Giuseppe Soda

Full Professor
Knowledge groupLeadership, Human Resources and Digital Technologies
Research domainsOrganization Design
Teaching domainsOrganizational Design, Change Management, Organizational Social Network
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Biography

Giuseppe “Beppe” Soda is Full Professor of Organization Theory and Network Analysis in Bocconi University’s Department of Management and Technology and SDA Bocconi School of Management. His institutional service includes several academic leadership roles. In particular, he served as Dean of SDA Bocconi School of Management from 2016 to 2022. Previously, he was Director of Bocconi University’s Department of Management and Technology from 2013 to 2016 and Associate Dean for Research at SDA Bocconi from 2007 to 2013.

Prof. Soda’s research focuses on the origins and dynamics of social, intra-organizational, and inter-organizational networks, as well as on the performance implications of the interplay between formal organizational architectures and organizational networks. His work has been published in leading academic journals, including Administrative Science Quarterly, Management Science, Organization Science, Academy of Management Journal, Strategic Management Journal, Academy of Management Annals, Journal of Management, Strategic Organization, Organization Studies, Research Policy, Strategy Science, and Industrial and Corporate Change. His research has also appeared in books, including Formal and Informal Networks in Organizations (Oxford University Press, 2026).

In 2026, he received the Social Network Society’s Distinguished Scholar Award, which recognizes scholars whose sustained and exceptional contributions have shaped the intellectual direction of the field and advanced its impact on research and practice.

His research also informs his teaching in Master’s, MBA, Executive MBA, and PhD courses on Organization Theory and Design and Social Network Analysis.

He is also active in international management education and accreditation. He currently serves as Associate Director for EQUIS Accreditation.

Prof. Soda holds a PhD in Business Administration from Università Bocconi, completed a post-doc at Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, PA, USA), and has been a Visiting Professor at IE Business School (Madrid, SP) and London Business School.

Recent Publications

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  • 2026
    Formal and Informal Networks in Organizations
    SODA, G. - "Formal and Informal Networks in Organizations" - 2026, Oxford University PressNew York, NY
  • 2026
    Handbook of Trust and Social Networks
    SODA, G., B. MCEVILY, A. ZAHEER, O. SCHILKE (Eds.), "Handbook of Trust and Social Networks" - 2026, Edward Elgar Publishing Limited
  • 2025
    In the network of the conclave: Social connections and the making of a pope
    SODA, G., A. IORIO, L. RIZZO, "In the network of the conclave: Social connections and the making of a pope", Social Networks, 2025, vol. 83, pp. 215-232
  • 2025
    La leadership che semina futuro - Grounded Leadership for Uncertain Times
    SODA, G., "La leadership che semina futuro - Grounded Leadership for Uncertain Times", Economia & Management, 2025, no. 3, pp. 3-7
  • 2025
    Prismatic Trust: How Structural and Behavioral Signals in Networks Explain Trust Accumulation
    SODA, G., A. ZAHEER, M. PARK, B. MCEVILY, M. SUBRAMANI, "Prismatic Trust: How Structural and Behavioral Signals in Networks Explain Trust Accumulation", Management Science, 2025, vol. 71, no. 5, pp. 3966-3982
  • 2025
    The Ties That Nurture: Expressive Simmelian Ties, Instrumental Brokerage, and Individual Performance
    TORTORIELLO, M., G. SODA, M. GOMEZ-SOLORZANO, "The Ties That Nurture: Expressive Simmelian Ties, Instrumental Brokerage, and Individual Performance", Academy of Management Journal, 2025

Grants & Honors

  • Social Networks Society Distinguished Scholar (2026), Academy of Management, 2026

  • Excellence in Research Award, Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, 2024

  • Excellence in Research Award, Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, 2022

  • Research Excellence Award (2020), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, 2020

  • Premio per l’Innovazione nei programmi Executive (2016), SDA Bocconi School of Management, 2016

  • Premio Eccellenza nella Ricerca (2013), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, 2013

  • Premio Best Paper - Economia & Management (2012), SDA Bocconi School of Management, 2012

  • Premio Eccellenza nella Ricerca (2012), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, 2012

  • Premio Eccellenza nella Ricerca (2011), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, 2011

  • Premio Best Paper (2010) - Conferenza dei Docenti di Organizzazione Italiani, 2010

  • Premio Eccellenza nella Ricerca (2009), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, 2009

  • Premio Eccellenza nella Ricerca (2008), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, 2008

  • Premio Eccellenza nella didattica (2007), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, 2007

  • Premio Best Academic Paper (2006), SDA Bocconi School of Management, 2006

  • Premio Eccellenza nella didattica (2006), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, 2006

  • Premio docente dell’anno Master in Business Administration-MBA (2005), SDA Bocconi School of Management, 2005

  • Premio Best Paper (2005) - Conferenza dei Docenti di Organizzazione Italiani, 2005

  • Premio docente dell’anno programmi Master (2004), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, 2004

  • Premio Best Paper (2002) - Conferenza dei Docenti di Organizzazione Italiani, 2002

  • Premio Eccellenza nella Ricerca (2001), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, 2001

  • Premio Caso dell’anno (2001), “Barilla: the story behind an organizational transformation”, SDA Bocconi School of Management, 2001