Dr Laura M Giurge

Dr Laura M Giurge is an Assistant Professor of Behavioural Science in the Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science at LSE. She holds two cum laude MA degrees in Economics and Business (organisational behaviour and human resources management) from the University of Groningen, as well as a PhD in Management from Rotterdam School of Management. Prior to joining LSE, Laura was a postdoctoral research fellow of Organisational Behaviour at London Business School. She has also held a postdoctoral research fellowship in Management at Cornell University and was a visiting scholar at Harvard Business School.

Dr Giurge’s research explores the role of time – both objective (clock-based time) and subjective (perception of time) – across three critical areas: (a) inequality and bias, (b) creativity, and (c) the future of work. Her work has been published in top-tier academic journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Human Behaviour, Academy of Management Discoveries, and Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes. She also shares her insights in leading practitioner outlets, including Harvard Business Review, Forbes, and The Wall Street Journal. Her research is frequently highlighted in global media such as The Economist, Financial Times, and The New York Times.

Her contributions have earned multiple accolades. For instance, in 2020 she received a Best Paper Award from the Organisational Behaviour Division at the Academy of Management (AOM) Annual Meeting. Across three consecutive years, she was honoured with an Outstanding and Developmental Reviewer Award from the Academy of Management Review (AMR) and since 2024 serves on the AMR Editorial Review Board. At LSE, Dr Giurge designed and leads the innovative course, The Science of Time at Work and Beyond, for which she has received an Excellence in Teaching Award and multiple student nominations.

Dr Giurge collaborates with leading organisations to address pressing challenges. She has partnered with companies, such as Microsoft, McKinsey, and Novartis. In 2021, she collaborated with the Behavioural Insights Team on a gender-related project, and in 2024, she published a Harvard Business Review article on a mental health field experiment conducted at Novartis. Currently, she sits on the Scientific Advisory Board of 4 Day Week Global and acts as an ad-hoc academic advisor for organisations worldwide. As a thought leader in organisational behaviour, Dr Giurge is a sought-after speaker known for driving progress, fostering innovation, and inspiring peak performance.

Alongside her academic career, Dr Giurge is dedicated to creative pursuits, including photography, abstract art, and illustrations. In 2017, she held a solo photography exhibit in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

To learn more about Dr Giurge’s work, visit her website at www.lauragiurge.com and connect with her on social media.

Dr Giurge explores the role of time across three key domains: inequality and bias, creativity, and the future of work. She contributes to the first area by revealing how time can perpetuate but also mitigate gender inequality and bias, and by highlighting other critical yet easily overlooked forms of bias at work. She adds to the creativity literature by showing how time-use shapes creative recognition and creators’ well-being. Lastly, she expands the future of work literature by identifying the motivational and psychological penalties of work flexibility as well as how perceptions and structures of time influence individual and collective functioning.

Selected publications

• Howe, Lauren C., Giurge, Laura M., Wagner, Alexander, & Menges, Jochen I. (2024). Empty words? When generic CEO Human Care Statements Relate to a Surprisingly Positive Stock Price Reaction. Academy of Management Discoveries.
• Giurge, Laura M. & Woolley, Kaitlin (2022). Working during non-standard worktime undermines intrinsic motivation. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes.
• Giurge, Laura M. & Bohns, Vanessa K. (2021). You don’t need to answer right away! Receivers overestimate how quickly senders expect responses to non-urgent work emails. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes.

At LSE, Dr Giurge designed and leads the innovative course, The Science of Time at Work and Beyond, for which she has received an Excellence in Teaching Award and multiple student nominations. The course draws heavily on management insights and is currently available on the regular MSc Behavioural Science and the Executive MSc Behavioural Science.

What students have said about 'The Science of Time at Work and Beyond':

This has been by far the most applicable, life-changing, and insightful course of the entire program. It should be a required course for all graduate and undergraduate students. This course is also particularly well-designed, and the intentionality is very effective for learning. Each of the exercises was very well planned and contributed to the learnings immensely. At no point did it feel like we were handed busy work or activities that didn't directly promote learning and application.

I have a completely different view about the importance of time in my life and that's thanks to Laura's teaching.

This was, simply put, one of the most impactful courses I have taken in my entire academic career. I wish I had taken this course years ago and I look forward to seeing its impact play out in my professional life moving forward. Thanks, Dr Giurge, for an incredibly thought-provoking and well-conceived class!

Laura is committed to impact both in academia and beyond. She is currently co-organising three ongoing professional development workshops (PDWs) at the Academy of Management (AOM) Annual Meeting. Each PDW has been well-attended with 100 to 200 attendees each. In 2023, Laura was invited on a burnout panel at AOM co-organised by Marissa Shandell and Adam Grant, along with Sue Ashford, Tracy Dumas, and Amy Edmondson. Her commitment and dedication to provide developmental and timely feedback has been recognised by the Academy of Management Review (AMR) with an Outstanding Reviewer Award in 2023, and an Outstanding Developmental Reviewer Award in 2024, when she also joined AMR’s Editorial Review Board. In 2020, her research on subjective time was recognised as a Best Paper by the Organizational Behavior Division at the Academy of Management (top 10 per cent of papers).

Laura has written about her academic research in top practitioner-outlets such as Harvard Business Review, The Wall Street Journal, and Forbes. Her findings are often featured internationally, including in The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Economist, and Financial Times. You can access some of Laura's articles below.

• Giurge, Laura M., Howe, Lauren C., Belovei, Zsofia, Lindermann, Guusje, & O’Connor, Sharon. (2024). Research: More People Use Mental Health Benefits When They Hear That Colleagues Use Them Too. Harvard Business Review
• Giurge, Laura M. & Woolley, Kaitlin. (2022). Research: Flexible work can dampen motivation. Harvard Business Review
• Giurge, Laura M. & Bohns, Vanessa K. (2021). Be intentional with how you spend your time off. Harvard Business Review
• Giurge, Laura M. & Bohns, Vanessa K. (2021). The curse of off-hours email. The Wall Street Journal
• Lucas, Brian, J., Giurge, Laura M., Berry, Zachariah, & Chugh, Dolly. (2021). To reduce gender bias in hiring, make your shortlist longer. Harvard Business Review

Laura has worked with prominent organisations, including Microsoft, McKinsey, and Novartis. As a thought leader in organisational behaviour, Dr Giurge is a sought-after speaker known for driving progress, fostering innovation, and inspiring peak performance.