Katlin Pulk

Katlin Pulk is an Associate Professor at Estonian Business School where she has held multiple leadership roles including Vice Rector for Research (2018-2022), Head of Doctoral Studies (2017-2022), and Head of the Management Department (2017-2018). She maintains an active research profile focused on temporal dimensions of organizational processes.

Education History:

• Ph.D. in Organization Studies (Copenhagen Business School, 2016)
• Master of Social Sciences (Estonian Business School, 2008)
• MBA (Henley Management College, 2007)
• Bachelor of International Business Administration (Estonian Business School, 2001)

Her research examines time and temporality in organizational contexts, specializing in:

• Organizational change processes and continuity dynamics
• Temporal agency and event-based time perception
• Outsourcing/backsourcing transitions
• Philosophical foundations of organizational temporality

She employs process theory frameworks to investigate how temporal dimensions shape innovation, commitment, and organizational evolution.

Recent publications (2022-2025) demonstrate interdisciplinary engagement across organization studies, philosophy, and technology ethics. Dominant themes include:

• Temporal analysis of organizational change processes
• AI's impact on higher education systems
• Historicity in organizational contexts
• Socio-ecological challenges

Her work increasingly examines technology's role in reshaping democratic processes and organizational realities.

Awards and Honors:

• 2019 Conference of the Year Award from Estonian Convention Bureau for organizing the 34th European Group for Organizational Studies Colloquium

As Head of Doctoral Studies, she oversees doctoral education and teaches graduate seminars. She served as Principal Investigator for the Erasmus+-funded project Managing Art Projects with Societal Impact (2013-2016), coordinating multiple European institutions.