The research group ‘Organizing Social Transformation’ takes an organizational perspective on transition processes in urban contexts. We study how sustainable solutions and social innovations emerge, diffuse, and scale in complex ecosystems featuring a diverse cast of institutional actors. Our aim is to understand how social transformation can be orchestrated through powerful anchors of place, atmosphere, and community.
MULTI-ACTOR DYNAMICS
When entrepreneurs, citizens, municipalities, businesses, NGOs, and investors meet, it’s an encounter and often a clash of cultural worlds. We are researching the inter-organizational and multi-stakeholder dynamics driving and thwarting social transformation.
CULTURAL NORMS
From a perspective between management and the social sciences, we combine ethnographic methods with network analysis to uncover unspoken, normalized behaviors and support people in adapting social practices that stand in the way of change.
ENGAGED RESEARCH
We are experts in co-creative methods and interventions, conducting research projects in a participatory manner. Academic analysis is not an endpoint but an opportunity to collectively reflect and experiment with innovative organizational practices.
