Join us for the launch of the STR Career Path Initiative – aiming to illuminate and legitimize non-academic career alternatives for strategy scholars.
Such alternatives include, but are not limited to, roles as consultants, policymakers, or strategists in tech firms, VCs, or non-governmental organizations.
Our inaugural session is on June 9, 2021 from 10 – 11 am ET / 4 – 5 pm CET and will feature representatives from three top consulting firms in Europe and North America: McKinsey, Boston Consulting Group, and AT Kearney. Our own Caterina Moschieri will moderate.
This may be of interest to our division's 1400 PhD students, or existing faculty considering sabbaticals or temporary appointments. The session will include presentations by consultants about employment routes for Strategy PhD's, and an open forum for discussion and Q&A.
Please register for the event HERE. We look forward to seeing you there!
For more information about the STR Career Path Initiative, see below.
-Tim Folta (STR Division Chair), Caterina Moschieri, Shelby Gai, and Nicholas Poggioli
STR Career Path Initiative
The dominant career path followed by STR members is one at an academic institution– only 4.14 percent of all STR members are non-academics. STR Career Paths initiative aims to illuminate and legitimize career paths alternative to the dominant one. Such alternatives include, but are not limited to, roles as consultants, policy makers, or strategists in tech firms, VCs, or non-governmental organizations. Several issues impel this initiative:
- Supply of Strategy PhDs will likely outstrip demand within academic institutions;
- Improved connections between the strategy research and practice might enrich teaching and provide access to data to conduct research;
- A need to illuminate and legitimize alternative career paths; and
- Strategy scholars are often looking for sabbatical opportunities and/or ways to engage with their expertise while maintaining their academic positions.
We look forward to having you us join us for these conversations.
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Timothy Folta
STR Division Chair-Elect
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