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Geo­pol­it­ics & Busi­ness Se­cur­ity - Find a CBS ex­pert

Geo­pol­it­ic­al changes chal­lenge our so­ci­ety and busi­nesses in areas such as de­fence, sup­ply se­cur­ity, in­fla­tion, cy­ber­se­cur­ity, and trade policy.

 It can be difficult to maintain an overview – but CBS researchers are ready with knowledge and perspective.
We have compiled a list of CBS experts who can help you understand how global dynamics affect markets, industries, and businesses.

Anders Theis Bollmann
Ph.d.-Fellow. Tel: +45 5043 2368, e-mail: atbo.bhl@cbs.dk (Danish, English)

  • Military studies, military epistemology and military history
  • Entrepreneurialism and entrepreneurship (especially related to defense and security)
  • Military design thinking and military innovation

Andreas Rasche
Professor. Tel:+4538155701, e-mail: ar.msc@cbs.dk (English, German)

  • The impact of climate change on geopolitical dynamics - including refugee flows
  • Sanctions and corruption
  • The role of businesses in conflict zones
  • The UN, sustainability standards, and ESG

Andreas Wieland
Associate Professor. Tel:+4538152380. e-mail: awi.om@cbs.dk (German, English, Danish)

  • Supply chain management
  • Risk management
  • Robustness and resilience

Alexander Josiassen
Professor. Tel:+4538152159, e-mail: aj.marktg@cbs.dk (Danish, English)

  • Geopolitical tensions and consumer behaviour
  • Citizens’ and consumers’ sense of solidarity with geopolitical actors
  • Surveys on solidarity with Ukraine among businesses, consumers, and tourists

Andrej Savin 
Professor. Tel:+4538152673. e-mail: as.law@cbs.dk (Danish, English)

  • EU cyber-security legislation
  • EU cyber-security

Benjamin Ask Popp-Madsen
Adjunkt. Tel:+4538153628, e-mail: bap.bhl@cbs.dk (Danish, English)

  • History of political, economic, and legal thought.
  • Political theory and social thought.
  • History of capitalism
  • Civil society, democracy, and associative politics.

Benjamin Carl Krag Egerod
Assistant Professor. Tel: +45 38 15 26 78, e-mail: bcke.egb@cbs.dk (Danish, English)

  • American politics
    Political connections and lobbying
    Money and business in politics

Caroline de la Porte
Professor MSO. Tel: +45 38 15 35 50, e-mail: cdlp.egb@cbs.dk (Danish, English, French)

  • European labour markets
  • The Economic and Monetary Union
  • Social policy in the EU
  • Green transition

Cecilie Steenbuch Traberg
Assistant Professor. e-mail: ces.digi@cbs.dk (Danish, English)

  • Social and digital influence
  • Cognitive resilience and digital threats

Cornel Ban 
Associate Professor. Tel: 20707113, e-mail: cba.ioa@cbs.dk (English)

  • China and the West’s geopolitical and geoeconomic relations
  • Eastern European political economy
  • Financial aspects of the war in Ukraine
  • Industrial policy

Daniel Souleles
Associate Professor. Tel:+45 38 15 34 63, e-mail: ds.bhl@cbs.dk (English)

  • American politics
  • Politics at state, federal, and local level

Douglas Fuller
Associate Professor. Tel:+4538152419, e-mail: dfu.egb@cbs.dk (English)

  • Microchips
  • Sanctions on high technology
  • Chinese politics
  • Industrial and technology policy

Edward Ashbee 
Professor MSO. Tel: +4560765489. email: ea.egb@cbs.dk (English)

  • American politics
  • American foreign policy
  • US–China trade war

Eleni Tsingou
Professor. Tel: +45 38153379, e-mail et.ioa@cbs.dk (English)

  • Economic sanctions
  • Payment systems and SWIFT
  • Anti-money laundering
  • Bank compliance

Florian Hollenbach
Associate Professor. Tel:+4538152689, e-mail: fho.egb@cbs.dk

  • Political economy of taxation and tax capacity
  • Corruption and money in politics
  • American politics

Florian Kock
Professor. Tel: +4538152126, e-mail: fk.marktg@cbs.dk (German, English)

  • Geopolitical tensions and tourism
  • Surveys on solidarity with Ukraine among businesses, consumers, and tourists

Gülen Sarial Abi 
Professor. E-mail: gsa.marktg@cbs.dk, tel:+4538152116 (English): 

  • Geopolitical conflicts: consumer behavior, corporate communications
  • Economic sanctions and market restrictions: consumer behavior, multinational strategies
  • Terrorism and mortality threats: consumer behavior 

Grazia Santangelo
Professor. Tel: +45 38 15 33 37, e-mail: gs.si@cbs.dk 

  • International business
  • Strategic responses to societal challenges

Hans Krause Hansen
Professor. Tel:+4538153201, e-mail: hkh.msc@cbs.dk (Danish, English)

  • International corruption and anti-corruption
  • Transparency
  • Surveillance
  • Businesses and power

Jan Lemnitzer
Assistant Professor. Tel: +4541852173, e-mail: jl.digi@cbs.dk (English, German)

  • Cyber warfare
  • Ransomware
  • Geopolitics and digitalisation
  • Regulation of cybersecurity
  • Cybersecurity in supply chains

Jan Stuckatz
Assistant Professor. Tel:+4538152425, e-mail: js.egb@cbs.dk (English, German, Spanish)

