Prof. Dr. Giulia Parola ist Interim-Professorin für Entrepreneurship an der Munich Business School und Postdoktorandin am Fachbereich Wirtschaft und Management der Universität der Bundeswehr München. Außerdem arbeitet sie mit dem European Center for Social Finance zusammen, einem Kompetenzzentrum, das der MBS angegliedert ist.
Über die akademische Welt hinaus arbeitet Giulia als Expertin, Projektleiterin und Trainerin und führt Workshops und Webinare für Fachleute durch. Sie leitet mehrere von der EU finanzierte Berufsbildungsprojekte in Bereichen wie soziales Unternehmertum, Wohlbefinden am Arbeitsplatz und Familienunternehmen.
Die gebürtige Italienerin hat sich durch akademische und berufliche Erfahrungen in Spanien, Marokko und Indien ein internationales Profil aufgebaut. Seit 2014 lebt sie in Deutschland, wo sie einen Master-Abschluss in Life Science Economics and Policy an der Technischen Universität München und einen Doktortitel in Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften an der Universität der Bundeswehr München erworben hat. Ihre Doktorarbeit befasste sich mit der Überbrückung der Kluft zwischen Wissenschaft und Praxis im Management.
Professorin für Entrepreneurship
Pre-Bachelor, Bachelor International Business, Master’s Programs, MBA
Idea Development and Startups, Critical Thinking and Media Literacy, Critical Thinking, Data & Text Literacy II & III, Academic Writing, Introduction to the Bachelor Thesis, Master Thesis Preparation
Wissenschaftliche Zeitschriften
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Parola, G. (2024). Philosophy is everywhere: A much-needed roadmap to finding it: Philosophy and management studies: A research overview, by R. Mir & M. Greenwood, London, Routledge, 2023, 116 pages, pbk £17.99, ISBN 978-1032073637. Culture and Organization, 1–4. https://doi.org/10.1080/14759551.2024.2433460
Parola, G., Thaler, J., & Solivo, M. (2024). Metaphors in career development: Using ZMET to explore how an employment initiative changes NEETs’ mental models. Journal of Career Assessment, 32(1), 154–181. https://doi.org/10.1177/10690727231185174
Parola, G., Spiess-Knafl, W., & Thaler, J. (2022). The butterfly effect: How academics and practitioners’ micro-practices shape turning points in response to paradox. Academy of Management Learning & Education, 21(3), 369–393. https://doi.org/10.5465/amle.2021.0235
Parola, G. (2020). Escape from parents’ basement? Post COVID-19 scenarios for the future of youth employment in Italy. Labour Economics Papers, 111(1), 51–71.
Bücher
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Parola, G. (2023). Seeing the practice light at the end of the research tunnel: Toward an integration of theory, research and practice in career management. University of the Bundeswehr Munich.
Parola, G. (2023). Collaborating in European projects: Many hands (don’t always) make light work. Self-published.
Vorträge wissenschaftliche Konferenzen (ausgewählt)
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Parola, G. (2025, July 21–23). Positioning career identity through alternative narratives in neoliberal academia: The case of the Writing Differently movement. Paper presented at the Gender, Work & Organization Conference (GWO 2025), Audencia Business School, Nantes, France.
Wolber, L., Englert, B., Thaler, J., & Parola, G. (2025, August). Volunteers’ perceived person–environment misfit. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Parola, G., Thaler, J., & Solivo, M. (2021, August). How do young adults perceive employment initiatives? In Navigating qualitative dissertations (Professional Development Workshop). Paper presented at the 81st Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (AoM), Virtual Conference.
Parola, G., Spiess-Knafl, W., & Thaler, J. (2020). Managing paradoxes of performing in academic–practitioner collaborations. Paper presented at the Academy of Management Learning and Education (AMLE) Virtual Paper Development Workshops I and II, Virtual Conferences.
Parola, G. (2019, September 2–4). Explaining and linking political trust to job search self-efficacy in three disadvantaged regions in Europe: A cross-sectional study. Paper presented at the Social Innovation Research Conference, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, Scotland.
Parola, G., & Scheck, B. (2018, December). Scaling trust-based partnership models to recharge youth entrepreneurship: Supporting underserved communities with innovative entrepreneurship support instruments. Paper presented at the 2nd Social Impact Investments International Conference, Rome, Italy.
Arbeitspapiere/Arbeitsberichte
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Parola, G. (2024). Transnational research report (STAY OK project: Rethinking Well-being at Workplaces in European SMEs). https://www.stay-ok-project.eu/results/
Parola, G., & Blazy, C. (2021). Multi-method, iterative and user-centered needs assessment for the next generation of social enterprises [BEYOND CAPITAL project report]. BEYOND CAPITAL. https://www.beyond-capital.eu/project-results
Parola, G., Alexopoulos, Y., & Perifanos, I. (2021). Impact assessment reports 2021 (Italy, Greece, Poland, Spain) (Young Enrepreneurs Succeed YES! Project). https://youngentrepreneurssucceed.com/resources/
Parola, Giulia (2023): Podcast guest appearance “#85 Collaborating in EU projects: A book conversation w. guest Giulia Parola”, The Grant Podcast https://open.spotify.com/episode/1WLIt51jX0otxX7j87OtXy.
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