Organizing in Times of Crises

Established approaches to understanding and managing crises build on the idea that crises are temporary, seemingly enabling a return to a state of order. Yet, environmental catastrophes, health crisis, wars, and other disasters severely disrupt routines and infrastructures in both public and private spheres. Leuphana researchers develop transformation knowledge for understanding the nature of organizing in times of crisis as a multilevel, systemic phenomenon instead of a temporary condition. They foster research on organizational processes and practices as well as their impact on social change and, furthermore, propose new models of crisis management.

Spokespersons

  • Prof. Dr. Elke Schüßler
  • Prof. Dr. Matthias Wenzel

Potential Research Areas

Possible topic areas and their potential supervisors:

Agency and actorhood in times of crisis

  • Prof. Dr. Boukje Cnossen

Corporate responsibility in times of crisis

  • Prof. Dr. Hannah Trittin-Ulbrich

Designing crisis-resilient organizations and institutions

  • Prof. Dr. Elke Schüßler

Entrepreneurship, creativity and innovation in times of crisis

  • Prof. Dr. Elke Schüßler

Future-making in times of crisis

  • Prof. Dr. Matthias Wenzel

Organizing spaces, collectives, and communities in times of crisis

  • Prof. Dr. Boukje Cnossen

Organizational communication in times of crisis

  • Prof. Dr. Hannah Trittin-Ulbrich

Strategizing in times of crisis

  • Prof. Dr. Matthias Wenzel