Sub-theme 31: Imperfect Knowledge: Re-examining the Role of Experts and Expertise
Convenors:
Cara Reed, Cardiff Business School, United Kingdom
Alexandra Bristow, The Open University, United Kingdom
Thomas Lopdrup-Hjorth, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
Session I: Thursday, July 07, 11:00 to 12:30, AD.0.122 Sitzungssaal 2
Theoriszing about Experts and Expertise
Chair: Alex Bristow
Tomi Koljonen, Maximilian Heimstädt and Kasper Trolle Elmholdt
Expertise in management research: An integrative review and a path forward
Discussant(s): Christine Noël Lemaitre
David A. Jarrett
Integrative process and power in expertise: Lessons from Mary Parker Follett
Discussant(s): Tomi Koljonen, Maximilian Heimstädt, Kasper Elmholdt
Christine Noël Lemaitre and Marco Donato
The best labour experts are the workers themselves. Questioning ‘interactional expertise’ and its use by management through
its philosophical roots
Discussant(s): David A. Jarrett
The session will also begin with a brief introduction from the 3 sub-theme convenors
Session II: Thursday, July 07, 14:00 to 15:30, AD.0.122 Sitzungssaal 2
Technology and Expertise
Chair: Cara Reed
Johan Alvehus, Sanna Eklund and Gustaf K. Weichselberger
On the expansion of administration – Digitalization expertise as a Trojan horse
Discussant(s): Kasper Elmholdt, Ninna Meier
Christophe Dubois, James Faulconbridge, Frida Pemer, Caroline Ruiner, Aline P. Seepma, Tale Skjølsvik and Martin Spring
“Get nothing wrong”: Perspectives on the functions and fallibilities of professionals and algorithmic technologies in law
and justice
Discussant(s): Johan Alvehus, Sanna Eklund, Gustaf Kastberg
Kasper Trolle Elmholdt and Ninna Meier
Always
already imperfect: Exploring infrastructures of expertise and algorithmic emergency
response work
Discussant(s): Christophe Dubois et al.
Session III: Friday, July 08, 09:00 to 10:30, AD.0.122 Sitzungssaal 2
Construction of Expertise
Chair: Thomas Lopdrup-Hjorth
Helen C. Williams, Katrina Pritchard and Maggie Miller
One rule, three tips, five reasons: Gendered entrepreneurial learning and the construction of expertise in contemporary media
Discussant(s): Stefan Heusinkveld, Andrew Sturdy, Marlieke van Grinsven
Laure Lelasseux and Frank de Bakker
Navigating climate controversies: The role of developing expertise for CSR managers
Discussant(s): Helen Williams, Katrina Pritchard, Maggie Miller
Stefan Heusinkveld, Andrew Sturdy and Marlieke van Grinsven
The use of management ideas through spectatorship – Management practitioners as both consumers and producers
Discussant(s): Laure Lelasseux
Session IV: Friday, July 08, 11:00 to 12:30, AD.0.122 Sitzungssaal 2
Contestation and Expertise
Chair: Alex Bristow
Maximiliane Wilkesmann and Judith Becker
Physicians vs. pharmacists. The battle against Covid-19 as a side fight of expertise and professional competencies
Discussant(s): Barbara Junne
Thinley Tharchen and Raghu B. Garud
Contested scientific expertise Underpinning policy making
Discussant(s): Maximiliane Wilkesmann, Judith Becker
Ryan Menner and Robyn Mayes
Imperfectly contesting expertise: The (re)shaping of academic expertise under industry-focussed funding regimes
Discussant(s): Thinley Tharchen
Barbara Junne and Jaromir Junne
Shifting identities of expertise and experts in processes of digitalisation: An analysis of three secondary schools in Germany
Discussant(s): Ryan Menner
Session V: Friday, July 08, 14:00 to 15:30, AD.0.122 Sitzungssaal 2
Forms of Expertise
Chair: Cara Reed
Maximilian Heimstädt, Katharina Berr and Sascha Friesike
Connecting with the public: How professionals accomplish relational authority in staged performances
Discussant(s): Søren Frandsen
Peter H. Jacobsen, Ask G. Johansen and Jens Iuel-Stissing
Articulated expertise assembling energy transition: The case of biogas
Discussant(s): Maximilian Heimstädt, Katharina Berr, Sascha Friesike
Søren Lund Frandsen
Polycentric expertise: Changing climate advisory bodies in Denmark
Discussant(s): Peter H. Jacobsen, Ask G. Johansen, Jens Iuel-Stissing
Session VI: Saturday, July 09, 09:00 to 10:30, AD.0.122 Sitzungssaal 2
Expert Identities
Chair: Alex Bristow
Michal Sedlačko and Katarína Staroňová
Putting experts in their place: Achieving policy
impact as an outsider-academic in civil service reforms in Slovakia
Discussant(s): Kirstine Zinck Pedersen
Kirstine Zinck Pedersen
Practices of certitude: The defiance of clinical uncertainty in healthcare management
Discussant(s): Michal Sedlačko
Session VII: Saturday, July 09, 11:00 to 12:30, AD.0.122 Sitzungssaal 2
Managing/Leading and Expertise
Chair: Thomas Lopdrup-Hjorth
Andrew Sturdy, Ian Kirkpatrick, Gianluca Veronesi, Nuria Reguera and Antonio Blanco-Oliver
Beyond ‘hollowing out’ – Public managers and the use (and non-use) of external consultants
Discussant(s): Claire Rigg, Sarah Bloomfield, Russ Vince
Tristan Dupas Amory
From ‘expertise as taught’ to ‘expert as told’ : Exploring populist technocracy through management consultants’ interventions
in business schools
Discussant(s): Andrew Sturdy, Ian Kirkpatrick
Clare Rigg, Sarah Bloomfield and Russ Vince
When expertise is lacking – Finding value in unknowingness
Discussant(s): Tristan Dupas-Amory
The session will also end with a brief conclusion by the 3 sub-theme convenors