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Academic Advisory Council

Laura Marie Edinger-Schons Laura Marie Edinger-Schons
Professor of Sustainable Business, University of Mannheim
Professor of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University Caroline Flammer
Professor of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University
R. Edward Freeman R. Edward Freeman
University Professor, Olsson Professor, and Academic Director of the Institute for Business in Society at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business
Maura Scott Maura Scott
Persis E. Rockwood Professor of Marketing, Florida State University
Sankar Sen Sankar Sen
Lawrence and Carol Zicklin Chair in Corporate Integrity and Governance and Professor of Marketing at Baruch College, City University of New York

The Academic Advisory Council advises the Center for Sustainable Business on current sustainability and social impact trends in business schools and higher educational settings, provides direction for innovative teaching and research agendas, and acts as a sounding board for CSB outputs. In their advisory role, Councilors will be asked to contribute to the depth and quality of research and teaching produced by the CSB in the following ways:

  • Review the research priorities of the CSB and evaluate them on key dimensions, such as (1) applicability to industry, (2) potential to impact scholarly research in the field of business, (3) original approach to measurement or methodology, (4) degree of interdisciplinarity, and (5) potential to impact (positively or negatively) society or the environment.
  • Offer suggestions for new research priorities and/or examples of cutting-edge research related to corporate sustainability, including specific publications or citations.
  • Provide examples and guidance regarding current innovations in business school teaching and training models that focus on (or are strongly related to) various dimensions of corporate sustainability.
  • Help to identify areas for innovation in sustainable business teaching and training.