Jesper Strandgaard

Jesper Strandgaard is a Professor in the Department of Organization at Copenhagen Business School (CBS), Denmark, specializing in organizational theory intersecting with sustainable development, gastronomy, and cultural heritage. His work examines institutional dynamics in higher education, culinary systems, and UNESCO-designated cultural practices.

His research centers on sustainable development through organizational lenses, particularly analyzing how school gardens and culinary movements advance educational sustainability. He investigates management idea diffusion in European higher education institutions and explores the institutionalization of cultural festivals as invented traditions under UNESCO frameworks. Key interests include food systems education, organizational decision processes, and stakeholder collaborations for sustainable consumption.

Recent publications reveal a cohesive trajectory examining organizational responses to sustainability challenges, with increasing focus on food systems and cultural heritage. His work demonstrates methodological diversity across ethnographic studies of culinary movements, institutional analysis of heritage festivals, and critical examinations of management education. A recurring theme is the tension between tradition and innovation within institutional fields.

Strandgaard has supervised 7 students and maintains significant academic engagement through 5 documented lectures/workshops on field configuring events and institutional theory. His 20 media appearances demonstrate public scholarship on food culture management, organizational change, and culinary innovation in Danish contexts.