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Héloïse BerkowitzPublished On
2026-02-12Page Range
pp. 1–12Language
- English
Print Length
12 pages
1. Why Study Meta-organizations?
Chapter of: A Society of Meta-Organizations(pp. 1–12)
Why is there a need for a meta-organizational approach to society at all? Is it not enough to speak of a society of organizations? The meta-organizational perspective introduces two primary distinctions. First, it provides a different theoretical framework for examining how organizations create ‘decided order’ among and beyond organizations. And second, it represents a different perspective on the dynamics of societal transformations. In this book, I describe some of the consequences of having so many meta-organizations.
Contributors
Héloïse Berkowitz
(author)Research Fellow at Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et Technologique
Senior Researcher at Institut Barcelona d'Estudis Internacionals
Dr Héloïse Berkowitz is a research fellow at CNRS (LEST, Aix Marseille University), France and senior researcher at IBEI, Spain. She holds a Phd in management science from Ecole Polytechnique and a research habilitation (HDR) from Aix Marseille Univ. Her research deals with transitions to sustainability, with a focus on sectoral governance and collective action among organizations (meta-organizations), in various empirical settings from natural resources to collaborative economy or ocean sustainability. She co-founded the Peer Community in Organization Studies. In 2022, she received the CNRS medal of Bronze for her work on meta-organization and socio-ecological transitions.