Thomas Olesen

Research output

Research output per year 2001 2004 2005 2006 2007 2009 2011 2016 2024

• 48 Journal article
• 26 Book chapter
• 9 Article in proceedings
• 9 Paper
• 22 More
  • 4 Encyclopedia entry
  • 4 Working paper
  • 3 Anthology
  • 3 Book
  • 3 Literature review
  • 2 Review
  • 1 Ph.D. thesis
  • 1 Contribution to newspaper - Feature article
  • 1 Letter

Research output per year

Research output per year

Search results

• 2024

  After the organization: Symbolic capital and negative expert knowledge in post-whistleblowing careers

  Olesen, T., Oct 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Acta Sociologica. p. 1-16

  Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Occupational Career 100%
  • Symbolic Capital 100%
  • Whistleblowers 100%
  • Whistleblowing 100%
  • Expert Knowledge 100%

• Breaking out of the cocoon: Whistleblowing opportunities under conditions of normalized wrongdoing

  Olesen, T., Apr 2024, In: Journal of Business Ethics. 191, 1, p. 93-105 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Whistleblowers 100%
  • Whistleblowing 100%
  • Organization Study 100%
  • Management Study 100%
  • Negative Effect 100%
  4 Citations (Scopus)

• No laughing matter: Armin Laschet and the photographic exposé

  Olesen, T., Jan 2024, In: The International Journal of Press/Politics. 29, 1, p. 124-142 19 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Laughter 100%
  • Expo 100%
  • Timing 66%
  • Federal President 50%
  • Crisis 33%
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• ‘Should I Tell?’ Moral Reflexivity in 14 Whistleblower Autobiographies

  Olesen, T., Nov 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Business Ethics.

  Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  Open Access
• 2023

  Whistleblowing and the press: Complicating the standard account

  Olesen, T., Nov 2023, In: Journalism. 24, 11, p. 2418-2435 18 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Whistleblowers 100%
  • Whistleblowing 100%
  • Democracy 10%
  • Journalism 10%
  1 Citation (Scopus)
• 2022

  A new organizational paradigm? Comparing the organization and resources of historical and contemporary social movements in Denmark, 1960 –2020

  Jørgensen, J. & Olesen, T., Aug 2022, In: Moving the Social: Journal of Social History and the History of Social Movements. 67, p. 99-124 26 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review

• Greta Thunberg’s iconicity: Performance and co-performance in the social media ecology

  Olesen, T., Jun 2022, In: New Media & Society. 24, 6, p. 1325-1342 18 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Social Media 100%
  • Iconic 100%
  • Iconicity 100%
  • Media Ecology 100%
  • Icon 66%
  29 Citations (Scopus)

• The birth of an action repertoire: On the origins of the concept of whistleblowing

  Olesen, T., Aug 2022, In: Journal of Business Ethics. 179, 1, p. 13-24 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Whistleblowing 100%
  • Disclosure 100%
  • Disciplinary History 50%
  • Historical maps 50%
  • Democracy 11%
  7 Citations (Scopus)

• Whistleblowing in a time of digital (in)visibility: towards a sociology of ‘grey areas’

  Olesen, T., 2022, In: Information, Communication & Society. 25, 2, p. 295-310 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Sociology 100%
  • Whistleblowers 100%
  • Whistleblowing 100%
  • Democracy 50%
  • Production Data 50%
  11 Citations (Scopus)
• 2021

  Ambivalence, Political Consensus and Conditionality: Support for Whistleblowing among Danish Employees

  Olesen, T., Mar 2021, In: Scandinavian Political Studies. 44, 1, p. 67-90 24 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Danish 100%
  • Whistleblowers 100%
  • Whistleblowing 100%
  • Political Conditionality 100%
  • Political Consensus 100%
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Democracy's autonomy dilemma: Whistleblowing and the politics of disclosure

  Olesen, T., Dec 2021, In: Sociological Theory. 39, 4, p. 245-264 20 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Democracy 100%
  • Autonomy 100%
  • Whistleblowers 100%
  • Whistleblowing 100%
  • Dilemma 100%
  3 Citations (Scopus)

• Medierne

  Præstekær-Elmelund, C., Hopmann, D. N. & Olesen, T., 2021, Det demokratiske system. Blom-Hansen, J. & Munk Christiansen, P. (eds.). 5 ed. København: Hans Reitzels Forlag, p. 227-256

  Research output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/proceeding › Book chapter › Communication

• The whistleblower hero in cinematic dramatization

  Olesen, T., Mar 2021, In: The Sociological Review. 69, 2, p. 414-433 20 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Whistleblowers 100%
  • Dramatisation 100%
  • Narrative 33%
  • Joseph Campbell 33%
  • Morality 16%
  5 Citations (Scopus)
• 2020

  Media and Politics: The Danish Media System in Transformation?

