Claudio Biscaro

Claudio Biscaro is a Full Professor of Leadership and Change Management at JKU Linz, Austria. He was born and raised in Italy, and obtained his Ph.D. in Business at the University of Venice in 2013. He then worked at JKU Linz and at WU Vienna.

His research focuses on the individual processes that lead to macro-level change. Primarily, he attends to language and cognition, and studies how the encounter of ideas, words, and interpretations alters the status quo and produces change. Currently, he investigates various phenomena varying from social issues to creativity and innovation.

He has been a Visiting scholar at the University of Oxford, University of Warsaw, and University of Southern California. His research has been published in several prestigious journals, among which Organization Science, Plos One, and Environmental Research Letters.

Education

• Ph.D. Università Ca' Foscari di Venezia (2009 — 2013)
• Master Università Ca' Foscari Venezia (2005 — 2008)
• Bachelor Università Ca' Foscari Venezia (2000 — 2004)

Companies

• Full Professor Johannes Kepler Universität Linz (2021)
• Assistant Professor WU (Vienna University of Economics and Business) (2016 — 2021)
• Visiting Professor University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business (2020 — 2020)
• Lecturer WU (Vienna University of Economics and Business) (2015 — 2020)
• Visiting Professor University of Warsaw (2019 — 2019)
• Assistant Professor Johannes Kepler University (2014 — 2016)
• Research Fellow Università Ca' Foscari di Venezia (2013 — 2014)
• Phd in Business Università Ca' Foscari di Venezia (2009 — 2013)
• Visiting Said Business School (2011 — 2012)