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Barbara Kump is an Associate Professor at Erasmus University Rotterdam, specializing in sustainability transitions, organizational behavior, and institutional change. Her work focuses on understanding how actors navigate systemic changes in energy, food systems, and academic institutions. With an h-index of 8 and over 800 citations, her research bridges social science theory with practical sustainability challenges.
Her expertise spans topics like energy community governance, emotional dynamics in sustainability transitions, and transformative research strategies. Notable contributions include applying Lewin's field theory to analyze incumbent actor agency and exploring category shifts in novel food systems.
Kump has engaged in over 48 research outputs since 2006, with recent emphasis on institutional opportunities for impact-driven higher education and ethical challenges in organizational routines. She actively reviews for journals like Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions and Technological Forecasting and Social Change.
Her work aligns with UN Sustainable Development Goals, particularly addressing climate action (SDG13) and responsible consumption (SDG12). She has presented keynote addresses on entrepreneurship's role in addressing grand challenges and participated in multi-country collaborative research networks.