  Olesen, T., 2020, The Oxford Handbook of Danish Politics. Christiansen, P. M., Elklit, J. & Nedergaard, P. (eds.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 417-432

  Research output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review

  4 Citations (Scopus)

• The Hiroshima memory complex

  Olesen, T., Jan 2020, In: British Journal of Sociology. 71, 1, p. 81-95 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Hiroshima 100%
  • Global 60%
  • Literature 20%
  • Scholars 20%
  • Aby Warburg 20%
  3 Citations (Scopus)

• The role of photography in the production and problematization of online affective debates: Struggles over solidarity and identity during the 2015 refugee crisis in Denmark

  Olesen, T., Sept 2020, In: The Sociological Review. 68, 5, p. 965-981 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Denmark 100%
  • Crisis 100%
  • Online 100%
  • Affective 100%
  • Problematization 100%
  6 Citations (Scopus)
• 2019

  Deservingness and political preference in opinions on distant suffering

  Olesen, T., May 2019, In: Current Sociology. 67, 3, p. 456-473 18 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Social Policy 100%
  • Danish 100%
  • Opinion Formation 100%
  • Welfare State 100%
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Sociale bevægelser og politisk protest

  Olesen, T., 2019, Sociologiens problemer: En grundbog. Blok, A. & Laustsen, C. B. (eds.). København: Hans Reitzels Forlag, p. 615-636 22 p.

  Research output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/proceeding › Book chapter › Communication

• Social movements and political protest

  Lindekilde, L. & Olesen, T., 2019, Introduction to political sociology . Brincker, B. (ed.). 2. ed. København: Hans Reitzels Forlag, p. 221-238

  Research output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/proceeding › Book chapter › Communication

• The politics of whistleblowing in digitalized societies

  Olesen, T., Jun 2019, In: Politics & Society. 47, 2, p. 277-297 21 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Panama 100%
  18 Citations (Scopus)
• 2018

  Adaptation and Self-Celebration: the Formation of Injustice Icons in a North-South Perspective

  Olesen, T., 2018, In: International Journal of Politics, Culture, and Society. 31, 3, p. 313-328 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Injustice 100%
  • Icon 100%
  • Celebrations 100%
  • Global 75%
  • Public sphere 50%
  5 Citations (Scopus)

• Memetic protest and the dramatic diffusion of Alan Kurdi

  Olesen, T., 2018, In: Media, Culture & Society. 40, 5, p. 656-672 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Injustice 100%
  • Memetics 100%
  • New Media 100%
  • Global 33%
  • Public sphere 33%
  60 Citations (Scopus)

• More Than Words? A Test of the Effect of Emotionally Charged Photographs

  Olesen, T., 2018, In: Nordicom Review. 39, 2, p. 35-48 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Refugee Crisis 100%
  • Political Participation 50%
  3 Citations (Scopus)

  79 Downloads (Pure)

• Symbol

  Olesen, T., Dec 2018, The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology. Ritzer, G., Ryan, J. M. & Thorn, B. (eds.). S.l.: Wiley

  Research output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/proceeding › Book chapter › Communication

• The Democratic Drama of Whistleblowing

  Olesen, T., 2018, In: European Journal of Social Theory. 21, 4, p. 508-525 18 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Business Psychology 100%
  13 Citations (Scopus)
• 2017

  Injustice Symbols and Global Solidarity

  Olesen, T., 2017, Transnational Struggles for Recognition: New Perspectives on Civil Society since the Twentieth Century. Gosewinkel, D. & Rucht, D. (eds.). Berghahn Books, p. 277-292 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review

• Politisk protest og sociale bevægelser

  Lindekilde, L. & Olesen, T., 2017, Introduktion til komparativ politik. Nielsen, J. H., Seeberg, M. A. & Tolstrup, J. (eds.). Hans Reitzels Forlag, p. 347-369 23 p.

  Research output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/proceeding › Book chapter › Communication
• 2016

  Malala and the Politics of Global Iconicity

  Olesen, T., 2016, In: British Journal of Sociology. 67, 2, p. 307-327 21 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review

• Medier, politik og samfund

  Olesen, T. (Editor), 2016, Hans Reitzels Forlag. 291 p. (Statskundskab; No. 16).

  Research output: Book/anthology/dissertation/report › Anthology › Communication

• Politicizing cultural sociology: The power of/in global injustice symbols

  Olesen, T., 2016, In: International Sociology. 31, 3, p. 324-340 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Global 100%
  • Injustice 100%
  • Cultural Sociology 100%
  • Conceptual Framework 100%
  • Amnesia 100%
  5 Citations (Scopus)

• Politisk aktivisme

  Olesen, T., 2016, Medier, politik og samfund. Olesen, T. (ed.). Hans Reitzels Forlag, p. 215-238 24 p. (Statskundskab; No. 16).

