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Morten Knud­sen

Associate Professor

Subjects
Decision-making Change management Organisation Biodiversity Food Green transition

Primary research areas

Pub­lic sec­tor man­age­ment and or­gan­isa­tion
I have ana­lysed and taught a vari­ety of top­ics, in­clud­ing or­gan­isa­tion­al re­form, de­cision-mak­ing pro­cesses, pa­tient in­volve­ment, stand­ard­isa­tion, and lead­er­ship de­vel­op­ment. The stud­ies have been guided by a com­mu­nic­a­tions the­or­et­ic­al ap­proach
The green trans­ition of the agro-in­dustry
Ag­ri­cul­ture is at the heart of the plan­et­ary crises. I am in­ter­ested in the or­gan­isa­tion­al con­di­tions for the trans­ition of ag­ri­cul­ture to green pro­duc­tion.
Know­ledge and ig­nor­ance
Know­ing what to know and what not to know is an im­port­ant is­sue for or­gan­isa­tions. I look at the func­tions and prac­tices in­volved in pro­du­cing and main­tain­ing ig­nor­ance.
Meth­od­o­logy
I con­trib­ute to dis­cus­sions about how to de­vel­op re­search prob­lems that lead to sur­pris­ing res­ults.

We don't need to pic­ture the fu­ture to start mak­ing it bet­ter now

My research contributes knowledge about 

- How the agricultural industry can become greener 

- The roles organisations play in addressing planetary crises 

- The structures and semantics that shape organisational change processes 

In my teaching, I contribute knowledge and reflections about leadership in public organisations – and how to methodically investigate it. 

Outside activities

Eval­u­ation of Re­search and De­vel­op­ment at Køben­havns pro­fes­sion­shøjskole – Ledelse, Or­gan­iser­ing og For­valt­ning , 2025 -