Professor Jakob Stollberger

Biography	Jakob Stollberger is a Professor in Leadership and Organizational Behavior at Durham University Business School. Prior to joining Durham University, Jakob held various research positions at Aston Business School, Cambridge Judge Business School, and the University of Birmingham in the UK as well as at the Free University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands. As a work psychologist, Jakob explores how behavioral insights can support organizations in their day-to-day work. His research agenda focuses on themes that lie at the intersection between organizations and society, such as issues around how leaders can promote or derail organizational innovation efforts, how work influences family dynamics, as well as how humans can best work together with artificial intelligence (AI) in the not-too-distant future of work. In empirically exploring these themes, he relies on his expertise in study design (e.g., experience sampling studies, and randomized controlled trials) and quantitative data analysis (e.g., latent growth modelling and multilevel modelling). Jakob's research has been published in a number of leading journals such as Organization Science, Journal of Applied Psychology, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Human Relations, Journal of Organizational Behavior, or Human Resource Management, among others. His scholarship featured in the Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings and was shortlisted for the Rosabeth Moss Kanter Award for Excellence in Work-Family Research. He also acts as Reviewer for a number of top-tier journals and received the Human Relations Reviewer of the Year 2022 Award. Jakob currently also serves as Associate Editor for Human Relations, the flagship journal of the Tavistock Institute in London that recently celebrated its 75th anniversary. Jakob regularly writes impactful practitioner-oriented pieces for outlets such as the Harvard Business Review, the World Financial Review, or the European Business Review and his work received media coverage in Forbes, The World Economic Forum, or The Conversation UK among others. His research has attracted external funding (e.g., ESRC) and he is a regularly invited speaker at academic institutions, businesses, and governmental bodies.
Research Interests	Leadership (e.g., leader behaviors and nonverbal communication) The work-family interface Creativity and innovation AI and the future of work
PhD Supervision Availability	Yes
PhD Topics	Jakob engages in PhD supervision and is open to discussing ideas of prospective PhD students on topics that fall within his areas of expertise.