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Festival of Management

The Festival celebrates the rich diversity of disciplines, methodologies, and themes that defines all of our work.

Professor Sarah Ashwin

The Festival of Management on Tuesday 12 May 2026 is a special one-day showcase that celebrates the excellent work and impact of staff within the Department of Management.

The programme is split across two streams. Lunch and refreshments will be provided throughout the day. The Festival will close with a drinks reception to which all attendees are invited.

Stream A offers a rich programme showcasing our Assistant Professors' fascinating research. Interactive sessions seek to spark cross-group conversations and enrich our research culture.

Stream A Presenters

Dr Aaron Cheng, “Information Transparency, Choice Confidence, and Customer Retention: Field and Lab Evidence from Markets for Credence Goods"

Dr Tan Gan, “Screening for Choice Sets”

Dr Xiaoran Hu, “Affect and Creativity” 

Dr Tomislav Karačić, “Scripting AI for Compassionate Work: Balancing Emotional Responsiveness and Domain Epistemic Norms in Large Language Models” 

Dr Pavel Kireyev, “Large Language Models Augment or Substitute Human Experts in Idea Screening” 

Dr Xu Li, “Waiting to be Heard: Women DJs and Resilience under Portfolio-Based Evaluation” 

Dr Francesca Manzi, “Shifting Expectations: Information Interventions and Compensation Decisions in the Gig Economy”

Dr Lidiia Pletneva, “Humanizing Self, Relationships, and Career: How Personal Loss Affects the Work Domain in the Long Term” 

Dr Florencio Portocarrero, “Employee Volunteering: A Systematic and Meta-analytic Review” 

Dr Anuschka Schmitt, “Balancing Performance and Engagement in AI Augmentation: Empirical Evidence from a Business Pitch Writing Task”

Dr Jeffrey Thomas, “When (Collective) Losses Loom Larger than Voice Pains: The Effect of Loss Framing on Willingness to Speak Up at Work”

Dr Jose Vasquez, “Managing Innovation in Firms”

Dr Frido Wenten, “Varieties of Contingent Work: A Meso-Level Analysis of Client Firms and Staffing Agencies in China”

 

Stream B presents emerging research within the field of higher education policy and practice, offering new perspectives for education practitioners and professionals.

We are delighted that this year’s keynote will be delivered by Camille Kandiko Howson, Professor of Higher Education in the Centre for Higher Education Research and Scholarship at Imperial College London.

Stream B Presenters

Camille Kandiko Howson, Professor of Higher Education, Centre for Higher Education Research and Scholarship (CHERS) at Imperial College London

Title: “What Really Counts: An Exploration of Student Success in Higher Education” 

David Meech Mazumdar, Department Manager - Strategic Planning and Development, Department of Management

Title: “Biting the hand that feeds - how immigration related policy changes are affecting the neoliberal construct of UK higher education”

 

If you have any questions about the Festival, please contact the Events Team at dom.events@lse.ac.uk.