Morten Thanning Vendelø
Associate Professor
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Departments
Institut for Organisation
Room: KIL/14.A-4.65
Beslutningstagning
Management
Organisation
Katastrofe
Arktis
Primary research areas
The main concern in my research is how organizations discover, make sense of, respond to, and learn from innovations and unexpected events. I pursue these interests within the context of the five themes mentioned below
- Crisis Management
- Organizational Decision Making
- Organizational Learning and Adaptation
- Event Safety Management
- Management of Innovation
- Organizational Decision Making
- Organizational Learning and Adaptation
- Event Safety Management
- Management of Innovation
Organizational Safety and Decision Making
My research focus on how organizations discover, make sense of, decide about, respond to, and learn from unexpected events, including how organizations prepare for and address emergencies. I pursue my research in qualitative and multidisciplinary studies of crowd safety at large music festivals, Arctic offshore emergencies, organizational adaptation during the Covid-19 crisis, and transgressive behavior in organizations. I am a co-founder of Copenhagen Center for Disaster Research (COPE), established in december 2012, in collaboration between Copenhagen Business School and University of Copenhagen.
Recent research projects
Sexual Transgressions in Aid: Humanitarian Perceptions and Responses (STAid)
STAid explores how humanitarian actors perceive and respond to sexual transgressions. Working with two humanitarian organizations, we focus on the plurality of perspectives about what ‘counts’ as transgressive behavior. We focus on organizational concepts of responsibility; accounts of unsafe spaces by international aid workers; and local perceptions of transgressions.
Nordic Centre of Excellence on Resilience and Societal Security (NORDRESS)
The aim of NORDRESS was to carry out multidisciplinary studies to enhance societal security and resilience to disasters. Partners from 15 institutions in all Nordic countries joined forces to increase the resilience of individuals, communities, infrastructure and institutions.
Crowd Safety Organizing
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Copenhagen Center for Disaster Research (COPE)
Outside activities
Gurli og Poul Madsens Fond, Board Member, since July 1st 2023 , 2023–present
Participation in five board meetings per year
CBS Executive Foundation, since autumn 2018 , 2018–present
Lecturing at the Master i Kunnskapsledelse, Nord Universitetet