BOR - EURO Working Group on Behavioural OR

Call for Submissions - BOR Fall Workshop Poster Slam
2025-07-15
A major part of the workshop (Marburg, 06 October – 07 October 2025) is the discussion about topics, new ideas, and current insights. For this purpose, we will have short talks backed up by more information on posters in the form of a digital slide. We invite participants from the community to submit their topics to be considered for presentation. Please submit an abstract of not more than 150 words.

Local Organizer
Prof. Dr. Michael Leyer (michael.leyer@wiwi.uni-marburg.de), University of Marburg / Queensland University of Technology

Keydates & deadlines:
* Abstract Submission Deadline: Sunday, July 15, 2025 at hrs. 23:59 CET
* Participant registration deadline: Sunday, September 22, 2025 at hrs. 23:59 CET

Submission:
You can submit your abstract by sending an email to bwl-dl@staff.uni-marburg.de.

Registration:
You can send your registration data with your name, University and address sending an email to bwl-dl@staff.uni-marburg.de.

Website:
https://www.uni-marburg.de/de/fb02/professuren/bwl/digiprozess/bor-fall-workshop

BOR Fall Workshop 2025
2025-10-06 - 2025-10-07 | Marburg, Germany, Marburg, Germany
This is to inform about the upcoming Fall Workshop (06-07 October 2025) of the European Working Group on Behavioural Operational Research (BOR) to be held in Marburg, Germany.

The BOR community aims to provide guidance to European OR academics, teachers, and practitioners for developing effective OR-supported interventions by investigating and sharing behavioural-based explanations of the factors that shape the practice of modelling, model use, and model results communication.

The full program and registration options are now available. Download the PDF here.

Call for Presentations for the BOR Poster Slam!
A major part of the workshop is the discussion about topics, new ideas, and current insights. For this purpose, we will have short talks backed up by more information on posters in the form of a digital slide. We invite participants from the community to submit their topics to be considered for presentation. Please submit an abstract of not more than 150 words. You can submit your abstract by sending an email to bwl-dl@staff.uni-marburg.de.
Registration:
You can send your registration data (with your name, University, and address) to bwl-dl@staff.uni-marburg.de.
Deadlines:
* Abstract Submission Deadline: Sunday, July 15, 2025 at hrs. 23:59 CET
* Participant registration deadline: Sunday, September 22, 2025 at hrs. 23:59 CET
Website:
https://www.uni-marburg.de/de/fb02/professuren/bwl/digiprozess/bor-fall-workshop).

Hoping to meeting you there!
Host and organizer from our COB is Michael Leyer

Abstract submission - Special Session Behavioral Operations Management - International Working Seminar on Production Economics
2025-11-01
Dear colleagues,
We are pleased to invite abstract submissions for the upcoming Working Seminar on Production Economics, which will take place in Innsbruck, Austria, in 2026 (see CfP_IWSPE 2026 v5).
This year’s seminar will feature a special session on Behavioral Operations Management, addressing the human and behavioral aspects shaping decision-making, coordination, and performance in supply chain and operations contexts.
Researchers interested in contributing are invited to submit an abstract by November 9, 2025 (this is an extension of the original deadline).
We look forward to your contributions and an inspiring exchange of ideas in Innsbruck

Best regards,
Anita Onay
on behalf of the Organizing Committee
Working Seminar on Production Economics
anita.onay@mci.edu

IFORS Vienna - Deadline for abstract submissions
2026-03-08
The upcoming IFORS Vienna conference ( https://ifors2026.at/home/) will take place from 12 to 17 July 2026.

The EURO WG on Behavioural OR is organizing a stream of sessions at the conference. We invite contributions that examine behavioural issues related to the design, use, and evaluation of OR approaches in both laboratory and field settings, and as inputs to the development of models depicting OR-related activity. Central to the growing field of Behavioural OR is a concern with unpacking what people actually do when they engage with OR methods, processes, and tools, and how their behaviour, cognition, and emotions affect, or are affected by, OR-related activity.

BOR SESSIONS

We would like to invite you to submit an abstract to any of the BOR-sessions listed below:

Session 1. Behavioural aspects of strategic planning – Martin Kunc – Code: 67599758
Session 2. Behavioral OR general papers – Raimo P. Hämäläinen – Code: 2db1a3f2
Session 3. Experiments in BOR – Ayşegül Engin, Lea Trampitsch-Vink – Code: 817ce1df
Session 4. AI in Behavioral OR – Wieland Müller – cd69b39a
Session 5. Developing BOR approaches in health settings – Ana Vieira, Mónica Oliveira – 602e2dcc
Session 6. BOR in climate change – Oliver Behn – a0bd52b1

SUBMITTING AN ABSTRACT
To submit your abstract, please visit:
https://www.euro-online.org/conf/ifors2026/

On this page, go to the “Abstract in an organized session” and enter the relevant Code (see above) and click on the “Submit invited abstract” button. You will then be taken to an abstract submission form page, where you can enter all the information about your abstract.

Your abstract can be based on conceptual or empirical work, whether complete or ongoing. If you are in doubt regarding which BOR-related to submit your abstract to, or have problems with your submission, please contact the relevant Chair(s). If you know a colleague who might be interested in submitting an abstract please feel free to forward this invitation.

If you would like to organize an invited session in the BOR Stream, please contact us or the relevant Session Chair(s). A session consists of 3-4 talks focused on a particular topic consistent with the theme of a Stream.

SUBMISSION DEADLINE

***Please note that the submission deadline for abstracts is MARCH 15, 2026***

We look forward to seeing you in person at IFORS 2026!

Alberto Franco, Raimo Hämäläinen
Coordinators, European Working Group on Behavioural OR

GDN Conference -- Katowice
2026-06-28 08:00 - 2026-07-01 17:00 UTC
GDN Conference, Katowice, June 28th – July 1st, 2026
The link is: https://gdnconference.org/gdn2026/
Behavioural Issues in Model-driven Group Decision Support
Stream Organiser: L. Alberto Franco

Model-driven group decision support (GDS) is an approach to facilitating group decision making in which a formal, transparent model serves as the central mechanism for structuring discussion, enabling negotiation, and supporting analysis. In this approach, the model—rather than technology or social process alone—is the primary vehicle through which participants collectively explore, understand, and reach agreement about a problem situation.

This stream invites contributions that examine behavioural issues related to the design, use, and evaluation of model-driven GDS in both laboratory and field settings. Central to the stream is a focus on understanding what people actually do when they engage with model-drive GDS methods, procedures, and tools, and how their behaviours, cognitions, and emotions shape—and are shaped by—the use of such approaches.

We particularly welcome empirical studies that report on the application of model-driven GDS with face-to-face or virtual teams working on:

Cross-functional and interdisciplinary decision making
Strategy and policy analysis and evaluation
Inter-organisational collaboration and partnership working

The stream also seeks contributions that advance theoretical and practical understanding of model-driven GDS approaches. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

Problem structuring methods (e.g. SODA, SSM, Strategic Choice)
Facilitated modelling approaches (e.g. Group Model Building, Decision Conferencing)
Games and simulation-gaming approaches for group decision support
The role of technology in supporting model-driven GDS

Finally, we welcome research that examines the development of competences and skills required for effective model-driven GDS, including facilitation, modelling and the management of group dynamics.

Alberto Franco
alberto.franco@bristol.ac.uk

BOR Stream scheduled for IFORS 2026 Vienna, Austria
2026-07-12 - 2026-07-17
June 12, 2026
Conference Registration closes

BORBS
2026-10-08 12:00 - 12:40 (Europe/Paris)
Next BOR Brown Bag Session (BORBS) online – find details here: https://www.euro-online.org/websites/bor/behavioral-operation-research-brown-bag-seminar-series/
