Christina Garsten
Professor at Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study (SCAS)
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- +46 70 534 06 24
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- +46 70 534 06 24
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- Christina.Garsten@swedishcollegium.se
- Visiting address:
- Villavägen 6C
752 38 Uppsala - Postal address:
- Villavägen 6C
752 38 Uppsala
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Publications
Selection of publications
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Pandemic Ponderings: Fellow Reflections beyond Corona
Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study (SCAS), 2022
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Anticipation and Organization: Seeing, knowing and governing futures
Part of Organization Theory, 2021
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A Window onto Capitol Hill: Cunning Conservatism and Shadow Politics
Part of kritisk etnografi, p. 9-23, 2021
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Discretionary Governance: Selection, Secrecy and Status within the World Economic Forum
Part of Global Governance, p. 1-21, 2021
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His Master´s Voice?: Conceptualizing the Relationship Between Business and the World Economic Forum
Part of Journal of Business Anthropology, p. 41-62, 2019
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An organized network: World Economic Forum and the partial organizing of global agendas
Part of Organization outside organizations, p. 212-234, Cambridge University Press, 2019
Recent publications
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The Institutes for Advanced Study and Open Science: Towards a New Dialogue on Academic Identities
Part of European Review, p. 1-12, 2026
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Think tanks and the ecology of ideas: Editing futures
Part of An Ecology of Ideas Permeating Science, Higher Education and Society., p. 109-121, Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis, 2024
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Discreet Diplomacy: Practices of Secrecy in Transnational Think Tanks
Part of Cambridge Anthropology, p. 98-117, 2023
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Pandemic Ponderings: Fellow Reflections beyond Corona
Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study (SCAS), 2022
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Anticipation and Organization: Seeing, knowing and governing futures
Part of Organization Theory, 2021
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All publications
Articles in journal
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The Institutes for Advanced Study and Open Science: Towards a New Dialogue on Academic Identities
Part of European Review, p. 1-12, 2026
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Discreet Diplomacy: Practices of Secrecy in Transnational Think Tanks
Part of Cambridge Anthropology, p. 98-117, 2023
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Anticipation and Organization: Seeing, knowing and governing futures
Part of Organization Theory, 2021
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A Window onto Capitol Hill: Cunning Conservatism and Shadow Politics
Part of kritisk etnografi, p. 9-23, 2021
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Discretionary Governance: Selection, Secrecy and Status within the World Economic Forum
Part of Global Governance, p. 1-21, 2021
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Future Fears: Anticipation and the Politics of Emotion in the Future Industry
Part of Culture Unbound, p. 1-25, 2021
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His Master´s Voice?: Conceptualizing the Relationship Between Business and the World Economic Forum
Part of Journal of Business Anthropology, p. 41-62, 2019
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Part of Statsvetenskaplig Tidskrift, p. 69-92, 2016
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Magical formulae for market futures: Tales from the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos
Part of Anthropology Today, p. 18-21, 2016
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Politikproffs i kulisserna styr utan demokratiskt mandat
Part of Dagens nyheter, 2015
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Part of Magasinet Arena, p. 14-19, 2015
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Introduction: neoliberal turns in higher education
Part of Learning and Teaching, p. 1-13, 2014
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Business Anthropology: Towards an Anthropology of Worth?
Part of Journal of Business Anthropology, p. 1-8, 2013
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Part of Ephemera, p. 825-850, 2013
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Post-political regulation: Soft Power and Post-Political Visions in Global Governance
Part of Critical Sociology, p. 421-437, 2013
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What’s in a name?: editors’ introduction to the Journal of Business Anthropology
Part of Journal of Business Anthropology, p. 1-19, 2012
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Part of Journal of Business Anthropology, p. 174-176, 2012
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Part of Social Anthropology, p. 378-393, 2011
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Recherche qualitative dans les organisations: Èléments méthodologiques
Part of Le Libellio d'AEGIS, p. 1-13, 2011
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Mirrors of organizing: Plots, anxieties, and potentialities in the work of Henrik Ibsen
Part of Organization Studies, p. 1271-1276, 2007
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Corporate globalization, civil society and postpolitical regulation: Whither democracy?
