
Presentation
Kerstin Martel is an Assistant Professor in Management and Organization and she joined EM Normandie in 2025. She was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) from Copenhagen Business School. Kerstin's research engages with globalization related questions, including global mobilities and migration, intercultural relations and cultural diplomacy. Her doctoral thesis "Creating and dissolving identity in global mobility studies - a multi-scalar inquiry of belongingness and becoming on-the-move" investigates the phenomenon of recurrent international mobility through anthropological and philosophical lenses. Prior to her academic career Kerstin has been working internationally as organizational consultant.
Professional experience
Since 2025: Assistant Professor in Management and Organization Studies, EM Normandie
2024-2025: Lecturer, EDHEC and ICN-Artem
2019-2024: PhD Candidate, Copenhagen Bsiness School
2021-2023: Associate Postgraduate at Centre Marc Bloch, Humboldt University of Berlin
2020: Visiting researcher at the Institute for Employment Research (IAB), federal public institution
2018-2021: Marie Skłodowska-Curie research fellow on the EU Horizon 2020 project “Global Mobility of Employees"