Josef Pallas
Professor vid Företagsekonomiska institutionen; Professorer, lärare, forskare
- Telefon:
- 018-471 13 83
- E-post:
- Josef.Pallas@fek.uu.se
- Besöksadress:
- Ekonomikum
Kyrkogårdsgatan 10, ingång C
751 20 UPPSALA - Postadress:
- Box 513
751 20 UPPSALA
- Akademiska meriter:
- ED, docent, Excellent lärare
Kort presentation
Josef Pallas, Phd, is professor at the Department of Business Studies, Uppsala University.
Nyckelord
- governance
- public sector
- resilience
- media
- management
- prizes
- news production
- welfare
- collegiality
Biografi
Current Employment
Professor
2017 - Uppsala University, Department of Business Studies
Guest professor
2024 - Univeristy of Borås, Faculty of Textiles, Engineering and Business (including The Swedish School of Textiles) - Department of Business Administration and Textile Management
2019 - Charles University, Institute of Communication Studies and Journalism, Faculty of Social Sciences
Associate Professor
2013-2016 Uppsala University, Department of Business Studies
Senior Lecture
2008-2012 Uppsala University
Department of Informatics and Media
PhD program
2003 – 2007 Uppsala University, Department of Business Studies
Visiting positions
2020 – current Member of the Scientific Council at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University
2019 - current Visiting scholar - Institute of Communication Studies and Journalism, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University (formally from February 2020)
2019-2020 Guest Professor - Stockholm Center of Organizational Research, Stockholm (September 2019 – March 2020)
2015 Guest Professor – University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada (July 2015 - December 2015)
2006 Guest Researcher – Copenhagen Business School, Denmark (July 2006 - February 2007)
Forskning
Alongside my work on the mediatization of public sector organizations, I have, in recent years, become involved in studies on control and governance of organizations within the welfare sector and within the field of higher education and research. In these studies, we seek to explore how new governance models (e.g., reforms, regulations, management ideas) enter Swedish welfare providers and universities and how these models affect the way in which these types of organizations are organized, structured, and managed. Here, I am particularly interested in the way public sector organizations increasingly come to be transformed into real organizations, i.e., being constructed and communicated as complete organizations with unique identities, clear formal structures, and the capacity for rational decision-making.
Yet another area of my research focuses on the creation and proliferation of different forms of public appraisals (such as prizes, rankings, and awards) as an expression of the medially embedded structuration of the institutional contexts in which the activities of contemporary organizations are placed, constructed, organized, and performed.
A more recent focus of my work is on stimulating interest in management knowledge generated locally within and between public sector organizations to question and denaturalize the superiority of popular management wisdom and practices in private, public, and third sector organizations.
Ongoing research projects
2024-2027
Welfare Professions and Work-Related Wellbeing in the Wake of System Crisis.
Jan Wallander’s & Tom Hedelius’ foundation
2023-2029
Welfare markets in Sweden: what are the implications for social equity?
Swedish Research Council
2022-2025
Beyond the Nobels: Prizes as Organization in and of Academia
Jan Wallander’s & Tom Hedelius’ foundation
2021-2024
Virtues and challenges of collegiality – lessons from law & architecture firms.
Jan Wallander’s & Tom Hedelius’ foundation
Media
Articles in popular press
(E13) Pallas, J. (2024) Är en gåva verkligen gratis? Svenska Dagbladet, 2024-07-28
(E12) Hansen, J. & Pallas, J. (2024) Medlemmars engagemang livsviktigt för SULF. Universitetsläraren. 2024-01-18.
(E11) Pellin, L. & Pallas, J. (2024) Personalen visade vägen under covid – låt dem bestämma i nästa kris. Altinget. 2024-02-15
(E10) Arora-Jonasson, S. Engwall, L. Pallas, J. & Wedlin, L. (2023) ”All viktig forskning passar inte i löpsedelsformatet”. Dagens Nyheter. 2023-08-29
(E10) Pallas, J. (2023) Lärosäten ser fackliga frågor som gnäll. Universitetsläraren. 2023-03-24
(E9) Pallas, J (2021) ”Vi behöver mer tilltro till professionell yrkeskunskap”. Dagens Arena 2021-05-28.
(E8) Lövgren, D. & Pallas, J. (2019) ”Omotiverat att alltid hylla näringslivets ideal”. Svenska Dagbladet. 2019-01-06
(E7) Pallas, J. (2016) ”Crazy is the new black”, Organisation och Samhälle. Föreningen Företagsekonomi i Sverige. Gothenburg: GRI.
(E6) Pallas, J. & Fredriksson, M. (2014) ”Släpp fram intern kritik”, Uppsala Nya Tidning. 2014-12-11
(E5) Pallas, J. (2014) ”The course of media literacy – or when is time to fire the PR-consultant”. Mercury (6) Department of Business Studies. Uppsala: Uppsala University.
