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In collaboration with Nicoline Jacoby Petersen I have carried out a Master Thesis about Knowledge Management in knowledge extensive organizations. Integrating Psychology and Communication Theory theoretically as well as empirically, our analysis aims at highlighting the various dynamics and dilemmas involved in managing and maintaining valuable knowledge. The thesis has spun of a number of activities, however primarily in a Danish context. One has been the investigation into alternative and more creative research methods within organizational research. Amongst others this work has resulted in an article about organizational photography, which was accepted and presented at the Academy of Management in Seattle 2003. Presently I live in South East Asia from where I am working as a freelance consultant focusing on the cultural differences between Western and Asian ways of handling knowledge in an organizational context. Moreover I have been involved in the aftermath of the Tsunami catastrophe in Thailand in the early months of 2005. My main focus in this work has been revolving around the various narratives at play during a crisis of this magnitude and their impact on aspects like role differentiation, knowledge management, organizational culture and identity, etc. Whether this will result in more in depth theoretical studies has not yet been decided. CV : 2005 Freelance consultancy and writing activities Involvement in the crisis aid and aftermath associated with the Tsunami disaster in South East Asia 2004 Freelance consultancy project on behalf of Ramboll, South East Asia. Empirical study and report on the current status on knowledge management initiatives in the regional head office in Bangkok. 2003 Private move to Bangkok Thailand 2003 Submission and presentation of research paper at The Academy of Management, Seattle, USA, August 1-6. 2000 Private move to Tunisia, North Africa. Loosely connected to the Department of Management at Copenhagen Business School, Denmark due to continued research within the area of Knowledge Management 2000 Master Degree in Psychology and Communication within the field of Knowledge Management and Business Development. 1999 Partnership formed with the HR department at Ramboll Consult, Denmark in connection with Master Thesis. 1997 Employed as junior consultant in the HRD department at PLS Consult in Copenhagen, Denmark. 1994 Scholarship student at the Department of Communication Studies at Guildhall University, London, England. 1993 Admitted at the Master Student program at Roskilde University, Denmark List of Publications: "Organizational Photography: A "Snapshot" Approach to Understanding Knowledge Sharing" in Challenges and Issues in Knowledge Management, Buono & Poulfelt (Eds.). Greenwich: Information Age Publishing, 2005 (forthcoming). (Co writer: Nicoline Jacoby Petersen) Projektsamarbejde med organisationer og virksomheder. Forlaget Samfundslitteratur, 2005. (Co writer: Nicoline Jacoby Petersen) Organizational Photography as a Research Method: What, How and Why (.pdf). Presented at: The Academy of Management, Seattle, August 1-6, 2003. "Organisationsfotografering" i Kommunikation, viden og ledelse af Siggaard et al. Samfundslitteratur 2004. (Co writer: Nicoline Jacoby Petersen) "Videnskollektivisering som videnstrategi" i Ledelse og Erhvervsøkonomi, nr. 1/2001. Tema: Videnledelse. (Co writer: Nicoline Jacoby Petersen) "Viden er ikke bare et IT-værktøj, der kan købes" Kronik i Børsen, 03.04.2001. (Co writer: Nicoline Jacoby Petersen) Videnskollektivisering i vidensvirksomheden. Master Thesis, Department of Psychology and Communications, Roskilde University Center, Denmark, 2000.
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Already as a student various assignments sparked my ongoing interest in alternative ways of conducting organizational research and development. Realizing the somewhat conservative landscape of organizational research, my interest in the creative and search for "academic affinity" have thus led me to Acorn. 
