The Strategic Management Society

Call for SMS Media Team Volunteers

Deadline: November 2

The Strategic Management Society (SMS) is seeking applications from volunteers to join the SMS Media Team. Selected volunteers are expected to begin their service immediately for a renewable one-year term ending December 31, 2027.

Sharing strategic management research with a wider audience is among the primary purposes of the SMS. The Media Team helps the SMS achieve this purpose and carry the work of its members and journals beyond the page and into digital, audio, video, and web channels. Volunteers help shape platform strategy, produce and promote content drawn from SMS journals and events, support press and outreach efforts, and contribute to new work in AI-assisted media. 

Working alongside the Media Chair and the current team, volunteers will contribute to one or more of the following areas of focus: AI-automated  content production, social media management and platform strategy, public relations and external outreach, AI-assisted audio/video, technical support, and content tagging general SMS content on the SMS website.

The Media Team works with the SMS Executive Office to execute media initiatives with oversight from the SMS Media Task Force. SMS members are especially encouraged to apply, and candidates should have the following qualifications:

• Engagement with SMS scholarship: Familiarity with the Global Strategy Journal (GSJ), Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal (SEJ), and/or Strategic Management Journal (SMJ) as a reader, author, or reviewer.
• Communication skills: Ability to turn rigorous research into clear, engaging content for both academic and practitioner audiences.
• Digital fluency: Comfort with social media, content production, or web publishing tools. Familiarity with artificial intelligence is valued, and applicants at every level of experience are welcome.
• Community involvement: Participation in the SMS Annual Conference and/or other SMS volunteer activities is desirable.
• Reliability: Availability each month for team meetings and Media Team projects and initiatives.
• Passion: Clear commitment to scholarship and to helping the SMS reach and engage its global community.

This volunteer role is especially well suited to PhD students and early-career scholars who will collaborate with authors across the SMS journals and build a skill set that is becoming essential in academic careers. 

The deadline for SMS Media Team Volunteer applications is November 2. You don't need a portfolio or prior media experience. Instead, submit a brief statement of interest describing what draws you to this work and which parts of it interest you most. 

Members attending the SMS Annual Conference in Berlin (October 17–20) are also invited to meet the team at an information session on the Society's new media strategy.

To contact the SMS Executive Office, please email: sms@strategicmanagement.net. For technical assistance with this submission process, please contact Submittable Customer Service.

The Strategic Management Society

Call for SRF Co-Chair Applications

Deadline: November 2

The Strategic Management Society is seeking applications for one of two Co-Chair positions of the Strategy Research Foundation. It is anticipated that the new Co-Chair will assume their duties on January 1, 2027 for a renewable three-year term.  This call reflects the end of Co-Chair Francisco Polidoro’s term.  The promotion and encouragement of research is among the primary purposes of the Strategic Management Society (SMS). As the funding arm of the SMS, the Strategy Research Foundation (SRF) operates programs to financially support strategic management research and scholarship. The Co-Chairs establish themes and focus areas for the SRF, develop policies for research funding, oversee existing grant programs, and develop new programs and initiatives.  Current SRF activities include the Will Mitchell Dissertation Research Program (WMDRG), the Research in Strategic Management Program (RSM), and the Early Career Research Grant Program (ECRG). The Co-Chairs head the leadership team of the SRF which includes Program Directors and Associate Program Directors. Candidates must be members of the SMS and should have the following qualifications:  

• Experience: Ideally, prior experience with grant funding; experience as a journal editor or in another significant role evaluating research is desirable.
• Academic stature: Credibility within the SMS academic community as a strong scholar.
• Broad knowledge base: Knowledge of the strategic management field and an appreciation of a range of topics and methodologies.
• Strong work ethic: History of a strong work ethic in team settings.
• Collaborative leadership: History of active leadership of substantial initiatives and ability to work as leaders in an extended team.
• Passion: Clear commitment to scholarship and research, and to helping the SMS move forward, both operationally and strategically.

The deadline for SRF Co-Chair Applications is November 2.  Applications will be reviewed by the Research Committee of the SMS Board of Directors. The candidate that is selected and approved by the Board of Directors will begin their term in January 2027.  

To contact the SMS Executive Office, please email: sms@strategicmanagement.net.  For technical assistance with this submission process, please contact Submittable Customer Service.