(E4) Pallas, J. (2013) “Deceptions of consistency - challenges for public sector communication.” Mercury (5) Department of Business Studies. Uppsala: Uppsala University.
(E3) Pallas, J. (2013) Media and Mercury (5) Department of Business Studies. Uppsala: Uppsala University.
(E2) Pallas. J. & Fredriksson, M. (2014) “Rop på samverkan kan leda till korruption”. Svenska Dagbladet. 2014-01-06
(E1) Pallas, J. & Fredriksson, M. (2013) “Myndigheter polerar fasaden”. Svenska Dagbladet. 2013-05-16

Publikationer
Urval av publikationer
Mediatization & Corporate Reputation
Ingår i The SAGE Encyclopedia of Corporate Reputation, Sage Publications, 2016
Ingår i The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Mass Media and Society, Sage Publications, 2015
Ingår i Mediatization of Communication, Walter de Gruyter, 2014
Creativity Caged in Translation: A Neo-Institutional Perspective on Crisis Communication
Ingår i Relaciones Internacionales, 2014
Organizations and the Media: Organizing in a mediatized world
Routledge, 2014
Strategic communication as institutional work
Ingår i The Routledge Handbook of Strategic Communication, Routledge, 2014
Ingår i The Governance of Modern Universities, 2013
Public Relations and Neo-institutional theory
Ingår i Public Relations Inquiry, s. 183-203, 2013
- DOI för Public Relations and Neo-institutional theory
- Ladda ner fulltext (pdf) av Public Relations and Neo-institutional theory
2013
Corporate Media Work and Micro-Dynamics of Mediatization
Ingår i European Journal of Communication, s. 420-435, 2013
- DOI för Corporate Media Work and Micro-Dynamics of Mediatization
- Ladda ner fulltext (pdf) av Corporate Media Work and Micro-Dynamics of Mediatization
Beyond the news desk: the embeddedness of business news
Ingår i Media Culture and Society, s. 216-233, 2013
Ingår i Global themes and local variations in organization and management, s. 295-308, Routledge, 2013
Reputation and Legitimacy: Accreditation and Rankings to Assess Organizations
Ingår i Handbook of Communication and Corporate Reputation, Wiley-Blackwell, 2013
Providing, promoting and co-opting: Corporate media work in a mediatized society
Ingår i Journal of Communication Management, s. 165-178, 2011
Regler, normer och föreställningar.: Ett neoinstitutionellt perspektiv på strategisk kommunikation
Ingår i Strategisk kommunikation. Forskning och praktik, Liber, 2011
Liber, 2010
Ingår i Företag och medier, s. 6-24, Liber, 2010
Ingår i Exploring the Worlds of Mercury and Minerva, s. 243-256, Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis, 2009
Ekonominyhetens väg: Från kvartalsrapporter till ekonominyheter
2006
Senaste publikationer
The diminishing spaces for collegial work
Ingår i Scandinavian Journal of Management, 2025
- DOI för The diminishing spaces for collegial work
- Ladda ner fulltext (pdf) av The diminishing spaces for collegial work
COVID-19 Stories from the Swedish Welfare State: The Pandemicracy
Bristol University Press, 2025
An ecology of ideas permeating science, higher education, and society: Essays for Kerstin Sahlin
Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis, 2024
Not So Logical, After All: Public Managers' Understandings of Media
Ingår i Scandinavian Journal of Public Administration, s. 21-39, 2024
- DOI för Not So Logical, After All: Public Managers' Understandings of Media
- Ladda ner fulltext (pdf) av Not So Logical, After All: Public Managers' Understandings of Media
Practicing Uncertainty as Resilience
Ingår i Filozofia (Bratislava), s. 1159-1173, 2024
- DOI för Practicing Uncertainty as Resilience
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Alla publikationer
Artiklar i tidskrift
The diminishing spaces for collegial work
Ingår i Scandinavian Journal of Management, 2025
- DOI för The diminishing spaces for collegial work
- Ladda ner fulltext (pdf) av The diminishing spaces for collegial work
Not So Logical, After All: Public Managers' Understandings of Media
Ingår i Scandinavian Journal of Public Administration, s. 21-39, 2024
- DOI för Not So Logical, After All: Public Managers' Understandings of Media
- Ladda ner fulltext (pdf) av Not So Logical, After All: Public Managers' Understandings of Media
Practicing Uncertainty as Resilience
Ingår i Filozofia (Bratislava), s. 1159-1173, 2024
- DOI för Practicing Uncertainty as Resilience
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Bureaucracy under pressure: New(s) management practices in central government agencies
Ingår i European Management Journal, s. 295-304, 2024
Producing and sustaining field-configuring events: The role of prizes in a Swedish Book Fair
Ingår i Culture and Organization, s. 47-64, 2024
- DOI för Producing and sustaining field-configuring events: The role of prizes in a Swedish Book Fair
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Under the Press(ure)?: The Role of Media in Organisation and Provision of Municipal Elderly Care
