Dorothee Nussbruch
Researcher & Practitioner | Cross-Sector Partnerships | Business-Society Relations
Dorothee Nussbruch
Researcher & Practitioner | Cross-Sector Partnerships | Business-Society Relations
I am an interdisciplinary researcher exploring how governance, knowledge, and cross-sector dynamics shape responses to environmental and societal challenges. My work focuses on how actors navigate complex systems of power, legitimacy, and accountability in contexts of crisis and socio-ecological uncertainty.
I completed my PhD in Management Studies at Copenhagen Business School in 2025, where I examined how local actors engage in and contest disaster response and resilience governance. Drawing on geography, critical management studies, I used qualitative and socio-spatial approaches to study collaboration across sectors and scales.
I am currently a postdoctoral researcher at Copenhagen Business School, where I study governance and knowledge production in environmental and extractive contexts, with a particular focus on emerging frontiers such as deep-sea mining.
Before entering academia, I worked with the World Food Programme, the UN’s Connecting Business Initiative, and the Harvard Kennedy School through the Mercator Fellowship on International Affairs. These experiences continue to shape my interest in bridging research and practice, and in supporting more inclusive and responsible governance approaches.