The Actor-Reality Construction XVth International Scientific ConferenceInfo Location Attendee Categories Contact More Info Event Information
DescriptionUEA welcomes delegates to to explore and discuss The Actor-Reality Construction. This two-day network event comprises a global delegation (from Denmark, Finland, Italy, Sweden, Norway, Brazil and the UK ) comprised of academics in the field of management and accounting, to address the development of theories, methods and experiences around pragmatic constructivism. Delegates will be encouraged to exchange research ideas, contribute and gain deep insight into the problems and possibilities of constructing social human practices and to strengthen the output of research articles and books. This year's event will explore the role of specialised language games in various professional, organisational, inter-organisational, and societal contexts (e.g., accounting, management, marketing, and strategy). Submissions are being accepted on any topics that provide insights into the methods and techniques for the construction of (dys-)functional practices and you can find more in the further information section.
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Additional ItemsContactRegistration help and advice - conferences@uea.ac.uk Submission of abstracts To make a submission for consideration please email: Deadlines Submission and registration: 20 July 2025 Conference registration: 15 August 2025 Organising Committee - Gudrun Baldvinsdottir, University Gothenburg, Se. - Trond Bjørnenak, NHH, Norway - Lino Cinquini, Scuola Superiore Sant’ Anna, Italy - Lisa Jack, University of Portsmouth, UK - Morten Jakobsen, Aarhus University, Denmark - Teemu Laine, Tampere University, Finland - Hanne Nørreklit, Aarhus University, DK, and Scuola Superiore Sant’ Anna, Italy - Pinar Guven Uslu, University of East Anglia, UK Welington Carneiro, Mackenzie Presbyterian University, Brazil More InformationConference tickets are £170.00 per person and include refreshments, an evening dinner, and a tour of The Sainsbury Centre. Please check the link, for an ETA before you travel to the UK Travel Authorisation Guidance Accommodation Accommodation can be purchased separately at local hotels and is offered at a discounted rate when booking directly with the hotel. To check availability and purchase, please use the information below and quote UEA 'Actor Reality Conference'. All rooms are subject to availability between 10th and 12th September. Broadview Hotel https://www.uea.ac.uk/about/information-for-visitors/visitor-accommodation Hotel-style accommodation is located on campus. The Georgian Townhouse https://www.thegeorgiantownhousenorwich.com/ The Georgian Townhouse offers a selection of rooms between £90 and £130 and includes breakfast. The George Hotel Telephone: 01603 617841 or Email reservations@georgehotel.co.uk Submissions Deadline for submissions: 20 July 2025 Deadline for registration: 15 August 2025
· Language games of performance management and accounting in professionally driven public sector activities, various business sectors, consultancy and firm-advisor relations, user participation facilitated by digital platforms, NPD projects, entrepreneurial ventures, learning platforms, inter-organisational relations, and more. · Language games of possibilities, including ethics, democracy, digitalisation, gender balance, organisational cooperation, organisational learning, corporate social responsibility, and meta-theories. · Language games of performance measurement and the creation of sustainability for human well-being, social cohesion, and environmental stewardship. · Language games and language plays of (good) accountants in constructing sustainable activities, relationships, and projects. · Language games and language plays in constructing (dys-)functional practices to address social, environmental, and economic crises. · Sustainability and ethics in organisational practices with pragmatic constructivism facilitating ethical, sustainable, and human-centric practices across industries. Topics may include integrating ethical decision-making in public sector performance management or strategies for managing global sustainability challenges. · Inter-organisational and multi-contextual practices where language games and pragmatic constructivism dimensions foster collaboration in inter-organisational settings or unify diverse cultural and operational contexts. · Methodological innovations including novel methodologies for exploring language games and actor-reality construction, such as ethnographic approaches, meta-language game analyses, or interdisciplinary strategies. The conference invites three categories of contributions: i) Full papers, ii) Abstracts and iii) PhD-projects. There will be enough time for in-depth discussions and reflections among the participants, who will hopefully further develop their thoughts and paper writing. About pragmatic constructivism and actor-reality construction Pragmatic constructivism conceives reality as a complex set of constructs created by the actors in interaction with their environment. Interacting with others and ‘things’ in the world through language and actions, actors produce common reality constructs, which are the basis of practice. Pragmatic constructivism offers some conceptual fundamentals for understanding and analysing how actors construct a successful actor-world relationship in a dynamic environment. In particular, the following are considered to be conceptual fundamentals: practice constructed through actorship, language games and co-authorship; four dimensions of reality – facts, possibilities, values, and communication – must be integrated in the actor-world relation if the construct is to form a successful basis for effective actions, organisational learning, and an integrative learning theory of truth involving a learning circle between proactive truth and pragmatic truth. The previous conferences have produced various theoretical and empirical contributions within different academic fields. | |||||||||||||||
