Organizational Neuroscience Symposium
Thursday, July 30, 2026
12:00 PM Start
Alter Hall, Fox School of Business
Organizational Neuroscience, Consumer Neuroscience, and Neuroeconomics: Building a Shared Agenda for Business Research
About the Symposium
Organizational neuroscience
Consumer neuroscience
Neuroeconomics
Business Research
Symposium jointly hosted by the Center for Applied Research in Decision Making at the Fox School of Business, Temple University, and the Organizational Neuroscience and Biology Interest Group of the Academy of Management.
Organizers
- Vinod Venkatraman
- Marco Mandolfo
- Sebastiano Massaro
Workshop Theme
Organizational Neuroscience has recently matured into a vibrant space for studying cognition, affect, social interaction, and decision-making in the workplace. In parallel, neuroeconomics and consumer neuroscience have historically developed powerful approaches to understanding valuation, choice, attention, learning, and social exchange. While these fields have often used overlapping methods and frameworks, they have, to date, remained partly distinct research communities.
This workshop invites students, scholars, and practitioners working at the intersection of these domains to develop a shared agenda for neuroscience theories, methods, and applications that span markets, organizations, and economic contexts and agents.
Tentative Schedule
12:00–1:00
Registration and Lunch
1:00–1:30
Joseph Kable
University of Pennsylvania
1:30–2:00
Desirée van Dun
Politecnico di Milano
2:00–2:40
Panel Discussion
On the intersections of Organizational Neuroscience, Consumer Neuroscience, and Neuroeconomics
2:40–3:10
Break / Networking
3:10–3:55
Three Presentations
Chosen from the call for submissions
3:55–4:15
Poster Highlights
Five poster highlights chosen from the call for submissions
4:15–5:00
Poster Session and Reception
Submissions
We welcome submission of abstracts for talks and poster presentations from doctoral students, faculty, and practitioners. Submissions can include both completed studies (not yet published) as well as work in progress. We especially welcome submissions that are explicitly at the intersection of Neuroscience and Organizational behavior like:
- Shared constructs across domains (e.g., value, reward, trust, fairness, attention, emotion regulation, learning, social exchange)
- Decision making in organizational vs consumer/market settings: evaluating what generalizes and what does not
- Neurophysiological and behavioral methods
- Linking neural measures to real-world business outcomes: performance, leadership, teamwork, consumer behavior, entrepreneurial judgment, negotiation, pricing, and incentives
- Methodological advances: design, measurement validity, preregistration, predictive vs explanatory goals, causal inference, and multimodal integration
- Field translation and impact: interventions, training, technology, ethical deployment, and stakeholder engagement
- Responsible research: privacy, consent, fairness, neuroethics, and governance in organizational and market settings
Submission Guidelines
Abstracts must be submitted as a single PDF file including title, author(s), affiliation(s), and contact email. Each abstract must be 300 words or lesser (excluding title and author affiliations) and must describe the research question, theoretical contribution, method/design, and status of results (if any). Please format all submissions using Times New Roman, size 12 font, with double line spacing and a minimum margin of 2.5 cm (or 1 inch).
Submissions will be reviewed by the organizing team for fit, clarity, and potential for constructive discussion. Based on the review, authors may be invited to:
- provide a 15-minute presentation at the symposium
- present a 3-minute “research snapshot” as part of the poster highlights before the poster session, and present in the poster session
- participate in the poster session
Email submissions to: card@temple.edu
Submission Deadline: April 30, 2026
Registration Information
Participation is free of charge; however, due to limited seating capacity, registration is required. Please register early to guarantee participation.
Contact
For any questions, please email : card@temple.edu