11600: Practice-Driven Institutionalism: New Practice Emergence

Sunday, July 27, 2025

12:00 - 14:00 CEST (GMT+2)

Location: Bella Center: Hall C- C3-m11

Session Type: PDW (workshop)
Orientation: Research
Shareable link: https://cdmcd.co/QGWZL9

Organizer(s)

SY

Shuo Yuan

-, Canada
DA

Deborah Anderson

The University of Alabama, United States
ML

Michael Lounsbury

U. of Alberta, Canada
MS

Michael Smets

U. of Oxford, United Kingdom

Panelist(s)

DJ

Dennis Clemens Jancsary

University of Liverpool, United Kingdom
AS

A. Paul Spee

U. of Queensland, Australia
CS

Christopher W. J Steele

U. of Alberta, Canada
MT

Madeline Toubiana

Telfer School of Management, U. of Ottawa, Canada
LW

Lu Wang

U. of Alberta

Bringing together a group of well-established scholars in institutional, practice, and emotions theories, our fourth bi-annual PDW on practice-driven institutionalism (PDI) aims to facilitate discussions about future directions for new practice emergence. This year, we focus on how the intersection of these theoretical perspectives can offer unique insights into the study of where new practices come from: how they take shape, become institutionalized, and evolve. Specifically, we aim to develop a forward-looking agenda around the constitutive, often emotional, processes between novel practices and institutional dynamics. We enrich the conversation on practice-driven institutionalism by introducing fresh perspectives, particularly on the underexplored yet critical role of emotions in practices. This PDW synthesizes some of the current thinking on practice-driven institutionalism, discusses unanswered questions and future directions regarding novel practice emergence, and highlights opportunities for innovative scholarly collaboration across different approaches and perspectives through panel and roundtable discussions.