Michael S. Dahl

Academic CV

Current appointments

2020–present

Professor of Strategy and Organization

Deputy Head of Department (2026–present)

2021–present

Professor II, Department of Strategy and Management

2015–2020
Aarhus University, Department of Management
- Professor
- Deputy Head of Department (2017–2020)
2004–2015
Aalborg University, Department of Business and Management
- Professor, 2012–2015 (on leave from 2015–2017)
- Professor with special responsibilities, 2010–2012
- Associate Professor, 2007–2009
- Assistant Professor, 2004–2007 (joint appointment with Department of Electronic Systems)

2023
Knight of the Order of Dannebrog
2021
Schulze Publication Award (with Olav Sorenson, M. Diane Burton, and Rodrigo Canales)
2020
IACMR-RRBM Award for Responsible Research in Management (with Lamar Pierce)
2018
Academy of Management Distinguished Paper Award - Strategy Division (with Lamar Pierce)
2017
Schulze Publication Award (with Olav Sorenson)
2016
Jorck’s Foundation Research Award
About this award
- The award is given annually to three researchers, who have contributed with research of high international standards to businesses and society in general, €27,500
2015
Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings (with Mirjam van Praag and Peter Thompson)
2011
Best Paper Award, European Meeting of Applied Evolutionary Economics (with Pernille Gjerløv-Juel)
2009
Best Paper Award, European Management Review (with Olav Sorenson)
2006
Tietgen Gold Medal Research Award
About this award
- Award given to promising young scholars in economics and business, €13,500
2005
Spar Nord Foundation Research Award
About this award
- Award given to younger researchers, who have completed an outstanding doctoral project at Aalborg University, €33,759
2001
Tuborg Foundation Business Research Prize
About this award
- Award given to young business researchers to support a longer stay at a University in the United States, €20,000

June–August 2015
Stanford University, Graduate School of Business
January–July 2010
Stanford University, SCANCOR
March–June 2007
Carnegie Mellon University, Department of Social and Decision Sciences
September–December 2002
Carnegie Mellon University, Department of Social and Decision Sciences
February–June 2002
Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, Eindhoven Center for Innovation Studies

2022
Carlsberg Foundation Monography Grant, €160,000
2016
Aarhus University Research Foundation Nova Grant, €270,000
2013
Danish Foundation of Industry (with Anders Frederiksen and Lars Frederiksen), €300,000
2012
Independent Research Council, Social Science, €440,000
2008
Independent Research Council, Social Science, €320,000
2008
Oticon Foundation (Conference grant, with Keld Laursen and Steven Klepper), €20,000
2008
Independent Research Council, Social Science (Conference grant, with Keld Laursen and Steven Klepper), €13,400
2007
Rockwool Foundation, €430,000
2002
Marie Curie Fellowship Exchange Grant (Travel grant), €4,400

2024–present
Chairman of the Board of Directors, DRUID
2020–present
Head of research group, Strategy, Organization and Management, Aalborg University Business School
2018–2019
Chairman of the Entrepreneurship Initiative Workgroup, Aarhus University
- Strategy for entrepreneurship for students and faculty that lead to the establishment of the incubator, The Kitchen.
2013–present
Associate Editor, Industrial and Corporate Change
2013–2018
Member of the Danish Independent Research Council – Social Science
- Chair of Economics Section, 2014–2015
- Member of the National Committee for Research Infrastructure, 2015–2017
2016–2017
Member of the PhD Council, Department of Management, Aarhus University
2006–2015
Member of the Board of Directors, DRUID
- Deputy Director, 2011–2014
2007–2009
Head of PhD Program, Department of Business Studies, Aalborg University
2008–2009
Department representative, Ph.D. Study Board, Faculty of Social Sciences, Aalborg University
2008–2013
Member of Economics Group, Bibliographic Research Indicator, Danish Agency for Science, Technology and Innovation