Dr Karolina Mikolajewska-Zajac

Research Fellow

School of Business
Faculty of Business, Economics and Law

Overview

Karolina Mikołajewska-Zając is a Research Fellow in Strategy and Entrepreneurship at the UQ Business School. Her research revolves around patterns of societal crises and their influence on entrepreneurship and the dynamics and systemic effects of digital platforms' growth. Karolina's work uses ecological epistemologies, emphasizing relationality, process, and systemic connection.

Karolina obtained her PhD in Management and Organization Studies from Kozminski University in Warsaw, Poland. During her PhD, she held a 2-year visiting position at the University of California at Berkeley, where she conducted fieldwork tracing the organizational trajectory and ecosystemic effects of digital platforms focused on hospitality (Couchsurfing and Airbnb). Her research has been published in Organization Studies, European Journal of Social Theory, Internet Histories, and The Handbook of the Sharing Economy, among others. Karolina is a member of the editorial collective at ephemera. theory & politics in organization and a member of the steering committee at the International Sociological Association's Thematic Group 10 Digital Sociology.

Research Interests

  • Digital platforms
  • External enablers of entrepreneurship
  • Organisation theory
  • Digital ecology and ecosystems
  • Digital organization
  • Entrepreneurship during crises
  • Futures of the digital economy

Qualifications

  • Journal Editorial Board Member, ephemera. theory & politics in organization, ephemera. theory & politics in organization
  • Board Member, Thematic Group 10 Digital Sociology, International Sociological Association, Thematic Group 10 Digital Sociology, International Sociological Association
  • Member, International Sociological Association, International Sociological Association
  • Member, European Group for Organization Studies, European Group for Organization Studies
  • Doctor of Philosophy of Management Studies, Leon Kozminski Academy of Entrepreneurship and Management
  • Masters (Research) of Sociology, Warsaw University
  • Bachelor of Sociology, Warsaw University

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