Annette Risberg

Presentation

I study practices of diversity. In that I am interested in understanding how diversity work is practiced in organisations and what it entails to manage diversity. I firmly believe that diversity is unavoidable in organisations and that discrimination has not room in our society''s organisations. Therefore I study what companies and other organisations do in order to become diverse and non-discriminating.

I also critically study merger and acquisition research. As an merger and acquisition researcher I believe we need to put more emphasis on the impact mergers and acquisitions have on the organisational lives. Much of the current merger and acquisition research is so distant from daily organisational activities that it cannot say anything about the people and organisations affected by mergers or acquisitions. Therefore my research is for the moment focuses on critically examining what others have written on merges and acquisitions.

Primary research areas

• Diversity in organisations
• Mergers and acquisitions
• Organisation studies

Courses

Organisational theory and corporate communication (BLC BSc)
Diversity Management - diversity, gender and equality in organisations (BLC MSc elective)