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Associate professor in management, The University of Melbourne

As an associate professor in management at the University of Melbourne, I am constantly finding links between the news and what I teach in strategy and change management classes. These two classes are also highly complementary, as not only does it take work to create a new strategic vision, it's also quite a challenge to then embed that using organizational change practices.

My research also shapes how I see the world. With my PhD in sociological from the University of Chicago, I generally focus on new market emergence, through issues such as valuation, calculative practices and the categories used by people and organizations.

I've had the opportunity to further my theoretical interests in several different empirical contexts, including the emergence of art as a legitimate financial asset category and Grid computing. Along with work on management innovations like flexible working and cross-disciplinary teams, I am looking forward to working in new areas along with my PhD students.

Experience

  • 2024–present
    Associate professor in Management, University of Melbourne
  • 2018–2023
    Senior lecturer in Management, University of Melbourne
  • 2012–2018
    Lecturer in Management, University of Melbourne

Education

  • 2011 
    University of Chicago, PhD
  • 2002 
    Carnegie Mellon University, MSPPM
  • 2000 
    Carnegie Mellon University, MS

Publications

  • 2022
    Virtual books, person-books and new media artefacts: The expanding remit of the Organization Studies review section, Organization Studies
  • 2020
    Collectors, investors and speculators: Gatekeeper use of audience categories in the art market, Organization Studies
  • 2020
    Pleasingly parallel: Early cross-disciplinary work for innovation diffusion across boundaries in grid computing, Journal of Business Research
  • 2018
    Boundary Objects and the Technical Culture Divide: Successful Practices for Voluntary Innovation Teams Crossing Scientific and Professional Fields, Journal of Management Inquiry
  • 2018
    Compressed Lives: How “Flexible” are Employer-Imposed Compressed Work Schedules?, Personnel Review
  • 2016
    Transparency in an opaque market: Evaluative frictions between “thick” valuation and “thin” price data in the art market, Accounting, Organizations and Society
  • 2016
    Organizational and epistemic change: The growth of the art investment field, Accounting, Organizations and Society

Professional Memberships

  • Academy of Management
  • European Group for Organizational Studies

Research Areas

  • Organisation And Management Theory (150310)
  • Innovation And Technology Management (150307)
  • Sociology And Social Studies Of Science And Technology (160808)