Claus Rerup

Claus Rerup is a Professor of Management at the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management, where he also served as Vice President for Academic Affairs/Dean of Faculty from 2021 to 2023. His research focuses on organizational learning, ambiguity, workplace politics, and sensemaking in complex environments. He has held tenured positions at institutions like Ivey Business School (Associate Professor) and visiting roles at universities including Bocconi University and Aarhus University. Rerup earned his Ph.D. and M.Sc. from Aarhus University, with postdoctoral work at Wharton School and visiting scholar positions at Stanford and University of Illinois.

His research has been published in top journals such as Administrative Science Quarterly, Academy of Management Journal, and Organization Science. He has received multiple awards, including the Outstanding Reviewer Award (four times) from Organization Science and the 2019 Teaching Excellence Award at Frankfurt School. Rerup has served on editorial boards of leading journals and edited volumes like the Cambridge Handbook of Routine Dynamics.

Teaching includes MBA, Master in Management, and executive education programs (e.g., leadership, power dynamics, disinformation). He advises companies such as Ontario Teachers’ Pension Fund and Ernst & Young. His work bridges theory and practice, addressing how organizations navigate ambiguity, learn from rare events, and regulate conflicting goals within routines.

Notable contributions include pioneering studies on 'attentional triangulation' in crisis learning, routine dynamics, and identity transitions. He has also collaborated with interdisciplinary teams on topics like mediated sensemaking and noise as signals in rare event analysis.