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SCANCOR at the Weatherhead Center Welcomes Scholars for the Fall 2026

From left to right: Juho Lindman, Professor of Information Systems, Department of Applied IT, University of Gothenburg; Jocelyn Viterna, co-Director SCANCOR at the Weatherhead Center, Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology, Chair, Committee on Degrees in Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality, Harvard University; and Carl Fey, Professor, Department of Strategy and Entrepreneurship, BI Norwegian Business School.

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SCANCOR Scholars at Stanford University - Fall 2026

This week, we welcome our Fall 2026 cohort to Stanford's campus.

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22nd SCANCOR PhD course on institutional analysis held last month

Our 22nd SCANCOR PhD Course in Institutional Analysis, a weeklong doctoral course, ran from August 24 to August 28, 2026, at the School of Business, Economics, and Law at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

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Stanford University Spring Quarter 2026 Cohort

This week, we say goodbye to our wonderful scholars from the Spring 2026 cohort! From left to right: Jane Bjørn Vedel (CBS), Maria Savarese (Visiting Researcher at Stanford PACS), Olivia Motamedi (SCANCOR Program Coordinator), Patricia Bromley (SCANCOR Director at Stanford), Charlotte Both (WU Vienna), Thi Xuan Loi Dang (Malmö University), Nurina Heratri (NTNU), Virpi Timonen (University of Helsinki), Daojuan Wang (Aalborg University). Not pictured: Alexei Koveshnikov (Aalto University), Jan-Philipp Ahrens (University of Mannheim), Kristian Riksheim (NTNU)

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SCANCOR at the Weatherhead Center at Harvard University Spring 2026 Scholars

From left to right: Michael Woywode, Professor, University of Mannheim; Juho Lindman, Professor, University of Gothenburg; Sheryl Winston Smith, Associate Professor, BI Norwegian Business School; David Pedulla, Director of SCANCOR at the Weatherhead Center and Professor, Harvard University; Julia Fleischer, Professor, Bergen University.
Not pictured: Gustav Johed, Professor, Stockholm University.

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SCANCOR Scholars at Stanford University Winter Quarter 2026

From left to right:
Woody Powell, SCANCOR-Stanford Former Director, current Postdoc Director
Jane Bjørn Vedel, CBS
Elie Abi Saad, Umeå University
Giuliana Francesca Manganaro, University of Mannheim
Kristian Listou Riksheim, NTNU
Linnea Tavakoli Hagström, Mälardalen University
Sarah Bützler, Friedrich Schiller University Jena,
Patricia Bromley, SCANCOR-Stanford Director
Olivia Motamedi, SCANCOR-Stanford coordinator
Not pictured: Jiancai Liao from Aalto University and Jessica Annalena Steppe from NTNU.

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SCANCOR Annual Reports 2024–2025

Annual Reports 2024–2025 from SCANCOR at Stanford University and SCANCOR at the Weatherhead Center at Harvard University.

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SCANCOR at the Weatherhead Center Welcomes Scholars for the Fall 2025

From left to right: Michael Woywode, Professor, University of Mannheim; Lise Justesen, Associate Professor, Copenhagen Business School; Gustav Johed, Professor, Stockholm University; Diana Ocampo Belloso, coordinator of SCANCOR at the Weatherhead Center; Kerttu Kettunen, Associate Professor, University of Agder; Tobias Polzer, Assistant Professor, Vienna University of Economics and Business; Kimmo Alajoutsijärvi, Professor, University of Agder; David Pedulla, Director of SCANCOR at the Weatherhead Center, Professor, Harvard University.

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SCANCOR Annual Reports 2022–2024

On behalf of the Board for the Scandinavian Consortium for Organizational Research (SCANCOR), we are pleased to share with you the Annual Reports 2022–2024 from our centers at Stanford University and Harvard University.

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SCANCOR at Stanford University Welcomes Scholars for the Fall Quarter 2025

From left to right: Elie Abi Saad, Umeå University; Tuomas Vesterinen (Postdoc); Jukka Syväterä, University of Helsinki; Lina Uebbing, University of Mannheim; Elisa Sauerbier, University of Mannheim; Professor Patricia Bromley, Director of SCANCOR
Karin Hansson, Copenhagen School of Business
Pasi Aaltola, University of Jyväskylä
Simon Billinger, Stockholm School of Economics
Hugo Firmo, BI Norwegian Business School
Casper Larsen, Copenhagen School of Business
Janne Rosholm Tørresø, University of Southern Denmark

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21st SCANCOR PhD course on institutional analysis

SCANCOR celebrated the 21st session of its annual weeklong doctoral course in institutional theory in late August. This year the course was hosted by the Department of Government at the University of Bergen, and brought together students and top scholars from Europe and internationally, including several Stanford faculty.