Part of Development Dialogue, p. 143-158, 2007
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Introduktion: Jakten på identiteter
Part of Nordiske organisasjonsstudier, 2004
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Risky business: Discourses of risk and (ir)responsibility in globalizing markets
Part of Ethnos, p. 249-270, 2003
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The cosmopolitan organization: An essay on corporate accountability
Part of Global Networks, p. 355-370, 2003
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Trust, control and post-bureaucracy
Part of Organization Studies, p. 229-250, 2001
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Between Creativity and Control: On the Work of Hackers
Part of Focaal, p. 89-101, 2001
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Korsdrag: Socialantropologi i blandade akademiska miljöer
Part of Antropologiska studier, p. 7-13, 2001
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Play at work: Contested frames of hacking
Part of Focaal, p. 89-101, 2001
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Betwixt and between: Temporary employees as liminal subjects in flexible organizations
Part of Organization Studies, p. 601-617, 1999
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Stat och företag som arbetsförmedlare
Part of Stater som organisationer / Göran Ahrne (red.), 1998
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How to become oneself: Discourses of subjectivity in postbureaucratic organizations
Part of Organization, p. 211-228, 1997
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Outlining the Organization: Creating culture across boundaries
Part of Die Zeitschrift für Ethnologie, p. 5-24, 1991
Books
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Discreet power: how the World Economic Forum shapes market agendas
Stanford University Press, 2018
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Makt utan mandat: de policyprofessionella i svensk politik
Dialogos Förlag, 2015
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Workplace Vagabonds: Career and Community in Changing Worlds of Work
Palgrave Macmillan, 2008
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Market Matters: Exploring Cultural Processes in the Global Marketplace
Palgrave MacMillan, Basingstoke, 2004
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New Technologies at Work: People, Screens and Social Virtuality
Berg Publishers, Oxford, UK, 2003
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Standardisering genom organisering
Univ., Sociologiska institutionen, 1998
Chapters in book
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Think tanks and the ecology of ideas: Editing futures
Part of An Ecology of Ideas Permeating Science, Higher Education and Society., p. 109-121, Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis, 2024
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Future by Design: Seductive Technologies of Anticipation within the Future Industry
Part of Futures, p. 500-513, Oxford University Press, 2021
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An organized network: World Economic Forum and the partial organizing of global agendas
Part of Organization outside organizations, p. 212-234, Cambridge University Press, 2019
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Förförande framtider: Antropologiska perspektiv på global styrning
Part of Årsbok 2018, p. 51-59, Kungl. Vetenskaps-societeten i Uppsala, 2018
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De policyprofessionella: En okänd politisk elit?
Part of Eliter i Sverige, p. 275-308, Studentlitteratur AB, 2018
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Small Places, Big Stakes: Meetings as Moments of Ethnographic Momentum
Part of Meeting Ethnography, p. 126-142, Routledge, 2017
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Part of Integrating Social and Employment Policies in Europe, p. 265-294, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2016
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Introduction: makeshift work in a global labour market
Part of Makeshift work in a changing labour market, p. 1-24, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2015
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Flexibility Frictions: Economies of Connection in Contemporary Forms of Work
Part of Flexible Capitalism, p. 93-115, Berghahn Books, 2015
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Stockholm Centre for Organizational Research
Part of Faculty of Social Sciences, Stockholm University, p. 389-405, Faculty of Social Sciences, Stockholm University, 2014
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Management and organization of temporary work
Part of Management and organization of temporary agency work, p. 1-20, Routledge, 2014
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På spaning i staten: antropologiska utblickar
Part of Demokrati och förvaltning, p. 37-58, Stockholm School of Economics Institute for Research, 2014
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Management and Organization of Temporary Agency Work Foreword
Part of Management and Organization of Temporary Agency Work, Routledge, 2014
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Högt spel i gränslandet mellan politik och marknad
Part of Alla dessa marknader, p. 173-184, Makadam Förlag, 2014
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Globala normer för arbete: Anställningsbarhet, mätbarhet och reflexivitet
Part of Det globaliserade arbetslivet, Gidlunds förlag, 2014
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Introduction: Ulf Hannerz and the Militant Middle Ground
Part of Anthropology now and next, Berghahn Books, 2014
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Global Swirl at Dupont Circle: Think Tanks, Connectivity, and the Making of “the Global”
Part of Anthropology Now and Next, Berghahn Books, 2014
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Transient and Flexible Work Lives Liminal Organizations and the Reflexive Habitus
Part of Management and Organization of Temporary Agency Work, p. 23-37, Routledge, 2014
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Humor, l’ennuie et sexe au travail dans L’Office: émotions et organisation
Part of Les grands inspirateurs des théories des organisations, Éditions Management & Societé, 2013
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Momentum: pushing ethnography ahead
Part of Organisational anthropology, Pluto Press, 2013
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All about ties: Think tanks and the economy of connections
Part of Organisational anthropology, Pluto Press, 2013
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Entries: Engaging organisational worlds
Part of Organisational anthropology, Pluto Press, 2013
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Corporate social responsibility and cultural practices on globalizing markets
Part of A companion to the anthropology of Europe, p. 407-424, Wiley-Blackwell, 2012
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Introduktion: Den nya arbetsmarknaden
Part of Arbetets marknad, p. 10-28, Liber, 2011
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Arbetsmarknaden som marknad: Utbytbarhet, mätbarhet och ansvariggörande
Part of Arbetets marknad, p. 230-258, Liber, 2011
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Part of Ethnographic practice in the present, Berghahn Books, 2010
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Introduction: Dilemmas of ethical organizing
Part of Ethical Dilemmas in Organizing, p. 1-10, Routledge, 2009
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Part of Ethical Dilemmas in Management, p. 148-160, Routledge, 2009
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Lära för livet? Den nya arbetsmarknadens organisering
Part of Resultatdialog 2009, p. 46-56, Vetenskapsrådet, 2009
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Beyond CSR: Dilemmas and paradoxes of ethical conduct in transnationall organizations
Part of Economics and Morality, AltaMira Press, 2009
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The naked corporation: vizualization, veiling and the ethico-politics of organizational transparency
Part of Transparency in a New Global Order: Unveiling Organizational Visions, 2008
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In retrospect: the play of shadows
Part of Transparency in a New Global Order: Unveiling Organizational Visions, Edward Elgar, 2008
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Introduction: examining the politics of transparency
Part of Transparency in a New Global Order: Unveiling Organizational Visions, Edward Elgar, 2008
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The United Nations - soft and hard: Regulating social accountability for global business
Part of Organizing Transnational Accountability, p. 27-45, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2008
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Det nya arbetets tid och plats
Part of Organisation, Liber, 2007
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Part of International Encyclopedia of Organization Studies,, Sage Publications, London, 2007
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Part of The Principles of Knowledge Creation, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, 2007
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Part of Dealing with Confidence, p. 19-38, Copenhagen Business School Press, 2005
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Globalt social ansvar och kollektiva nyttigheter: Vad kan civilsamhället göra?
Part of Civilsamhället, Riksbankens jubileumsfond i samarbete med Gidlund, 2005
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Homo mercans and the fashioning of markets
Part of Market Matters, 2004
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Introduction: Exploring Cultural Processes in the Global Marketplace
Part of Market Matters: Exploring Cultural Processes in the Global Marketplace, Palgrave MacMillan, Basingstoke, 2004
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Learning to be employable: An introduction
Part of Learning to be Employable, p. 1-22, Palgrave Macmillan, 2004
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Conclusion: Discursive transformations and the nature of modern power
Part of Learning to be Employable, p. 274-290, Palgrave Macmillan, 2004
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'Be a Gumpby': The political technologies of employability in the temporary staffing business
Part of Learning to be Employable, p. 152-171, Palgrave Macmillan, 2004
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Introduktion: på spaning i samtiden
Part of Moderna människor, p. 5-18, Liber, 2003
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Nutida nomader: rörlighet och marknadskultur bland uthyrda konsulter
Part of Moderna människor, p. 39-60, Liber, 2003
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Introduction: from people of the book to people of the screen
Part of New technologies at work, p. 1-6, Berg Publishers, 2003
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Colleague, competitor, or client: Social boundaries in flexible work organizations
Part of Managing Boundaries in Organizations, Palgrave Macmillan, 2003
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Mainstream rebels: informalization and standardization in the networked world
Part of New Technologies at Work, Berg Publishers, 2003
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Part of Kunskapande metoder inom samhällsvetenskapen, p. 145-166, Studentlitteratur, 2003
