PROS & PHILOSProcess · Philosophy · Organization

The archive · 2009–2026

Previous symposia.

Themes, people and ideas from earlier gatherings.
Explore each edition of PROS and its affiliated PHILOS colloquium.

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YearEdition & themeSetting
202617th PROS + 6th PHILOS

Designing Organization – Organizing Design: A Process Perspective

25–28 June 2026PHILOS Politics, Rationality and Organization22–24 June 2026Swimming pools, palms and gardens at Minoa Palace Resort with the sea beyond.Minoa Palace Resort, Chania, Crete, Greece202516th PROS + 5th PHILOS

Embodying Process

26–29 June 2025PHILOS Aesthetics & Organization23–25 June 2025Aerial view of the pool, beachfront and breakwaters at Negroponte Resort Eretria.Negroponte Resort Eretria, Evia, Greece202415th PROS + 4th PHILOS

Improvisation, resilience, and the ongoing (re)construction of organizations

24–27 June 2024PHILOS Human Conduct and the Good Life: Ethics and Organizing21–23 June 2024Coral Beach Resort beside a rocky shoreline and clear blue water in Paphos, Cyprus.Coral Beach Resort, Paphos, Cyprus202314th PROS + 3rd PHILOS

The Process of Social-Symbolic Work: Understanding the Role of Agents in the Ongoing Construction of Organizational Life

18–21 June 2023PHILOS Phenomenological and Hermeneutical Inquiry in Organization Studies: Taking Stock and Moving Forward22–24 June 2023Beach umbrellas and a green lawn at Minoa Palace Resort, with an island across the sea.Minoa Palace Resort, Chania, Crete, Greece202213th PROS + 2nd PHILOS

Organizing on the Precipice: Process Studies in Extreme Contexts

25–28 June 2022PHILOS Colloquium on Philosophy and Organization Studies23–25 June 2022White tables and chairs on a restaurant terrace overlooking the sea in Rhodes at sunset.Rhodes, Greece202112th PROS + 1st PHILOS

Organizing beyond organizations for the common good: Confronting major societal challenges through process studies

1–4 September 2021PHILOS Colloquium on Philosophy and Organization Studies5–6 September 2021Overhead view of people gathered around a laptop, the original image for the online symposium.Online201911th PROS

Organizing in the Digital Age: Understanding the Dynamics of Work, Innovation, and Collective Action

19–22 June 2019Swimming pools, palms and gardens at Minoa Palace Resort with the sea beyond.Minoa Palace Resort, Chania, Crete, Greece201810th PROS

About Time: Temporality and History in Organization Studies

20–23 June 2018A seafood dish on a waterfront restaurant table at Porto Carras, Chalkidiki.Porto Carras Grand Resort, Halkidiki, Greece20179th PROS

Institutions and Organizations: A Process View

22–24 June 2017Illuminated glass-fronted building beside a swimming pool at dusk at Helona Resort, Kos.Helona Resort,Kos, Greece20168th PROS

Dualities, dialectics and paradoxes in organizational life

16–18 June 2016The curved hotel building and swimming pool at Corfu Holiday Palace.Corfu Holiday Palace, Corfu, Greece20157th PROS

Skillful Performance: Enacting Expertise, Competence, and Capabilities in Organizations

24–27 June 2015Pale stone resort buildings and a bridge beside a pool at Helona Resort, Kos.Helona Resort,Kos, Greece20146th PROS

Organizational routines: How they are created, maintained, and changed

19–21 June 2014Curved swimming pool and sun terraces overlooking the sea at Elysium Resort and Spa, Rhodes.Elysium Resort & Spa, Rhodes, Greece20135th PROS

The Emergence of Novelty in Organizations

20–22 June 2013Beach umbrellas and a green lawn at Minoa Palace Resort, with an island across the sea.Minoa Palace Resort, Chania, Crete, Greece20124th PROS

Language and Communication @ Work: Discourse, Narrativity and Organizing

21–23 June 2012Sailboats on the sea viewed from a terrace in Kos, Greece.Kos, Greece20113rd PROS

How Matter Matters: Objects, Artifacts and Materiality in Organization Studies

16–18 June 2011Swimming pool and wooded coastline overlooking the bay in Corfu, Greece.Corfu, Greece20102nd PROS

Constructing Identity in and around Organizations

11–13 June 2010Beach umbrellas beside the blue sea on the coast of Rhodes, Greece.Rhodes, Greece20091st PROS

Sensemaking and Organizing

11–13 June 2009Resort swimming pool and gardens overlooking the sea and cliffs at Pissouri, Cyprus.Pissouri, Cyprus