Julia Grimm Associate Professor
Contact
Name and title: Julia GrimmAssociate Professor
ORCID0000-0001-5787-0304 Länk till annan webbplats.
Workplace: Stockholm Business School Länk till annan webbplats.
Visiting address Albano, hus 2 plan 5
Postal address Företagsekonomiska institutionen106 91 Stockholm
About me
I am an organisation and management scholar at Stockholm Business School, researching how organisations and collective actors respond to social and environmental sustainability challenges. Using qualitative and process-oriented methods, my work examines collaboration, governance, and contestation across global supply chains, multi-stakeholder initiatives, and social movements. My research is published in leading international journals and informs both academic debates and practice. In my teaching, I focus on corporate responsibility and prepare students to engage critically and responsibly with contemporary societal challenges.
Course Director: Corporate Responsiblity (Bachelor's level)
Seminar Teacher: Business & Society (Master's level)
Supervisor: Bachelor's, Master's and PhD level
My research explores how organisations, partnerships, and broader collectives engage with the practical and political challenges of social and environmental sustainability. Grounded in qualitative and process-oriented approaches, I examine how collaboration and conflict unfold across global supply chains, governance initiatives, and social movements, and how issues of power, legitimacy, and regulation shape these dynamics over time. A recurring aim of my work is to understand when collective efforts enable meaningful change—and when they fall short.
Selected publications:
Henry, L. A., Grimm, J., Lohmeyer, N., Apffelstaedt, K., & Giulini, S. (2026). Navigating Regulatory Transitions: The Evolving Role of Multi‐Stakeholder Initiatives as Intermediaries in the Context of Mandatory Due Diligence Legislation. Journal of Management Studies.
Schrage, S., Berti, M., & Grimm, J. (2026). Paradox and power in interorganizational relationships: A study of social sustainability tensions in a global value chain. Organization Studies.
Grimm, J., Langley, A., & Reinecke, J. (2024). Process research methods for studying supply chains and their management. Journal of Supply Chain Management, 60(4), 3-26.
Grimm, J., & Reinecke, J. (2024). Collaborating on the edge of failure: Frame alignment across multiple interaction arenas in multi-stakeholder partnerships. Academy of Management Journal, 67(4), 956-990.
Grimm, J., Ruehle, R. C., & Reinecke, J. (2024). Building common ground: How facilitators bridge between diverging groups in multi-stakeholder dialogue. Journal of Business Ethics, 194(3), 583-608.
Grimm, J. (2019). Private governance as an institutional response to wicked problems. Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG.