Konstanze Senge

Konstanze Senge is a Professor at the Institute of Sociology, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany. With 52 publications and over 4,000 reads on ResearchGate, she maintains an active research profile in sociological theory and empirical analysis, particularly examining the intersections of organizations, economics, and emotions.

Her research expertise encompasses several key areas:

• Sociology of organizations and institutional theory
• Emotional dimensions of economic behavior and decision-making
• Risk, uncertainty, and crisis management in organizational contexts
• Corporate Social Responsibility and sustainability
• Financial markets sociology and emotional mechanisms in decision processes
• Climate crisis and emotional responses (green emotions)

Professor Senge's scholarly work demonstrates a consistent trajectory from foundational institutional theory toward increasingly applied examinations of emotional processes in economic contexts. Her recent publications (2022-2025) reveal a growing emphasis on contemporary crises, particularly how emotional responses shape organizational and societal reactions to climate change and financial uncertainty. Her research on green emotions represents a significant contribution to understanding affective dimensions of environmental challenges.

Her collaborative network includes prominent German sociologists such as Simon Dabrowski, Simon Dombrowski, and Angela Graf, with whom she has explored topics ranging from financialization's impact on corporate responsibility to the cultural dimensions of neo-institutional theory. Her work examining Wal-Mart's failed expansion into Germany provides important insights into the institutional limits of economic globalization.