Laura Giurge
BIO
Professor Laura Giurge is an Assistant Professor at LSE and a faculty affiliate at London Business School. She is an award-winning organizational behaviour expert who captivates her audiences with scholarly expertise, real-world experience, and visual thinking.
Language(s)
English
Areas of expertise
- Organisational behaviour
- Employee motivation
- Workplace well-being
- Future of work
- Burnout
- Time management
Profile
Professor Laura Giurge combines science and curiosity to enable people and organizations to thrive. Currently an Assistant Professor at The London School of Economics and Political Science and a faculty affiliate at London Business School, Laura is on a mission to understand how we can transform the way we work and motivate ourselves and others to achieve professional success without compromising our well-being. Professor Giurge earned a PhD in Management from Rotterdam School of Management within 4 years and before joining LSE, she was a postdoctoral research fellow at Cornell University and a visiting fellow at Harvard Business School.
Her research on time and boundaries in organisations, workplace well-being, and the future of work has been published in top academic journals and popular media outlets like Harvard Business Review, The Wall Street Journal, and Forbes. In 2020, her research on subjective time was recognized as a Best Paper at the Academy of Management, and in 2023 she received an Outstanding Reviewer Award from the Academy of Management Review. Her article on “3 Tips to Avoid WFH Burnout” was reprinted in two Harvard Business Review Guidebooks (on remote work and on beating burnout). Professor Giurge has consulted and presented at numerous organizations, including Microsoft, McKinsey, and Novartis, and her findings are often featured internationally, including in The New York Times, Financial Times, and The Economist.
Find out more on Professor Giurge's LinkedIn or personal website.
Types of Engagement
Videos
Recent Appearances
Article: The best bosses know how to subtract work | The Economist (August 2023)
Article: Your email does not constitute my emergency | NY Times (April 2023)
Article: How to get flexible working right | The Economist (March 2023)
Research: Flexible Work Can Dampen Motivation | Harvard Business Review (April 2022)
Article: Be Intentional About How You Spend Your Time Off | Harvard Business Review (December 2021)
Article: The Curse of Off-Hours Email | The Wall Street Journal (October 2021)
Article: 3 Tips to Avoid WFH Burnout | Harvard Business Review (April 2020)
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