GRAMO DOCTORAL TUTORIAL IN MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATION 2026
The Graduate School of Management and Organization (GRAMO) doctoral
tutorial will be held September 24th-25th, 2026 in Kuopio. The tutorial is coorganized
by University of Eastern Finland Business School together with KATAJA’s GRAMO.
The objective of the tutorial is to provide an opportunity for doctoral students in
the field of Management and organization (M&O) to present and discuss their
work and to learn how to review and provide feedback to others. Perhaps most
importantly, though, this is an opportunity to get to know colleagues from across
the Finnish universities, be it PhD students or faculty members, in the spirit of
networking and learning.
The event celebrates GRAMO’s 40th anniversary.
Doctoral students from all Finnish universities are welcome to submit either
(1) their research plan or (2) a paper manuscript in the field of management & organization.
Submissions from early- to late-stage PhD researchers are welcome, as are both
early-stage, work-in-progress and more advanced papers.
The tutorial is onsite only and targeted at, and free of charge for all doctoral students in the Finnish KATAJA member universities.
Key dates
- Doctoral tutorial submission opens: 15 April 2026
- Submission deadline: 3rd August 2026 by 23:55
- Acceptance notifications: 21st August 2026
- Tutorial schedule available: 11th September 2026
- Tutorial: 24-25 September 2026, 9-17h daily, with evening program
The event will be organized at the University of Eastern Finland, Snellmannia
building, Kuopio.
Submission instructions
The submission link: https://link.webropolsurveys.com/S/575395B0AF97B59B
The submission for the doctoral tutorial should include the following (all filled in
online):
- Title Page
- Title of the work
- Name of author
- Title of the author
- Starting date of doctoral studies
- Present situation of the studies
- Affiliation
- Supervisor(s) of the dissertation
- The rationale for attending
- The type of feedback you are looking for from the tutorial
- Mai
- Abstract: 300 words, 3-5 Keywords
- Font Times New Roman 12 and line spacing 1
- 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. - There will be an award for the best doctoral research
proposal/paper.
- Font Times New Roman 12 and line spacing 1.5, paragraph spacing
- References
Please submit your paper or research plan by 03.08.2026 23:55. The accepted
conference papers will be made available online closer to the tutorial.
Instructions for presentation
Each presenter will be provided slots of 45 minutes, consisting of: the author’s
15 minutes presentation, fellow PhD and professor discussants will have 20
minutes for comments and the remaining 10 minutes is for general discussion.
If you have any questions and /or need further information, please contact us
at this email: GRAMO2026(@)uef.fi
You are warmly welcome to submit your work and participate in the GRAMO
doctoral tutorial 2026!
With best regards,
Virpi Sorsa, University of Eastern Finland Business School
Hanna Lehtimäki, University of Eastern Finland Business School
Chairs of the GRAMO 2026 doctoral tutorial