Susann Gjerde

Susann Gjerde

Associate Professor
Department of Business, History and Social Sciences
USN School of Business
Campus Vestfold
+47 31 00 98 71 / +47 995 25 272
Susann Gjerde is Associate Professor at USN School of Business. Her research interests include leadership, management, critical leadership studies, leadership development, identity, values and role. She has published in international scholarly journals such as Journal of Management Studies, The Leadership Quarterly and Human Relations. Prior to joining academia Susann worked as a management consultant in Scandinavia with leadership development as her area of expertise. She was awarded Distinguished Teaching Fellow (Merittert underviser) in 2025 and is now a member of USN's Academy for Teaching Excellence.

Responsibilities

  • Course coordinator and teaching at: LEV4001 Leadership and Reflection (at Master in Innovation Management called MIL)
  • Supervisor of master students
  • Supervisor of PhD candidate
  • Member of Acdemy for Teaching Excellence

Competences

Susann has been an important contributor to the development of coaching theory and practice in the Nordic countries through the book Coaching. What. Why. How. (Gjerde, 2003; 2010) which has been translated into Danish and Swedish, as well as delivery of leadership development programs that have used coaching for many hundred leaders.

Susann has taught leadership and management-related subjects since 2001 at a number of business schools in Scandinavia, such as BI, OsloMet, and Copenhagen Business School and is a sought-after lecturer. She has been a researcher at Lund University and had a guest research stay at Henley Business School. She has also been a partner and leader in a consulting company.

 

CV

EDUCATION

2024 – 2025    Developing Doctoral Supervision (course in PhD supervision, no ECTS) (USN, Norway)

2023  UHULV Learning, Teaching and assessment in higher education
(UH-ped: Læring, undervisning og vurdering i høyere utdanning)
10 ECTS (USN, Norway)

2011 – 2015    PhD in Economics (Organisation and Leadership) at NMBU Business School, The Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås (Oslo, Norway)

2013 – 2014    Visiting PhD scholar at Henley Business School, Reading University (UK)

2010 – 2011    MSc in Business and Economics with a Major in Leadership & Organisational Psychology at BI Norwegian Business School (Oslo, Norway)

2003                Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC) (London, UK)

2001                CCC og Co-Active Coaching advanced courses (London, UK)

1995 – 1996    Master in Business Administration (Licence en Science économiques et sociales) at Université de Fribourg (Switzerland)

1995 – 1996    Master thesis: Intercultural Leadership Norway and Switzerland

1992 – 1995    Bachelor in Business Administration (Demi licence) at Université de Fribourg

 

 

Publications in the Norwegian Research Information Repository