GRAMO DOCTORAL TUTORIAL 2025
IN MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATION STUDIES (2 ECTS)
The Graduate School of Management and Organization (GRAMO) doctoral tutorial will be held on September 25-26, 2025, organized by LUT University Business School (LBS) and Kataja’s GRAMO graduate school. The event will take place at LUT University’s Skinnarila campus in Lappeenranta.
The objective of the GRAMO tutorial is to provide an opportunity for doctoral researchers in the fields of management, organization, and entrepreneurship studies to present and discuss their research work, and to learn how to review and provide feedback to others. Senior faculty members participating are experts in their fields, and we support a critical and constructive atmosphere in the sessions. The tutorial is an opportunity to get to know and network with colleagues from across Finnish universities, whether they are doctoral researchers or faculty members, in the spirit of mutual learning.
Doctoral researchers from all Finnish universities are welcome to submit either (1) a paper or (2) their doctoral research plan. Submissions from early- to late-stage doctoral researchers are welcome, as are both early-stage, work-in-progress, and more advanced papers.
The tutorial is targeted for all doctoral students in the Finnish KATAJA member universities. It is free of charge for participation, lunch, dinner & coffees. All participants pay for their travel and accommodation. Participation counts as two study points (2 ECTS), and the GRAMO committee will also nominate Best Paper and Research Plan awards for most interesting paper and plan.
Location
The two-day event will be organized at the LUT University campus in Lappeenranta, at Yliopistonkatu 34, 53850 Lappeenranta.
Key dates
• Doctoral tutorial submission opens: 1 August 2025
• Submission deadline: 22 August 2025 by 23:55
• Acceptance notification: 2 September 2025
• Tutorial schedule available: 15 September 2025
• Tutorial: 25-26 September 2025
Thursday: Starting 9 am with dinner in Lappeenranta city center in the evening.
Friday: 9 am to 3 pm.
Submissions
Please submit your paper (or research plan) by 22.8.2025 to gramo-dt2025@lut.fi. Email subject: Tutorial 2025 submission and your last name (e.g., “Tutorial 2025 submission, Smith”)
Instructions for submissions
The submission for the doctoral tutorial should include the following information, all in one PDF-file:
- Title Page
- Title of the work
- Name of author
- Starting date of doctoral studies
- Institutional affiliation
- Supervisor(s) of the dissertation
- The type of feedback you are looking for from the tutorial
- Abstract
- 300 words
- 3-5 Keywords
- Main text
- Font Times New Roman 12 and line spacing 1.5, paragraph spacing before 6/after 6
- The length of the papers should not exceed 40 pages including references, tables, appendices, etc.
More detailed instructions for presentations will be shared when we know the number of participants and program schedule.
You are warmly welcome to submit your work and participate in the GRAMO doctoral tutorial 2025!
Looking forward to meeting you in Lappeenranta!
Kirsimarja Blomqvist, Outi Behm, Johanna Orjatsalo & Amanda Piepponen
LUT Business School
Hotel Scandic Patria in Lappeenranta offers our participants a discount on room prices.
Room reservations can be easily made through the following link: BOOK ACCOMMODATION.
Through the link, you can directly book a room at the discounted rate using the code CGRO.
Guests can choose their preferred room type and receive an additional discount by paying for the reservation immediately upon booking.
The cancellation policy for individual reservations depends on the type of reservation chosen by the guest.
To confirm the reservation, guests must provide the hotel with valid credit card information.
Rooms can be booked according to the hotel’s availability no later than 10 days before arrival, i.e., by September 15, 2025.