Personal profile
Research
My overall research interest focuses on reflective and critical research about organization/ organizing based on interpretative and qualitative research methodologies. The common central theme of all my scholarly work is an empirical and conceptual engagement with possibilities of alternative forms of organizing as well as potential dysfunctionalities of existing organizational forms and organizing activities. I am doing and have done research and published on organizational creativity, craft, ignorance, digitalization and qualitative research methods. I have recently published a book which develops a processual-cultural perspective on organizing creativity. Currently I run a research project which explores craft as an alternative form of organizing and its role in sustainable transformation processes.
Subject classification (UKÄ)
- Business Administration
Free keywords
- Organization Theory
- Managerial Work
- Ignorance
- Creativity
- Qualitative Methods
- Social Media
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production
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Collaborations the last five years
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The Problem With Efficiency as a Pervasive Principle in Business School Academia, and What a Sufficiency-Based Approach Can Do Better
Schaefer, S. & Wickert, C., 2026 May 19, (E-pub ahead of print) In: British Journal of Management.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Working Through Alienation? The Ambivalent Promise of Craft
Schaefer, S. & Schneider, A., 2026 May, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Work, Employment and Society. 23 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Re-theorising Organized Creativity in Times of Generative AI
Schaefer, S., Hondros, K., Otto, B. & Schiemer, B., 2026, (Unpublished).Research output: Contribution to conference › Other › peer-review
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Re-theorising Organized Creativity in Times of Generative AI
Schaefer, S., Schiemer, B., Otto, B. & Hondros, K., 2026, (Unpublished).Research output: Contribution to conference › Other › peer-review
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Craft and its Potential for Unalienated Work - Struggles for Resonance in the Swedish Craft Brewing Community
Schaefer, S., 2025, (Unpublished).Research output: Contribution to conference › Other › peer-review
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Creativity Under Algorithmic Opacity
Schaefer, S. (Researcher), Kajtazi, M. (Researcher) & Lebech, S. (Researcher)
2026/02/23 → 2026/11/08
Project: Research
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The Potential and Limitations of Craft as an Economic and Social Transformative Force
Schaefer, S. (Researcher), Egan-Wyer, C. (Researcher) & Schneider, A. (Researcher)
2026/01/01 → 2028/12/31
Project: Research
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Exploring Craft in Search of Alternative and Sustainable Forms of Organizing
Egan-Wyer, C. (Researcher), Rennstam, J. (Researcher), Schaefer, S. (Researcher) & Schneider, A. (Researcher)
2023/01/02 → 2025/12/31
Project: Research
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The Gigification of Work - Quo Vadis? - Theme, Pufendorf IAS
Rosengren, C. (Researcher), Selberg, N. (Researcher), Schaefer, S. (Researcher), Persson, J. (Researcher), Andersson, M. (Researcher), Håkansson, C. (Researcher) & Ottosson, M. (Researcher)
2021/09/28 → 2022/05/24
Project: Research
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Human Memory in the Digital Age, ASG Pufendorf IAS
Törnquist-Plewa, B. (PI), Dutceac Segesten, A. (PI), Cabak Rédei, A. (CoI), Olsson, E. J. (CoI), Malec, J. (CoI), Maunsbach, U. (CoI), Narvselius, E. (CoI), Innes-Ker, Å. (CoI), von Gerber, Y. (CoI), L'nyavskiy, S. (CoI), Sikström, S. (CoI) & Schaefer, S. (CoI)
2017/08/28 → 2018/06/30
Project: Research
Activities
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NEXUS
Kajtazi, M. (Organiser), Javed, F. (Organiser), Schaefer, S. (Organiser) & Stoopendahl, P. (Organiser)
2025 Jan 25 → 2025 Dec 25Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organisation of public lecture/debate/seminar
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NEXUS AI
Emruli, B. (Organiser), Tunca, B. (Organiser), Svensson, B. (Organiser), Javed, F. (Organiser), Kajtazi, M. (Organiser), Schaefer, S. (Organiser), Stoopendahl, P. (Organiser), Enflo, K. (Organiser), Göktepe-Hultén, D. (Organiser) & Reese, S. (Organiser)
2025 Jan 1 → 2025 Dec 31Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in public lecture/debate/seminar
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LUM: Fem sätt att ta tillvara kreativitet i en organisation
Schaefer, S. (Interviewee) & Olsson, J. (Lyricist)
2024 Apr 2Activity: Other › Media participation
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Gig-arbete i perspektiv
Rosengren, C. (Role not specified), Persson, J. (Role not specified), Andersson, M. (Role not specified), Schaefer, S. (Role not specified), Ottosson, M. (Role not specified), Selberg, N. (Role not specified) & Håkansson, C. (Role not specified)
2022 Sept 17Activity: Talk or presentation › Public lecture/debate/seminar
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Craft - Organising against the mainstream
Egan-Wyer, C. (Presenter) & Schaefer, S. (Speaker)
2022 Apr 6Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation