Paolo Leone
Paolo Leone
Assistant Professor
Management and Organizations
Research Track
Leadership for Impact Knowledge Center

Paolo V. Leone is an Assistant Professor of Social Innovation at Nova SBE. His research focuses on the organizational dynamics that drive social innovation processes. Particularly, he explores how open forms of organizing can generate system-changing innovations in scientific and knowledge-intensive collaborations. His research is situated at the nexus of organization theory and innovation studies, and has appeared in journals such as Academy of Management Review and Research Policy. Paolo teaches innovation courses at the master level and philosophy of science at the PhD level. He received a PhD in Management from McGill University, an MPhil in Innovation, Strategy and Organization from the University of Cambridge, and a JD from Università Roma Tre.

Paolo Leone can be contacted at paolo.leone@novasbe.pt. 

2023 - PhD in Management - McGill University

2017 - MPhil in Innovation, Strategy & Organization - University of Cambridge

2016 - Juris Doctor - Università Roma Tre 

Social Innovation - Open Organizing - Scientific Collaboration - Organization Theory - Innovation Studies

  • Abrams, Ellen, Leone, Paolo V., Cambrosio, Alberto, Faraj, Samer (2025). The governance of open science: A comparative analysis of two open science consortia. Research Policy, 54 (3).
  • Leone, Paolo V., Mantere, Saku, Faraj, Samer (2021). Open theorizing in management and organization studies. Academy of Management Review, 46 (4), 725-749.