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Lars Thøger Christensen

Professor

Subjects
Organisation Communication Sustainability Social responsibility Identity Sociology

Primary research areas

Communicative practices

Drawing on sociology, semiotics, organization, and the philosophy of language I am particularly interested in how and why organizations engage in communicative practices such as autocommunication, aspirational talk, hypocrisy, and bullshit.

Transparency and visibility

I study transparency theory and transparency practices with a particular emphasis on how transparency proxies, such as visibility, can create both insight and opacity.

CSR and Sustainability

I apply my thinking to areas such as corporate social responsibility and sustainability, where social expectations for consistency between talk and action are most pronounced.

Responsible leadership

I am in­ter­ested in how re­spons­ible lead­er­ship is con­sti­tuted in communicative prac­tices of ac­count­ab­il­ity.

I challenge conventional assumptions.

My research helps understand: 
- Why organizations often fail to practice what they preach. 
- The different roles greenwashing can play for organizations and society. 
- How organizations present themselves through the voices of employees. 
- Why transparency initiatives and practices sometimes hide more than they reveal. 

Outside activities

Lecture on ”Kommunikation af bæredygtighed”

Lecture given at Danske Havnes heldagsmøde for grøn omstilling på Odense Havn 8. juni 2022.

Lecture on ”Kultur og kommunikation”

Lecture given at på DSBs Direktionsseminar 26. april 2023.