Renate E Meyer

Renate’s current research interests include the institutionalisation of new management ideas, translation, institutional renewal, the analysis of institutions as multimodal accomplishments, novel organisational forms, collective action in crises, as well as governance structures and governance gaps mostly in urban contexts.

Empirically, she has studied, among others, shareholder value, corporate social responsibility, city strategies, urban governance, the refugee crisis or climate change discourse.

Renate is Professor and Chair of Organisation Studies at WU Vienna University of Economics and Business. She is also part-time Professor in Institutional Theory at Copenhagen Business School and Co-Director of the Research Institute for Urban Management & Governance at Vienna University of Economics and Business. She was Editor-in-Chief of Organisation Studies until September 2023, Division Chair (2021) of the Organisation and Management Theory Division of the Academy of Management, and has served on the European Group for Organisational Studies Board in numerous roles, including as Chair.