Working on a paper about entrepreneurship? Bring it to our PDW and get dedicated roundtable feedback from a truly fantastic panel of scholars in the sociology of entrepreneurship.
We have extended the submission deadline to Tuesday, July 15, so there is still time to send us your work.
PDW: Labor Market Structures and Entrepreneurship Friday, July 31, 2026, 10:15 AM to 12:45 PM ET Sheraton Philadelphia, Seminar B
This workshop brings together scholars studying how labor market structures shape entrepreneurship: how employment discrimination, regulation, organizational characteristics, and mobility processes influence who becomes an entrepreneur and how their ventures fare. If your work sits anywhere near the sociology of entrepreneurship, careers and mobility, inequality and entrepreneurial entry, or the employment-to-entrepreneurship boundary, this session was built for you.
The workshop has two parts. First, our panelists will share emerging work and reflections on labor market structures and entrepreneurship. Second, and this is where you come in, roundtable discussants will give substantive feedback on submitted work in small groups. This is a rare chance to workshop your paper with senior scholars who study exactly these questions:
- Mabel Abraham (Columbia Business School)
- Geoffrey Borchhardt (University of Oregon)
- Susie Choe (University of Minnesota)
- Kylie Jiwon Hwang (Northwestern University)
- Damon J. Phillips (University of Pennsylvania)
- Chris I. Rider (University of Michigan)
- Tiantian Yang (University of Pennsylvania)
- Peter Younkin (University of Oregon)
Submissions are welcome at any stage, from early theoretical development and preliminary results to completed manuscripts. Format is flexible: an extended abstract or a short summary is plenty, as long as it gives discussants enough context to engage with your ideas.
Submit here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScv6IDih9kUSvxku9_H1qyqU6BdmqnYuscjUkqtjDDMkokd5w/viewform
We look forward to reading your work and seeing you in Philadelphia!
Organizers:
- Katie Apker (Cornell University)
- Peter Polhill (Cornell University)
- Grady Raines (Indiana University)
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Katie Apker
Cornell University
Ithaca NY
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