Claudia Jonczyk

Claudia Jonczyk Sédès holds the Chair of Strategic Management at the Faculty of Economics and Business since 2018 and is the current Director of the Institute of Management. In her current research, she studies social capital and networks as well as question of identity adaptation of expatriates and how service professionals manage their careers. Her research has been published in leading academic journals such as the Academy of Management Journal and Organization Science as well as in practitioner outlets and case studies. Professor Jonczyk occupies or has occupied various positions at the University of Neuchâtel such as Vice-Dean of Faculty and Director of the Master in International Business Development.

Before joining the University of Neuchâtel, Claudia Jonczyk has been a Professor of Management at ESCP Europe's London campus and a visiting researcher at INSEAD. She teaches a variety of classes in the field of organisation studies and theory, strategy, change management and international management to Bachelor, Master and MBA as well as executives. Professor Jonczyk has also taught at the University of Geneva, Switzerland and HEC Paris.

Professor Jonczyk holds a PhD from the University of Geneva and a Master from the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland. She was a visiting research fellow at MIT’s Sloan School in Cambridge where she worked on the topics of knowledge management and organizational learning in high-risk industries.

She has previously worked as a strategy consultant for LEK Consulting in Germany and the UK and for Pricewaterhouse Coopers in Switzerland.

Areas of expertise

Networks and networking strategies Configurational approaches to networking Social capital dynamics Networks and agency Organizational learning and knowledge management Externalization of implicit knowledge Diversity research Homophily and networks Cross-country comparisons of female managers’ career paths

Education

• PhD University of Geneva (1997.12 — 2001.10)
• Habilitation Universite de Lorraine (2016 — 2017)
• Visting researcher during PhD MIT Sloan School of Management (2000 — 2001)
• BA and MS University of St. Gallen HSG (1992 — 1997)