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Miri­am Feuls

Associate Professor

Subjects
Management Organisation Qualitative methods Sustainability Green transition Future

Primary research areas

Sustainable transformation

I study the practices and processes of sustainable transformation. I particularly explore the temporal dynamics and complexities of developing and implementing sustainability strategies and the temporalities of organizing sustainability with a focus on plastics and nature.

Organization and time

I study time and temporality in organizations and organizing. I explore the interplay of multiple temporalities in multi-actor collaborations, advancing concepts such as temporal trajectories and paths of change and transformation. Additionally, I focus on the temporalities of future-making, understanding futures as temporal and political.

Creativity and innovation

I study creative and innovative practices through which change and novelty emerge. I particularly explore the processual-relational aspects of creative leadership and change within creative industries, and how artistic innovation can contribute to broader organizational and societal transformation.

Organizing sustainable transformation and change

My research draws on research on time and temporality and on process philosophy to inquire into the practices and processes of change, sustainable transformation, future making, creativity and innovation in multi-actor settings. My research primarily aims to explain how change emerges, identify the conditions that influence these processes, and understand the impacts of transforming organizations and society toward sustainable futures. My current research project focuses on the politics of time, examining how imaginaries are enacted in practice and the role of power generated in interaction.

I work from multiple perspectives within the social sciences and philosophy to examine complex and ever-changing organizing processes and develop conceptual and empirical knowledge sensitive to everyday organizational life and society. My research reflects ‘engaged scholarship’, building on transformative collaborations within the world of organizational and management practice. My overarching research ambition is to advance the concepts and methods for organizing and managing sustainable transformation within and across organizations and provide insights to address the grand challenges in contemporary organizing and contribute to a sustainable society.

Recent research projects

The Politics of Time – Navigating Conflicting Imaginaries

This ongoing project (2026-2029) with Tobias Olofsson, funded by the DFF Inge Lehmann programme, examines how and when future imaginaries become dominant in society and shape collective action toward climate change solutions.

Making Distant Futures Actionable: Innovating for a Net Zero Future

This 2022-2025 project with Majken Schultz, Tor Hernes, Jonathan Feddersen and Sunny Mosangzi Xu, funded by the Novo Nordisk Foundation, studied ongoing projects in Danish companies in different industries to understand how large companies are working toward distant climate goals in the present.

Temporality of Food Innovations

This 2019-2022 project with Tor Hernes, Silviya Svejenova, Mie Plotnikof and Iben Stjerne, funded by the Velux Foundation, explored how actors draw on the past while imagining new futures. Focusing on the Danish food sector, we studied how tradition and innovation interplay across companies, events, and public institutions to reshape the meaning and role of food in society.

Outside activities

2025

No outside activities to report