Marianne Storgaard

Marianne Storgaard is an Associate Professor at the Department of Business and Sustainability, University of Southern Denmark (SDU), Kolding Campus. She serves as Head of the Research Group focused on Social Aspects of Organizing, contributing significantly to critical management studies and organizational research.

Her research spans several interconnected domains within management and organizational studies:

• Critical Management Studies and Reflexivity in organizational contexts
• Co-creation Management and collaborative business development
• Identity formation and organizational change
• Ethnocentrism and neo-colonial dynamics in multinational corporations
• Qualitative research methodologies and reflexive approaches to knowledge production

Her recent scholarly work demonstrates a consistent focus on collaborative approaches to management and organizational change, with increasing attention to emerging technologies like Generative AI in educational contexts. Her publications reveal a strong commitment to critical perspectives on organizational phenomena, particularly examining power dynamics, identity formation, and resistance within institutional settings.

Dr. Storgaard's recognition includes:

• Best Paper in Graduate Management Education and Development Award from the Academy of Management (2023)
• Teaching Award 2021 for IT and Interaction
• University Teaching Prize 2021, widely reported in regional media including Kolding Ugeavis, Jydske Vestkysten, and Fredericia Dagblad

As an educator, Dr. Storgaard teaches courses on qualitative methods, management, and change management, supervising primarily master's level projects with an emphasis on non-positivist, reflexive, and explorative research approaches. Her research projects include "Kollaborativ forretningsudvikling" (2019) and "Elevcentreret ledelse" (2015-2018), demonstrating her commitment to practical applications of management theory.

She actively participates in academic communities through conference presentations, workshop organization, and editorial work, with notable involvement in the 21st Nordic Conference on Small Business Research.