Prof. Dr. Blagoy Blagoev

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Prof. Dr. Blagoy Blagoev

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Vita

Blagoy Blagoev is Professor of Business Management, esp. Organization at Technische Universität Dresden since June 2021. He studied business administration at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Freie Universität Berlin, where he received his doctoral degree as a fellow of the DFG graduate school “Research on Organizational Paths” with a thesis on the path dependency of organizational time regimes (summa cum laude, awarded Freie Universität’s Ernst Reuter Prize for outstanding dissertations). 

His research addresses the management of change and innovation in organizations through process and practice-theoretical lenses. A distinguishing feature of Blagoy’s research is the focus on time and temporality in organizations as well as the interplay of organization and society in the context of current technological, ecological, and cultural changes. He draws on qualitative and historical research methods to examine a wide range of organizations such as multinational corporations, knowledge-intensive firms, museums, and coworking spaces. Currently, Blagoy is working on inter-temporal tensions in business sustainability, open organizing and the transition to open science, as well as agile organizational designs. He has published in journals such as Administrative Science Quarterly, Academy of Management Journal, Organization Studies, Journal of Management Studies, Organization and Scandinavian Journal of Management.

Prior to joining TUD, Blagoy held a Lecturer position at Leuphana University Lüneburg and worked as a postdoctoral research associate at Freie Universität Berlin and a research associate at Europa Universität Viadrina. Furthermore, Blagoy was a visiting scholar and lecturer at the Antwerp Management School (Belgium), Copenhagen Business School (Denmark), Radboud University in Nijmegen (The Netherlands), and the University of Graz (Austria). He has been a member of the DFG research network "Temporary Organizing”, an associate member of the DFG research network "Grand Challenges & New Forms of Organizing”, and a founding member of the international research network “Routine.Research.Community.”

Academic Background

  • since June 2021 Technische Universität Dresden, Fakultät Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Professor of Business Management, esp. Organisation
  • 2018-2021 Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, Institute of Management and Organization, Lecturer
  • 2015-2018 Freie Universität Berlin, Management Department, Professorship of Organization and Leadership, Post-doctoral research associate
  • 2011-2015 Dr. rer. pol., Freie Universität Berlin, DFG-Graduiertenkolleg "Pfade organisatorischer Prozesse" (summa com laude)

  • 2006-2011 Undergraduate and graduate studies of Business Administration at Freie Universität Berlin and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Research interests

  • Time and temporality in organizations
  • Organizational change and persistence
  • New forms of working and organizing
  • Business sustainability

Awards and fellowship

  • 2021 shortlisted for the EGOS Best Paper Award
  • 2019 shortlisted for the Roland-Calori-Preis  
  • 2018, 2019 Research award, Leuphana University Lüneburg
  • 2016 Ernst Reuter Prize, Freie Universität Berlin
  • 2016-2017 Governing Responsible Business Fellowship, Copenhagen Business School
  • 2011-2015 Doctoral scholarships, DAAD and DFG

Selected publications 

  • Blagoev, B., & Ortlieb, R. (2023)  Media Review: Documenta fifteen. Organization, in press,
  • Kunisch, S., Blagoev, B., & Bartunek, J.M. (2021) Complex times, complex time: The pandemic, time-based theorizing and temporal research in management and organization studies.” Journal of Management Studies, 58(5): 1411–15.

  • Kremser, W., & Blagoev, B. (2021) The dynamics of prioritizing: How actors temporally pattern complex role–routine ecologies. Administrative Science Quarterly, 66(2): 339–379. 

  • Blagoev, B. & Schreyögg, G. (2019) Why do extreme work hours persist? Temporal uncoupling as a new way of seeing. Academy of Management Journal, 62(6): 1818–1847. 

  • Blagoev, B., Costas, J., & Kärreman, D. (2019) We are all herd animals: Community and organizationality in coworking spaces. Organization, 26(6): 894–916. 
  • Blagoev, B., Felten, S., & Kahn, R. (2018) The career of a catalogue: Organizational memory, materiality and the dual nature of the past at the British Museum (1970–Today). Organization Studies, 39(12): 1757–1783.
  • Costas, J., Blagoev, B., & Kärreman, D. (2016) The arena of the professional body: Sport, autonomy and ambition in professional service firms. Scandinavian Journal of Management, 32(1): 10–19.

See a full publication list here. 

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Last modified: Feb 06, 2023