Upcoming Events
| AOM Copenhagen Professional Development Workshop | |
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| Type | Professional Development Workshop |
| Date | 25-27 July (exact date & time TBA) |
| Place | AOM Copenhagen |
| Description | A professional development workshop focusing on NCA as a standalone method, and in combination with QCA and SEM |
| Organizer | Academy of Management |
| Teachers | Caroline Witte, Jan Dul, Nicole Franziska Richter, Haien Ding |
| Application | Through AOM (exact details TBA) |
| NCA Presentation at the Jagiellonian Seminar | |
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| Type | Interactive workshop/presentation |
| Date | 4-5 December 2025 |
| Place | Krakow, Poland |
| Description | An interactive workshop/presentation on NCA at the Jagiellonian Seminar on Entrepreneurship |
| Organizer | Department of Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the Jagiellonian University of Krakow |
| Teachers | Jan Dul |
| Application | Through organiser (opens 20 May 2025) |
Past events
| AMS 2025 Conference Workshop | |
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| Type | Conference workshop |
| Date | 21-23 May 2025 |
| Place | Montreal, Canada |
| Description | During the 2025 annual conference of Academy of Marketing Science, the workshop Advanced Topics in PLS-SEM will be organized. The second of two sessions specifically focuses on the use of NCA in combination with PLS-SEM and IPMA |
| Organizers | Dr. Joe Hair, Dr. Christian M. Ringle & Dr. Marko Sarstedt |
| Application | Refer to the Academy of Marketing Science website |
| Cost | $ 90 (in addition to conference registration) |
| Combining PLS-SEM and NCA | |
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| Type | Online seminar |
| Date | 8 May 2025 |
| Place | Online |
| Description | This 2-hour seminar introduces researchers to the powerful combination of Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) and Necessary Condition Analysis (NCA). Participants will gain foundational insights into both methodologies, followed by a live demonstration of their combined application using SmartPLS 4 |
| Organizer | Academy of Marketing Science |
| Teacher | Nicole Franziska Richter & Fang Zheng |
| Application | Through Instats |
| Cost | Free |
| NCA Seminar in Bologna | |
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| Type | NCA seminar |
| Date | 28 April 2025, 15:30-17:00 |
| Place | Department of Management, University of Bologna |
| Description | This workshop will teach you everything you need to know to design and conduct an NCA study |
| Organizer | Department of Management, University of Bologna |
| Teacher | Jan Dul |
| Application | Open to externals, contact stefano.rodighiero3@unibo.it |
| IPSERA Professional Development Workshop | |
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| Type | Professional development workshop |
| Date | 2 April 2024, 09:00-10:30 |
| Place | Rotterdam, Netherlands |
| Description | In this workshop, you will learn about the core concepts of NCA, and ways to combine NCA with other popular research methods. The workshop consists of three parts: An introduction, a demonstration, and a general discussion on the opportunities for using NCA in purchasing and supply management. More details here. |
| Organizer | IPSERA |
| Teacher | Melek Akin Ates, Stefan Breet, Klaas Stek, Robert Suurmond |
| Application | Workshop is part of IPSERA 2025 (application closed) |
| EURAM NCA workshop | |
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| Type | Interactive workshop |
| Date | 3 March 2025, 14:00 CET |
| Place | Online Zoom session |
| Description | Join Jan Dul (the founder of NCA and former SIG chair of EURAM Innovation SIG) and Patrycja Klimas in this online workshop for an introduction to NCA and a discussion on how to apply it to your research projects! |
| Organizer | EURAM |
| Teacher | Jan Dul & Patrycja Klimas |
| Application | Online form |
| Seminar & Consultations | |
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| Type | Introductory seminar |
| Date | 3-4 February 2025 |
| Place | Krakow, Poland |
| Description | An introduction to NCA combined with a consultation session on the use of NCA in research |
| Organizer | AGH University Doctoral School |
| Teacher | Jan Dul |
| Application | Through AGH University |
| Virtual Paper Development Workshop | |
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| Type | Virtual paper development workshop |
| Date | 21 November 2024, 09:00-12:00 CET |
| Place | Online (details for joining will be provided after registration) |
| Description | Participants will be provided with feedback and advice to help them write a convincing manuscript, specifically for the Journal of Business Research special issue Must-have or nice-to-have? Using Necessary Condition Analysis (NCA) to advance strategy, innovation, and entrepreneurship research |
| Organizers | Special issue guest editors: Stefan Breet, Patrycja Klimas, Ricarda Bouncken & Jan Dul |
| Application | To apply for this workshop, please submit a draft paper by Monday, 4 November 2024, via this link |
| An introduction to NCA | |
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| Type | Introductory workshop |
| Date | 12 November 2024 |
| Place | University of Sydney, Australia. |
| Description | This workshop will teach you everything you need to know to design and conduct an NCA study |
| Organizer | University of Sydney Business School |
| Teacher | Stefan Breet |
| Application | Via University of Sydney (link) |
| An introduction to NCA | |
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| Type | Introductory workshop |
| Date | 7 November 2024 |
| Place | University of Coimbra, Portugal |
| Description | An introduction to Necessary Condition Analysis |
| Organizer | Centre for Business and Economics Research (CeBER) |
| Teacher | Jan Dul |
| Application | This session can serve as preparation for the NCA autumn course listed below. |
| NCA Autumn Course | |
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| Type | Introductory seminar |
| Date | 8-9 November 2024 |
| Place | University of Coimbra, Portugal (details) |
| Description | An interactive course to help researchers to conduct NCA to enhace their publication opportunities |
| Organizer | Centre for Business and Economics Research (CeBER) |
| Teacher | Jan Dul |
| Application | Through the University of Coimbra website (click here) |
| Cost | € 0-125 (depending on affiliation) |
| AOM Chicago | |
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| Type | Professional Development Workshop (PDW) |
| Date | 10 Aug 2024, 8:00-10:00 CT (GMT-5/UTC-5) |
| Place | Chicago |
| Description | Academy of Management Annual Meeting |
| Teacher | Jan Dul |
| Application | Click here |
| Introducing Necessary Condition Analysis (NCA) for effective SBMs | |
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| Type | Introductory Seminar |
| Date | 8 April 2024, 14:00-17:00 |
| Place | University of Trento, Department of Economics and Management |
| Description | Introduction seminar; advanced course |
| Organizer | Andrea Caputo |
| Teacher | Jan Dul |
| Application | Click here |
| CYGNA Meeting 58: Necessary Condition Analysis: What, Why and How? | |
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| Type | Introductory Workshop |
| Date | 1 March, 10:00-12:00 (GMT+1) |
| Place | Online via Zoom |
| Description | Introduction seminar and workshop |
| Organizer | Tatiana Andreeva (Maynooth University, Ireland) |
| Teacher | Nicole Franziska Richter, University of Southern Denmark & Tatiana Andreeva, Maynooth University, Ireland |
| Application | Click here |