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Es­ben Halk­i­er

Research Assistant

Subjects
Leadership Organisation Working environment Green transition Well-being Sociology

Primary research areas

Stu­dent well-be­ing
As part of CBS Well-be­ing Lab, I co-cre­ate (qual­it­at­ive and quant­it­at­ive) in­sights with uni­ver­sity stu­dents and school pu­pils to bet­ter un­der­stand the core well-be­ing is­sues in today’s stu­dent life. Build­ing on these in­sights, I take part in the de­vel­op­ment of the­or­et­ic­al frame­works as well as prac­tic­al tools that en­able edu­ca­tion­al in­sti­tu­tions (teach­ers, man­age­ment, ad­min and stu­dents) to bet­ter sup­port stu­dents in thriv­ing to­geth­er.
Well-be­ing in PhD su­per­vi­sion
In­vest­ig­at­ing what ped­ago­gic­al, prac­tic­al and so­cial prac­tices can im­prove the qual­ity of PhD su­per­vi­sion to both pro­duce good re­search and a sup­port­ive work­ing en­vir­on­ment where both stu­dents and su­per­visors thrive to­geth­er.
Forms of gov­ern­ment in the loc­al­ized green trans­ition
In­vest­ig­at­ing the cur­rent de­vel­op­ment of Grøn Tre­part, the Dan­ish na­tion­al agree­ment for a green trans­ition, to un­der­stand the po­ten­tials and chal­lenges to loc­al­ized policy ini­ti­at­ives
Af­fects in or­gan­isa­tion
Tak­ing the or­ches­tral con­duct­or as em­pir­ic­al case, I in­vest­ig­ate the po­ten­tials and chal­lenges of af­fect­ive lead­er­ship in or­gan­isa­tion
Polit­ic­al com­mu­nic­a­tion
In­vest­ig­at­ing forms of civil mo­bil­isa­tion in re­la­tion to cli­mate change and biod­iversity

De­vel­op­ing in­sights to help or­gan­isa­tions and people thrive to­geth­er

I am a research assistant doing research and practical projects centered around CBS Wellbeing Lab, aiming to improve student and PHD wellbeing at Copenhagen Business School and beyond. My academic interests span across polyphonic, hybrid and paradox leadership, affects in organisation and all things related to qualitative and/or mixed methods. 

I feel most at home working in the intersection of the practical and the analytical, and so my professional background includes spells teaching qualitative methods, doing consultancy within fields of communication, change management and culture-business partnerships, and working three years as head secretary of a music festival.