Joint Venture Fellows

Joint Venture Fellows are distinguished faculty on sabbatical leave from their college or university, who become scholars in residence at the Joint Venture offices. They carry out scholarly work on issues in Joint Venture’s major project areas, consult with our project teams, and provide expert advice to our practitioners working in the field. In this way, Joint Venture Fellows meld academic inquiry with real-world applications, in the process improving both scholarship and the implementation.

Joint Venture Fellows publish white papers and other reports as a part of their commitment to the organization. They also publish work in peer-reviewed journals featuring Joint Venture projects.

For more information about the Joint Venture Fellows program, or to apply, send a brief project proposal and CV to .

2007-2008 Joint Venture Fellows:

Asbjorn Osland, Ph.D.
Professor of Business
San Jose State University
(field of work: Climate Protection)

Dr. Osland currently is professor of management in the College of Business at San Jose State University. His course offerings fall within the general categories of management/organizational behavior and international business/comparative management, as well as an experimental course in sustainability. His research interests focus on global leadership and human resource management, sustainability and cases studies for teaching.

Prior to becoming a full-time educator in 1993 Professor Asbjorn worked for Chiquita Brands in Panama as the human resources director from 1990-1992.He served with Plan International from 1974-1984 in Colombia and Peru and started the programs in Burkina Faso, Guatemala and Senegal.

Dr. Osland holds a Ph.D. and M.B.A. from Case Western Reserve University, and an M.A. from the University of Washington. In 2002 he was selected by the Provost for San Jose State's International Scholar Award.