Ingår i Scandinavian Journal of Public Administration, s. 67-88, 2022
- DOI för Under the Press(ure)?: The Role of Media in Organisation and Provision of Municipal Elderly Care
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Mediespökets betydelse för styrning, organisering och ledning av äldreomsorgen
Ingår i Organisation & Samhälle, s. 34-39, 2021
Under the influence of politics: Mediatization and political-administrative systems in Scandinavia
Ingår i Nordic Journal of Media Studies, s. 85-96, 2019
- DOI för Under the influence of politics: Mediatization and political-administrative systems in Scandinavia
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Translated Inconsistency: Management Communication Under the Reign of Institutional Ambiguity
Ingår i Management Communication Quarterly, s. 473-478, 2017
Diverging principles for strategic communication in government agencies
Ingår i International Journal of Strategic Communication, s. 153-164, 2016
Typical tools for assessment of communicative performance
Ingår i Corporate Reputation Review, s. 47-58, 2016
Ingår i International Journal of Strategic Communication, s. 149-152, 2016
Translating institutional logic: When the media logic meets professions
Ingår i Organization Studies, s. 1661-1684, 2016
Much ado about media: Public relations in public agencies in the wake of managerialism
Ingår i Journal of Public Relations Research, s. 600-606, 2016
Organizations, Prizes and Media
Ingår i Journal of Organizational Change Management, s. 1066-1082, 2016
Ingår i Public Administration, s. 1049-1067, 2015
Creativity Caged in Translation: A Neo-Institutional Perspective on Crisis Communication
Ingår i Relaciones Internacionales, 2014
The course of media literacy: or when is time to fire the PR-consultant
Ingår i Mercury Magazine, s. 60-63, 2014
Public Relations and Neo-institutional theory
Ingår i Public Relations Inquiry, s. 183-203, 2013
- DOI för Public Relations and Neo-institutional theory
- Ladda ner fulltext (pdf) av Public Relations and Neo-institutional theory
Corporate Media Work and Micro-Dynamics of Mediatization
Ingår i European Journal of Communication, s. 420-435, 2013
- DOI för Corporate Media Work and Micro-Dynamics of Mediatization
- Ladda ner fulltext (pdf) av Corporate Media Work and Micro-Dynamics of Mediatization
Deceptions of consistency: challenges for public sector communication
Ingår i Mercury, s. 40-44, 2013
Beyond the news desk: the embeddedness of business news
Ingår i Media Culture and Society, s. 216-233, 2013
Providing, promoting and co-opting: Corporate media work in a mediatized society
Ingår i Journal of Communication Management, s. 165-178, 2011
Böcker
COVID-19 Stories from the Swedish Welfare State: The Pandemicracy
Bristol University Press, 2025
Bokförlaget Atlas, 2023
Doktorsavhandlingar, monografi
Kapitel i böcker, delar av antologi
Becoming a symbol and losing control: The Gothenburg Book Fair and the alt-right debate
Ingår i Managing Cultural Festivals, s. 130-146, Routledge, 2022
Pandemicracy and organizing in unsettling times
Ingår i Organizational Communication and Technology in the Time of Coronavirus, s. 21-47, Palgrave Macmillan, 2022
Ideas of public relations in the light of Scandinavian institutionalism
Ingår i Handbook of Public Relations, s. 509-524, Mouton de Gruyter, 2021
Intresseorganisationer, metaorganisationer och kommunikation: röster och arenor för policyformering
Ingår i Organisationer och kommunikation, s. 221-258, Studentlitteratur AB, 2021
Ingår i Framtidens välfärd, s. 87-104, Studentlitteratur AB, 2021
Public sector communication and mediatization
Ingår i Handbook of Public Sector Communication, s. 167-180, Wiley-Blackwell, 2020
Ingår i Power, communication and politics in the Nordic countries, Nordicom, 2020
Slutet på den osynliga vetenskapen?: Tio sätt att öka synligheten – eller låta bli
Ingår i Ledning och (sned-)styrning i högskolan, s. 243-268, Studentlitteratur AB, 2020
Between Market and Culture: The Case of the Gothenburg Book Fair
Ingår i Museum Marketization, s. 61-77, Routledge, 2019
Prizes and the organization of status
Ingår i Organization outside organization, s. 62-83, Cambridge University Press, 2019
Between market and culture: The case of the Gothenburg Book Fair
Ingår i Museum marketization:, Routledge, 2019
Svenska myndigheter i Almedalen 2005 – 2017
Ingår i Almedalen, SSE Institute for Research, 2018
On Meyer: Public Relations in a Context of World Society, Soft Actors and Rationalized De-coupling
Ingår i Public Relations andSocial Theory, Routledge, 2018
Resituating Corporate Governance
Ingår i Corporate Governance in Action, s. 1-24, Routledge, 2018
Ingår i Corporate Governance in Action, s. 163-183, Routledge, 2018
Ingår i Corporate Governance in Action, s. 185-198, Routledge, 2018
A Field Approach to Corporate Governance
Ingår i Corporate Governance in Action, s. 25-41, Routledge, 2018
styrning och frihet - en ohelig allians?
