Twenty-Sixth International Conference on Knowledge, Culture, and Change in Organizations

  • Organization in Uncertain Worlds
  • 25-26 June 2026
  • Thoravej 29, Copenhagen, Denmark + Online

Research Network Chairs

Charles Landry

Charles Landry

Creative Bureaucracy & Civic City in a Nomadic World, United Kingdom

Anke Gruendel

Anke Gruendel

Leuphana University Lüneburg, Germany

Conference Chair

Christian Bason

Christian Bason

Co-founder, Transition Collective, Denmark

Plenary Speakers

The Twenty-Sixth International Conference on Knowledge, Culture, and Change in Organizations featured plenary sessions by some of the world’s leading thinkers and innovators in the field.

Jacob Torfing

Jacob Torfing

Department of Social Sciences and Business, Roskilde University, Denmark

“Robust governance in turbulent times!”

Geoff Mulgan

Geoff Mulgan

Professor, Collective Intelligence, Public Policy and Social Innovation, University College London (UCL), United Kingdom

Gabriella Gomez-Mont

Gabriella Gomez-Mont

Founder of Experimentalista and The Institute for Everything In-Between. Honorary Professor of Practice and Senior Policy Fellow at UCL and Central St. Martins. Former Chief Creative Officer of Mexico City.

UK / Mexico

"On Shape-Shifting and the In-Between: Thought Experiments for an Uncertain World"

Laura Nkula-Wenz

Laura Nkula-Wenz

Lecturer and Researcher at the African Centre for Cities, University of Cape Town, South Africa

Sara Gry Striegler

Sara Gry Striegler

CEO of Nordic Health Lab, Denmark

Emerging Scholar Awardees

For each conference, a small number of Emerging Scholar Awards are given to outstanding graduate students and emerging scholars who have an active research interest in the conference themes. Emerging Scholars perform a critical role in the conference by chairing the parallel sessions, providing technical assistance in the sessions, and presenting their own research papers. The 2026 Emerging Scholar Award Recipients are as follows:

Alexandra Maris

Alexandra Maris

State University of New York, United States

(In-Person)

Chad Vincent G. Florentino

Chad Vincent G. Florentino

Philippine Women's University, Philippines

(Online Only)

Victoria Olohigocho Omachi

Victoria Olohigocho Omachi

Harvard University, United States

(Online Only)

Ryan Bartlett

Ryan Bartlett

North-West University, South Africa

(Online Only)

Danielle Gervacio Graf

Danielle Gervacio Graf

Marymount University/ Capitol Technology University, United States

(Online Only)

Riana Jicha

Riana Jicha

Columbia International University, United States

(Online Only)

Host Institution