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Jonath­an Fed­der­sen

Assistant Professor

Emner
Organisation Projektledelse Innovation Energi Kvalitativ metode Biodiversitet Grøn omstilling

Primary research areas

Temporality and Organizing

I study how organizations construct their own time—how they connect past experiences, present challenges, and future goals. This helps explain how they navigate uncertainty, build momentum, and turn sustainability ambitions into action.

Organizing with Nature

I explore how organizations organize with nature rather than exploiting or controlling it. My research follows how companies engage with natural ecosystems to restore biodiversity and rethink their relationship with nature.

Sustainability Transitions

I investigate how companies and industries transition toward sustainability. By studying cases such as Ørsted’s green transformation, I show how organizations can turn distant climate and biodiversity targets into concrete steps and lasting impact.

Event-Based and Processual Methods

To capture how change unfolds over time, I develop event-based research methods that trace how people and organizations connect events into trajectories. These methods support a better understanding of organizational and societal transformations.

More-than-Human Organizing

I examine how materials, technologies, and natural entities shape how we organize. From wind turbines to artificial reefs, my work shows how human and non-human actors together create new possibilities for sustainable action and solutions.

Organizing with nature toward sustainable futures

My research explores how organizations can create and pursue sustainable futures. I study how companies translate long-term sustainability goals, such as becoming biodiversity net positive, into concrete action that restores ecosystems and transforms industries. Through longitudinal field studies and collaborations with organizations like Ørsted, I examine how firms experiment with new ways of working that align ecological, social, and technological systems. Methodologically, I develop event-based approaches to capture how change unfolds over time, helping organizations see sustainability not as a distant target but as an ongoing practice and transformation process. My research has been recognized with the EGOS Andreas Al-Laham Best Paper Award and a nomination for the Grigor McClelland Dissertation Award

Recent research projects

EcoCorp: Reconciling Ecosystem-Based and Corporate Management Across Scales (VELUX Foundation, 2025-2028)

EcoCorp explores how biodiversity can be integrated into offshore wind energy using existing planning tools in collaboration with CBS, WWF, and DTU.
Grant details

Actionable Futures: Making Distant Futures Actionable (Novo Nordisk Foundation, 2021-2025)

Exploring how Danish companies like Ørsted, Arla, and Novo Nordisk translate distant future sustainability goals into innovative sustainable solutions.

Outside activities

2025

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