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Ashling Turner-Derksen is a lecturer at the Organization Science department at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
Her research interests focus on belonging and identity in organizations, and on the implementation of artificial intelligence (AI) and its impact on work practices and relationships between human and non-human actors. She is interested in how people construct and negotiate their identities within and across organizations, and how technologies such as AI shape experiences of competence and connection. Her work approaches questions of belonging as an active process, particularly in contexts where belonging is not taken for granted.
As a qualitative researcher, she has expertise in ethnographic methods, including semi-structured interviews, (non-)participant observation, and focus groups. Her research is informed by an international background and sustained engagement with culture, language, and meaning making in everyday organizational life.
She is currently involved in a research project in a healthcare setting that studies the integration of an AI app with a generative chat function into home-based rehabilitation. The project brings together patients, caregivers, healthcare professionals, and software developers to better understand how such technologies can be designed to support care practices.
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Academic qualification
MSc Culture, Organization and Management, Master, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Award Date: 31 Jul 2022
BA (Double Hons) in English and History, Bachelor, Maynooth University
Award Date: 30 Jun 2013
User created Keywords
- Human-AI relations
- Sociotechnical change
- Belonging in organizations
- Identity work
- AI implementation
- Qualitative research
- Semi-structured interviews
- Ethnography
- Healthcare organizations
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 3 Good Health and Well-being -
SDG 4 Quality Education -
SDG 5 Gender Equality -
SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth -
SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities -
SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Research output
- 1 Article
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The cracking, colourful facade: the performative inclusivity and realities of marginalized students in Dutch higher education
Taskopru , Z. Ç., Turner-Derksen, A. & Sabelis, I., 2 Jan 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Multicultural Education & Technology Journal. p. 1-14 14 p.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Improving a Sustainable World by Social Entrepreneurship
Yalcin-Muftugil, A. S. 1/09/25 → 31/08/26
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