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SERVSIG is fun

We strive to be a fun organization by being both lighthearted and intellectually nourishing. Try it out and you will be not disappointed.

SERVSIG is teaching

Teaching and sharing knowledge matter for us and is part of our DNA. We provide resources online and offline to improve your teaching and learning. Check out our teaching section. Teaching section

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We are proud of our community of service researchers, where we help each other and provide established-scholar’s feedback to the new generation.

 

Latest News

Let’s Talk About Service 2026

Let’s Talk About Service 13 Engineering the future of service: Innovation, Impact & Integrity Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), Eindhoven, The Netherlands 9-11 December 2026 Deadline: 1 September 2026 The...

How Are You Navigating AI in Teaching?

Are you struggling with how to use AI in your teaching? Or maybe you’re already testing new methods and want to share what works? Come share your experience with our...

SERVSIG Conference 2026 Mentoring Program Lunch

I am proud to announce that, through the generosity of SERVSIG 2026 Conference Chairs, Cristiana Raquel Costa Lages & Cláudia Maria Neves Simões, the SERVSIG Mentoring Program will host a lunch...

Saying Goodbye to Steve Grove

On April 22, 2026, our SERVSIG Community lost an early service research scholar who helped build SERVSIG.  Steve was a postdoctoral student at Oklahoma State University when Ray and Steve...

PRME Working Group on Service Systems for Humanity

ServCollab has collaborated with the United Nations Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) to create the PRME Working Group on Service Systems for Humanity. We seek to bring together scholars, educators, and practitioners...

Articles in Service Journals – Mar – Apr 2026

Considered Service-specific journals were Journal of Service Research, Journal of Service Management, Journal of Services Marketing, Journal of Service Theory and Practice, Service Industries Journal, Cornell Hospitality Quarterly, and Service Science. For...

Service Articles in Non-Service-Specific Journals: Mar-Apr 26

Today, we identify service articles published in Marketing, Management, Operations, Productions, Information Systems, and Practitioner-Oriented Journals in the last months. For more information about the alert system methodology, go here For all previous...

When Robots Feel Less Judging Than Humans: Rethinking Service Frontlines

Guest article by Jana Holthöwer, finalist of the 2026 SERVSIG Best Dissertation Award. Service robots are no longer a futuristic curiosity—they are already greeting hotel guests, delivering hospital supplies, and assisting consumers in...

CfP JoSM: Grand Challenges & Social Impact

Call for papers for a Special Issue of the Journal of Service Management. How can service management research address “Grand Challenges” to create social impact? Guest editors: Russell-Bennett R, Parkinson...

CfP JoSM: PLS-SEM in Service Research

Call for papers for a Special Section of the Journal of Service Management. Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) in Service Research. Guest editors: Köcher S, Radomir L, Gudergan...

Webinar: “Journal of Service Research: Meet the Editor”

12 May 2026 (2 pm CET) It is our pleasure to announce the next online seminar, by Florian von Wangenheim, EiC Journal of Service Research, who will introduce the vision of...

SERVSIG DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM 2026

SERVSIG Doctoral Consortium29 June 2026Hanken School of Economics, Helsinki (Finland) Submission deadline: 1 May 2026 The Service Special Interest Group (SERVSIG) of the American Marketing Association (AMA) is pleased to...