2022 Future of Work Research Prize: cast your vote!

On August 5th, 2022, Prof. Lauren Howe and Prof. Dr. Jochen Menges launched the second edition of the Future of Work Global Research Prize at the Academy of Management Annual General Meeting 2022.

The future of work, or how work will change in the coming decades given new developments in technology and demographic and societal trends, is a topic of increasing importance to practitioners and policymakers. But the future of work appears far less in management scholarship than would be expected given its prevalence in society.

The goal of this research competition is to foster management scholarship on the future of work by supporting promising research on the topic, to encourage management scholars to add to ongoing dialogues on the future of work, offer solutions, and collectively shape the future of work.

Scholars were invited to pitch their research ideas in a maximum 3-minute video. Five finalists were selected to submit full proposals. The five shortlisted videos are featured below, and you are invited to vote for your favorite research idea.

Votes will be collected until December 8th, 2022. The number of votes that each video receives will be accounted for in the selection of the winner, who will take home the $3,000 prize. Funds should be used to cover the costs for data collection (e.g., participant recruitment, purchasing datasets), equipment necessary for the research (e.g., software), and/or travel related to the research (e.g., field work, conference presentations)

1. Alexandra Kirienko, London School of Economics and Political Science

2. Annabelle Hofer, University of Cologne

3. Brittany Torrez, Yale University

4. Mihwa Seong, University of St. Gallen

5. Sophie Pychlau, University of Oregon