Last week, the EGOS Conference 2025 took place - an important conference for international scientific exchange in the field of organizational and management research. With great participation and exciting discussions, apl. Prof. Anja Danner-Schröder convened the sub-theme "The Normalization of Extreme Contexts: Creatively Co-existing with Crisis".

The thematic focus was on the question of what it means to live and work in a world that is characterized by simultaneously occurring, persistent and overlapping crises. From "predictable unpredictability" to "polycrisis" - the sub-theme offered space for theoretical, empirical and methodological contributions that dealt with the increasing normalization of extreme contexts on a societal, organizational and individual level.

Among the topics discussed were:

• How crisis perception and urgency are socially constructed
• The extent to which political and institutional structures adapt (or not) to permanent crises
• How organizations and individuals deal with uncertainty, excessive demands or apathy
• Which new methodological approaches are necessary to adequately research such phenomena

The sub-theme impressively demonstrated how relevant and urgent the examination of normalization processes in the context of crises is - not only for research, but also for practice.

We would like to thank all participants for the inspiring exchange!