Dr. Iris Seidemann
Vita
Iris Seidemann is an organizational scholar and Postdoctoral Researcher in the structural programme Embracing Transformation within the key subject area Organizing in Times of Crisis at Leuphana University of Lüneburg. She received her doctorate (Dr. rer. pol., summa cum laude) from the University of Hamburg in 2023. She subsequently served as co-coordinator of the transdisciplinary third-party funded project Resilience Building through Multi-Stakeholder Engagement in Anticipatory Action for Climate-Induced Disasters (REBUMAA), which focused on climate adaptation, anticipatory humanitarian action, and resilience building in West Africa. Her research combines qualitative and ethnographic approaches with a process- and practice perspective and examines tensions and paradoxes that emerge across different interfaces of transformation and crisis in organizations and interorganizational networks.
Publications
Journal contributions
- Early Warnings, No Actions: A Practice Perspective on Barriers to Anticipatory Action Approaches
Pia Geisemann (Author) , Iris Seidemann (Author) , Dorcas Olawuyi (Author) , Daniel Geiger (Author) , 01.12.2025 , in: Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management, 33, 4 , 14 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- Anticipatory Action in River Flooding Risk Management in Nigeria: An Assessment of Community-Level Implementation
Dorcas Adewumi Olawuyi (Author) , Adeniyi Sulaiman Gbadegesin (Author) , Dickson ‘Dare Ajayi (Author) , Peter Oyedele (Author) , Daniel Geiger (Author) , Iris Seidemann (Author) , Pia Geisemann (Author) , Samantha Sansone (Author) , Fatimah Nasir (Author) , Oloche Percy Antenyi (Author) , Francis Salako (Author) , Judith Agada (Author) , Patience Adaje (Author) , 01.12.2025 , in: Journal of Flood Risk Management, 18, 4 , 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- The Downward Spiral of Legitimacy Erosion: Lessons on Network Governance Failure During the German “Refugee Crisis”
Iris Seidemann (Author) , Kristina S. Weißmüller (Author) , Daniel Geiger (Author) , 09.07.2025 , in: Public Administration Review , 17 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- Blinded by the Light: A critique on the universality, normativity, and hegemony of paradox theory and research
Iris Seidemann (Author) , 01.10.2024 , in: Organization Theory, 5, 4 , p. 1-25 , 25 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- Conceptual foundations of workforce homogeneity in the public sector. Insights from a systematic review on causes, consequences, and blind spots
Iris Seidemann (Author) , Kristina S. Weißmüller (Author) , 01.01.2024 , in: Public Management Review, 26, 2 , p. 334-356 , 23 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
Activities
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From Decoupling to Disentangling: A Radical Practice Ontology for Grand Challenges
Iris Seidemann (Speaker) , Paula Jarzabkowski (Speaker) , Fannie Couture (Speaker)
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Drifting into disconnect: The emergence of inverted path dependence in addressing climate-induced disasters
Iris Seidemann (Speaker) , Daniel Geiger (Speaker)
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Anticipatory Action: Explorations of Who Is Left Behind and How to Close the Gap
Iris Seidemann (Speaker)
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Caught in a Trap: The Co-Creation of Paradoxes in Processes of Legitimacy Repair
Iris Seidemann (Speaker) , Daniel Geiger (Speaker)
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Nobody said it was easy: From collaboration practices to system dynamics in tackling grand challenges
Iris Seidemann (Speaker) , Daniel Geiger (Speaker)
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Prizes
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Best Paper 2023 AOM Annual Meeting Proceedings
Iris Seidemann (Recipient) ,Prize: external Prizes, scholarships, distinctions, appointments › Research