Call for Submissions

We invite junior academics (untenured faculty) and PhD students to submit either:

• A working paper (formatted per M&SOM journal) for a full presentation (30 minutes) followed by a discussant
• A one-page abstract on an exploratory topic for a flash talk (10 minutes)

Please send submissions to SustainableOM2026@gmail.com by November 14, 2025. Notices of acceptance will be sent by December 12, 2025.

Flash talks are ideal for individuals seeking early feedback or potential collaborators.

Call for Discussants

We are also inviting senior academics (tenured faculty) to serve as discussants on the accepted papers. Discussants will be given a full-length paper which was accepted for presentation to the workshop by February 5, 2026 and asked to prepare short presentation with the aim of giving constructive feedback to the authors.

Interested individuals in taking on this important role, should email SustainableOM2026@gmail.com by January 23, 2026.

This workshop is generously supported by the Naveen Jindal School of Management of the University of Texas at Dallas and by the Anderson center at Georgia Tech. The program committee includes Dorothee Honhon and Shouqiang Wang from UTD and David Drake and Gloria Urrea from University of Colorado. We are also grateful for guidance from the steering committee, which includes Priyank Arora (USC), David Drake (UC Boulder), and Beril Toktay (Georgia Tech).