2024 has just begun and has already highlighted the warm welcome received by the SIMA-
SIM-BAM School of Research Methods Winter Edition – Academic Writing 2024,
organized in person and in a residential format at LUMSA in Palermo for three consecutive
days, i.e. from 24 to 27 January. It attracted the passionate participation of around 30 PhD
students and post-doctoral fellows from numerous Italian, Swiss and British locations.
The winter edition of the School of Research Methods addressed topical topics relating to Academic Writing, with the help of an important roster of internationally renowned scholars. They include the methods of writing the introduction to an academic article (Gerardo Patriotta), the theoretical background (Carmelo Cennamo), distinguishing between articles of a qualitative nature (Giuseppe Pedeliento) and qualitative (Stephanie Decker), the quantitative methodologies and the discussion of results (Daniela Andreini). A moment of extreme relevance, the true signature event of this edition of the School of Research Methods concerned the qualified panel on the topic of "Ethics of research and the profession". Coordinated by the organizers, Giambattista
Dagnino and Rossella Gambetti, and asterfully animated by Alessandro Zattoni (President of
EURAM), Daniele Dalli (Editor of Italian Journal of Marketing) and Arabella Mocciaro Li Destri (President of SIMA), the panel was followed by the session of " ethics in practice”, characterized by group work by the participants who directly confronted some particularly pressing ethical dilemmas and possible solutions to them.
February has been marked by the launch of the triad of synchronous online seminars on the
methods of carrying out the Reviewing Process of academic papers, dedicated mainly to young
scholars approaching the doctoral study of managerial disciplines.
Also collecting the suggestions of SIMA NextGen, which co-organised the event, this segment of the School focuses on the methods of drafting the reviewer's report of a scientific paper/article, distinguishing, once again, between papers of a qualitative nature (Massimo Picone, 13 February) and papers of a quantitative nature (Annamaria Tuane and Marco Visintin, 29 February), and on the methods of drafting letters of "response to the reviewers and the editor" (Davide Ravasi, 14 March). The positive outcome of this initiative, which SIMA is developing for the first time, is demonstrated by the fact that it attracted considerable interest, i.e. the attendance of over 60 young management scholars.
What is the next scheduled activity? In the wake of the enthusiasm with which the summer edition of the School 2023 on qualitative research methodologies and the recent activities just illustrated concluded in July last year, in the marvelous
setting of the Certosa of Pontignano immersed in the countryside of Siena, the SIMA-SIM-BAM School of Research Methods Summer Edition will be held from 17 to 20 July 2024, again in collaboration with the British Academy of Management, which will be dedicated to the theme of Social Network Analysis.
Stay tuned as we expect to release more detailed news on this summer initiative in the coming
weeks.
Giovanni Battista Dagnino, Academic Director SIMA-SIM School of Research Methods
Elena Casprini, Delegata SIMA-Co-director of SIMA-SIM School of Research Methods
Rossella Chiara Gambetti, Delegata SIM-Co-director of SIMA-SIM School of Research Methods