University of Cambridge

Graduate Student, Judge Business School

Other Affiliations: Università degli Studi di Bologna, Economics
University of Cambridge, Pembroke College
University of Cambridge, St Catharine's College

Thesis Title: Making sense of unexpected events

About

I am a PhD Candidate at the University of Cambridge, Judge Business School. I am also Benavitch Scholar at St Catharine’s College, Cambridge, a research associate in economic analysis and epistemological aspects of economics at the University of Bologna, a co-founder and co-convener of Market Square – The Cambridge Polity, Economy and Society Research Group at CRASSH, and a lecturer in the Pembroke-King’s Programme, University of Cambridge.

I study unimagined events (sometimes called unknown unknowns), i.e. events that are not imagined before they occur but have a decisive impact on the fortunes of people and organizations. The approach I follow is based on the match between the context in which pre-reflexive cognitive categories were formed and the context in which they are deployed. I have found that the above theoretical core can also shed light on the exploration of possible uses of technological objects in user innovation, and the role that constraints play in organizational creativity by shaping cognitive categories. I am also working on a structural approach to political economy.

My research is fully funded by St Catharine’s College, Cambridge, the Economic and Social Research Council, and the Cambridge European Trust. I started my doctoral research after an MPhil in Innovation, Strategy and Organization at the University of Cambridge, a stint at the European Commission, and an MSc in Economics at the University of Bologna.

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