  Research output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/proceeding › Book chapter › Communication

• Symboler i global politik

  Olesen, T., 2016, Politologisk årbog 2015-2016. Jensen, C. (ed.). Hans Reitzels Forlag, p. 97-99 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/proceeding › Book chapter › Communication

• The Democratic Public Sphere: Current Challenges and Prospects

  Nielsen, H. K. (Editor), Fiig, C. (Editor), Loftager, J. (Editor), Olesen, T. (Editor), Stephensen, J. L. (Editor) & Sørensen, M. P. (Editor), 26 Aug 2016, Aarhus: Aarhus Universitetsforlag. 479 p.

  Research output: Book/anthology/dissertation/report › Anthology › Research › peer-review

  1 Citation (Scopus)

• The Injustice Symbols of Political Islam: Rethinking the Global Public Sphere

  Olesen, T., 2016, The Democratic Public Sphere: Current Challenges and Prospects. Nielsen, H. K., Fiig, C., Loftager, J., Olesen, T., Stephensen, J. L. & Sørensen, M. P. (eds.). Aarhus Universitetsforlag, p. 361-380 20 p.

  Research output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
• 2015

  Global Injustice Memories

  Olesen, T., 2015, Memory on Trial : Media, Citizenship and Social Justice. Hansen, A. H., Hemer, O. & Tufte, T. (eds.). Zürich: LIT Verlag, p. 45-56 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review

• Global Injustice Symbols and Social Movements

  Olesen, T., 2015, New York: Palgrave Macmillan. 189 p.

  Research output: Book/anthology/dissertation/report › Book › Research › peer-review

• Global political iconography: The making of Nelson Mandela

  Olesen, T., 2015, In: American Journal of Cultural Sociology. 3, 1, p. 34-64 31 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review
  9 Citations (Scopus)

• Politisk protest, aktivisme og sociale bevægelser

  Lindekilde, L. & Olesen, T., 2015, Hans Reitzels Forlag. 236 p. (Statskundskab; No. 10).

  Research output: Book/anthology/dissertation/report › Book › Communication

• Uretfærdighedssymboler og sociale bevægelser

  Olesen, T., 2015, In: Dansk Sociologi. 26, 4, p. 53-69 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review
• 2014

  Dramatic Diffusion and Meaning Adaptation: The Case of Neda

  Olesen, T., 2014, Spreading Protest: Social Movements in Times of Crisis. della Porta, D. & Mattoni, A. (eds.). Colchester: ECPR Press, p. 71-90 20 p.

  Research output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review

• From National Event to Transnational Injustice Symbol: The Three Phases of the Muhammad Cartoon Controversy

  Olesen, T., 2014, Dynamics of Political Violence: A Process-Oriented Perspective on Radicalization and the Escalation of Political Conflict. Bosi, L., Demetriou, C. & Malthaner, S. (eds.). Ashgate, p. 217-234 18 p. (The Mobilization Series on Social Movements, Protest and Culture).

  Research output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/proceeding › Encyclopedia entry › Research › peer-review

  4 Citations (Scopus)

• Guantanamo Bay

  Olesen, T., 2014, The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Globalization. Ritzer, G. (ed.). Wiley, p. 1-3

  Research output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/proceeding › Encyclopedia entry › Communication
• 2013

  Dramatic Diffusion and Injustice Symbols: The Case of Mohamed Bouazizi and the Tunisian Revolution, 2010-2011,

  Olesen, T., 2013. 30 p.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › Research

• Solidarity Movements

  Olesen, T., 2013, Encyclopedia of Global Studies . Anheier, H. & Juergensmeyer, M. (eds.). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications

  Research output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/proceeding › Encyclopedia entry › Research › peer-review

• Transnational Zapatism

  Olesen, T., 2013, The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social and Political Movements. Snow, D. A., della Porta, D., Klandermans, B. & McAdam, D. (eds.). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell, p. 1352-1353 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/proceeding › Encyclopedia entry › Research › peer-review

• “We are all Khaled Said”: Visual Injustice Symbols in the Egyptian Revolution, 2010–2011

  Olesen, T., 2013, In: Research in Social Movements, Conflicts and Change. 35, p. 3-25

  Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review
  36 Citations (Scopus)
• 2012

  Global Injustice Memories: The 1994 Rwanda Genocide

  Olesen, T., 2012, In: International Political Sociology. 6, 4, p. 373-389

  Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review
  13 Citations (Scopus)

• Televised Media Performance for HIV/AIDS Sufferers in Africa: Distance Reduction and National Community in Two Danish Fundraising Shows

  Olesen, T., 2012, In: Communication, Culture & Critique. 5, 1, p. 99-119

  Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review
• 2011

  Aktivistdrømme er ikke længere anarkistiske fantasifostre

  Olesen, T., 18 Nov 2011, In: Dagbladet Information.

  Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Contribution to newspaper - Feature article

• Anmeldelse af Jeffrey S. Juris, Networking Futures: The Movements against Corporate Globalization, Durham: Duke University Press, 2008.

  Olesen, T., 2011, In: Anthropos: internationale Zeitschrift für Völker- und Sprachenkunde.. 106, 1, p. 267-268

  Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Literature review › Communication