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Announcing the Launch of SCANCOR-Scandinavia

We are delighted to announce the launch of SCANCOR-Scandinavia, opening on September 1, 2025, as a Nordic hub dedicated to advancing organizational and leadership research through international collaboration.

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SCANCOR Board Meeting in Finland

The board of the Scandinavian Consortium for Organizational Research convened at Aalto University in Espoo, Finland, to review the accomplishments of the past year and plan new initiatives.

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SCANCOR at Weatherhead Alumni Win Best Paper Award

SCANCOR at Weatherhead Alumni Juho Lindman and Jukka Mäkinen, with co-author Eero Kasanen authored the article “Big Tech’s Power, Political Corporate Social Responsibility and Regulation,” which was selected as the winner of the Journal of Information Technology Best Paper Prize.

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SCANCOR at the Weatherhead Welcomes Scholars for the Spring Semester 2025

From left to right: Suen Wang, Aalborg University; Jocelyn Viterna, SCANCOR Acting Director Harvard University; Ragnhild Kvålshaugen, BI Norwegian Business School; Frauke Urban, KTH Royal Institute of Technology; Hanna Silvola, Hanken School of Economics; Olga Iermolenko, Nord University Business School; Yumi Park, Copenhagen Business School.

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SCANCOR PhD Workshop Celebrates 20th Anniversary

Scancor celebrated the 20th anniversary session of its annual weeklong doctoral course in institutional theory. This year the course was hosted by Hamburg University and the University of Mannheim, and brought together top scholars and students from Europe and Stanford.

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Jocelyn Viterna joins SCANCOR as Acting Director

We would like to share the exciting news that Jocelyn Viterna will be taking over as Acting Director of SCANCOR at the Weatherhead Center at Harvard University for the 2024–2025 academic year while Frank Dobbin is on sabbatical.

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Applications open for 20th PhD Workshop on Institutional Analysis

This year’s SCANCOR Workshop on Institutional Analysis will be hosted by the University of Hamburg in collaboration with the University of Mannheim. Join the
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Fall Monday Seminar Series

Please join us this fall for our Monday seminar series at Stanford University. Each one will be held at 520 Galvez Mall Stanford, CA 94305 CERAS, Room 123 from 10:00-11:30am. We will also hold the

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New SCANCOR Co-Director Prashant Loyalka

We are pleased to announce that a valued colleague in the Stanford Graduate School of Education, Prashant Loyalka, has agreed to join our community as Co-Director of SCANCOR-Stanford for 2023-2024!  Prashant will take over running

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Institutional Analysis Workshop 2023

The University of Oslo, BI Norwegian Business School and Oslo Metropolitan University will co-host this workshop in Oslo from Monday, August 28th 2023-Friday, September 1st 2023. Details are forthcoming!

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SCANCOR-Weatherhead Alumni Conference 2020

Tuesday, October 20 Welcome 9:00AM-9:10AM Session 1 – 9:10AM-10:00AM Jukka Mäkinen, Professor of Business Ethics, Department of Marketing and Communication, Estonian Business School. “Liberal Democracy and Big Tech” Tiina Ritvala, Assistant Professor of International Business,

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Announcement 

2021-2023 Postdoctoral Fellowship Denmark

The Scandinavian Consortium for Organizational Research (SCANCOR) at Stanford University invites applications for a two-year postdoctoral fellowship beginning September 1, 2021. The fellowship is open to high-quality researchers who study the social, political, economic, or managerial aspects of organizations and their environments.

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2021-2023 Postdoctoral Fellowship Finland

The Scandinavian Consortium for Organizational Research (SCANCOR) at Stanford University invites applications for a two-year postdoctoral fellowship beginning September 1, 2021. The fellowship is open to high-quality researchers who study the social, political, economic, or

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In memoriam: James G. March (1928-2018)

One of the founders of modern studies of organizations and its leading scholar, Professor James G. March passed away on 27 September 2018 at the age of 90. He was the father of such concepts

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Happy New Year from SCANCOR

Though many will surely try, no one will really forget 2020. The impact of the pandemic on the SCANCOR community was the suspension of in-person meetings.

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