Department of Organization

I use ethnographic methods, interviews, and policy analysis to study work, governance and expertise in organizations and projects, and the organization of markets and architectural competitions aimed at solving societal problems. 

Currently, I am employed as an Assistant Professor, partly funded by the project ‘Green transition through the dynamics of problematizations’, which is funded by the Independent Research Fund Denmark. In collaboration with colleagues from Aalborg University, DTU, and CBS, the project investigates the role of the state in valuing energy resources in Denmark. (link). Within the project, I study current valuation practices, governance and resource making, with a specific focus on biogas and Power-to-X, by analyzing policy documents, interviews, and observations of meetings and seminars at the Danish Energy Agency. 

During my postdoctoral project ‘Organizing Energy Consumption’ (2016-2020) funded by EUDP (link) and I-REMB ( link ), I represented CBS in two work packages of the smart grid project EcoGrid 2.0. This demonstration project developed a market solution to address the challenge of fluctuating electricity production in the Danish electricity grid. As a part of my involvement in the demonstration project, I conducted ethnographic studies on how engineers constructed the marked for flexible electricity consumption. Additionally, I conducted ethnographic studies on Bornholm, which included interviews with participants in the smart grid project, as well as several months of observations of repair work conducted by field technicians. The results of this research project have been disseminated to the public (link) and published in venues within science and technology studies (STS), market studies, energy research, and work and employment studies. 

I am also currently collaborating with colleagues from the Department of Accounting at CBS in studying the Danish Hospital Programme. As a part of my PhD at Roskilde University, I conducted ethnographic studies of dialogue-based architectural competitions. The findings of this research have been disseminated to the public (link) and published in my PhD thesis, a book, book chapters, and journals within the fields of accounting, architectural research, organization, and management. 

I serve as the editor of the podcast series ‘Organisationers Verden’ (link)  with Marianne Benfeldt Kellmann and Emil Husted.