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Mark Brown is a Teaching Professor in the Department of Communication and Culture at BI Norwegian Business School. With a career spanning over two decades in academia, he specializes in intercultural communication and corporate environmental discourse. His professional journey includes positions at the Norwegian Police University College and a research fellowship at the University of Oslo, where he earned his PhD analyzing corporate environmental communications.
Education
- PhD in Humanities, University of Oslo (2008)
- Master Cand. Philol. in English, University of Oslo (1997)
- Bachelor's in English, University of Oslo (1995)
- Master's in Chemical Engineering, Imperial College, University of London (1982)
Research Focus: Brown's work bridges linguistics, business practices, and environmental sustainability. He examines how corporations and NGOs frame environmental issues through language patterns, stakeholder dynamics in CSR contexts, and intercultural communication strategies in business environments. His research employs corpus linguistics and discourse analysis to decode sustainability narratives.
Publication Trends: His scholarly output demonstrates consistent focus on sustainability communication, corporate discourse analysis, and business ethics. Recent works investigate stakeholder accountability in environmental disasters, textual analysis methodologies for sustainability reporting, and the rhetorical strategies used in corporate environmental representations. The publications reflect interdisciplinary approaches combining linguistics, ethics, and organizational studies.
Teaching: At BI Norwegian Business School, Brown leads bachelor-level courses:
- SPÅ 2901: Intercultural Communication in English - Business Cultures and Ethical Dilemmas
- SPÅ 2902: Intercultural Communication in English - Negotiations and Presentations
