Sabrina Bresciani, Ph.D.
is a senior lecturer at the University of St. Gallen (Switzerland) and adjunct professor at Franklin College Switzerland. She has been a researcher at Harvard University (Boston), at the University of Cambridge (U.K.) and at the National University of Singapore.
She is/has been a guest professor at various universities in Europe, including Aalto University (Finland), Università della Svizzera italiana (Switzerland), Eurocampus at Universidad Jaume I (Spain) and University of Freiburg (Germany). Sabrina’s research focuses on strategic communication across cultures, knowledge visualization, branding, entrepreneurship, meeting facilitation and corporate communication.
She has over thirty publications in international journals, as book chapters and proceedings of key international conferences. She received the best paper award from the International Conference of Information Visualization in 2010 and the prestigious Carolyn Dexter Award nomination at the Academy of Management Meeting 2011.
She lived in seven countries and is developing social entrepreneurship projects in India.
Academic affiliations:
University of St. Gallen, Switzerland (incl. CEMS Master in Management): senior lecturer
Franklin College Switzerland: adjunct professor of international management
Università della Svizzera italiana, Switzerland: senior researcher
Education:
National University of Singapore: Researcher 2009-2010. Host: Prof. B.C.Y Tan (President of the AIS).
Harvard University, U.S.A.: Researcher 2009. Host. S.V. Subramanian.
University of Cambridge, U.K.: Researcher 2007. Host: Alan Blackwell.
Ph.D. Università della Svizzera italiana, Switzerland. Summa cum laude.
Institute of Marketing and Communication Management.
M.Sc. Università della Svizzera italiana, Switzerland.
Communication and Economics, Major in Corporate Communication.
BA Politecnico di Milano, Italy.
Industrial Design, Major in Communication Design.
Research Areas and Specialization:
- Organizational/Strategic Communication and Organizational Behavior
- Intercultural Communication
- Corporate Communication, Branding, On-line Marketing, visual identity
- Knowledge Visualization, visual mapping and visual facilitation
- (Social) entrepreneurship and innovation
Funds and Awards:
2011 – Academy of Management: Carolyn Dexter Award nomination (MOC division)
2011 – IADIS Conference: Best paper proceedings
2011 – XXII ISPIM Conference: best paper award nomination
2010 – International Conference Information Visualization (IV10): best paper award
2009 – SNSF (Swiss National Science Foundation for Scientific Research) 10-month research grant for conducting cross-cultural research
2009 – SNSF conference grant
2009 – Gender Service research grant for conducting research (multilevel analysis) at Harvard University
2008 – SNSF Summer Schools grant
2003 – Politecnico di Milano: scholarship for academic achievement
World Experience:
Lived in 7 countries:
- Switzerland
- Italy
- U.S. (Virginia and Boston)
- Spain
- Germany
- Singapore
- U.K.
+ volunteering in India
