Chair of Sustainable Business
University of Mannheim
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Short Portrait
Prof. Dr. Laura Marie Edinger-Schons, born 1982 in Bochum (NRW). 2006 scholarship of the Heinz-Nixdorf Foundation in Indonesia. 2007 diploma in economics and business management (Ruhr-University Bochum). 2011 Doctoral thesis “The Homo Oeconomicus under Pressure: an Experimental Investigation of the Effect of Income and Stake on Ultimatum Game Responder Behavior” (Ruhr-University Bochum). 2016 Habilitation with the thesis "Essays on Corporate Social Responsibility and Marketing - CSR Strategy, Communication, and Innovative Pricing" (Ruhr-University Bochum). Habilitation thesis in 2017 awarded with the Wolfgang Ritter Award (10,000 €) and in 2018 with the Roman Herzog Research Award Social Market Economy (5,000 €) as well as the Max Weber Award for Business Ethics (3,000 €). The research collaboration which the habilitation was based on awarded with the German Science Award 2016 (category: best cooperation). 2015-2016 W1 Junior Professorship for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) at the University of Mannheim. Since November 2016 holder of the chair for CSR (W3) at the University of Mannheim. Selected as one of the Top 10 Junior Scientists 2015 by Zeit and academics and one of the Top 40 under 40 in Science and Society 2019 by Capital magazine. Teaching activities awarded with the AACSB Innovations that Inspire Award 2017 for the teaching format “CSR Video Documentaries & Filmfestival” as well as the 2017 Teaching Award of the Fachschaft BWL of the University of Mannheim.
The main research focus of Prof. Dr. Laura Marie Edinger-Schons is studying the responsibilities of companies and consumers in society, as well as the respective reactions of stakeholders to sustainability activities. Her work is characterized by an empirical methodology. Using qualitative and quantitative methods, she analyzes data from companies, customers, and employees. The underlying research question is how companies can manage responsibly and sustainably in the face of changing stakeholder expectations and globalized market structures. For this purpose, Prof. Dr. Laura Marie Edinger-Schons studies the various interests of internal and external stakeholders.
Prof. Dr. Laura Marie Edinger-Schons has published her research in prestigious journals such as Journal of Marketing, Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, Journal of Consumer Psychology, Journal of Business Ethics, Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, Corporate Reputation Review, Sociological Methods & Research, Zeitschrift für Wirtschafts- und Unternehmensethik, or Zeitschrift für Soziologie.
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Thematic Orientation Dissertation Topics
Prof. Schons is not accepting new doctoral students at the moment.