Giorgio Touburg

Giorgio Touburg is a Lecturer in qualitative methods at the KIN Center for Digital Innovation, VU University Amsterdam, within the School of Business and Economics. He holds a Master's in Sociology from Erasmus University Rotterdam and is pursuing a PhD at the Rotterdam School of Management. His research focuses on radicalization governance, cross-cultural management, knowledge migration, and the critique of national culture theories in management education. He has published widely in sociology and management journals, with notable contributions questioning Hofstede's cultural frameworks and analyzing IT labor migration from the Global South.

His teaching portfolio includes courses on qualitative research methods, organizational sociology, and cross-cultural management at VU Amsterdam. He has conducted peer reviews for journals such as the Journal of Organizational Change Management and BMJ Open. Touburg occasionally contributes op-eds on societal issues and has been featured in media discussions about academic integrity and cultural diversity.

His research outputs span 55 publications, emphasizing qualitative methodologies, mythological analysis in business education, and the socio-cultural dimensions of knowledge transfer. Collaborations include studies on Indian IT professionals in the Netherlands and stakeholder frames in radicalization governance. He actively participates in academic networks and has reviewed over 25 scholarly works across multiple disciplines.