Ingår i Det ostyrda universitetet?, s. 9-37, Makadam Förlag, 2017
Ingår i Det ostyrda universitetet?, s. 299-326, Makadam Förlag, 2017
Public sector communication and media visibility and mediatization
Ingår i Handbook of Public Sector Communication, Wiley-Blackwell, 2017
Ingår i Dynamics of mediatization, Wiley-Blackwell, 2017
Mediatization & Corporate Reputation
Ingår i The SAGE Encyclopedia of Corporate Reputation, Sage Publications, 2016
Accreditations & Certifications
Ingår i The SAGE Encyclopedia of Corporate Reputation, Sage Publications, 2016
Divided we stand: Akademiska ledares idéer om vad vi har universitet till
Ingår i Det styrda universitet., Santérus Förlag, 2016
Ingår i Handbook of Public Relations Theory and Methods, Wiley-Blackwell, 2016
Ingår i The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Mass Media and Society, Sage Publications, 2015
Public Relations and Neo-institutional theory
Ingår i Strategic Communication, Routledge, 2015
Ingår i Mediatization of Communication, Walter de Gruyter, 2014
Strategic communication as institutional work
Ingår i The Routledge Handbook of Strategic Communication, Routledge, 2014
Media and Organizations: Images, Practices and Organizing
Ingår i Organizations and the Media, s. 1-14, Routledge, 2014
Media Enactments: Where to Look for Inspiration in Mediatization Studies
Ingår i Organizations and the Media, Routledge, 2014
Ingår i Global themes and local variations in organization and management, s. 295-308, Routledge, 2013
Reputation and Legitimacy: Accreditation and Rankings to Assess Organizations
Ingår i Handbook of Communication and Corporate Reputation, Wiley-Blackwell, 2013
Regler, normer och föreställningar.: Ett neoinstitutionellt perspektiv på strategisk kommunikation
Ingår i Strategisk kommunikation. Forskning och praktik, Liber, 2011
Ingår i Företag och medier, s. 6-24, Liber, 2010
Ingår i Företag och medier, s. 209-228, Liber, 2010
Utanför nyhetsdesken: om nyhetsproduktion som interaktivt kretslopp
Ingår i Företag och medier, s. 41-57, Liber, 2010
Ingår i Exploring the Worlds of Mercury and Minerva, s. 243-256, Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis, 2009
The Negotiation of Business News
Ingår i Mediating Business, s. 217-233, Copenhagen Business School Press, 2007
Ingår i Mediating Business, Copenhagen Business School Press, 2007
Konferensbidrag
2016
Media at the center: Public relations in public administrations in the wake of managerialism
2015
2015
Translating media(tization) into organizational contexts.
2015
2015
Responses to mediatization: A case of Swedish governmental agency
Ingår i Reconceptualizing Contemporary Public Services Organizations, s. 1-32, 2014
Ingår i INCONSISTENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION, s. 1-17, 2014
Ingår i Rethinking the Mediatization of Politics, s. 1-32, 2014
Corporate Media Work and Lobbying
Ingår i The 4th Govemark network workshop, 2013
Creativity Caged in Translation: A Neo-Institutional Perspective on Crisis Communication
2013
Typical tools for assessment of communicative performance
Ingår i Public Sector Responses To Global Crisis, 2013
Ingår i The Governance of Modern Universities, 2013
Corporate Media Work and Lobbying
2013
2012
The Negotiation of Corporate News: A Study of Source-Media Interaction
2006
2004
Talking Organizations: A Narrative Analysis of Corporate Press Releases - an Institutional View
2004
Rapporter
Samlingsverk (redaktörskap)
An ecology of ideas permeating science, higher education, and society: Essays for Kerstin Sahlin
Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis, 2024
Det ostyrda universitetet?: Perspektiv på styrning, autonomi och reform av svenska lärosäten
Makadam Förlag, 2017
Organizations and the Media: Organizing in a mediatized world
Routledge, 2014
Liber, 2010
Övriga
James Suzman: Arbete - En historik över vad vi gör med vår tid
Ingår i Organisation & Samhälle, 2022
Ingår i puntOorg International Journal, 2022