Daniel Semper

Daniel Semper is a Research Fellow at Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU Wien) within the Department of Management and Institute of Change Management & Management Development. He maintains an active affiliation with the Stockholm Center for Civil Society Studies at Stockholm School of Economics (SSE).

His academic credentials include a doctoral degree from Johannes Kepler University Linz, an MA in Management & Organizational Analysis from Warwick Business School (UK), and dual BA/MA degrees in Sociology from Karl Franzens University Graz.

Dr. Semper's research centers on institutional change dynamics and organizational categorization processes, with specialized focus on legitimacy construction, authenticity negotiation, identity formation, and stigmatization mechanisms within organizational contexts. His current work examines evolutionary patterns in category systems and boundary-shifting phenomena across institutional fields.

He has established international research connections through visiting appointments at University of Technology Sydney (Australia), University of Alberta (Canada), University of Bergamo (Italy), and Higher School of Economics (Russia), demonstrating transnational academic engagement.