Invited Presentations: International Conferences/Think tanks (*Presenter)

2023 (scheduled)

Academy of Management (AOM), Boston, USA: "Not All entrepreneurs are Equal", Siraz, S. *, Alvarez, S. ; Claes, B.

Workshop. The Next Decade of Legitimacy Research: Advancing the Multilevel Theory of Legitimacy, HEC Lausanne, Switzerland,: “The influence of multiple validity cues on evaluators' propriety judgments", Siraz, S. *, Claes, B., Haack, P.; De Castro, J.

2022

The Brookings Institution, Washington DC, USA  "Understanding the root causes of the challenges faced by ethno-racial minority entrepreneurs in the United States";  Siraz, S.*; Alvarez, S.; Claes, B.

Academy of Management (AOM), Seattle, USA: "All entrepreneurs are equal, but some are more equal than others”, Siraz, S. *, Claes, B.

2021

Diversity Forum “Dismantling Oppressive Systems: Building Just Communities”, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA: “All entrepreneurs are equal, but some are more equal than others: The effect of ethno-racial stereotypes on legitimacy perceptions,” Siraz, S.*; Alvarez, S.; Claes, B.  

2020

Academy of Management (AOM Virtual Conference) , Vancouver, Canada: “Tainted Perceptions? An Assessment of Legitimacy Judgments of Entrepreneurial Failures", Siraz, S. *, Claes, B., De Castro, J. 

- Withdrawn due to Covid-19 -

2019

Academy of Management (AOM), Boston, USA: “Let's do the fracking talk: An experimental approach to understanding legitimacy perceptions" , Siraz, S. *, Claes, B., De Castro, J.

Academy of Management (AOM), Boston, USA: "The two faces of Janus: A mixed method study of legitimacy struggles", Siraz, S. *, Claes, B.

European Academy of Management (EURAM), Lisbon, Portugal: “Community socio-emotional wealth, the glue that binds communities together : An example of indigenous communities in Colombia" “Siraz, S. *, Claes, B., Preciado-Sanchez, D.

Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference (BCERC), and Diana International Research Conference on Women Entrepreneurship, Wellesley, Massachusets, USA: "Of course I am fair ... but it depends... on your gender and on your origin: Legitimacy perceptions of entrepreneurial failures”, Siraz, S. *, 

2018 

Academy of Management (AOM), Chicago, USA: “Legitimate Or Illegitimate? Insights Into Validity Cues, Core Values And Legitimacy Judgments” Siraz, S. *,  Claes, B., De Castro, J.

European Academy of Management (EURAM), Reykjavik, Iceland: “What Is The Quack About? Legitimacy Struggles In The Foie Gras Industry”, Claes, B., Siraz, S., De Castro, J.

Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference (BCERC), Waterford, Ireland: “All Entrepreneurs Are Equal But Some Are Women And Immigrants: Legitimacy Perceptions Of Business Failures”, Siraz, S. *, Giones, F., Delgado-Marquez, L.

 2017 

Academy of Management (AOM), Atlanta, USA: “The Foie Gras Wars: An Exploratory Study Of Divergent Legitimacy In Controversial Industries” Siraz, S. *,  Claes, B., De Castro, J.

Academy of Management (AOM), Atlanta, USA: “Getting Up After Falling Down: A Tale Of Three Communities”, Siraz, S. *, Preciado-Sanchez, D., Claes, B.

European Group for Organisation Studies (EGOS), Copenhagen, Denmark: “The Foie Gras Wars: An Exploratory Study Of Divergent Legitimacy In Controversial Industries” Siraz, S. *, Claes, B., De Castro, J.

 2016 

Academy of Management (AOM), Anaheim, USA: “The Rise Of The Phoenix: APROPESCA - A Case Study Of Community Based Venture Resurrection”, Siraz, S. *, Preciado-Sanchez, D., Claes, B.

European Group for Organisation Studies (EGOS), Naples, Italy: “So You Messed Up...Now What? Making Sense Of Post Scandal Legitimacy”, Siraz, S. *, Claes, B., De Castro, J.

Doctoral Consortium, IE Business School, Madrid, Spain: “Disentangling Legitimacy: Toward A Typology Of Legitimacy States”, Siraz, S. *, Claes, B., De Castro, J.

2015 

Academy of Management (AOM), Vancouver, Canada: “Disentangling Legitimacy: Toward a Typology of Legitimacy States”, Claes, B., Siraz, S. *, De Castro, J.

Iberoamerican Academy of Management (AOM), Santiago, Chile: “Neither Dr Jekyll Nor Mr Hyde - Further Understanding Legitimacy: Dealing With Indecision And Divergence”, Siraz, S.*, Claes, B.

Doctoral Consortium, IE Business School, Madrid, Spain: “Legitimation Strategies in Controversial Industries”, Siraz, S.

 2014 

European Academy of Management (EURAM), Valencia, Spain: “Legitimate or Illegitimate: Do we agree?” Siraz, S. *, Claes, B.           

Workshops and Symposiums

• Centre for Migration Studies, Research Roundtable, November 2022, University of Essex, United Kingdom

• Academy of Management Journal Special Issue “New Ways of Seeing” Paper Development Workshop, April 2017, Lancaster, United Kingdom

• Academy of Management Review, OMT Division and Erasmus University Paper Development Workshop, January 2016, Rotterdam, Netherlands

• PDW Co-Organizer and discussant, with Drs. Sharon Alvarez, Björn Claes, Julio De Castro and Frank Dubois, "Legitimacy:  Of Whom, For Whom, By Whom And How?” Ibero-American Academy of Management Conference, December 2015, Santiago, Chile

Doctoral Seminars and Consortia

• Selected for the ENT Division Doctoral Consortium,  Academy of Management (AoM), August 2019, Boston, U.S.A

• Selected for the 10th Medici Summer School, organized by Bologna Business School, HEC Paris and MIT, June 2018, Bologna, Italy

• Selected for the OMT Division Doctoral Consortium,  Academy of Management (AoM), August 2017, Atlanta, U.S.A

• Selected for the Doctoral Consortium of the Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference, The University of Oklahoma Michael F. Price College of Business and Babson College, June 2017, Oklahoma, U.S.A

• Selected for the 10th Chamonix Ph.D. Seminar, EM Lyon Business School, March 2017, Chamonix, France