TkT Satu Teerikangas toimii Johtamisen ja organisoinnin professorina Turun kauppakorkeakoululla. Hänen tutkimuksensa liittyy strategisten muutosten johtamiseen. Teerikangas toimii dosenttina University College London:ssa, jossa hän työskenteli apulaisprofessorina 2010-2015. Teerikangas väitteli Aalto-yliopistolta 2006. Hän on toiminut Shellin palveluksessa Hollannissa ja Skotlannissa. Tällä hetkellä Teerikangas toimii Strategisen tutkimusneuvoston rahoittaman Luonnon monimuotoisuutta kunnioittava johtajuus (BIODIFUL)-tutkimuskonsortion varajohtajana (2021-2027). Hän vastaa myös Turun kauppakorkeakoulun osalta Suomen Akatemian Profi6-rahoitteisesta luonnon monimuotoisuutta ja liiketoimintaa yhdistävästä monitieteisestä BIODIFORM-konsortiosta (2021-2026). Samalla hän vastaa Kiertotalouden katalyytit (CICAT2025)-konsortion toimijuus ja ekosysteemit-työpaketista (2019-2024).

Satu’s research centers on the management of strategic change, a research theme set at the frontiers of strategic management, organization theory and organization development. Her focus in the study of strategic change centers on the management of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and sustainability transitions. Within this remit, Satu’s empirical and conceptual contributions relate to the sociocultural dynamics of strategic change, change agents, and research methods. She has authored over 120 publications, including academic articles, special issues, books, book chapters, managerial articles and international conference papers. Her international academic journal publications appear in e.g. Journal of Management, British Journal of Management, Human Resource Management, International Business Review, European Management Review, European Journal of Management, Management International Review, and Sustainability.

As an academic, her approach to scientific inquiry is collaborative and interdisciplinary. She is lead editor of the Research Handbook of Sustainability Agency (2021) published by Edward Elgar, and co-editor of the Handbook of Mergers and Acquisitions (2012) published by Oxford University Press. She presently co-edits special issues in International Journal of Project Management, European Management Journal, and Sustainability, while she has published special issues in Scandinavian Journal of Management, and European Journal of International Management. Together with international colleagues, she initiated and chaired the M&A track at the annual conference of the European Academy of Management (2008-2014), and regularly co-chairs the M&A track at the annual conference of the European Group of Organization Studies. She is member of the editorial review boards of Journal of Management Studies, International Journal of Cross-Cultural Management, and section editor of Sustainability. In 2014, she was awarded the Emerald Publishing Outstanding Contributor Award, while she has also received reviewer and international conference best paper awards. Her review of the cultural challenges in M&As featured in Forbes (2016). Her research has featured on BBC Radio4, Sweden's radio, and various Finnish media outlets. In 2020, she received the societal impact award of Turku School of Economics.

Satu’s research engagement is closely tied to industry and the daily practice of work, in particular as regards Nordic multinationals and public sector organizations. She is principal investigator in research project grants awarded e.g. the Finnish Academy's Strategic Research Council 2019-2021, by the Finnish Work Environment Fund 2018-19, Mercuri Urval Global, City of Turku 2018-2019, and co-investigator in research project grants previously awarded e.g. by the Finnish National Technology Agency, and Finnish Ministry of Education. Paralleling teaching and research engagements, she is actively involved in community service roles at department, faculty and university levels. 

Vastuu seuraavista kursseista:

JOS4 Managing Change

JOS8 Advanced Strategic Management in the Digital Era

JOS9 Readings in Management & Organization

JOPG1 Master's Thesis Seminar in Management & Organization

YLJ7 Qualitative research methods for PhD students

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