PhD Workshop “Strategic decisions in academic writing”

Please note that the workshop is postponed (Prof Bugeja cannot come in December to unforeseenable circumstances).

The workshop will be organised in May 2026. 

This event is a part of the Research Seminar Series

What:

A discussion workshop “Strategic decisions in academic writing: tips for PhD students and young scholars”. The seminar will focus on the key steps in a writing research paper to be published in a good journal. This will include:

• Finding a broad research area that gives a stream of interesting papers that are publishable
• Developing and linking a sound research question with an appropriate theoretical framework and relevant methodology
• Specific challenges in conducting the research (obtaining data, testing and generating results including unexpected findings, testing and endogeneity, knowing which results to include and exclude)
• Main challenges in getting published and what the reviewers may ask to do.

The discussion will utilise an example of three papers from the field of corporate finance / governance (see Recommended pre-reading).

When:

MAY 2026: The exact date to determined.

Lecturer:

Prof Martin Bugeja, University of Technology Sidney, Business School

Martin’s current research interests focus on mergers and acquisitions, intangible assets, corporate governance and board of director compensation. His papers have been published in international journals including The Accounting Review, Journal of Corporate Finance, Journal of Business, Finance and Accounting, British Accounting Review, Accounting and Business Research, Accounting and Finance or Abacus.

Martin’s full profile: https://profiles.uts.edu.au/Martin.Bugeja/about

For whom:

The workshop is recommended to PhD students and young scholars, but any faculty member is warmly welcomed.

Registration:

By email to David Procházka (prochazd@vse.cz), not later than 5 December

Recommended pre-reading:

Bugeja, M., da Silva Rosa, R., Shan, Y., Walter, T., & Yermack, D. (2023). Lower defeat thresholds for minority shareholders and corporate governance: evidence from the Australian “two-strikes” rule. The Accounting Review, 98(7), 61-96.

Bugeja, M., da Silva Rosa, R., Shan, Y., & Yermack, D. (2024). Show me your hand: An examination of voting methods at annual general meetings. Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, 88, 102576.

Bugeja, M., da Silva Rosa, R., Shan, Y., & Wang, J. Governance consequences of shareholder dissent in director elections: Evidence from a purely majority voting system. Working paper.

The papers will be provided by email upon registration.