Thomas Roulet
Professor of Organisational Sociology & Leadership
Professor of Organisational Sociology & Leadership
Judge Business School & King's College Cambridge
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge
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I am a Franco-British social scientist based at the University of Cambridge. Formally, I am the Professor of Organisational Sociology and Leadership at the Cambridge Judge Business School. In collegiate Cambridge, I hold a Fellowship at King's College where I act as Director of Studies in Psychology & Behavioural Science (part 1B). I co-founded and co-directed the King's Entrepreneurship Lab until 2024. I teach organisational behavior and theory, and leadership in the business school and supervise in sociology and behavioural science in undergraduate programmes.
I am currently co-chairing the World Economic Forum's Global Future Council on Leadership. In 2024, I was made fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences and Mid-Career Fellow of the British Academy. In 2023, I obtained the Pilkington Prize for teaching excellence at the University of Cambridge and a Mid-Career Fellowship of the British Academy. In 2020, I was listed as one the 40 under 40 Best Business School professors by Poet&Quants, and one of the MBA professors to look out for in 2020 by Business Because.
I have taught in a number of institutions including the University of Oxford, SciencesPo (where I got my MPhil), HEC Paris (where I got my PhD in 2014) and I held visiting positions in a variety of universities including Columbia in the City of NY.
Before joining academia I worked in the investment banking industry, and in lobbying and international organizations in London, Washington DC and Paris. I support and consult for a variety of clients in the public and private sectors around issues of corporate culture, human resources and communication.
I have published in academic journals in management and organization theory including the Academy of Management Review, the Academy of Management Journal, Organization Science, Academy of Management Annals, Organization Studies, Journal of Management, Journal of Management Studies but also sociology (Work, Employment & Society), psychology (Journal of Vocational Behavior) or accounting (Contemporary Accounting Research) and ethics (Business Ethics Quarterly, Journal of Business Ethics).
You can find out more on my research on Google Scholar page:
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=6ZBU7SgAAAAJ&hl=en