  • Political economy
  • Corporate political activity
  • Lobbying, campaign finance, revolving door
  • Politics of international trade

Jesper Rangvid
Professor. Tel:+4538153784, e-mail: jr.fi@cbs.dk (Danish, English)

  • Inflation
  • The financial marked and macro economics

Johann Ole Willers
Post.doc. Tel: +45 52238836, e-mail: jow.ioa@cbs.dk (Danish, German, English)

  • Cybersecurity
  • Geopolitics and digitalisation
  • Risk analysis

Kalle Johannes Rose
Lektor. Tel:+4531217205, e-mail: kjr.acc@cbs.dk (Danish, English)

  • Financial compliance
  • Anti-money laundering regulation
  • Law and economics
  • Lawmaking and economics

Ken L. Bechmann
Professor. Tel:+4538152953, e-mail: kb.fi@cbs.dk (English)

  • Financing
  • Corporate governance
  • Incentive-based compensation
  • Capital structure

Kjeld Erik Brødsgaard
Professor. Tel:+4538155758, e-mail: keb.egb@cbs.dk (Danish, English)

  • Xi Jinping and the Chinese party-state
  • China in the new geopolitical order
  • The EU and the Chinese economic and technological challenge
  • Chinese state capitalism

Kristina Aleksandrovna Pedersen 
Postdoc. Tel:+4538152505, e-mail: krp.egb@cbs.dk (Danish, English)

  • Autocratic regimes
  • Information control & media
  • Russia
  • Business tycoons in office

Leonard Seabrooke
Professor. Tel:+4538152449, e-mail: lse.ioa@cbs.dk (English)

  • Corporate and regulatory networks
  • Global wealth chains
  • Tax and finance
  • International Organizations

Lindsay Whitfield
Professor. Tel:+4538153233, e-mail: lwh.msc@cbs.dk (English)

  • Labour relations and working conditions in global value chains
  • Africa - industrialisation, opportunities, and challenges
  • Green industrialisation

Mads Dagnis Jensen
Associate Professor. Tel:+45 38153545 eller +45 22757147, e-mail: mdj.egb@cbs.dk (Danish, English)

  • EU’s market integration and strategic autonomy
  • EU and geopolitics: relations with the USA, China, and divided member states
  • Deglobalization and economic security: populism, protectionism, and political resistance to globalization

Majken Schultz
Professor. Tel:+4538153220, e-mail: ms.ioa@cbs.dk (Danish, English)

  • Time, organizations and climate change
  • How organizations navigate distant and unknown futures
  • Organizing for climate change: challenges, dilemmas and opportunities.

Manuele Citi
Associate Professor. Tel: +45 38 15 33 94, e-mail: mci.msc@cbs.dk (English)

  • Transnational governance in the EU
  • Green transition
  • Political economy of market integration and regulation

Mikkel Flyverbom
Professor. Tel:+4538153375, e-mail: mf.msc@cbs.dk (Danish, English)

  • Regulation of tech giants
  • Digital responsibility
  • Global tech-policy

Mogens Kamp Justesen
Professor. Tel: +4538153564, e-mail: mkj.egb@cbs.dk (Danish, English)

  • Business influence on politics
  • South Africa
  • Politics and economics in Africa
  • Corruption and money in politics

Oddný Helgadóttir
Lektor. Tel:+4538153525, e-mail: oh.ioa@cbs.dk (Danish, English)

  •  International taxation and inequality
  • Scientific and policy paradigms in macroeconomics
  • Financialization and shadow banking

Poul Fritz Kjær
Professor. Tel: +45 38154281, e-mail: pfk.bhl@cbs.dk (Danish, English, German)

  • EU or European integration, including political economy
  • Globalization/deglobalization including global value chains
  • Geopolitics and great power rivalry
  • Global law and global norms

Rasmus Corlin Christensen
Post.doc. Tel: +45 29727131, e-mail: rcc.ioa@cbs.dk (Danish, English) 

  • Tax havens
  • International tax policy
  • Geopolitics, multinational corporations, and business regulation

Rob Gleasure
Professor. E-mail: rg.digi@cbs.dk (English)

  • Collective intelligens
  • Augmented intelligence

Stine Haakonsson
Associate Professor. Tel: +45 38 15 31 24 (Danish, English)

  • Global value chains
  • Growth and emerging markets
  • Global innovation networks
  • Restructuring of industries
  • China

Tanusree Jain
Associate Professor.  E-mail: tja.msc@cbs.dk 

  • Transnational governance of ESG
  • Institutions and CSR
  • Corporate Governance in contested terrains

Thomas Lindner
Associate Professor. E-mail: tl.egb@cbs.dk (engelsk, tysk)

  • Populism
  • Networks
  • Foreign direct investment
  • Investment screening
  • MNE-state bargaining
  • Political strategies

Torben Juul Andersen
 Professor. E-mail: tja.egb@cbs.dk

  • Strategic risk leadership
  • Organizational adaptation
  • Enterprise risk management
  • Global strategic responsiveness 

Qiqi Jiang
Associate Professor. E-mail: qj.digi@cbs.dk (Chinese, English)

  • Cybersecurity
  • Mobile e-commerce
  • Corporate response to data breaches
  • Artificial intelligence

Tooraj Jamasb
Professor. Tel: +45 38152223, e-mail: tj.eco@cbs.dk (English, Norwegian, Persian, Swedish)

  • Energy economics and policy, especially related to the EU
  • Energy infrastructure
  • Energy supply security
  • Energy poverty