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Department of Organization
- Center for Organizational Research on Impact (CORI)

Jane Bjørn Vedel’s research focuses on the organizational and societal implications of large-scale donations to basic, translational, and mission-oriented research. She currently leads two major research projects that examine how changes in field-level financial structures within higher education catalyze shifts in universities’ organizational forms and key professions. Additionally, she investigates how the largest donations of our time shape the structure and outcomes of receiving organizations. Previously, Vedel’s work concentrated on the management of interorganizational relationships, particularly the complexities of collaborations between companies and academic research institutions. She has received awards for excellence in teaching, reviewing, and research, and regularly engages with senior-level stakeholders in university management, companies, and foundations. Vedel has raised significant funding for her research as PI, co-PI, and lead and is currently the single Principal Investigator for research funding of 1,720,572 EUR (1,861,713 USD).
Vedel’s research has been published in leading journals, including Research Policy, Journal of Management Studies, European Management Review, Industry and Innovation, Innovation: Organization & Management, and Social Studies of Science.
- Large-scale philanthropy and organizational and societal change
- Organizational adaptation in dynamic environments
- Management of innovation in interorganizational relationships
- Time and temporality
- Science and technology studies
- Theory building from multiple case studies
Strategy and Organization, MSc in EBA - General Management and Analytics (GMA)
Business Projects, MSc in EBA - General Management and Analytics (GMA)
Master thesis, MSc in EBA - General Management and Analytics (GMA)
Master thesis, MSc in EBA - General Management and Analytics (GMA)
PhD supervisor to:
Vera Simoneit
Postdoc mentor to:
Søren Lund Frandsen
Amna Chaudhry
Student assistant:
Anders Kieler
Vedel, J. B., & Geraldi, J. (forthcoming). How managers respond to paradoxical control-trust dynamics in interorganizational relationships over time: A constitutive approach. Journal of Management Studies. First Published June 23, 2022.
Vedel, J. B. (2021). Balancing conflicting goals in interorganizational collaborations in the pharmaceutical industry: A contractual dynamics view. European Management Review, 18(1).
Vedel, J. B., & Kokshagina, O. (2021). How firms undertake organizational changes to shift to more-exploratory strategies: A process perspective. Research Policy, 50(1).
Irwin, A., Vedel, J. B., & Vikkelsø, S. (2021) Isomorphic difference: Familiarity and distinctiveness in national research and innovation policies. Research Policy, 50(4).
Research
Communication
Paper presented at 40th EGOS Colloquium 2024, 2024
In: Proceedings of the Eighty-fourth Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management. ed. /Sonia Taneja. Valhalla, NY : Academy of Management 2024, 1 p. (Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings)
Paper presented at 40th EGOS Colloquium 2024, 2024
In: Proceedings of the Eighty-fourth Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management. ed. /Sonia Taneja. Valhalla, NY : Academy of Management 2024, 1 p. (Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings)
Paper presented at 39th EGOS Colloquium 2023, 2023
In: Innovation: Organization & Management, Vol. 25, No. 3, 8.2023, p. 221-235
In: Journal of Management Studies, Vol. 60, No. 8, 12.2023, p. 2060-2090
Paper presented at The Academy of Management Annual Meeting 2023, 2023
In: Proceedings of the Eighty-third Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management. ed. /Sonia Taneja. Briarcliff Manor, NY : Academy of Management 2023, 1 p. (Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings)
Paper presented at The EASST 2022 Conference, 2022
In: Industry and Innovation, Vol. 29, No. 2, 2.2022, p. 136-185
In: European Management Review, Vol. 18, No. 1, 3.2021, p. 71-83
Paper presented at 37th EGOS Colloquium 2021, 2021
Paper presented at The Academy of Management Annual Meeting 2021, 2021
In: Proceedings of the Eighty-first Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management. ed. /Sonia Taneja. Briarcliff Manor, NY : Academy of Management 2021, 1 p. (Academy of Management Proceedings)
In: Research Policy, Vol. 50, No. 1, 1.2021
In: Research Policy, Vol. 50, No. 4, 5.2021
Abstract from EU-SPRI, 2021
Paper presented at Annual Meeting of the Society of Social Studies of Science (4S) 2021, 2021
In: International Journal of Project Management, Vol. 38, No. 7, 10.2020, p. 454-463
Paper presented at 36th EGOS Colloquium 2020, 2020
Paper presented at Annual Meeting of the Society of Social Studies of Science (4S), 2020
Paper presented at 35th EGOS Colloquium 2019, 2019
Paper presented at Annual Meeting of the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S), 2019
Paper presented at Society for Social Studies of Science Annual Conference. 4S Sydney, 2018
Paper presented at Governing the Middle. GTM 2: Platforms, Standards, Practices and the Organization of Contemporary Matters of Collective Concerns, 2018
Paper presented at Annual Meeting of the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S), 2017
In: Social Studies of Science, Vol. 47, No. 3, 2017, p. 417–438
Paper presented at 4S/EASST Conference 2016, 2016
Abstract from Annual Meeting Society for Social Studies of Science 2015, 2015
Frederiksberg : Copenhagen Business School [Phd] 2014, 314 p. (PhD series, No. 4.2014)
In: Nature Reviews. Drug Discovery, Vol. 12, No. 10, 2013, p. 723-724
In: Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society, Vol. 31, No. 6, 2011, p. 506-517
In: STS Encounters - DASTS working paper series, Vol. 4, No. 2, 2011, p. 175-202
Durham : Journal of Management Studies 22.7.2022
In: Carlsbergfondet. Årsskrift 2017. ed. /Jane Benarroch; Anne Marie Nielsen; Peter Thostrup. København : Carlsbergfondet 2017, p. 68-71 (Carlsbergfondet. Aarsskrift)
In: Samfundsrelevant forskning på CBS: 14 udvalgte cases. Frederiksberg : Copenhagen Business School, CBS 2014, p. 30-31
- Economic competitiveness and/or Science in Society: The role of publicly funded research in the private sector
- The socioeconomic importance of research-based education
- Isomorphism and Contextuality: national policies for science, competitiveness and innovation
- The implications of large-scale grants for the university as an institutionalized organization
- The impact of big funding on the outcomes and institutionalized form of the university
- Research Stay at Stanford University, January to June 2025
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2021