Antrittsvorlesung

Organizations are increasingly confronted with the combined effects of political, social, and ecological disruptions. Such disruptions ripple across levels of analysis and do not just impact single organizations but may propel entire sectors into unanticipated directions, cracking open various ethical pitfalls. This inaugural lecture will problematize how organizations navigate the paradoxical pressures of disruptive events, sometimes resorting to deceptive practices to maintain legitimacy and control. Drawing on a temporal lens, the lecture will set forth a research agenda on the tension between the need for fast action implied by disruption and the slow pace necessary for ethical organizing.

Blagoy Blagoev joined the University of St.Gallen as Professor of Organization Studies in February 2024. He holds a doctoral degree from Freie Universität Berlin and has previously served as professor and lecturer at Technische Universität Dresden and Leuphana University Lüneburg. His research interests include organizing and managing for sustainability, emerging technologies and organizing, new and decentralized forms of working and organizing, and organizational change and transformation. Blagoy has received multiple awards, grants, and fellowships, including the Ernst Reuter Prize at Freie Universität Berlin and the Governing Responsible Business Fellowship at Copenhagen Business School.