Christine Moser is an Assistant Professor of Organization Sciences at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Her research is situated within three interconnected research streams around corporate social responsibility (CSR), knowledge flows in social networks, and the role of technology in social interaction. While mainly applying qualitative methods, she also has experience with quantitative methods and social network analysis. Her work has been published among others in Research Policy, Human Relations, Organization Studies, New Media and Society, and Research in the Sociology of Organizations. She is an editorial board member and guest editor of Organization Studies and social media editor for Innovation: Organization & Management. Christine has recently co-edited a volume of Research in the Sociology of Organizations. In addition, she coordinates the organizing team for the EGOS Colloquium in 2021 which will be held at VU Amsterdam. You can also have a look at her Google Scholar profile, her Twitter stream, and her ResearchGate profile. 

My research is organized around three major themes: corporate social responsibility (CSR), knowledge flows in social networks, and the role of technology in social interaction.

The topic of food under the umbrella of CSR is a core theme in my research. Empirically, I study how food waste in Dutch supermarkets is organized. Most recently, some results of this reseach have been published in a book "Food Waste Management." In line with this interest, together with Jean-Pascal Gond (Cass Business School) I have published a critical essay on the topic of micro-CSR (Human Relations). I am editorial board member and guest editor of Organization Studies, working on a special issue on the topic of “Food Organizing Matters”. This project brings together a great team of researchers: Frank den Hond, Juliane Reinecke, Gregoire Croidieu and Silviya Svejenova. Working toward this special issue is exciting and we hope to deliver a tasty, fruitful and satisfying special issue.

Around the theme of knowledge flows, and relatedly knowledge sharing and meaning networks, I am working on a number of projects, collaborating with other researchers from different universities. A great example of my interest in knowledge networks is a recent publication in Research Policy where we investigated how social connectivity influences the diffusion of creative ideas (with among others Dirk Deichmann, Julie Birkholz, Peter Groenewegen). 

Finally, nowadays, people are somewhat more accustomed to digital platforms; yet, many questions remain about how they, and other technology, permeate our social interactions. This question is most relevant for organizations, because technology will become an even larger part of our lives in the years to come. It is time that we start to take it seriously, and contribute to the debate from an organization studies point of view. I am currently working with Frank den Hond (Hanken School of Economics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) on a project where we map and critically reflect on how “technology” has been discussed in the business-society debate. With Frank den Hond and Dirk Lindebaum (Grenoble Ecole de Management) I have written an essay on the topic of moral development in the age of algorithms. We argue that humans and algorithms co-constitute morality, and that humans are not – as is commonly assumed – in control. 

I am teaching across different levels and in different courses. I like to innovate courses and teaching methods, and have recently published a journal article on the topic of "flipped classrooms." I also enjoy to teach PhD courses. I teach a course on presentating to VU PhD candidates. I am a faculty member of the annual HELAM PhD workshop (collaborating with Hanken School of Economics and Grenoble Ecole de Management) and give seminars at other schools. In 2019, I have been invited as a convenor at the Postdoc Workshop at the EGOS Colloquium.

2020

Outstanding Reviewer Award (2020), Academy of Management Meeting, OMT Division

2019

Wilhelmina Drucker Talent Award, VU Amsterdam

Best Paper Award, Paper Development Workshop AOM TIM Division and Innovation: Organization and Management, Barcelona, Spain

2018

Emerald Literati Award, Outstanding Author Contribution

Personal research grant, Institute for Societal Resilience, VU Amsterdam

Project grant “Connected World”, VU Amsterdam

2017

Wilhelmina Drucker Talent Award, VU Amsterdam

Research project grant, Institute for Societal Resilience, VU Amsterdam

2016

Research grant Network Institute, VU Amsterdam

Research project grant Institute for Societal Resilience, VU Amsterdam

Finalist KnowVU Teaching Award, VU Amsterdam

2015

Personal research grant, department of Organization Science, VU Amsterdam

2013

PhD award, department. of Economics & Business Administration, for early completion of PhD project

2012

Graduate School of Social Sciences grant, VU Amsterdam

US National Science Foundation grant for OCIS doctoral consortium participation, Academy of Management.

Research grant, dept. of Economics & Business Administration, VU Amsterdam

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