Elisa MONTORI

Research Interests

Entrepreneurship, Ecosystems, Narratives, Identity, Pitching, Emancipation, Digital Platforms.

Current Positions

08.2026 – 08.2027 Venice School of Management | Postdoctoral Researcher 

Focus: Accelerators’ role in shaping entrepreneurial identities and developing a regional ecosystem within the Cultural and Creative Industries.

09.2025 – 09.2026 Venice School of Management | Adjunct Professor  

Course: Individual and Group Behaviours for Innovation (M.Sc. in Innovation & Marketing).

09.2026 – 09.2027 Venice School of Management | Adjunct Professor  

Course: Organizing in a Digital World (B.Sc. in Digital Management).

Course: Organizational Behaviour and Innovation (M.Sc. in Innovation and Management for Culture and Creativity).

Past Positions

04.2026 – 09.2026 Venice School of Management | Research Fellow

Focus: Accelerators and entrepreneurs in CCI.

01.2026 – 03.2026 Venice School of Management | Research Fellow

Focus: Identity processes of entrepreneurs in CCI.

Education

09.2021 – 01.2026 Venice School of Management, Italy & SKEMA Business School, France | PhD in Management | Excellent with Honours

Dissertation: ‘Venturing Off the Beaten Path: Three Close-Ups of Identities and Motivations in and around Entrepreneurship.’

09.2023 – 02.2024 Skema Business School, Grand Paris Campus, France | Research Visit

10.2018 – 06.2021 E. Karls Universität Tübingen, Germany | M. Sc. in Management and Economics | 1.43 (Grading: 1: Excellent; 6: Fail)

01.2020 – 07.2020 University of Technology Sydney, Australia | Overseas Exchange Semester

09.2015 – 07.2018 University of Bologna, Italy | B.Sc. in Economics, Markets, and Institutions | 105 (Grading: 110: Excellent; 65: Fail)

03.2017 – 07.2017 Universität Konstanz, Germany | Erasmus+ Exchange Semester

Conferences

Academy of Management Annual Meeting (AoM) | 2026; 2025

Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference (BCERC) | 2026; 2024

European Group for Organisational Studies Colloquium (EGOS) | 2025; 2024; 2023

Philosophy and Organization Studies Colloquium (PHILOS) | 2026, 2025

Process Organization Studies International Symposium (PROS)| 2026; 2025; 2024

Workshops

Academy of Management Journal PDW | 2022

European Haniel Program on Entrepreneurship and the Humanities | 2024

Organizing Creativity PDW | 2023

Organization Studies Method/ology Development Workshop | 2026; 2025

Rethinking Entrepreneurship in Society Workshop | 2025

Schools

EGOS Pre-Colloquium Post-Doctoral & Early Career Scholars Workshop | 2026

EGOS Pre-Colloquium PhD Workshop | 2024

EURAM Early Career Colloquium | 2025

EUTOPIA Impact School 2025 on Science Communication | 2025

JBVI Entrepreneurship Academy | 2025

Organization Science Doctoral Colloquium | 2024

Invited Talks

20.05.2026 University of Bologna| M. Sc. in Business Management | Guest Lecturer

Seminar: ‘The next Medtech unicorn? Legitimation in entrepreneurial ecosystems.’

2025 – 2026  Venice School of Management | PhD Course in Organisation Studies | Guest Lecturer

Seminars: ‘Entrepreneurial narratives and identity processes’; ‘Organizational identity formation and construction.’

2024 – 2025 Vrije Universiteit | Presenter

Seminar: ‘Behind the scenes of the entrepreneurial pitch: A sensemaking process of identity formation.'

08.02.2024 H-Farm Accelerator | Guest Lecturer

Workshop: ‘How to Build the Perfect Pitch.’

Past Teaching Activities

2023 – 2024 Venice School of Management | M.Sc. in Management | Tutor

Course: Strategy Planning and Control System.

Academic Service

2023 – 2025 Ca’ Foscari University of Venice | PhD Students’ Representative in the Academic Senate

 
2021 – 2023 Ca’ Foscari University of Venice | President of PhD Students' Council

                   Venice School of Management | PhD Students’ Representative 

Work Experience

02.2021 – 07.2021 FactSet, Milan, Italy | Client Solution Intern