EGOS Honorary Membership was created in 1998 to honour and thank scholars who have made pioneering and lasting contributions both to the advancement of knowledge in the social sciences dealing with organization, organized and organizing, and to EGOS as an association.
Suggestions for the nomination of a new Honorary Member can be sent by EGOS members to the EGOS Executive Secreariat () by December 31 of each year.
Please note: No current member of the EGOS Executive Board – whether elected by the members or ex officio – is eligible for nomination!
The EGOS Board makes the final choice according to the two criteria mentioned above. It also takes into account the European and international character of the association.
The new EGOS Honorary Member is welcomed with a laudatio during the annual EGOS Colloquium each year.
The EGOS Honorary Members since 1998 – and, if available – the laudatios are listed below.
2020
David Knights – Laudatio by Yiannis Gabriel
Kerstin Sahlin – Laudatio by Marie-Laure Salles-Dejelic
2019
Ann Langley – Laudatio by Paula Jarzabkowski
2018
Georg Schreyögg – Laudatio by Jörg Sydow
2017
Stewart Clegg – Laudatio by Bob Hinings
2016
Haridimos Tsoukas – Laudatio by Ann Langley
2015
David Wilson – Laudatio by Ziyad Marar
2014
Cynthia Hardy – Laudatio by David Wilson
2013
Royston Greenwood – Laudatio by Renate E. Meyer
2012
Alfred Kieser – Laudatio by Kari Lilja
2011
Barbara Czarniawska – Laudatio by Bruno Latour
2010
Arndt Sorge – Laudatio by Sigrid Quack
2009
Nils Brunsson – Laudatio by Woody Powell
2008
Silvia Gherardi – Laudatio by Barbara Czarniawska
2007
Johan P. Olsen - Laudatio by Jean-Claude Thoenig
2006
John Child – Laudatio by Max Boisot
2005
Jean-Claude Thoenig – Laudatio by Arndt Sorge
2004
Michael Aiken – Laudatio by David Wilson
2003
Bob Hinings – Laudatio by Mitchell P. Koza
2002
Renate Mayntz – Laudatio by Jean-Claude Thoenig
2001
Cornelis J. Lammers – Laudatio by Jean-Claude Thoenig
2000
James G. March – Laudatio by Finn Borum
1998
David Hickson – Laudatio by Bob Hinings