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An­nemette Kjær­gaard

Professor mso

Subjects
Management Leadership Digitalisation Learning Education Teaching

Primary research areas

Lead­er­ship de­vel­op­ment:
Re­think­ing lead­er­ship de­vel­op­ment to give em­phas­is to a re­la­tion­al, emer­gent and con­tinu­ous pro­cess of be­com­ing in lead­er­ship, mov­ing away from a fo­cus on the in­di­vidu­al lead­er
Man­age­ment Learn­ing:
De­vel­op­ing ped­ago­gies to foster a re­la­tion­al, pro­ces­su­al un­der­stand­ing of learn­ing to sup­port re­spons­ible man­age­ment edu­ca­tion at busi­ness schools
Busi­ness Edu­ca­tion:
Trans­form­ing busi­ness edu­ca­tion to edu­cate the lead­ers of to­mor­row to con­trib­ute to solv­ing cur­rent and fu­ture so­ci­et­al grand chal­lenges

I look for new ways of teach­ing and learn­ing to sup­port re­spons­ible man­age­ment edu­ca­tion. I trans­form how lead­er­ship de­vel­op­ment is un­der­stood and taught. I teach early-ca­reer fac­ulty to be­come bet­ter teach­ers

I have a particular interest in business education and learning, focusing on developing pedagogies for responsible leadership.   

My research, teaching and educational development activities contribute to  

- Rethinking how leadership is taught based on a process-relational understanding. I build on experience from teaching personal leadership development in CBS’ Master of Public Governance.  

- Creating new educational formats and pedagogies to motivate and support responsible management education. This includes a focus on teaching activities as well as assessment formats.  

- Decisions on how to include technology in education with a particular focus on blending in-class and online activities.  

- Development of university faculty’s teaching competences. I teach in CBS’ faculty development program for early-career faculty. 

Publications

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2025

Students’ Short and Longer Term Experiences of a Gradeless First Year at Business School

An­ne­met­te Kjær­gaard, Professor mso

Elisa­beth Nai­ma Mi­k­kel­sen, Associate Professor

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March 2024

Subtle Activism

Heterotopic Principles for Unsettling Contemporary Academia from Within

An­ne­met­te Kjær­gaard, Professor mso

Rasmus Bergmann

Ma­ri­bel Bla­sco, Associate Professor

Carole Elliott

Jamie Callahan

Sarah Robinson

Tony Wall

The Kintsugi Collective null
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Recent research projects

Grade­less Learn­ing

A pro­ject aim­ing to ex­plore stu­dents’ ex­per­i­ences with grade­less learn­ing in­clud­ing ef­fects on learn­ing out­come, well-be­ing and per­son­al de­vel­op­ment.

Lead­er­ship De­vel­op­ment

This pro­ject aims at de­vel­op­ing a pro­cess-re­la­tion­al per­spect­ive on lead­er­ship de­vel­op­ment to sup­port new un­der­stand­ings of lead­er­ship as col­lect­ive, com­plex and prac­tice-based.

Re­spons­ible man­age­ment edu­ca­tion

Pro­ject that fo­cuses on trans­form­ing man­age­ment edu­ca­tion into re­spons­ible man­age­ment edu­ca­tion in­clud­ing chal­lenges for edu­ca­tion­al lead­er­ship as well as teach­ing and learn­ing prac­tices.

Re­search in Blen­ded Learn­ing (2018-2025)

Pro­ject to ex­plore the use of blen­ded learn­ing in man­age­ment edu­ca­tion in­clud­ing stu­dent ex­per­i­ences, fac­ulty com­pet­ences and wider im­plic­a­tions for high­er edu­ca­tion

Outside activities

Con­sultancy Sensus aps , 1990 -

Ad­hoc con­sultancy as­sign­ments