O'Neill School at IUPUI
801 W. Michigan Street
BS 4066
Indianapolis, IN
46202
Biography
Fredrik O. Andersson is an associate professor at the Paul H. O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs in Indianapolis, and a Faculty Affiliate of the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy. His primary research is focused on nonprofit entrepreneurship, particularly as it relates to nonprofit venture emergence and the early evolution of new nonprofit organizations. Fredrik’s other research interests include nonprofit organizational governance, educational entrepreneurship, and school choice. Fredrik joined the O’Neill School in 2017 from the University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee, where he was an assistant professor from 2013 to 2017 as part of the College of Letters and Science and the Helen Bader Institute for Nonprofit Management. Fredrik holds an Interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Entrepreneurship and Public Affairs from the Bloch School of at Management the University of Missouri—Kansas City.
Education
- Ph.D., Entrepreneurship and Public Affairs, University of Missouri-Kansas City
- B.A., Economics and Politics, Lund University, Sweden
Professional Experience
- Senior Fellow, Midwest Center for Nonprofit Leadership, 2013–present
- Research Fellow, Stockholm Center for Civil Society Studies, Stockholm School of Economics, 2016–present
- Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin, 2013–17
- Post-Doctoral Researcher, The Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A&M University, 2012–13
Highlights
- Since 2013, contributing editor to the Nonprofit Quarterly
- Best Article Award, Nonprofit Management and Leadership, “Beyond Taxonomy: An Empirical Validation of Social Entrepreneurship in the Nonprofit Sector” with Scott Helm (2010)
Selected Intellectual Contributions
- “Sources of Isomorphism in the Milwaukee Voucher School Sector.” (with M. Ford) Public Policy and Administration (forthcoming)
- “Consequences of School-Choice Reforms in Sweden and Milwaukee: The Importance of Different Civil Society Regimes.” (with E. Henrekson, F. Wijkström, M. Ford) Nonprofit Policy Forum (forthcoming)
- “Antecedents and Outcomes of Social Innovation: A Global Study of Sport for Development and Peace Organizations.” (with P. Svensson, T.Q. Mahoney, J-P. Ha) Sport Management Review (forthcoming)
- “Organizational Capacity and Entrepreneurial Behavior.” (with P. Svensson, L Faulk) Nonprofit Management & Leadership (2020)
- “A Desire for Growth? An Exploratory Study of Growth Aspirations Among Nascent Nonprofit Entrepreneurs.” Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly (2020)
- “How Valuable is Experience? Examining the Impact of Founder Experience on Nonprofit Start-up Success.” Journal of Public and Nonprofit Affairs (2020)
- “Where Do Nonprofit and Civil Society Researchers Publish? Perceptions of Nonprofit Journal Quality.” (with M. Walk) Journal of Public and Nonprofit Affairs (2019)
- “Bringing fiscal sponsor activity to light.” (with D. Neely) Nonprofit Policy Forum (2019)
- “Determinants of Organizational Failure in the Milwaukee School Voucher Program.” (with M. Ford) Policy Studies Journal (2019)
- “Taking Stock and Moving Forward: Lessons from Two Plus Decades of Research on the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program.” (with M. Ford) Journal of School Choice (2019)