Emma has a background in business and humanities. Her research concerns mainly the humanistic side of leadership. She has spent many years exploring the cross-pollination between arts and business, but in recent years her focus has shifted to leadership for inner and social development. Today, she spends most of the time developing methods to bridge divides and burst silos in organizations and society.
Keywords
Leadership, Inner & social sustainability, Art, creativity & innovation
Areas of expertise
- Leadership
- Teaming
- Bridging Social Divides
- Constructive Conversations
- Arts & Business
Teaching and outreach
- Emma has a large and varied teaching portfolio with a focus on leadership for sustainability. She has been awarded “Teacher of
the Year” twice at SSE and received the “Corporate Partners Pedagogical Award” in 2021. - Emma is a columnist in Dagens Industri since 2000 and
has published more than 400 columns.
Selected publications
- Stenström, E. (kommande mars 2023), Bubbelhoppa.Volante.
- Stenström, E. & Skjönberg, A. (2022) “TeeterTrust – Developing Social Sustainability through Circus-based Methods”, International Sustainable Development Research Society (ISDRS).
- Ericsson, D., Stasinski R, & Stenström E, (2022) Body, mind, and soul principles for designing management education: an ethnography from the future, Journal of Culture and Organization, DOI: 10.1080/14759551.2022.2028148
- Stenström, E. (2021) The Existential Jump— Incorporating Contemporary Art into Management Education in Guillet de Monthoux, P. & Wikberg, E. “Economic Ekphrasis. Goldin+Senneby and Art for Business Education”. Sternberg Press, Berlin.
- Stenström, E. & Lychnell, L. (2018) Från ego till eko: en hållbar ekonomutbildning. Socialmedicinsk tidskrift. Vol 95, Nr 2.
Other engagements
- Emma has served on numerous boards, for example Arts Council of Sweden & Stockholm University of Arts. She has been Associate Dean at SSE, professor at University College of Arts, Crafts & Design (Konstfack), and hosted a TV-show, “Arty”, at SVT.
- Emma Is co-founder of “Samtalslaboratoriet”.
Academic degree
PhD
Nationality
Swedish
