Math­i­as Hein Jessen

I am an Associate Professor at the Department of Business Humanities and Law at CBS. He holds a B.Sc. in Business Administration and Philosophy from CBS and an MA and PhD in The History of Ideas from Aarhus University.  

My research centers on the history of political, economic and legal thought as well as contemporary social, political and critical thought. I work in the cross-field between philosophy, politics, economics, law, sociology, history and intellectual history. His work focuses on the interrelation between state and market particularly between the state and the corporation. 

I am particularly interested in the role and power of corporations in society, and my current research focuses on the intellectual history of the corporation, that is, how we have come to think of corporations and their role in society, purpose, constituents and governance in the way that we have. This has significant consequences for how we understand corporations and their role in society, and also how they can be regulated, reformed or transformed. Additionally, I am also interested in alternative ways of governing the corporation and the economy in general, such as employee ownership, workplace democracy, economic democracy, cooperative ownership, enterprise-foundations and economic and democratic planning.