Dorothee Nussbruch

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dn.msc@cbs.dk

Departments

Department of Management, Society and Communication

Room: DH.V.2.18

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Subjects

Management Qualitative methods Disaster Partnership Crises

Primary research areas

Governance of Environmental and Extractive Frontiers

Governance of mining and extractive activities under conditions of socio-ecological uncertainty, with a focus on knowledge production, due diligence, and accountability across local, national, and global scales.

Business-Society Relations in Crisis Contexts

Cross-sector collaboration and contestation among public, private, and civil society actors in contexts of disaster response, resilience, and socio-ecological crisis.

Socio-Spatial Approaches to Organizations and Governance

Analysis of how spatial relations, i.e., place, scale, and territoriality, shape organizational practices, power dynamics, and inclusion/exclusion in governance systems.

Qualitative and Interpretive Approaches to Governance and Crisis

Qualitative research on governance and crisis dynamics, including interviews, archival and discourse analysis, with case study designs.

Building inclusive governance for uncertain futures

I am a Postdoctoral Researcher studying business-society relations and governance in contexts of crisis and environmental uncertainty. Trained as a geographer and grounded in critical management research, my work examines how knowledge, power and legitimacy shape collaboration and responsibility when economic activity is deeply entangled with social and ecological systems.

My PhD at Copenhagen Business School focused on cross-sector collaboration in humanitarian contexts, highlighting the role of local businesses and the systemic barriers to their inclusion in crisis governance. Building on this, my current postdoctoral research examines emerging deep‑sea mining regimes, exploring how environmental knowledge, due diligence and precaution are produced and contested across governance scales.

Prior to starting my PhD, I worked with the World Food Programme, the UN Connecting Business Initiative, and the Harvard Kennedy School as a Mercator Fellow, shaping my commitment to bridging research and practice.

Recent research projects

CBS HUMAC: Private-Sector Engagement in Humanitarian Action

HUMAC — funded by Velux Fonden — researches business–humanitarian collaboration, exploring how partnerships can be organized effectively, ethically, and sustainably.

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FRONTIERS

“Frontiers of natural resource and sustainability governance for a just energy transition” is a five year Carlsberg funded project led by Professor Karin Buhmann. We study mining on land and at sea, investor leverage, risk based due diligence and Rights of Nature to enable a just and fair energy transition.