Name
CSERPES, Tunde
Position and Affiliated Institution
Assistant Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship, Aarhus University, Denmark
Degree
Ph.D.
Education and Academic Employment
| Education: | |
| 2011-2017 | Ph.D., Organization Theory, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, U.S.A. |
| 2013 | Ph.D. Exchange Semester, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany |
| 2009 | Exchange semester, Beloit College, Beloit, WI, U.S.A. |
| 2004-2010 | M.A. Communication and Media Studies, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary |
| 2004-2010 | M.A. History, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary |
| 2004-2010 | M.A. Pedagogy, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary |
| Academic Employment: | |
| 2010-Present | Assistant Professor of Strategy & Entrepreneurship, Aarhus University, Department of Management |
| 2017-2020 | Postdoctoral Fellow in Strategy & Entrepreneurship, Aarhus University, Department of Management |
| 2011-2017 | Graduate Student Instructor, University of Illinois at Chicago |
Research Topic
Careers in the entrepreneurship ecosystem
Fields of Research Interests
entrepreneurship, business strategy
Academic Publications
- Kleindienst, I., K. G. Abreha, D. Schweizer, J. Proelss, and T. Cserpes. 2022. CEO divorce and firm operating performance. Academy of Management Discoveries, 8:561–584.
- Popielarz, P., and T. Cserpes. 2018. Comparing personal networks and voluntary association memberships of immigrants and non-immigrants in U.S. suburban gateways. Social Networks, 53:42—56.
- Cserpes, T., and P-B. McInerney. 2017. The spatial dynamics of organizational identity among craft brewers. In N. Chapman (ed.) Untapped: Exploring the Cultural Dimensions of the Craft Beer Revolution: 177—200. Morgantown: West Virginia University Press.
- Cserpes, T., and I. Szijártó. 2014. An open elite? High office holders and the issue of continuity. Journal of Social History, 48: 156—174.
- Cserpes, T. 2012. Measuring identity change: Analyzing fragments from a diary with social network analysis. European Review of History, 19: 729–748.
Reprinted: Cserpes, T. 2014. In Lazaroms, I. J. M. and E. R. Giolelli (eds.), Politics of Contested Narratives: 77—96. London: Routledge.
Other Interests
Playing tennis, Reading contemporary fiction, Collecting antique brooches
Affiliated Academic Organizations
Academy of Management
Strategic Management Society
European Group for Organizational Studies
Awards
2025 AU Connect Research Grant
2025 Independent Research Fund Denmark (DFF) International Research Stay grant
2025-28 Ulla V. Bondeson Foundation’s grant
2024 Finalist for the 2024 AUF Prize for Pedagogical Innovation for the course “People Strategy in Startups”
2024-25 PIREAU seed grant
2024 MGMT seed grant
2023 EGOS Andreas Al-Laham Best Paper Award
2023 Runner-up for the department-wide teaching award
2022 SMS Annual Conference Best Interdisciplinary Paper Award winner, among Strategic Human Capital Interest Group papers
2022 SMS Annual Conference Best Conference Paper Award-finalist, among all papers
2022-24 AUFF NOVA: Uplifting Inglorious Workers
2021 Teacher of the Year Award | Aarhus University, Dept. of Management
2019 Academy of Management STR Division Best Reviewer Award
2018 Academy of Management OMT ABCD Best Reviewer Award
2017 Dean’s Scholar Fellowship | UIC (declined)
2015—16 Kauffman Dissertation Fellowship | Kauffman Foundation
2016 Provost’s Award | UIC
2016 Scott R. Eliason Award | University of Arizona
2015—16 Chancellor’s Graduate Research Fellowship | UIC
2012—15 Dr. Elemér and Éva Kiss Scholarship
2014 Chicago Consular Corps Award | UIC
2013 Award | Autonomous University of Barcelona
2013 Visiting Fellowship, Bielefeld University | Bielefeld, Germany
2009 Scholarship of the Eötvös Collégium (tuition and fees at Beloit College)
2006—09 Merit Scholarship of Hungary
