Newsletter December 2025

Dear RC17 members,

As we wrap up the year, we want to thank you for your continued support and collaboration. We look forward to exciting opportunities and shared successes in the year ahead.

New Issue of the Journal of Organizational Sociology
This month, we are pleased to announce that the latest issue of our Journal of Organizational Sociology has been published. The final issue of 2025 features eight contributions, including articles by several of our members. The issue is available open access. The issue is available open access here

CFP: Special Issue Journal of Organizational Sociology
Additionally, we would like to draw your attention to a special issue on the topic of ‘Diversity in Organisations’. Editors: Maja Apelt, University of Potsdam, Ines Michalowski, University of Münster, and Victor Ray, University of Iowa. Format and Schedule: Interested authors will submit a 500-word abstract to lsorgsoz@uni-potsdam.de by 7 February 2026. Upon acceptance of their abstracts, contributors will be asked to submit papers of at least 4000 words that will be discussed in an online author workshop in June 2026. Full manuscripts must be submitted by 1 December 2026 and will be peer-reviewed in a double-blind peer process. The special issue is scheduled for publication in 2027. For more information please see the attached JOSO_CfP special issue Diversity_2025.