In the podcast "Reject and Resubmit: The Assist.Prof Podcast" (formerly Desk Reject: der PhD-Cast"), Alexander, Philipp, and Marco share their experiences as Assistant Professors in Business, Economics and Information Systems at different universities across Europe. The goal is not necessarily to inform, but to offer a candid lens into the joys and struggles of three junior scholars trying to find their way in the jungle of academia. We hope you accompany us on this journey and maybe even learn a thing or two (but don't count on it).
In each episode, the hosts prepare a discussion topic in one of the following categories: academic life, theory and research, and work besides research.
If you want to get in touch with us, feel free to reach out via our institutional email addresses, which you can find here:
Alexander: https://www.alexander-staub.com/
Philipp: https://www.uu.nl/staff/PBBecker
Marco: https://www.uva.nl/en/profile/r/a/m.l.rapp/m.l.rapp.html
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Alexander Staub, Philipp Becker and Marco Leander Rapp
All the books, skills and topics you need to avoid
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?
31 Aug 2026
Conferencing like it's 2025
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.
3 Aug 2026
The managerial recommenation deliberation
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
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