spaces, deliberately seeking informality for stimulation, inspiration, and novelty. Formal organizational rules still exist for such coworkers and intersect with the informality of the coworking space. Based on 36 semi-structured interviews with eight teams, we …
Special Events Fund
The SCOS philosophy is ‘serious fun’. Serious, because we are dedicated to the development of unusual and groundbreaking ideas in the analysis of organised life. Fun, because our members provide a continual source of enthusiasm, support and inspiration for each other. For SCOS, the social side of our activities is an essential – indeed indistinguishable – element of our intellectual and practical endeavours.
To encourage the development of often marginalised perspectives on organised life, and the ethico-political promises of such perspectives, the SCOS Board is delighted to offer funding for ‘special events’. The Special Events Fund will be offered every year although the total amount disbursed will depend on the surplus available. Events should challenge and blur the boundaries of conventional thinking in keeping with the SCOS ethos of ‘serious fun’.
“Serious Fun; Innovating with Purpose.”
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For matters related to the conference of this year, please email the conference organizers’ email mentioned above.