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Christina Lu­b­in­ski

Professor

Subjects
Geopolitics Nationalism History Entrepreneurship

Primary research areas

Re­think­ing Entrepreneur­ship in So­ci­ety
Ex­plor­ing how entrepreneur­ship shapes and is shaped by so­cial, polit­ic­al, and cul­tur­al trans­form­a­tions across time and geo­graph­ies.
The En­tre­pren­eur­i­al Age: Con­cepts, Nar­rat­ives, Ideo­lo­gies
Chal­len­ging dom­in­ant ideo­lo­gies of en­tre­pren­eur­i­al­ism by ex­amin­ing its de­vel­op­ments and im­pact on so­ci­ety and in­equal­ity.
Busi­ness and En­tre­pren­eur­i­al His­tory
Bridging past and present to un­der­stand how his­tor­ic­al con­texts in­form today’s busi­ness strategies, gov­ernance, and entrepreneur­ship.
AI and Re­spons­ible In­nov­a­tion
Ex­plor­ing the po­ten­tial and risks of ar­ti­fi­cial in­tel­li­gence for busi­ness and so­ci­ety, em­phas­iz­ing eth­ic­al stand­ards, ac­count­ab­il­ity, and sus­tain­able im­pact.
Polit­ic­al Risk and Glob­al Busi­ness
In­vest­ig­at­ing how com­pan­ies nav­ig­ate polit­ic­al un­cer­tainty and risk in glob­al mar­kets, his­tor­ic­ally and today.
Hu­man­ist­ic Man­age­ment Edu­ca­tion
De­vel­op­ing in­nov­at­ive teach­ing meth­ods that in­teg­rate in­sights from the Busi­ness Hu­man­it­ies into entrepreneur­ship and busi­ness edu­ca­tion.

Lever­aging Busi­ness Hu­man­it­ies to Re­think Entrepreneur­ship and So­ci­ety

My research helps society rethink entrepreneurship beyond individual success and market efficiency. I explore how entrepreneurship shapes and is shaped by broader social, cultural, and political contexts, critically examining the ideologies behind it and their impact on inequality and social cohesion. 

I lead the research project “Rethinking Entrepreneurship in Society,” funded by the Carlsberg Foundation. Together with five PhDs and four postdocs, we investigate how entrepreneurial ideas and practices affect society, both positively and negatively. 

My work addresses: 

How entrepreneurship reinforces or reduces social inequalities. 

The opportunities and risks of AI in business and society. 

How companies navigate geopolitical risk. 

 

As Editor-in-Chief of Business History and through my academic and policy engagements, I advance research that reimagines the role of business in shaping more just and sustainable futures. 

Recent research projects

Re­think­ing Entrepreneur­ship in So­ci­ety

We ex­plore how entrepreneur­ship shapes so­ci­ety, in­equal­ity, and so­cial change, mov­ing bey­ond Sil­ic­on Val­ley mod­els to un­der­stand en­tre­pren­eur­i­al­ism in Den­mark and bey­ond.
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Legacies of En­tre­pren­eur­i­al Think­ing

Mc­Craw Fel­low­ship at Har­vard Busi­ness School to un­cov­er how schol­ar­ship on entrepreneur­ship shapes today’s un­der­stand­ing of mar­kets, in­nov­a­tion, and so­cial change.
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Fron­ti­ers of Entrepreneur­ship Re­search: Meth­ods for Ex­pand­ing the Field

PhD course in col­lab­or­a­tion with Aalto School of Busi­ness and Lund Uni­ver­sity, sup­por­ted by the Nor­d­ic Academy of Man­age­ment
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Links

Linked­In
Learn more about my pub­lic­a­tions, pro­jects, and aca­dem­ic con­tri­bu­tions.
LinkedIn
Journ­al: Busi­ness His­tory (AJG-4)
Ex­plore Busi­ness His­tory, where I serve as Ed­it­or-in-Chief.
Business History

Outside activities

Thomas K. McCraw Fellowship, Harvard Business School, Boston, MA, USA, Sep, 2025–Dec, 2025

Re­search how schol­ar­ship on entrepreneur­ship shapes today’s un­der­stand­ing of mar­kets, in­nov­a­tion, and so­cial change.
Harvard Business School Fellowship

Editor-in-Chief of Business History (academic journal), 2023–present

Ad­van­cing re­search on busi­ness, entrepreneur­ship, and his­tor­ic­al change.
Business History

CBS Executive Education, course “Exploring AI for Organizational and Societal Innovation”, 2024–present

Ex­ec­ut­ive course on how AI re­shapes or­gan­iz­a­tions, in­nov­a­tion, and their role in so­ci­ety.
Exploring AI (exec ed course)