Biography
Giorgio Touburg is an external PhD researcher at Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (RSM).
He positions himself as a management mythologist, studying how myths embedded in management theory and education shape organizational and societal realities. He holds a bachelor’s and master’s degree in Sociology (urban studies) from Erasmus University.
His research and project experience spans topics such as knowledge migration, radicalization, and cultural differences at work. He has taught across a range of subjects, including urban sociology, globalization, qualitative research methods, and cross-cultural management. At RSM, he has taught and coordinated courses in cross-cultural management and delivered lectures on Dutch culture.
Giorgio has published articles and book reviews in both Dutch and international peer-reviewed journals. Alongside his academic work, he occasionally writes op-eds and columns for a broader audience.
Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University
- touburg@rsm.nl
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Work
- Irene van Oorschot, Giorgio Touburg, Alexander Strelkov & Gabriele Jacobs (2024) - Grounds for Cooperation in the Radicalisation Governance Milieu?: A Qualitative Exploration of Stakeholder Issue Frames of Online Radicalisation - Perspectives on Terrorism, 18 (3), 135-151 - doi: 10.19165/2024.7550
- Giorgio Touburg (2024) - Mobilizing Myth in Management: A Literature Review - [link]
- Giorgio Touburg (2016) - National Habitus: An Antidote to the Resilience of Hofstede’s ‘National Culture’? - Journal of Organizational Change Management, 29 (1), 81-92 - doi: 10.1108/JOCM-11-2015-0219 - [link]
- Jack Burgers & Giorgio Touburg (2013) - International Mobility of Professional Knowledge from the Global South: Indian IT Workers in the Netherlands - Global networks : a journal of transnational affairs, 13 (4), 517-534 - doi: 10.1111/glob.12012 - [link]
- Giorgio Touburg (2018) - Talking Globalisation into Being - [link]
- Giorgio Touburg (10 April 2018) - ‘Docent = eikel’, universiteiten klaar met snoeiharde studentenkritiek
- Giorgio Touburg (13 March 2017) - Welbespraakte PVV’ers en intolerante hoogopgeleiden.
- Giorgio Touburg (22 February 2017) - Reacties op motie Duisenberg: ‘Er heerst een verstikkende consensus op de universiteit’.
- Giorgio Touburg (19 February 2016) - Driemaal Scheepsrecht: de gelukkige Rotterdammer?
- Giorgio Touburg (1 December 2014) - Meer geluk dankzij de GGZ
- Giorgio Touburg (16 September 2014) - Investeren in GGZ verhoogt geluk
- Giorgio Touburg (11 August 2014) - Greater Budget Share for Mental Health Related to Greater Happiness
- Giorgio Touburg (30 January 2013) - 'Ik beloof niet te frauderen'
- Giorgio Touburg (1 December 2011) - Curaçaose studenten blijven plakken
- Giorgio Touburg (2025) - Archives of Public Health (Journal) (Reviewer)
Activity: Publication Peer-review › Academic - Giorgio Touburg (2022) - RSM STAR Case Competition (Participant)
Activity: Organising and contributing to an event › Professional - Giorgio Touburg (2018) - Workshop on the (business) culture of the Netherlands (Invited speaker)
Activity: Invited talk › Professional - Giorgio Touburg (2017) - Social and Cultural Geography (Journal) (Reviewer)
Activity: Publication Peer-review › Academic - Giorgio Touburg (2017) - BMJ Open (Journal) (Reviewer)
Activity: Publication Peer-review › Academic - Giorgio Touburg (2017) - BMC Public Health (Journal) (Reviewer)
Activity: Publication Peer-review › Academic - Giorgio Touburg (2016) - 10-minute presentation of my JOCM article for a lay audience (Speaker)
Activity: Invited talk › Popular - Giorgio Touburg (2016) - Presentation on the influence of Hofstede's 'national culture' (Invited speaker)
Activity: Invited talk › Academic - Giorgio Touburg (2016) - 10-minute presentation of my JOCM article for a lay audience (Speaker)
Activity: Invited talk › Popular - Giorgio Touburg (2016) - International Journal of Contemporary Management: Best Paper Award Committee (Participant)
Activity: Other › Academic
