Valerija Golubic

Valerija Golubic is a Researcher at the Faculty of Campus Fryslân, University of Groningen, where she contributes to the Sustainable Entrepreneurship in a Circular Economy (SECE) research group. Her work investigates the structural and institutional challenges confronting social enterprises in balancing financial viability with social mission fulfillment.

Her core research domains include:

• Social Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Business Models
• Organizational Change Dynamics
• Stakeholder Salience and Institutional Logics
• Legitimacy Construction and Delegitimization Processes
• Financial-Social Performance Interdependencies
• Circular Economy Implementation Frameworks

Analysis of her 2021-2024 publications reveals consistent methodological emphasis on qualitative case studies examining how social enterprises navigate exogenous shocks through institutional work. Her research demonstrates how stakeholder coalitions reconfigure during crises, with particular attention to Dutch sheltered workshops and publicly owned social enterprises operating under institutional complexity.

As an integral member of the SECE research collective, Dr. Golubic participates in interdisciplinary initiatives developing circular economy business models that integrate social equity dimensions with environmental sustainability metrics through transnational collaboration networks.