Dr. Gorgi Krlev

Arbeits- und Forschungsschwerpunkte

Gorgi Krlevs Forschungsschwerpunkte liegen u.a. in den Bereichen Organisations- und Institutionentheorie, Entrepreneurship und Innovation. Am Centre for Social Investment (CSI) hat er an einer Reihe von Projekten zu Sozialunternehmen und sozialen Innovationen gearbeitet. Nachhaltigkeit, gesellschaftliche Wirkung (Impact) und sektorübergreifende Zusammenarbeit sind zentrale Themen seiner Arbeit. Im Rahmen seiner Promotion an der Universität Oxford (Kellogg College) hat er theoretisch und empirisch an der Weiterentwicklung sozialer Wirkungsmessung geforscht (Zusammenfassung). Seine Arbeit umfasste die Untersuchung der Wirkung eines Verhaltenstrainings an Schulen (Ergebnisse), einer politischen Webplattform (Ergebnisse) und von gemeinschaftsorientierten Wohnformen (Ergebnisse). Gorgi arbeitet meist interdisziplinär und verwendet in seiner Forschung sowohl quantitative, als auch qualitative Methoden.

• Organisationstheorie
• Institutionentheorie
• (Soziale) Innovation
• (Social) Entrepreneurship
• Sustainability
• Nonprofit Management
• Hybridität
• Social Finance/Impact Investing
• Wirkungsmessung

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Aktuelle und abgeschlossene Projekte

• TRANSFORM: From #AirMOOC to co-creative, student-led, open-source platform for sustainabilty education (4EU+/EU Erasmus+)
• Finance 4 Social Change (EU INTERREG)
• IndiSI & IndiSI+ (BMBF)
• ITSSOIN (EU FP-7)
• TEPSIE (EU FP-7)
• INNOSERV (EU FP-7)
• Social Innovation in the Free Welfare Associations (BAGFW)
• Social Return on Investment (SROI) Analysis
• International Research Symposium Hybrid Organizations (StiftungVolkswagen)

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Ausgewählte Publikationen

Buch (AOM, Public and Nonprofit Division "Best Book 2019" Award):

• Anheier, H. K., Krlev, G., & Mildenberger, G. (Eds.). (2018/2019). Social Innovation: Comparative European Perspectives [OPEN ACCESS]. New York: Routledge. ISBN: 9781138068360.

Guest Editor von Special Issues in Journals:

• Krlev, G., Mildenberger, G., & Anheier, H. K. (2020). Special Issue: Innovation and societal transformation – what changes when the ‘social’ comes in? International Review of Applied Economics, 34(5), 529-540.
• Anheier, H. K., & Krlev, G. (2015) Governance and management of hybrid organizations: Introduction to the Special Issue. International Studies of Management and Organization, 45(3), 193–206.
• Anheier, H. K., & Krlev, G. (2014) Welfare regimes, policy reforms, and hybridity: Introduction to the Special Issue. American Behavioral Scientist, 58(11), 1395–1411.

Peer-reviewed Artikel:

• Scheidgen, K., Gümüsay, A., Günzel, F., Krlev, G., Wolf, M. (2021).Crises and entrepreneurial opportunities: Digital social innovation in response to physical distancing. Journal of Business Venturing Insights.
• Krlev, G., Einarsson, T., Wijkström, F., Heyer, L. & Mildenberger, G. (2020). The policies of social innovation – a cross-national analysis. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 49(3), 457-478.
• Krlev, G., & Lund, A.B. (2020). Social Innovation Ignored: Framing Third Sector Activities in European News Media. Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations, 31, 949–965.
• Krlev, G., Bund, E., & Mildenberger, G. (2014). Measuring what matters—Indicators of social innovativeness on the national level. Information Systems Management, 31(3), 200–224.
• Krlev, G. (2013). Framework conditions for Social Entrepreneurship—a spotlight on legal and financial issues. Trusts & Trustees, 19(6), 526–534.
• Krlev, G. (2012). Strategies in Social Entrepreneurship: Depicting entrepreneurial elements and business principles in SEOs from Germany and Bangladesh. ACRN Journal of Entrepreneurship Perspectives (discontinued), 1(1), 61-96.

Reports:

• Göler von Ravensburg, N., Krlev, G. & Mildenberger, G. (2019). Social enterprises and their ecosystems in Europe. Country report: Germany. European Commission: Brussels.
• Krlev, G., Münscher, R., & Mülbert, K. (2013). Social Return on Investment (SROI): State-of-the-Art and Perspectives. CSI Report.

Posts, Outreach, praxisorientierte Publikationen:

• Reconceptualizing the Social Economy, Stanford Social Innovation Review.
• Sustainable Science as a Vocation, LSE Impact Blog.
• The death of the literature review and the rise of the dynamic knowledge map, LSE Impact Blog (TOP 10 posts 2019).

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Curriculum Vitae

• Seit 04/2021: Visiting Professor, Politecnico di Milano (School of Management)
• Seit 2019: Associate Editor at the Journal of Social Entrepreneurship
• Seit 2018: Senior Researcher CSI
• Seit 10/2017: Vorstandsmitglied Euclid Network
• 2013 - 2017: PhD/DPhil in Business and Management University of Oxford (Kellogg College)
  (advised by Alex Nicholls and Jonathan Michie, assessed by Marc Ventresca, Martin Ruhs and Patrick Kenis)
• 2011 - 2017: Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter CSI
• 2010: Project Associate BASF SE (BoP Business und Social Business)
• 2005 - 2010: M.Sc. Business Administration/Dipl.-Kfm. University of Mannheim
  (Schwerpunkte: Finance & International Management, exchange at Kedge Business School Bordeaux)

Experte: OECD lead-expert "Measuring Social Innovation", BMWi Jury "Geschäftsmodelle mit Social Impact", BMBF Jury "Gesellschaft der Ideen".

Chair & Keynotes: 2020 Social Economy Science Conference co-chair (Universitäten Heidelberg, Mannheim, European Commission & Social Entrepreneurship Baden-Württemberg), 2021 EaSI conference keynote "Boosting Social Innovation" (European Commission), Impact 2021 keynote "The Power of Social Entrepreneurship".

Mitgliedschaften & Engagement: AOM, EGOS, Beirat INFINITY Deutschland, Associated Scholar DFG Network “Grand Challenges & New Forms of Organizing”, Scholar Peer School for Sustainable Development, Working Group Research & Education bei Catalyst2030.

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Preise & Auszeichnungen

• "Social Entrepreneurship Award for Impact on Stakeholders" #AirMOOC
  – U.S. Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE), verliehen 01/2021
• Runner-Up "Emerging Scholar Award"
  – International Society for Third-Sector Research (ISTR), verliehen 12/2020
• "Best Book 2019" Social Innovation - Comparative Perspectives
  – Academy of Management (AOM), Public and Nonprofit Division, verliehen 08/2019

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Lehrveranstaltungen

• Accelerating Investment Readiness (#AirMOOC)
• Sustainability & impact-oriented venturing
• Sustainable entrepreneurship
• Impact investing & corporate impact assessments
• Organizations & institutions
• Social innovation in organizational strategy & policy
• Social innovation and social change
• Measuring social impact
• Business ethics & social entrepreneurship

Lehrveranstaltungen & Gastvorträge bei: Universität Heidelberg, International Labour Organization (ILO), Universität of Mannheim, WU Vienna, Hochschule Worms, Universität St. Gallen, Trinity College Dublin.