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Biographies

Laura Lucia Parolin is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Business and Mathematics at Mälardalen University, Sweden, within the Management and Organization (MO) group, where she serves as the referent for research methods and epistemic practices. She co-leads the Transforma research stream, which focuses on sustainable technological, environmental, and societal transformations, as well as social justice. She works at the intersection of Science & Technology Studies (STS) and Organization Studies, primarily using Posthumanist Practice Theory. Her research interests centre on the entanglement of discursive-sociomaterial practices with affect, with a focus on the ethical and aesthetic dimensions of work practices and organizations. She is interested in human and nonhuman contributions to responsibility, sustainability, ethics, aesthetic practices, activism, queer subjectivities, and postqualitative research methods. She recently joined Mälardalen University after serving as an associate professor at the University of Southern Denmark and as a visiting scholar at the University of Lapland, Finland, the University College of Dublin, Ireland, and the University of Bergamo, Italy.

Michela Cozza is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and Social Research at the University of Trento, Italy and Visiting Full Professor at Mälardalen University, Sweden. Her work sits at the intersection of organization studies, Science and Technology Studies (STS), and gender/feminist studies, with a particular focus on how technology, health, ageing, and the body are socially shaped and experienced. She has been involved in several interdisciplinary research groups, including those focused on digital transformation and ageing and technology. Cozza has held international academic roles, including Associate Professor at Mälardalen University in Sweden and visiting positions such as at the University of Oxford. She is also active in the scholarly community as an elected council member of the European Association for the Study of Science and Technology (EASST) and has contributed to editorial work in leading journals. Her research is characterized by qualitative and experimental methodologies, often exploring themes such as care, digitalization, welfare technologies, and epistemology. She has authored numerous publications, including books and peer-reviewed articles, reflecting a strong commitment to interdisciplinary and innovative approaches in the social sciences.

Anu Valtonen is Professor of Cultural Economy at the University of Lapland, Finland. She is a critical feminist scholar working at the interface of organization studies, marketing and tourism studies. Her recent research interest center around feminist new materialist theories, more-than-human methodologies, and alternative ways of writing, mostly in the context of the Anthropocene. Her work has been published, for instance, in Organization, Management Learning, Human Relations, Annals of Tourism Research, and Qualitative Inquiry. 

Costanza Sartoris is a subject expert at the Venice School of Management, Ca’ Foscari University, Italy. Her award-winning dissertation and main research line are on organizing practices, which she investigates through a post-anthropocentric feminist perspective, with a special focus on plants. She recently concluded a postdoc studying trust in institutions and social media to better understand digital citizenship within the framework of the EU Horizon SoMe4Dem. Costanza co-curated various exhibitions for the “AquaGranda Digital Community Memory” initiative, which was awarded an Honorary Mention at the 2023 EU Prize for Citizen Science. She holds a PhD in Management from the Venice School of Management, a Master of Arts in Visual Culture and Curatorial Practices from Brera Academy of Fine Arts, and a Bachelor in Management for the Arts from Bocconi University.

Marianna Fotaki holds a doctorate from the London School of Economics and Political Science. She has worked as a medical doctor for 5 years before joining academia, including with Médecins Sans Frontières and Médecins du Monde. Marianna held various visiting positions in universities across the world and has published numerous articles and books on gender, inequalities, and the marketization of public services in leading international journals. She led many research council-funded projects on whistleblowing and health and social care. Her recent book (co-authored with Iain Munro and Kate Kenny) is New Perspectives on Whistleblowing (2025, BUP), and she currently works on the applications of feminist ethics of care in public policy, responses to forced migrant arrivals in the EU and promoting social justice.

Alison Pullen teaches at Macquarie University and is Editor of the Bristol University Press Journal Feminism and Organization launching in October 2026. She sits on the editorial board of Organization Studies. Recently, she has been working with friends on responses to domestic violence, ethics of care, feminist organizing, business schools, and reading.