Group Activites

The Research Group “Organization & Society” regularly conducts meetings to discuss ongoing research, project ideas, and manuscript drafts. Furthermore, the group also organizes workshops, conferences, and invites guest speakers. Below you can find come noteworthy activities in the past years.

If you are interested in the activities of the research group or would like to participate, please contact Michael Grothe-Hammer.

2023

November

• Showcase of ongoing research of the Research Group and its friends with guest Paul du Gay (Royal Holloway, University of London, UK, & Copenhagen Business School, Denmark)
• Organization of 6 tracks at the NEON-dagene 2023 by members of the Research Group.

March

• Presentation by Annelies Knoppers (Utrecht University): "Who fits? Querying and queering research on diversity in (sport) organisations" (in cooperation with the Gender & Inequality Group)

2022

December

• Co-organization of the International Conference on Organizational Sociology (ICOS) “Organizations in a plural society” with 60 participants
• Co-Organization of Paper Development Workshop (PDW) - ICOS 2022 Pre-Conference Workshop – with 14 contributions that were discussed at 4 roundtables.
• Presentation by David Fasenfest (Wayne State University): “How to publish organization-related research in sociology”.

September

• Presentation by Christian Morgner (Sheffield University): "System versus Personal Trust in the UK Fire Service from the Perspective of Ethnic Communities"

August

• Presentation by Héloïse Berkowitz (CNRS, LEST, Aix-Marseille University, France): "From organizations as systems of ocean destruction to organizations as systems of ocean thriving"

March

• Professional Development Session “How to Publish Sociology in Organization & Management Journals”

2021

November

• Presentation by Nadine Arnold (University of Lucerne) and Allison Loconto (French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment (INRAE)): “Addressing urgent societal challenges: Why organization matters and how to study it” (in cooperation with the Research Group “Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development” [now: “Environment, Sustainability and Governance”]
• Joint discussion forum of the Research Groups “Organization and Society” and “Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development” [now: “Environment, Sustainability and Governance”] on “The role of meta-organizations in international governance” With guests Nadine Arnold (University of Lucerne) and Allison Loconto (French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment (INRAE)): how to study it” (in cooperation with the Research Group “Energy, 

October

• Paper Development Workshop of the Research Group in Brekstad with 13 participants.
• Presentation by Raimund Hasse (University of Lucerne): “Contemporary challenges (theoretical, disciplinary, methodological) connected to conducting research on organizations”
   

Research Activities

• FIRE21 - Nordic Fire and Rescue Services, Problem solving in the 21st Century (funded by Nordforsk; participants: Petter Almklov, Michael Grothe-Hammer)
• Gender equity within the governance of the sport for development and peace sector (Participant: Lucy Piggott)
• Gender equity in Norwegian esports (Participant: Lucy Piggott)
• Is gender on the international agenda? Gender representation and policy in international sport governance (commissioned by UK Sport; participant: Lucy Piggott)
• MASQ – Measuring Quality: Exceeding the limitations of quality management in municipal health and care services. (funded by Norges Forskningsråd (2020-2024); project coordinator: Gunhild Tøndel)
• Meta-organizing grand challenges: the case of ocean governance (project leader: Michael Grothe-Hammer)
• CORNER – Coordination, response and networked resilience. (On the management of the Corona Crisis, Funded by Norges Forskningsråd, participants: Petter Almklov, Andre Karlsen, Michael Grothe-Hammer). 
• RISKY - Consequences of fundamental changes in risk regulation (funded by Norges Forskningsråd; participants: Petter Almklov, Michael Grothe-Hammer)
   

Relevant Publications

Here are some relevant publications. Please see the researchers' NTNU-profiles for more. 

• Grothe-Hammer, M., & Berkowitz, H. (2024). Unpacking Social Order: Toward a Novel Framework That Goes Beyond Organizations, Institutions, and Networks. Critical Sociology, 0(0).
• Piggott, L. V., & Matthews, J. J. K. (2024). Gender representation and policy implementation in the governance of international Paralympic organizations. In A. Knoppers & P. Markula (Eds.), Handbook of Gender and Diversity in Sport Management, (pp. 37-51), Edward Elgar.
• Zyzak, B. (2024). Importance of Managerial Networking for Innovation in Governance Networks. Nordic Journal of Innovation in the Public Sector, 3(1), 1-20. 
• Hårstad, R. M., & Vik, J. (2023). Political parties' framing of farm animal welfare: A fragmented picture. European Policy Analysis, 9(1), 30-47.
• Logstein, B., & Bjørkhaug, H. (2023). Good Animal Welfare in Norwegian Farmers’ context. Can both industrial and natural conventions be achieved in the social license to farm?. Journal of Rural Studies, 99, 107-120.
• Piggott, L. V., & Tjønndal, A. (2023). “It becomes a fight against who I am, rather than what I say”: Gender, positionality, and inclusion in esports leadership. International Review for the Sociology of Sport.
• Tøndel, G. & Åm, H. (2023). ‘Quality’ on the dashboard: How datafication changes the measurement of work and performance in public healthcare services. In R. Fugletveit & C. Sørhaug (Eds.), Lost in digital translations: Studies of digital resistance and accommodation to the welfare state in practice (Chap. 2, pp. 53–72). Cappelen Damm Akademisk.  
• Zyzak, B. (2023). "Chapter 10: Network bandwidth management in public administration: definition and mechanisms". In A Modern Guide to Networks. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing.
• Vik, J., Fuglestad, E. M., & Øversveen, E. (2022). Centre-periphery conflicts and alienation in a resource-based economy. Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift-Norwegian Journal of Geography, 76(4), 197-208.  
• Berkowitz, H., & Grothe-Hammer, M. (2022). From a clash of social orders to a loss of decidability in meta-organizations tackling grand challenges: The case of Japan leaving the International Whaling Commission. Research in the Sociology of Organizations, 79, 115-138.

Connections

• Sosiologisk Poliklinikk