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2025 AOM Annual Meeting

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17270: Organized Science Denial: Reviving a Symposium Discussion to Propose Actionable Plans

Monday, July 28, 2025
17:15 - 18:45 CEST (GMT+2)
Location: Bella Center: Hall C- C3-m14
Session Type: Symposium (panel)
Orientation: Practice,International,Research,Diversity
Shareable link: https://cdmcd.co/Rxzd3d
This symposium builds on a successful session organized for the virtual Academy of Management meeting in Philadelphia (2021), titled “Science Denial: Causes, Courses, and Remedies. A Route Map for Organizational Scholars,” which inspired the publication of an edited volume on the same topic, recently accepted by Oxford University Press and titled “Organized Science Denial. An Action Plan of Solutions”. The overall objective of this Symposium is to reflect upon the common thread linking seemingly unrelated phenomena, rooted in the rejection of science, highlighting their profound implications for organizations and society. Specifically, from this Symposium participants will gain updated insights into the evolving nature of science denialism, its links to issues such as greenwashing and communicative strategies, the undeniable key role of social platforms in current days and in the future, and the tensions within the social sciences and management disciplines, among others. More broadly, the AoM community will learn not only actionable strategies for addressing science denialism, but also how organizational scholars contribute meaningfully can contribute to academic discourse. Keywords: communication and rhetoric, creativity, greenwashing, institutional theory, internal tension, science denialism, social media platforms.