Short bio

• Professor for organization studies

• Head of the Institute for Organization Studies at WU Vienna

• Co-head of the Research Institute for Urban Management and Governance at WU Vienna

• Part-time professor of institutional theory at the Department for Organization at CBS Copenhagen Business School

• Visiting professor of management | Saïd Business School | University of Oxford

• Visiting professorial fellow | Alberta School of Business | University of Alberta | Canada

• 2021 division chair of the OMT Division of the Academy of Management

• Former Editor in chief of Organization Studies

• Co-founder of an international network for institutional theory

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Research interests

Current research interests include phenomenological institutional organization theory, multimodal research, changing meaning structures and institutional change, institutionalization of management innovations, translation ecosystems, institutional renewal, (de-)institutionalization of novel ideas, framing, unintended consequences of change initiatives, the impact of organizational research in society, collective action in various crises (refugees, covid, fires), as well as governance arrangements and governance gaps in multisector settings. Current phenomena studied include the climate change debate, anti-vaccination discourses, science skepticism, the purpose of the corporate form, multistakeholder arrangements in various crises (forced migration, covid, fires), public infrastructure (e.g., public libraries) for social inclusion, and organizational utopias & dystopias.

Research and publications

A comprehensive list of research projects in which Renate Meyer is involved as well as a list of her publications can be found in the PURE documentation.

Courses

• SBWL Organisation: Grundkurs 1 - Organisation und Governance

• SBWL Organisation: Vertiefungskurs 1 - Neue Modelle der Organisation und Governance
   

• Management: Financial and Management Accounting

• Management: Organization Theory

• Management: Masterarbeit Coaching

• Management: Masterarbeit Defensio
   

• Research Seminar Organization Studies

• CEMS PhD Course "Organizing Agents and Institutions", CBS Copenhagen Business School

• CBS PhD Course "Institutional Organizational Analysis - Change and Transformation"