Helsinki Workshop on Routines and Practices

Kristina Lauche is the Chair of Organizational Development and Design at Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands. Her research addresses how actors outside senior management pursue change and build momentum within and across organizations.

Davide Nicolini is Professor of Organization Studies at Warwick Business School where he co-directs the IKON Research Centre and facilitates the Practice, Process and Institution Research Programme. In the past he has held positions and visiting appointments at the University of Oslo, The Tavistock Institute in London, ESADE in Barcelona and the University of Trento and Bergamo in Italy. His current research focuses on the development of the practice-based approach and its application to phenomena such as knowing, collaboration, safety and technological innovation in organizations

Jörg Sydow is Professor (Chair) of Inter-firm Cooperation at the School of Business & Economics of Freie Universität Berlin, Germany, where he is also the spokesperson of the Research Unit “Organized Creativity”, funded by the DFG. His research focuses, among others, on strategic alliances and networks, management and organization theory, temporary organizing, creativity and innovation research, trust/control and industrial relations. Currently, he is Senior Editor with Organization Studies.

Eero Vaara is Professor of Organization and Management at Aalto University School of Business, Helsinki, Finland. His research focuses on organizational and strategic change that he examines from discursive and narrative perspectives. This work deals with strategy process and practice research, studies of radical change such as mergers and acquisitions, work on institutional change and legitimation, research on multinational corporations and globalization, and historical analysis of management and organizations. He is currently serving as an Associate Editor of Academy of Management Journal.