Current fellows
Arno Kourula (Finland)
Sep 2010 - Aug 2012
Doctor of Science in Economics and Business Administration
Helsinki School of Economics, 2009
My primary research interests are corporate responsibility and cross-sector interaction. More specifically, my research projects have focused on corporate management of stakeholder relations with nongovernmental organizations, practices and business innovation in low-income markets, inter-organizational roles in evolving environmental networks, sustainability of public-private partnership infrastructure projects, and the political role of corporations. My research has appeared in Journals such as Business Ethics Quarterly, Business & Society, Corporate Governance, Energy Policy, Journal of Business Ethics and Journal of World Business. I also have taught courses and organized seminars on international business, corporate responsibility and business ethics at the bachelor, master, doctoral, and executive education levels.
At Stanford, Arno will be working with Prof. Ray Levitt in the Collaboratory for Research on Global Projects at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. In September 2012, he is starting as an Assistant Professor of Strategy at the University of Amsterdam Business School.
kourula@stanford.edu
Maja Lotz (Denmark)
Sep 2010 - Aug 2012
Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology
Copenhagen Business School, 2009
My research seeks to understand how organizational members co-create in current economic organizations.
Rooted within the field of organizational sociology, I investigate the everyday interactions and micro-dynamics that facilitate new forms of work-organization, co-creation, learning and experimental governance within and across various collaborative organizational settings (such as teams, units, and firms). In particular, I have studied the dynamics of work roles, communities, and work-organizing practices enabling mutual learning and innovative co-creation in small multinational manufacturing firms.
Based on ethnographic case studies my research provides insights into how new forms of work organization may facilitate joint learning and distributed innovative activities across diverse organizational and institutional contexts making it possible to construct novel forms of learning-based multinationals.
At Stanford, Maja will be working with Prof. Woody Powell in the School of Education.
majalotz@stanford.edu
Sara Värlander (Sweden)
Sep 2010 - Aug 2012
Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration
Stockholm University, 2007
Sara Värlander is a PhD from Stockholm University School of Business, Sweden. She defended her dissertation 'Framing and overflowing: How the infusion of Information Technology alters proximal service production' in June 2007.
Her research interests revolve around embodiment, materiality and organization. Sara has published several papers exploring the emergent outcomes of technology, and how spatial design and materiality in organizations affect flexibility, organizational discourse, and service production. Furthermore, the role of embodiment in creativity and in global work are topics that she currently works on.
Sara has received several awards and scholarships for her research.
She is an appreciated teacher and she has taught courses in Strategic Management at Master and Executive education level in Sweden, Poland and France.
Sara will be working with Prof. Pam Hinds in the Department of Management Science and Engineering.
sarav1@stanford.edu
Arild Waeraas (Norway)
Sep 2010 - Aug 2012
Doctor of Political Science
University of Tromsoe, 2004
My research interests are centered on the relationship between public sector organizations and their environments in general, and more specifically, on the roles of organizational identity, strategic communication, reputation, and brand management in this relationship.
I am particularly interested in the way in which public organizations in the higher education and health care sectors seek to improve their standing through various means. I am interested in the strategic thinking and management philosophies involved, in the processes, constraints and opportunities, as well as the outcomes and effects.
Arild will be working with Prof. Chiqui Ramirez in the School of Education.
arildw@stanford.edu
