Gudela Grote and Jennifer Whyte lecture at EPFL on social uncertainty; public talks open to anyone interested
Cap-uncertainty 2026 summer school: social uncertainty lectures - EPFL
Cap-uncertainty 2026 summer school: social uncertainty lectures
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Lectures of Prof. Gudela Grote and Prof. Jennifer Whyte on the fourth of September, in the context of the Capitalising on uncertainty summer school ’s fifth day, focussing on social uncertainty
On the day 2 of the Capitalising on uncertainty summer school, we have the pleasure to welcome two lecturers focussing on social uncertainty:
Gudela Grote is Professor Emerita of Work and Organizational Psychology at the ETH Zürich, Visiting Professor at Politecnico di Milano and Senior Fellow at the Geneva Graduate Institute. She received her PhD from the Georgia Institute of Technology. A special interest in her research are the increasing flexibility and virtuality of work and their consequences for the individual and organizational management of uncertainty. Application fields for her research are e.g teamwork and standardization in high- risk systems, effects of new technologies including AI on work processes, and assessing and changing individuals’ uncertainty and design mindsets. Prof. Grote is a Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology and member of the Swiss National Research Council. In her various roles, such as Past President of the European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology and member of the scientific advisory board of the German Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, she strives to promote evidence-based practice and policy-making.
Jennifer Whyte is a Professor at the University of Sydney in the School of Project Management and also also a Professor at Imperial College London. Her research is on future-making, design and digital innovation, and she seeks to develop new understanding of large-scale organizing to make futures through empirical work in construction and infrastructure projects. She has advised governments, industry leaders, and international organisations on future-focused strategies, serving on the main board of the UK Construction Leadership Council and co-curating the World Economic Forum transformation map for engineering and construction. Her work has been published in leading journals including Journal of Management Studies, Long Range Planning, Organization Theory, Organization Studies, Project Management Journal, Research Policy and Strategic Organization. She is a Senior Editor at Organization Studies.
The lectures are public and open to anyone interested
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On the day 2 of the Capitalising on uncertainty summer school, we have the pleasure to welcome two lecturers focussing on social uncertainty: Gudela Grote is Professor Emerita of Work and Organizational Psychology at the ETH Zürich, Visiting Professor at Politecnico di Milano and Senior Fellow at the Geneva Graduate Institute. She received her PhD from the Georgia Institute of Technology. A special interest in her research are the increasing flexibility and virtuality of work and their consequences for the individual and organizational management of uncertainty. Application fields for her research are e.g teamwork and standardization in high- risk systems, effects of new technologies including AI on work processes, and assessing and changing individuals’ uncertainty and design mindsets. Prof. Grote is a Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology and member of the Swiss National Research Council. In her various roles, such as Past President of the European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology and member of the scientific advisory board of the German Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, she strives to promote evidence-based practice and policy-making. Jennifer Whyte is a Professor at the University of Sydney in the School of Project Management and also also a Professor at Imperial College London. Her research is on future-making, design and digital innovation, and she seeks to develop new understanding of large-scale organizing to make futures through empirical work in construction and infrastructure projects. She has advised governments, industry leaders, and international organisations on future-focused strategies, serving on the main board of the UK Construction Leadership Council and co-curating the World Economic Forum transformation map for engineering and construction. Her work has been published in leading journals including Journal of Management Studies, Long Range Planning, Organization Theory, Organization Studies, Project Management Journal, Research Policy and Strategic Organization. She is a Senior Editor at Organization Studies. The lectures are public and open to anyone interested