2024 SCANCOR Weatherhead Alumni Conference
Thursday, April 18th 2024
→ Friday, April 19th 2024
On April 18th and 19th SCANCOR at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University hosted the 2024 SCANCOR Hybrid Alumni Conference.
On April 18th and 19th SCANCOR at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University hosted the 2024 SCANCOR Hybrid Alumni Conference.
Event schedule
Thursday, April 18th 2024
from 9:00 am to 5:15 pm
9:00AM-9:15AM Welcome
Frank Dobbin, Harvard University
9:15AM-10:45AM Session 1: Technological Innovations
All presentations in Session 1 will be virtual
Katharina Fellnhofer, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zürich & co-author,
Lars Hornuf, Dresden University of Technology
Detecting AI-Generated Content Via Intuition
Anne Kovalainen & Seppo Poutanen, University of Turku
Platformisation of Professions and Expertise – Social Media Influencer as a New Platform Profession
Juho Lindman, University of Gothenburg
Blockchain Technologies in Textile Supply Chains
11AM-1:00PM Session 2: Theoretical Explorations
All presentations in Session 2 will be virtual
Antoinnette Hetzler, Lund University
Relationship Ontology and New Professions– Synopsis and Conclusion of Relational Ontology as a Scientific Concept Adapted to Modern Day Advanced Society and Ongoing Decline and Fragmentation of Traditional Professions
Jukka Veikko Mäkinen, Estonian Business School
IN-Stakeholder Theory as a High-Liberal Conception of the Firm
Seija Kulkki, Aalto University
How Institutional Theory and Theories of Firm Discuss the Role of Firms in Societies?
Christina Öberg, Linnæs University
Ecosystems in International Business Research – Conceptualizations, Review, Co-citation Analysis and Ways Forward
2:00PM-3:30PM Session 3: Innovation
All presentations in Session 3 will be in person
Vishv Priya Kohli, Copenhagen Business School
Heritage in Europe: New Technologies in Craft for Preserving and Innovating the Future
Silviya Svejenova, Copenhagen Business School
Narratives and Temporality in Social Innovation: How Chefs a Serving ‘A Plate of Hope’ in Food Relief
Emrah Karakaya, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Artificial Intelligence: A Disruptive or Symbiotic Innovation?
3:45PM-5:15PM Session 4: Inequalities
All presentations in Session 4 will be in person
Sabina Nielsen, Copenhagen Business School
Why Gender is Not a Dummy? A Review and Critique of Research on Gender and Leadership
Johan Hvenmark, Marie Cederschiöld University
Approaching Voluntary Work as Work: A Research Proposal on Voluntary Work Conditions and the Reproduction of Inequalities
Iiris Saittakari, Aalto University
Rethinking Core and Periphery: Green Energy Investment of MNCs in Peripheral Cities
Friday, April 19th 2024
from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
9:00AM-10:30AM Session 1: Knowledge
All presentations in Session 1 will be virtual
Ida Lunde Jørgensen, Royal Danish Library, Aarhus University
Challenge Accepted: Rethinking Information Literacy Education at the University Library
Maria Ehrnström-Fuentes, Hanken School of Economics
Multispecies Organizing in the Web of Life – as Matter of Care
Signe Vikkelsø, Copenhagen Business School
Basic Rationales in Science, Technology & Innovation Policy: Sorting out Ideational Patterns and Organizational Tensions
10:45AM-12:15PM Session 2: Governance
All presentations in Session 2 will be virtual
Elin Lerum Boasson, University of Oslo
EU Climate Governance Generating Insights: Lessons Learned and Future Research Challenges
Astrid Hedin, Malmö University
The Impact of Soviet Sphere Regimes on Global Governance and Trends in West European Social Policy
Tiina Ritvala, Aalto University
Between Spaces: Imagining the Museum of the Future at the Nexus of Global and Local Influences
1:15PM-2:45PM Session 3: Governance II
All presentations in Session 3 will be in person
Haldor Byrkjeflot, University of Oslo
Civil Society and Bureaucracy in the Nordic Region
Giovanni Cardillo & co-author, Eleonora Monaco, University of Bologna
Unarmed Financial Markets
Carsten Greve, Copenhagen Business School
Public Management Reform and Public Value. The Case of the Elderly Care Reform in Denmark
3:00PM-4:30PM Session 4: Sustaining Tradition
All presentations in Session 4 will be in person
Rolv Petter Amdam, BI Norwegian Business School
An International Gastronomic Journey– How to Export Norwegian Bacalao Fish to the Iberian Peninsula to Get a New Regional Identity Back
Matilda Dorotic, BI Norwegian Business School
Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Society: Citizens’ Responses to High-risk AI Applications
Ulla Eriksson-Zetterquist, Gothenburg University
University Collegiality: Resistance, Activation, and Maintenance
4:30PM-5:00PM Takeaways: Frank Dobbin and Silviya Svejenova