Dr Daniel Semper

Lecturer in Management

Researcher profile

Phone

+44 (0)1334 46 3245

Email

ds323@st-andrews.ac.uk

 

Biography

Daniel joined the University of St. Andrews as Lecturer in 2023. Prior to joining St. Andrews, he has worked as an Assistant Professor at WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria. Daniel is also affiliated with the Center for Civil Society Studies at Stockholm School of Economics. He obtained his PhD from JKU Linz, Austria, his MA in management and organizational analysis from Warwick Business School, UK, his BA and MA in Sociology from the University of Graz, Austria. He held visiting positions at the University of Alberta, Canada, UTS Sydney, Australia, University of Bergamo, Italy, and at the Higher School of Economics Nizhny Novgorod, Russia.

Research areas

Daniel's research interests revolve around topics of institutional change within and across organizational fields, processes of field governance, field identity, the role of embodiment in institutional work, and detrimental forms of institutional power, e.g., concerning people with ascribed dis/abilities or questions of speciesism.

Selected publications

• Open access

  Nonprofits for cohesive cities: neighborhood characteristics, organizational practices, and their effects on social and systemic integration

  Karner, D., Meyer, M., Schmidthuber, L., Semper, D. & Laryea, K., 5 May 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations. 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Dis/ableism in the workplace: the power positionalization dynamics of institutional myths

  Semper, D. & Fleischmann, A., 1 Aug 2022, In: Academy of Management Proceedings. 2022, 1

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Abstract › peer-review

• Open access

  Machina Ex Deus? From Distributed to Orchestrated Agency

  Semper, D., 21 Mar 2019, In: Research in the Sociology of Organizations. 58, 1, p. 187-208 23 p., https://doi.org/10.1108/S0733-558X20190000058011.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• From Outcast to Game Changer: The Re-Invention and De-Stigmatization of Australian Wine.

  Semper, D. & Delmestri, G., 2018, Academy of Management Proceedings.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

 

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