
Torben Andersen
Associate Professor
- Department of Business Development and Technology
Type of address: Postal address.
Birk Centerpark 15
8001, 1309
7400
Herning
Denmark
Email: toa@btech.au.dk
Mobile: +4593508705
Language proficiency
British Full professional
German Limited
French and
Spanish Elementary
Mandrin
Chinese 3 words
Education
1982 General Certificate. Mathematics and social science. Schneekloth State Highschool
1985 Bachelor's degree (B.Sc.). Copenhagen Business School
1989 22nd Essex Summer School, UK
1989 Master of Science degree (M.Sc.) Copenhagen Business School
1995 Ph.D. - degree, on the dissertation: "Organisational Change in Danish Banking -
the Development of New Employment Relations". Copenhagen Business School.
Positions
1989 Ph.D.-student – Copenhagen Business School.
1992 EU Research Fellowship (Human Capital Mobility Programme), at University of
Warwick, Industrial Relations Research Unit. UK. (12 months).
1993-1994 Research fellow Copenhagen Business School and University of Aalborg
(Denmark).
1995 Assistant professor, Department of Organization & Management, The Aarhus
School of Business (ASB)
1999-03 Associate professor, Department of Organization & Management, ASB.
2003-06 Associate professor, Department of Organization & Management, University of
Southern Denmark, Campus Odense
2006-09 Director, Center for Technology, Economics and Management, Technical
University of Denmark 2009-17 Head of Campus and Department, Department of Leadership and Corporate Strategy, University of Southern Denmark, Campus Slagelse
2017-> Associate professor, Aarhus University Department of Business Development and Technology
Administration
1995 Coordinator of the banking case-studies in IREC-network. Head of project:
University of Warwick, Industrial Relations Research Unit, financed by: EU, DG V.
1996 Head of the human resource management research group, Department of
Organization & Management, The Aarhus School of Business.
1998 Member of Faculty Board, Aarhus School of Business.
1999 Head of Department (HoD), Department of Organization & Management, Aarhus
School of Business.
2000 Member of the research council, Aarhus School of Business.
2003 In charge of the evening MBA-programme (in Organisation and Management)
and of the development of new diploma degrees at University of Southern
Denmark
2003-> Chair on Ph.D. committees (internal as well as external). Chair on assistant and
associate professor positions.
2004-06 Head of Department (HoD) Department of Organization, University of Southern
Denmark, Campus Odense.
2007-> Advisory Board Member, Department of International Business, San Francisco
State University.
2008 Representing Technical University of Denmark in national committee on
establishing metrics for scientific publishing standards, The Danish Ministry of
Science.
Teaching areas
- Human Resource Management
- Organizational Theory
- Change Management
- International Human Resource Management
- International Management
Teaching experiences
1991-> Undergraduate course
1992-> Graduate courses
1994 -> Supervisor on final dissertations (MA).
1996-> Teacher on master courses and
final dissertations
1999-> Supervisor for Ph.D.-students and teacher on the MBA-programme, The Aarhus
School of Business, University of Southern Denmark.
2000 San Francisco State University (postgraduate, evening courses, downtown SF)
2000-> The MBA in Management of Technology (MMT), Aalborg University, Denmark
(workshop on management)
2002 The University of Auckland (undergraduate graduate courses and MBA-
programme)
Faculty development
1995-97 Pedagogical courses for assistant professors (in Danish)
1998 International Faculty development program, University of Colorado, at Denver
2000 Annual summer workshop for the development of intercultural coursework at
colleges and universities, University of Hawai’i, Honolulu, CIBER, June, 21-30.
2000-> Various professional development workshops at Academy of Management and
Western Academy of Management (US).
Teaching experinces (outside universities)
- The diploma in management for Danish health sector employees (doctors and nurses)
- The management diploma for engineers at Odense Technical University College
- The Danish Bankers Academy (middle managers), Skanderborg
- The Association of Danish Lawyers and Economists, DJØF, Summer University (in charge of
the management track).
- Shorter in-company courses
External activities
- Regional Editor (Northern Europe) on European Journal of International Management
- Reviewer for:
o Human Resource Management (Wiley)
o Human Resource Management Review
o Scandinavian Journal of Management
o Journal of Change Management
o Danish and foreign publishing companies (Pearson Education, Palgrave MacMillan
etc.)
- Editor of The Danish HRM-handbook, +10 years, Publisher: BørsenForum
- Consultancy, seminars and talks for Danish organizations and companies
- Member of VL15 (Western Sealand).
- Board member: Slagelse Gymnasium and Selandia Erhvervsskoler
- Board member: Slagelse Business Council and Visit Vestsjælland
Foreign assignments
1993 EU Human Capital Mobility Fellow, University of Warwick, (12 months)
2001 Visiting Ass. Professor, San Francisco State University (6 months)
2002 Visiting Ass. Professor, University of Auckland (7 months)
2005-> Shorter stays at San Francisco State University (SFSU) and Auckland University of
Technology (AUT).
2016 Johann von Spix visting professor, Otto-Friedrich-Universität BambergLehrstuhl für Betriebswirtschaftslehre (6 months).