Best Paper Award from the Academy of Management (AOM)

Graphic with a dark blue badge on a pink background. In the center, the words “Best Paper” are written in large white letters. Above it is a golden symbol with a laurel wreath and ribbon — representing an award.

We are delighted that the conference paper “We Flipped the Power Dynamics”: Pooling Identity Resources to Collaboratively Lead Racialized Change by Prof. Dr. Marlene Walk together with Dr. Megan LePere-Schloop (Ohio State University) and Dr. Jamie Levine Daniel (New York University) received a “Best Paper” award at this year’s Academy of Management (AOM) Annual Meeting 2025.

Only about 10% of the papers submitted each year receive this special recognition and are selected for publication in the AOM Proceedings:
To the paper in the Proceedings

The presentation will take place during the AOM Annual Meeting on Monday, July 28, at 5:15 p.m. in the Bella Center, Hall B- B3-m8, in Copenhagen.

In addition, Prof. Dr. Marlene Walk, in her role as co-editor-in-chief of the journal Voluntas, will participate in two other AOM program items: On Saturday, July 26, at:

▫️ 11:00 a.m. – Academic Publishing Panel as part of the PNP Doctoral Consortium (Bella Center, MR16)
▫️ 1:00 p.m. – PDW 25186: Setting the Tone and Agenda for Public and Nonprofit Scholarship in an Evolving Political Climate with Journal Editors (Bella Center, MR6)

Marlene Walk was also elected to the Executive Committee of the PNP Division for the 2025–2026 term.