Claudia Jonczyk holds the Chair of Strategic Management at the Faculty of Business and Economics since 2018. Since her arrival Professor Jonczyk has held various positions at the University of Neuchâtel, including Director of the Institute of Management (2019-2025) and Vice Dean of Faculty. She is currently the Director of the Master's program in International Business Development. 

Before joining the University of Neuchâtel, she was a professor of management at ESCP Business School's London campus and a visiting researcher at INSEAD.

Professor Jonczyk holds a PhD from the University of Geneva and a Master's degree from the University of St. Gallen. She was a visiting researcher at the MIT Sloan School in Cambridge, where she worked on knowledge management and organizational learning in high-risk industries.

She has previously also worked as a strategy consultant for LEK Consulting in Germany and the United Kingdom and for PwC in Switzerland.

Prof. Jonczyk’s current research focuses on social capital and networks, as well as the topic of identity adaptation among expatriates and how service professionals manage their careers.

In the ongoing research project funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation, she is studying the evolution of entrepreneurial networks and how entrepreneurs and SME owners can best use their networks to grow their businesses.

Prof. Jonczyk’s research has been published in leading scientific journals such as the Academy of Management Journal, Organization Science, Journal of Vocational Behavior, and Academy of Management Discoveries, as well as in practitioner publications and case studies.

Media presence

Article in ArcInfo on mergers and aquisitions, 5.12.24, Jacot et la haute chocolaterie

Article in ArcInfo on growth management, 8,12.23, En entreprise, une période de croissance exige un nouveau style de leadership

Article in ArcInfo, 24.2.22, Trois archaïsmes suisses qui pèsent sur les femmes dirigeantes,  article following the Science Café: Where are the female managers? on 23.2.22

Launch of an innovative business game, 8.1.20, Business game novateur par une approche interdisciplinaire

TV interview on RTS, 6.3.23, Artificial intelligence: Humans still have irreplaceable skills, 12h45 - Intelligence artificielle: L’être humain a encore des compétences irremplaçables. La professeure Claudia Jonczyk Sédès évoque la reconversion professionnelle - Play RTS.

Video on her publication about EU expatriates facing Brexit: Suddenly I Felt Like a Migrant: Identity and Mobility Threats Facing European Self-Initiated Expatriates in the United Kingdom under Brexit | Academy of Management Discoveries (aom.org).

Newspaper article in Le Temps on career change, 24.6.22, Quand réorientation rime avec déception - Le Temps.

Article RTS Info, 14.7.22, Au sommet de l'État de Genève, le manque de temps partiel pénalise les femmes.

Press links to her article on the impact of chance events on the careers of service professionals:

Le Point: Carrière professionnelle: la chance a-t-elle une réelle influence ? (lepoint.fr)

Les Echos : Comment la chance ou la malchance influence les évolutions de carrière | Les Echos Start

The Conversation France : Comment la chance ou la malchance influence les évolutions de carrière (theconversation.com)

INSEAD Knowledge: Careers and Chance: How Much Control Do You Really Have? | INSEAD Knowledge

Bachelor

• Strategic Management

• Management

Master :

• International Strategy (Master IBD)

• Strategic Management (Master MGM)

• Business Game (Master MGM)

Executive education :

• Strategic management and competitive advantage

• Change management

Publications :

• ORCID
• Google Scholar