About
I study the intra- and inter organizational diffusion of innovations in and across multiple settings. Current projects consider the fields of management ideas, health care, education, and responsible research and innovation. Drawing from a multidisciplinary background, lenses applied are often neo-institutional theory, translation theory and practice variation. I also consider classic psychosocial work environment measures in the context of organizational change and implementation processes. Additionally, I do research in the fields of coaching and mentoring.
I worked a decade each in business and in management consultancy respectively, giving me encompassing knowledge on the workings of organizations, as well as a hands-on perspective on organizational change and development. I am an experienced process consultant, with a proven record of accomplishment with top-tier companies as well as public organizations. Additionally, I am an experienced project manager.
Fields of study
Academic disciplines
Comparative politics Social sciences Public and private administration Political science and organisational theory Sociology Health service and health administration research Economics
Research groups
Research projects
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Improving trust-based management in Nordic urban governance and management education
This project explores how ongoing management reforms are conceptualised and put into practice in two Nordic cities.
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Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) – Practice
The RRI-Practice project brings together a unique group of international experts in RRI to understand the barriers and drivers to the successful implementation of RRI both in European and global contexts.
Publications and research
Scientific publications
Wittrock, Christian
; Nelhans, Gustaf; Myhr, Anne Ingeborg;
Borgen, Svein Ole
(2025).
Norwegian engagement with RRI and the propagation of RRI by the Research Council of Norway.
De Grandis, Giovanni; Bremer, Anne (Ed.).
The Fragility of Responsibility:
Norway’s Transformative Agenda for Research, Innovation and Business. p. 49-79.
Walter de Gruyter (De Gruyter).
https://www.degruyter.com/document/isbn/9783111397
Skov, Maria Bak; Hansen, Jesper Rosenberg; Wittrock, Christian (2024). Tillitsbasert styring og ledelse i endringsprosesser – en casestudie av skolen i Aarhus kommune. Johnsen, Åge; Svare, Helge (Ed.). Tillitsreformer og tillitsbasert styring og ledelse. Fagbokforlaget.
Skov, Maria Bak; Hansen, Jesper Rosenberg; Wittrock, Christian (2024). Tillit og meningsfull kontroll – en casestudie av hjemmepleien i Aarhus kommune. Johnsen, Åge; Svare, Helge (Ed.). Tillitsreformer og tillitsbasert styring og ledelse. Fagbokforlaget.
Svare, Helge ; Wittrock, Christian (2024). Opplevelsen av tillit og kontroll i Osloskolen. Johnsen, Åge; Svare, Helge (Ed.). Tillitsreformer og tillitsbasert styring og ledelse. Fagbokforlaget.
Johnsen, Åge ; Svare, Helge ; Wittrock, Christian (2024). Virkninger av tillitsreformer. Johnsen, Åge; Svare, Helge (Ed.). Tillitsreformer og tillitsbasert styring og ledelse. Fagbokforlaget.
Svare, Helge
;
Johnsen, Åge
;
Wittrock, Christian
(2023).
Does trust-based management reform enhance employee-driven innovation? Evidence from a Scandinavian capital.
Nordic Journal of Innovation in the Public Sector.
Vol. 2.
https://doi.org/10.18261/njips.2.1.4
Forsberg, Ellen-Marie;
Wittrock, Christian
(2022).
The potential for learning from good RRI practices and implications for the usefulness of RRI as an umbrella concept.
26 p.
Learning Organization.
https://doi.org/10.1108/TLO-09-2021-0104
Johnsen, Åge
;
Svare, Helge
;
Wittrock, Christian
(2022).
Tillitsbasert styring og ledelse i offentlig sektor i Norge: Mye hørt men lite sett?.
28 p.
Nordisk Administrativt Tidsskrift.
Vol. 99.
https://doi.org/10.7577/nat.4876
Wittrock, Christian
; Skaug, Marte;
Ribu, Lis
(2021).
Implementing assisted living technologies under
resource constraints: Which frameworks help?.
Bitran, Iain; Conn, Steffen; Huizingh, K.R.E.; Torkkeli, Marko (Ed.).
Proceedings on the 2021 ISPIM innovation conference : Innovating our common future.
ISPIM Lappeenranta University of Technology Press.
https://www.proquest.com/openview/d89b9786451491d1
Wittrock, Christian ; Forsberg, Ellen-Marie; Pols, Auke; Macnaghten, Philip; Ludwig, David (2020). Implementing Responsible Research and Innovation. ISBN: 978-3-030-57850-3. 131 p. Springer.
