Vedran Omanovic

Vedran Omanovic is an Associate Professor in Management and Organization at the Department of Business Administration, School of Business, Economics and Law, University of Gothenburg. He obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Gothenburg in 2006. His research focuses on diversity in organizations, labor market integration of migrants, migration polarization, and alternative theoretical paradigms in organizational studies. He has co-authored Institutions and Organizations of Refugee Integration (Palgrave Macmillan, 2020) and received the 2017 Emerald Literati Network Award for an outstanding paper.

**Education**: Ph.D., University of Gothenburg (2006).

**Research Interests**:

• Organizational socialization of migrants
• Refugee integration policies
• Alternative paradigms in management theory
• Critical perspectives on diversity management
• Labor market polarization in Sweden

**Teaching & Supervision**: Vedran has supervised ~90 theses at undergraduate and graduate levels, emphasizing critical thinking and multiparadigmatic analysis. He has developed courses on strategic HRM, alternative paradigms, and organizational theory. He currently serves as a board member for a Strategic Human Resource Management master’s program.

**Awards**: 2017 Emerald Literati Network Award for (Mis) Managing Diversity: Exploring the Dangers of Diversity Management Orthodoxy (co-authored with David Knights).

**Grants & Projects**: Lead researcher on projects like Organizing Labour Market Integration of Immigrants (2017–2023) and Challenges of Polarization on the Swedish Labour Market (2017–2022).