Month: June 2026

Three Entries in the EE Encyclopedia of Strategy-as-Practice: »Organization«, »Practices« & »Participation«

Cover of the Edward Elgar Encyclopedia of Strategy as Practice

Together with three (former) doctoral students of mine, I had the honor to contribute three quite foundational entries to the brand new Edward Elgar Encyclopedia of Strategy as Practice, edited by Benjamin Grossmann-Hensel, Paula Jarzabkowski, Renate Kratochvil, David Seidl, Paul Spee, and Richard Whittington.

»Organization« (with Alwin Baumhöver):

The ontological question of what defines an organization has not been a central theme in strategy-as-practice (SAP) research (Kuhn, 2021), similar to more traditional strategy research that mostly takes organization for granted, as well. Yet, given the flat ontology of practice-theoretical approaches in general, the (re-)constitution of organizational phenomena from an SAP perspective can be conceptualized in the same manner as any social formation, based upon ongoing, patterned, and socially situated human activities (Schatzki, 2006). Building upon these foundations, one could even go so far to posit that what makes a social formation organizational in particular, is that its constituting bundle of interrelated sociomaterial practices is, at least to some degree, coordinated or driven by practices labelled as ‘strategic’ or ‘strategy-making’.

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New Book Chapter: »Open Digital Infrastructures for Democratic Resilience and Economic Sovereignty«

Cover of the Book "the Politics of Open Infrastructures

Together with Maximilian Heimstädt, I had the honor to contribute the closing chapter of the volume “The Politics of Open Infrastructures: Power, Governance, and Justice in Digital Knowledge Practices”, edited by Katja Mayer, Astrid Mager and Renée Ridgway (editor)

Our concluding chapter is somewhere between manifesto and essay, entitled “Open Digital Infrastructures for Democratic Resilience and Economic Sovereignty”. Check out the abstract below:

This chapter advances six theses on why digital resilience and economic sovereignty in platformised societies depend on the systematic strengthening of open digital infrastructures. It argues that proprietary, centralised platforms generate structural dependencies, democratic vulnerabilities and economic lock-in effects, while open standards, open protocols and free software enable decentralisation, interoperability and collective self-empowerment. Conceptualising open digital infrastructures as digital commons shifts attention from problems of overuse to challenges of provision, maintenance and sustainable financing. Treating open infrastructures as essential public services, comparable to transport or energy networks emphasises responsibilities of the state in funding and regulating such infrastructures. Yet, to avoid undermining their decentralised character, pluralistic governance arrangements and new legal forms of public social ownership such as public infrastructure funds, mandatory commons contributions and multi-stakeholder oversight are needed.

The whole book has been published by Open Book Publishers and is thus available open access in various formats.