Research

Building sustainable careers in a changing world

Dr. Noémi Nagy, Ph.D., M.Sc. develops research at the intersection of careers, entrepreneurship, aging, innovation, and the future of work. Her goal is both explanatory and practical: to understand how people navigate work over time and to turn those insights into useful tools, learning experiences, and partnerships.


Research streams

Career sustainability and career resources

This work examines the resources people need to sustain meaningful, healthy, and adaptable careers. It considers how psychological, social, and structural resources shape employability, opportunity, well-being, and long-term career agency.

Entrepreneurship across the lifespan

This stream explores entrepreneurship as a career pathway at different ages and life stages. It asks how identity, experience, timing, opportunity, and support systems shape who enters entrepreneurship—and who is able to thrive.

Platforms, ecosystems, and innovation

This work studies how digital tools, networks, education, and institutions can create stronger pathways between talent and opportunity. It also provides the foundation for Dr. Nagy’s research-to-practice projects.

Negotiation, communication, and workplace relationships

Dr. Nagy also studies and teaches integrative negotiation, gender and negotiation, conflict management, and effective communication. Her applied work includes a funded randomized field experiment on an Integrative Negotiation Checklist and research on women negotiating in male-dominated STEM contexts.


Scholarly impact

Google Scholar snapshot, August 2026:

  • 1,034 citations
  • h-index: 13
  • i10-index: 15
  • International collaboration spanning nine countries

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Selected collaborators and scholarly community

Dr. Nagy’s work has connected her with scholars and institutions around the world, including:

  • Adam D. Galinsky and Joel Brockner — Columbia Business School
  • Michael S. North — NYU Stern
  • Gudela Grote — ETH Zurich
  • Andreas Hirschi — University of Bern
  • Matej Černe — University of Ljubljana
  • Heike Bruch — University of St. Gallen
  • Mateo Cruz — Bentley University
  • Hannes Zacher — Leipzig University
  • Cort Rudolph — Wayne State University

From research to impact

Research is most valuable when it helps people see possibilities, make better decisions, and build stronger systems. Dr. Nagy translates her scholarship through tools and initiatives including Connect(or), Startup Compass, the Career Resource Questionnaire, and Research to Impact LLC.

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Connect

For research collaboration, invited talks, media inquiries, or access to specific publications, please get in touch.

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