About
Warren Nilsson is a Visiting Lecturer at the University of Vermont's Grossman School of Business and an Associate Professor of Social Innovation at the University of Cape Town Graduate School of Business. He holds a Ph.D. in Management (Strategy and Organization) from McGill University, an MBA from the University of Baltimore, and a BA (College Scholar) from Cornell University.
His research focuses on organizational development for social innovation, particularly the relationship between positive organizing and institutional transformation. He has explored topics such as 'positive institutional work,' love in organizational contexts, and collective wellbeing pedagogy. His work has been published in journals like the Academy of Management Review and Stanford Social Innovation Review.
Warren has held leadership roles, including Director of the MPhil in Inclusive Innovation Program at the University of Cape Town and Co-Director of the Rockefeller Foundation Global Fellowship Program on Social Innovation (in collaboration with Stockholm Resilience Center, University of Victoria, and University of Waterloo). He co-founded Organization Unbound, an international initiative aligning organizational practices with social change goals.
Before academia, he spent a decade in community development in Baltimore. He is affiliated with the University of Michigan’s Center for Positive Organizations and currently resides in Burlington, Vermont.
