NEW RELEASE: Politics of Disclosure – Organizational Transparency as Multiactor Negotiation
Abstract: Transparency is in vogue, yet it is often used as an umbrella concept for a wide array of phenomena. More focused concepts are needed to understand the form and function of different phenomena of visibility. In this article, the…
New Release: Open(ing up) for the future
Together with Georg Reischauer (WU Vienna & Hertie School of Governance), I contributed a chapter to the upcoming edited volume How Organizations Manage the Future: Theoretical Perspectives and Empirical Insights by Hannes Krämer and Matthias Wenzel (both Viadrina European University)….
New Project: Textbook on “Open Organizing”
Every year, Wikimedia Germany together with two partners (VolkswagenStiftung and Stifterverband) supports a small number of young scholars who are interested in the idea of open science. For eight months, these “Open Science Fellows” receive support to realize their own…
NEW RELEASE: Temporal talk and institutional work
Heimstädt, M., & Möllering, G. (2017) Let’s talk about time! Temporal talk as a coordination mechanism in institutional work Abstract: Agency is a focal and contested issue in studies on institutional change. One aspect that is not understood very well…
NEW RELEASE: “Openwashing: A decoupling perspective on organizational transparency”
Abstract: With the rise of digital technologies, organizations are able to produce, process, and transfer large amounts of information at marginal cost. In recent years, these technological developments together with other macro-phenomena like globalization and rising distrust of institutions has…
Neuerscheinung: “Erst Offenheit gibt digitaler Bildung Richtung”
Gemeinsam mit Leonhard Dobusch durfte ich für die aktuelle Ausgabe von “Forum Wissenschaft”, der Zeitschrift des Bunds demokratischer Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler (BdWi) einen Einstiegstext zum Thema digitale Bildung beisteuern. Der Lead-Text stammt zwar nicht von uns, trifft aber ziemlich gut, worum es uns…
I'm a postdoctoral researcher at Reinhard Mohn Institute of Management, Witten/Herdecke University. I study organizations. I'm interested in "all things open" and the digital transformation of work. I have a PhD in organization theory from Free University Berlin. Full CV