A talk of interest to the COR community…

THE FUTURE (IM)PERFECT: IMAGINARIES AND SENSEMAKING IN THE CONTEXT OF GEOENGINEERING

Professor Klaus Weber, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University

Date: Friday, April 26, 2019

Time: 10:30am -12:00noon

Venue: SB1 5200 (Porter Colloquia Room & Executive Terrace)

Speaker Bio: Klaus Weber is a Professor of Management & Organizations. He is also affiliated with the Department of Sociology, the Buffett Institute for Global Studies and the Northwestern Institute for Sustainability and Energy. His research is grounded in cultural and institutional analysis, with substantive interests in the intersection between social movements, organizations and markets; economic globalization; and environmental sustainability. Klaus’ research has been published in journals such as Administrative Science Quarterly, American Sociological Review, Organization Science, Organization  Studies, Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Strategic Management Journal and Harvard Business Review. His work has won best paper awards at the American Sociological Association, Administrative Science Quarterly, and the SYNTEC Conseil en Management. He was a senior editor at Organization Science and has guest edited volumes for Organization Studies and Organization Science. At Kellogg, Klaus teaches MBA courses on environmental sustainability and on power in organizations; and doctoral seminars on cultural and text analysis, organization theory and research methods. Professor Weber received his PhD from the University of Michigan and joined the Kellogg faculty in 2003.