Professor Frederik Anseel is the Dean of UNSW Business School. He is also a Professor of Management and has held several senior leadership positions at UNSW Business School. Previously, Frederik was Vice Dean at King's College London, Head of Department at Ghent University (Belgium) and held visiting positions at ESSEC Business School (France), Bocconi University (Italy) and University of Groningen (The Netherlands). He is an elected Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia, t...
Professor Frederik Anseel is the Dean of UNSW Business School. He is also a Professor of Management and has held several senior leadership positions at UNSW Business School. Previously, Frederik was Vice Dean at King's College London, Head of Department at Ghent University (Belgium) and held visiting positions at ESSEC Business School (France), Bocconi University (Italy) and University of Groningen (The Netherlands). He is an elected Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia, the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, and the International Association of Applied Psychology. He also served as the President of the European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology for five years.
Frederik studies how people and organizations learn and adapt to change. His research has been published in leading journals such as Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Management, American Psychologist, and Psychological Science. His work has also been featured in media such as Harvard Business Review, Science, Nature, the Financial Times, the Australian Financial Review, and The Guardian.
Frederik has several years of industry experience by founding and managing a university spin-off, The Vigor Unit. Through keynotes, executive education and consultancy, he contributed to leadership development initiatives in a variety of industries such as banking, healthcare, consulting, government, energy management, and manufacturing and he has worked with executives in these industries in some of the leading business capitals in the world. Since 2021, Frederik has been recognized by LinkedIn as one of the "Top Voices" to follow on their platform for insights on Work & Careers.
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I study the psychological microfoundations of organizational learning, innovation, and entrepreneurship and the role of leadership in these processes. Recent work focuses on how individuals can overcome motivational obstacles during the innovation and entrepreneurial process to “keep their fire burning”. My research has been published in leading journals such as Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Management, Research Policy, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes and Psychological Science.