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Standardizing through Organization
Part of A World of Standards, p. 50-68, Oxford University PressOxford, 2002
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Organized and disorganized Utopias: An essay on presumption
Part of Utopia and organization, Blackwell Publishing, 2002
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Flex fads: New economy, new employees
Part of Stuck in the Future, Book House Publishing, 2002
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Fragment av fält: Bland ’äpplen’ och ’änglar’ i translokala organisationer
Part of Flera fält i ett, Carlsson Bokförlag, 2001
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Part of After Full Employment, Peter Lang Publishing Group, 2000
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Loose links and tight attachments: Modes of employment and meaning-making in a changing labor market
Part of Modern Organisations and Emerging Conundrums, Lexington Books, 1999
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Part of State, Market and Organizational Form, DE GRUYTER, 1997
Collections (editor)
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Pandemic Ponderings: Fellow Reflections beyond Corona
Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study (SCAS), 2022
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Power, Policy and Profit: Corporate Engagement in Politics and Governance
Edward Elgar Publishing, 2017
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Makeshift Work in a Changing Labour Market: the Swedish Model in the Post-Financial Crisis Era
Edward Elgar Publishing, 2015
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Anthropology now and next: essays in honor of Ulf Hannerz
Berghahn Books, 2015
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Anthropology now and next: essays in honor of Ulf Hannerz
Berghahn Books, 2014
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Organisational anthropology: doing ethnography in and among complex organisations
Pluto Press, 2013
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Arbetets marknad: Arbetsmarknadens nya organisering
Liber, 2011
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Organizing Transnational Accountability
Edward Elgar Publishing, 2008
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Transparency in a new global order: unveiling organizational visions
Edward Elgar, 2008
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Learning to be employable: new agendas on work, responsibility, and learning in a globalizing world
Palgrave Macmillan, 2004
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Moderna människor: antropologiska perspektiv på samtiden
Liber, 2003
Conference papers
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Tinkering with Knowledge: Representational Practices and Scaling in U.S. Think Tanks
Part of Knowledge and Power in an Overheated World, p. 98-125, 2017
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Risk, resilience, and alternative futures: Scenario-building at the World Economic Forum
2016
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Imaginable Futures: Anticipatory knowledge and narratives of futurity in U.S. think tanks
2016
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Imaginable Futures: Anticipatory Knowledge, Evidence, and Narratives of Futurity in Think Tanks
2016
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Consequences of a Liquid Mandate: World Economic Forum and the Partial Organizing of Global Agendas
2015
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Harmony-Thinking and Post-Political Ethics inGlobal Governance
2015
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Transparency by proxy: knowledge, indicators, and legitimacy in market practice
2014
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The Politicization of Corporations: The Case of the World Economic Forum
2014
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Secret Societies, Opaque Routes: Advancing Corporate Politics through the World Economic Forum
p. 1-27, 2014
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Free commodity exchange: Skype and Spotify and the complexity of market relations
2014
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Free commodity exchange: Skype and Spotify and the complexity of market relations
2013
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Policy brokers in partially organized fields: the case of World Economic Forum
Part of 8th International Conference in Interpretive Policy Analysis 2013 in Vienna from July 3rd- to July 5th, 2013, 2013
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Mirroring the world: on think tanks in the U.S. and Sweden
2013
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Thin data, thick nets: calculations and policy advocacy in think tanks
2013
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Formality in brackets: ethnographies of staged organizational worlds
Part of 22nd Nordic Academy of management conference held at University of Iceland Reykjavík, 21-23 August, 2013 Final Program and Abstracts, p. 138-139, 2013
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Local worlds of activation: the diverse pathways of three Swedish municipalities
Part of ESPAnet 2013 conference papers, 2013
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Arbetets nya marknad: Konkurrens, mätbarhet och globalisering
Part of Rapport från konferensen Det globaliserade arbetslivet, p. 11-24, 2012
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Values aligned: the organization of conflicting values within the World Economic Forum
2011
Monograph doctoral thesis
Reports
Other
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Janet Finn Tracing the Veins: Of Copper, Culture and Community from Butte to Chuquicamata
Part of Gender, Work and Organization, 2001