Jonas Friedrich
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Title
Dr.
Last Name
Friedrich
First name
Jonas
Email
jonas.friedrich@unisg.ch
ORCID
Phone
+41 71 224 39 27
Schwerpunkte
My research interest lies at the intersection of democratic and participatory practices in organizations, ownership configurations, sustainability and ethics. I am a genuinely interdisciplinary researcher investigating organizations with approaches mainly form economics, sociology and psychology.
Forschungsgebiete
Organizational Theory
Democracy Theory
Ecology and Sustainability
New Material, Queer & Feminist Lenses
Sociology
Ausbildung
- B.A. (Hons) Philosophy, Politics & Economics, University Witten/Herdecke (2013-2017)
- Nova School of Business and Economics, Lisbon (2015-2016, exchange semester)
- MSc Sociology, Oxford University (2018-2019)
- PhD Candidate, Research Institute for Ogranizational Psychology, with Prof. Dr. Chris Steyaert (2021-2025)
Berufserfahrung
- Great Minds Postdoctoral Fellow at University of St. Gallen, School of Management, Host: Prof. Dr. Blagoy Blagoev, Chair of Organization Studies (Since 7/2025)
- PhD Candidate, Research Associate and Teaching Assistant at the Research Center for Organizational Psychology for Prof. Dr. Chris Steyaert. Teaching assistance through a variety of bachelor, master and Ph.D. courses and research support. (2021 – 2025)
- Visiting PhD Fellow at the Department of Organization, Copenhagen Business School, Hosted by Associate Professor and Vice Dean Emil Husted (08.–12. 2023)
- Post-Gradutate Researcher - Sustainable Smart Cites as part of the NRP77 Research Programme on "Digital Transformation", Chair for Innovation Management, University of St. Gallen (2020-2021)
- Research Assistance for Prof. Dr. Dr. Bruno S. Frey - Center for Economics and Well-Being, University of Basel (2016-2018)
- Co-founder of the consultancy collective - A Hitchhikers Guide Through Complexity (2017)
Lehraktivitäten
Own Teaching activities:
- Democratizing Work: Vices and Chances for Sustainable Economes (BA, Context Studies, SoSe 2026)
Co-Teaching and Assistance with Prof. Dr. Chris Steyaert:
- Organizational Behavior and Change
- Creativity and Team Dynamics
- Ecologies of Organization and Entrepreneurship
- Organizing Museums in Digital Cultures
- Organizational Development Seminar 'Asperitas'
Auszeichnungen
- Winner EBS University Best Paper Award 2025 on Innovation, Corporate Entrepreneurship & Transformation (2025)
- Runner-up EGOS Best Student Paper Award 2025
- AOM Best Paper Proceedings in the Organization and Environment Devision: "Does
Smart equal Sustainable? Coupling, Decoupling, and the Sustainability (2021)
Performance in Cities" with Maximilian Palmié & Oliver Gassmann - Oxford Internet Institute [funds to conduct on online experiment and survey] (2018)
- CESS Nuffield Center for Experiemental Social Sciences [funds to conduct on online experiment and survey] (2018)
- Full Scholar German Academic Merit Foundation 2013-2019