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Jonas Friedrich

Jonas Friedrich

Jonas Friedrich

Dr.

Great Minds Postdoctoral Fellow

Chair of Organization Studies
Rosenbergstraße 51

9000 St. Gallen
Schwerpunkte

My research interest lies at the intersection of democratic and participatory practices in organizations, ownership configurations, sustainability and ethics. I am a genuinely interdisciplinary researcher investigating organizations with approaches mainly form economics, sociology and psychology.

Forschungsgebiete

Organizational Theory

Democracy Theory

Ecology and Sustainability

New Material, Queer & Feminist Lenses

Sociology

Ausbildung
  • B.A. (Hons) Philosophy, Politics & Economics, University Witten/Herdecke (2013-2017)
  • Nova School of Business and Economics, Lisbon (2015-2016, exchange semester)
  • MSc Sociology, Oxford University (2018-2019)
  • PhD Candidate, Research Institute for Ogranizational Psychology, with Prof. Dr. Chris Steyaert (2021-2025)
Berufserfahrung
  • Great Minds Postdoctoral Fellow at University of St. Gallen, School of Management, Host: Prof. Dr. Blagoy Blagoev, Chair of Organization Studies (Since 7/2025)
  • PhD Candidate, Research Associate and Teaching Assistant at the Research Center for Organizational Psychology for Prof. Dr. Chris Steyaert. Teaching assistance through a variety of bachelor, master and Ph.D. courses and research support. (2021 – 2025)
  • Visiting PhD Fellow at the Department of Organization, Copenhagen Business School, Hosted by Associate Professor and Vice Dean Emil Husted (08.–12. 2023)
  • Post-Gradutate Researcher - Sustainable Smart Cites as part of the NRP77 Research Programme on "Digital Transformation", Chair for Innovation Management, University of St. Gallen (2020-2021)
  • Research Assistance for Prof. Dr. Dr. Bruno S. Frey - Center for Economics and Well-Being, University of Basel (2016-2018)
  • Co-founder of the consultancy collective - A Hitchhikers Guide Through Complexity (2017)
Lehraktivitäten

Own Teaching activities: 

  • Democratizing Work: Vices and Chances for Sustainable Economes (BA, Context Studies, SoSe 2026)

Co-Teaching and Assistance with Prof. Dr. Chris Steyaert:

  • Organizational Behavior and Change 
  • Creativity and Team Dynamics 
  • Ecologies of Organization and Entrepreneurship
  • Organizing Museums in Digital Cultures
  • Organizational Development Seminar  'Asperitas'
Auszeichnungen
  • Winner EBS University Best Paper Award 2025 on Innovation, Corporate Entrepreneurship & Transformation (2025)
  • Runner-up EGOS Best Student Paper Award 2025
  • AOM Best Paper Proceedings in the Organization and Environment Devision: "Does
    Smart equal Sustainable? Coupling, Decoupling, and the Sustainability (2021)
    Performance in Cities" with Maximilian Palmié & Oliver Gassmann 
  • Oxford Internet Institute [funds to conduct on online experiment and survey] (2018)
  • CESS Nuffield Center for Experiemental Social Sciences [funds to conduct on online experiment and survey] (2018)
  • Full Scholar German Academic Merit Foundation 2013-2019
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