13402: Step ONE: Starting Your Sustainability PhD Journey with ONE

Saturday, July 26, 2025

08:30 - 10:00 CEST (GMT+2)

Location: Bella Center: Hall B- B0-m2

Session Type: PDW (workshop)
Orientation: Research
Shareable link: https://cdmcd.co/bRavA6

Organizer(s)

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Valen Boyd

Ivey Business School, Canada
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Anja Grüll

WU Vienna U. of Economics and Business, Institute for Managing Sustainability, Austria
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Joana Huaman

University for Development, Chile
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Lonneke Weterings

Rotterdam School of Management, Netherlands
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Janna Huang

UC Berkeley, United States
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Lydia Milly Certa

Not Associated, United Kingdom

Speaker(s)

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Devin Stein

U. of Alabama, United States
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Nardia Haigh

U. of Massachusetts, United States
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Ash Ganzoury

University of Colorado-Boulder, United States

Step ONE is a moderated PDW to support early-stage sustainability PhD students to begin and bolster their journey with the Organizations and the Natural Environment (ONE) Division. Complementing the ONE Doctoral Consortium, which is tailored for later-stage students, this PDW addresses the inherent challenges early-stage PhD students encounter in initiating and sustaining involvement within academic communities while safeguarding their resilience and well-being. Thus, as a group of five doctoral researchers and early-career scholars, we wish to create a welcoming and inclusive space and support the PhDs as they navigate their first moments with AOM in the ONE Division. Building on the success of four previous editions (AOM 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024), our objectives are threefold: (1) cultivate confidence and community through shared insights and advice, (2) guide early-stage PhD students in navigating AOM and the ONE Division, and (3) develop their interests in ONE-related topics, and support them in identifying potential theoretical lenses, collaborators, and pathways. In this edition, we are co-organizing the PDW with the Sustainability PhD Community, a support network for doctoral students with more than 513 members. Through this collaboration, we aim to establish a sustainable framework for ongoing guidance to future PhD students. Featuring esteemed speakers Nardia Haigh (ONE Chair), Joana Huaman (Sustainability PhD Community), and Devin Stein (recipient of the 2024 ONE Best Thesis Award), we provide participants with unique opportunities to find and build their academic home within an inclusive, open-minded, and openhearted global academic community.