It is the beginning of the month, meaning we have a new edition of Reject and Resubmit to nurse you through your Halloween Hangover and to cheer you up as the days get shorter. In this episode we will learn about which of the hosts would have liked to have been a rockstar, a DJ or a debate club nerd in their past life. Once that has been sufficiently covered, we breeze through supplemental content. Among other things:

- How to think about different types of data and which can be used when testing or building theory
- Whether or not to co-author with your friends
- What they didn't tell you about being an Assistant Professor

Another month closer to the end of the year means another month closer to grocery stores putting Christmas decorations on display way too early. But more importantly, it means a new Reject and Resubmit episode!
If you make it through the first 15 minutes without getting offended by Alexander's rant, then you will hear us discuss the following topics:
- should you read (non-fiction) in your free time?
- What are some unexpectedly useful skills to acquire as an academic?
- How to deal with hot and cold topics in research?

Today we bring you an episode from the wild, with all the audio issues that are part of a recording in windy Copenhagen. That's right, with only slightly more than a year's delay you have the pleasure of listening to our review of AOM 2025, our first conference together as newly minted Assistant Professors.
What we will discuss:

- How have things changed at conferences as an Assistant Professor compared to being a Post Doc or PhD student
- Why organize, rather than attend, a session at a conference?
- What is the value of the non-academic portion of conferences?

Again, we apologize profusely for the worse-than-usual sound quality and promise to do better in the future.

With significant delay between recording and publishing, we bring you our third episode (or 57th if you are of the old guard) of the "Reject and Resubmit: the Assistant-Prof cast". This time we bring you:

- our guilty pleasures - where once again Marco makes us look bad
- whether you should collaborate with local university colleagues?
- Why we need to write policy and or managerial recommendations
- How to deal with the constant social uprooting that comes with an academic life

In addition: The person who publicly shares the number of times Alexander says "incentives" in this episode will get a shout-out in one of our episodes

We are back with a second episode, and this time Alexander, Marco and Philipp have the following topics to cover:
- What are the most popular brands among Germans in 2024?
- Whether and when it may be a good idea to turn your passion into a research project?
- Are academics allowed to switch off?
- Should you do a postdoc (or why Alexander won the episode)?
- What is drop shipping?

Desk Reject is back with a brand new name, a slightly new concept and even less gender diversity than before!
For the first episodes, the hosts Alexander Staub, Philipp Becker and Marco Leander Rapp will be applying their newfound wisdom as freshly minted Assistant Professors at Esade, Utrecht University and University of Amsterdam to discuss the following topics:
- How to appropriately deal with tragedy of co-workers and or students
- Whether we are incentivized too much, not enough or just the right amount to produce research that appears surprising
- How to handle smalltalk situation in class and at conferences

'Twas the best of times, 'twas the worst of times - in other words, this Desk Reject episode is another classic AOM on-the-road recording. The bad news off the top: Your 2 favorite hosts weren't able to make it, which is why you are left with Philipp and Alexander reporting from Boston. The good news is, we found some great replacements with Imke Reimers (Associate Professor at Cornell University), Frank Nagle (Assistant Professor at Harvard Business School) and Gordon Burtch (Associate Professor at Boston University) sharing actual valuable input on attending conferences and being a grad student. But let's start with the bad news - Philipp and Alexander have some thoughts after taking part in the conference circuit for over 4 years now. Among other things they will be sharing:
- what continues to irk them about AOM in particular and conferences in general
- what has become more important over time when attending conferences
- what has become less relevant over time when attending conferences
- some thoughts on job market interviews at conferences.
And much more.
In case you prefer to skip the hosts' ramblings and receive some actual wisdom, we were so kind as to provide you the chapter markers for the discussion with Imke, Frank and Gordon.
We hope you forgive us for the rough audio in some spots - we tried to do the best with what we had, which is a field recorder and Alexander's shaky hands.

Sommer bedeutet Konferenzsaison und Konferenzsaison bedeutet einen Haufen schlechter Präsentationen die man sich anhören muss, bis man endlich sein Meisterwerk vortragen kann. Von wall of text Folien zu übertrieben komplexen Modellpräsentationen und Charismagranaten überwiegt die Menge an Fails meist die Lichtblicke auf vielen Konferenzen. Die Desk Reject Hosts halten sich selbst natürlich für leuchtende Beispiele des rhetorischen Handwerks, weswegen sie passend für die Jahreszeit ein paar Dos und Dont's zusammengetragen haben. Unter anderem wird besprochen:
- Was die schlechtesten Präsentationen waren, die sie bis jetzt erlebt haben
- Warum die Hook so wichtig ist und wie man sie meistert
- Wie viel Komplexität erlaubt ist
- Wie viel Energie eine Konferenzpräsentation verträgt
Und noch ein bisschen mehr.

Nach inzwischen 3 Jahren Desk Reject und noch mehr Jahren Lehrerfahrung auf dem Buckel, ist es nun an der Zeit, dass das Team ihre geballte Erfahrung mit unseren viel erfahreneren ZuhörerInnen teilt. Insbesondere, welcher Wahnsinn entfesselt werden würde wenn man den Hosts volle Freiheit in der Kursgestaltung an eurer Universität geben würde. Beziehungsweise, welche Lehrveranstaltungen sofort vom Syllabus gestrichen werden würden. Unter anderem teilen die Hosts dieses Mal:
- Welche Kurse sie am liebsten designen würden
- auf welche Kursformate sie keinen Bock mehr haben
- Wie viele Marketing Manager die Welt braucht - oder: ob BWL auf B.Sc. Level überhaupt unterrichtet werden sollte
und noch einiges mehr.

Manch aufmerksame Zuhörerin mag ihren Ohren nicht trauen, aber man hat die Hosts eingeladen, beim Wirtschaftsinformatik Nachwuchstreffen 2023 eine Live Podcastaufnahme durchzuführen. Das ausgerufene Thema lautet "Selbstvermarktung: Zeitverschwendung oder Notwendigkeit"; obwohl die Hosts seit über 50 Folgen eher aktive Selbstzerstörung betreiben. Wir wollten dieses einmalige Erlebnis natürlich festhalten und euch nicht vorenthalten. Macht euch also gefasst auf geballten Content zu:
- Wie der Podcast zustande gekommen ist
- Welches Know-How notwendig ist, um uns zu kopieren
- Was die Hosts von dem Thema Selbstmarketing halten
- Wie man Selbstmarketing als Nachwuchsforscherin (nicht) richtig betreiben kann
- Wie es mit "Desk Reject" in der Zukunft weitergehen wird
Und noch viel mehr