Tuesday 25th March 2025
Time: 9.30 – 18.50
Venue: Fadi Bostani Lecture Theatre
The PhD CORE Team invites the Cambridge JBS Research Community to attend our upcoming Spring Doctoral Conference taking place on Tuesday 25th March, 2025. The conference will showcase a range of current CJBS PhD students’ research, with an opportunity to provide feedback and network. The day will also feature a keynote panel session on the theme of Academic Collaboration. More details on the agenda are provided below.
We welcome JBS Faculty and Staff, Visiting Staff, Current, Visiting and Former PhDs, and MPhil students to register below (mandatory) to attend the conference. A limited number of spots are available for Faculty and PhDs to attend the post-conference dinner. A sign-up link can be found at the bottom of the page.
Current PhD students who wish to present at the SDC are encouraged to submit a presentation title and (max) 300-word abstract by Sunday 19th January, 2025. These can be sent to core@jbs.cam.ac.uk
Final submission of papers is required by (noon) 19th February, 2025 in order to be eligible for the £250 Best Paper prize.
You can dowload the timetable here.
Agenda
9.30-10.30 Welcome Coffee
Arrival and Coffee in Common Room, Registration outside Fadi Bostani
10.30-11.00 Presentation by Zhenkai Ran
Value versus Values: Can Stock Liquidity Save the Planet?
11.00-11.30 Presentation by Martina Tafuro
Investigating the ambivalent relationship between Corporate Purpose and the Capacity for Resilience: an empirical analysis
11.30-12.00 Coffee Break
Venue: Common Room
12.00-12.30 Presentation by Bo Yuan
Greening the Future: AI Meets Carbon Trading
12.30-13.00 Presentation by Rhys Williams
Never Knowingly Undersold – Do Low Price Guarantees Result in Low Prices?
13.00-14.00 Lunch
14.00-14.30 Presentation by Liang Zhao
Guardiola, Klopp, or Mourinho? Evidence from the EPL on the Value of Managerial Abilities for Brand Performance Using a Two-Sided Matching Model of the Market for Talent
14.30-15.00 Presentation by Lucy Caines
Technological field creation through institutional experimentation: Bridging predictive technologies and Indigenous perspectives at the climate-conflict-peace nexus
15.00-15.15 Coffee Break
15.15-15.45 Presentation by Zidong Liu
Attention is What You Need: The Impact of Information Support Tools in Trauma Care Operations
15.45-16.15 Presentation by Xinran Hao
An Exploratory Study on How to Manage and Reduce Cancer Waiting Lists: A Queueing Approach
16.15-17.30 Keynote Panel session
Theme: Academic Collaboration: how to work with coauthors; connect with data providers; and engage with research partners.
Panel: Professor Dominique Lauga (CJBS), Assistant Professor Karla Sayegh (CJBS), Assistant Professor Niklas Lindlbauer (King’s College London)
17.30-18.00 Awards, Closing Remarks, and Conference Photo
Professor Prithviraj Chattopadhyay will present the awards for Best Papers. The Conference Photo will be taken in Fadi Bostani
18.00-18.50 Conference Drinks
Venue: Common Room
19.00 onwards Dinner
Dinner at Golpa Restaurant [by invitation only]
Come and join us
Please register to attend the conference through the Eventbrite page below.
For more details or enquiries, please contact us at core@jbs.cam.ac.uk.
PhD CORE Team
