Renate Meyer

Renate Meyer is a Professor in the Department of Organization at Copenhagen Business School (CBS), affiliated with the Center for Organizational Research on Impact (CORI). Her research centers on institutional dynamics, symbolic processes, and organizational responses to societal challenges, with extensive publications in leading management journals.

Her work critically examines how material artifacts and visual representations drive institutional change, while exploring paradoxes in collective leadership and institutional complexity. Key projects include The impact of material artifacts and visual representations on the institutionalization of innovations and Turning Theory into Action: Undesirable Consequences of Implementing Organization and Management Theory. Meyer frequently investigates compromise mechanisms in contested fields like Islamic banking and develops frameworks for tackling grand challenges through collaborative action.

Recent publications (2023-2025) reveal a strong interdisciplinary trajectory, connecting semiotics, philosophy, and crisis management to address emerging issues like generative AI's organizational impact. Her scholarship consistently bridges theoretical rigor (e.g., Cassirer's symbolic philosophy) with practical applications in governance, sustainability, and interorganizational collaboration, often through special issue editorships that shape field discourse.

No scientific awards are documented in available sources.

Meyer leads two major research initiatives focused on innovation institutionalization and management theory implementation, though specific grant details and advisees remain unlisted. Her collaborative approach is evident in multi-author publications spanning finance, AI ethics, and crisis response, suggesting extensive cross-institutional partnerships.

As a core member of CBS's Center for Organizational Research on Impact (CORI), Meyer contributes to an interdisciplinary hub analyzing how organizations generate societal value through institutional work, symbolic practices, and role ecologies in complex environments.