Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Academic Background
With a background in social anthropology, Irene's research focuses on social relations in the context of organisations, including processes of identity, othering, organisational moral disengagement, transnationalism and (im)mobility. Irene's work has been published in journals such as Human Relations, Global Networks, Critique of Anthropology, Journal of Organizational Ethnography, Journal of Classical Sociology, Group & Organization Management, European Journal of International Management and in books from Palgrave Macmillan and Information Age Publishing.
Education/Academic qualification
Doctor of Philosophy, Copenhagen Business School
Master of Science, Social Anthropology, University of Copenhagen
External positions
Editorial board member, Journal of Organizational Ethnography
May 2023 → …
Keywords
- Social Sciences (General)
- Identity
- Alterity
- Othering
- Transnationalism
- Cosmopolitanism
- Ethnography
- Anthropology
- Employment Systems & Institutions
- Organisational moral disengagement
- Global work
- Organisational ethnography
- Global mobility
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Imagining ‘non-nationality’: Cosmopolitanism as a source of identity and belonging
Skovgaard-Smith, I. & Poulfelt, F., 1 Feb 2018, In: Human Relations. 71, 2, p. 129-154 26 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access35 Citations (Scopus) -
The other side of ‘us’: Alterity construction and identification work in the context of planned change
Skovgaard-Smith, I., Soekijad, M. & Down, S., 1 Nov 2020, In: Human Relations. 73, 11, p. 1583-1606 24 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access13 Citations (Scopus) -
Transnational life and cross-border immobility in pandemic times
Skovgaard-Smith, I., Jan 2023, In: Global Networks-A Journal of Transnational Affairs. 23, 1, p. 59-74 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile16 Citations (Scopus)10 Downloads (Pure) -
Marcel Mauss and the magical agents of our time
Skovgaard-Smith, I. & Hirst, A., May 2024, In: Journal of Classical Sociology. 24, 2, p. 171-185 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile1 Citation (Scopus)24 Downloads (Pure) -
Ethnography beyond the tribe: from immersion to “committed localism” in the study of relational work
Skovgaard-Smith, I., 8 Jul 2024, In: Journal of Organizational Ethnography. 13, 2, p. 233-249 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile1 Citation (Scopus)6 Downloads (Pure)
Activities
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University of Turku
Irene Skovgaard Smith (Visiting researcher)
7 Jan 2024 → 13 Jan 2024Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution
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Routledge (Publisher)
Irene Skovgaard Smith (Peer reviewer)
2024Activity: Editorial work › Publication peer-review
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Journal of Classical Sociology (Journal)
Irene Skovgaard Smith (Peer reviewer)
2023 → 2024Activity: Editorial work › Publication peer-review
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Journal of Organizational Ethnography (Journal)
Irene Skovgaard Smith (Editorial board member)
2023 → …Activity: Editorial work › Publication editorial role
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International Business Review (Journal)
Irene Skovgaard Smith (Peer reviewer)
2023Activity: Editorial work › Publication peer-review
Press/Media
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The complex world of the global citizen
10/11/17
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Media Coverage or Contribution
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To be cosmopolitan you don’t have to be rootless or a member of the global elite
9/11/17
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Media Coverage or Contribution
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How European academics are feeling about life in Britain a year after Brexit vote
22/06/17
1 Media contribution
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Human cost of COVID travel restrictions revealed in new study (Dec 2021)
15/12/21
3 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Media Coverage or Contribution