Kaisa Snellman

Kaisa Snellman is an Associate Professor of Organisational Behaviour and Associate Dean of Diversity and Inclusion at INSEAD. She co-directs the Advancing Diversity and Inclusion program and teaches executive education courses in leadership, organizational change, and power and influence. She also serves as the Academic Director of the INSEAD Gender Initiative.

Kaisa's research examines inequality based on gender, race, and class in the domains of education, employment, and entrepreneurship. More specifically, she studies how cultural beliefs about gender and race shape outcomes for individuals and organizations, and how organizations contribute to economic inequality through their employment practices.

Her research has been featured in prominent news outlets, including The Atlantic, Businessweek, The Economist, Forbes, and The New York Times.

Kaisa earned her PhD and MA degrees in Sociology from Stanford University and an MSc degree in Economics from the Swedish School of Economics in Helsinki, Finland. Prior to joining INSEAD, she was a postdoctoral fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government