Christina Garsten

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Christina Garsten
Born28 January 1962 (1962-01-28) (age 61)
OccupationSocial anthropologist
Academic background
Alma mater Stockholm University
Thesis Apple World: Core and Periphery in a Transnational Organizational Culture  (1994)

Christina Garsten, (born 28 January 1962 in Mora, Sweden) is a Swedish social anthropologist. [1]

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Biography

In 1994, Garsten graduated with the degree of doctor of philosophy in social anthropology from Stockholm University with the dissertation Apple World: Core and Periphery in a Transnational Organizational Culture. [2] Garsten became professor at Stockholm University in 2008. [3] Since 2011, she has been chairperson at the Stockholm Centre for Organizational Research (SCORE) [4] and since 2018, principal and permanent fellow at Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study in Uppsala. [5] Between 2013 and 2015, Garsten was professor of globalization and organization at Copenhagen Business School in Copenhagen, Denmark. [6]

She has been visiting professor at Georgetown University, ESCP Paris and Centre de Sociologie des Organisations (Sciences Po) as well as visiting researcher at Stanford University, London School of Economics and Political Science, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, University of Cambridge, European University Institute, Copenhagen Business School (CBS) and University of Leeds. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Permanent Fellows: Christina Garsten". Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study. Retrieved 2023-06-06.
  2. Garsten, Christina (1994). Apple world: core and periphery in a transitional oranizational culture. Stockholm University, Department of social anthropology. ISBN   978-91-7153-211-4.
  3. "Global foresight: Christina Garsten". Stockholm University - Department of Social Anthropology. 2018-11-07. Retrieved 2023-06-06.
  4. "Executive Board". Stockholm centre for organizational research. Retrieved 2023-06-06.
  5. "From the Principal". Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study. Uppsala. 2022-09-16. Retrieved 2023-06-06.
  6. "Inaugural Lecture by Professor Christina Garsten". CBS - Copenhagen Business School. 2014-01-10. Retrieved 2023-06-06.