Topics & Current Research
In our research, we focus on questions that concern the social and ecological responsibilities of organizations and their stakeholders. Against the backdrop of current developments such as disruption of business models, digitalization, globalization, and an increased awareness for sustainability issues we specifically look at individual employees and consumers and their behaviors. Thereby, our work is characterized by an empirical orientation: using qualitative and quantitative empirical methods we analyze primary as well as secondary data on firm-, customer-, and employee level.
Our research has been published in renowned international journals including the Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Marketing, Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, Journal of Consumer Psychology.
Impact Measurement and Valuation Lab (IMV Lab)
The Impact Measurement and Valuation Lab (IMV-Lab) research project focuses on the impact measurement and evaluation potentials of social innovations. We pursue the critical evaluation and practical application of different approaches to impact measurement. The aim of the project is to develop and apply a comprehensive set of tools for measuring the ecological and social impacts of social innovations. Together with social innovators, wedesign our approach in a co-creative way and seek to enable them to measure their own impact.
Our project team consists of Prof. Dr. Laura Marie Edinger-Schons (Professor of Sustainable Business and Chief Sustainability Officer, Universität Hamburg), Prof. Dr. Ali Aslan Gümüsay (Professor of Innovation, Entrepreneurship & Sustainability at the LMU Innovation & Entrepreneurship Center, Ludwig Maximilians Universität München), Amyn Vogel (Postdoctoral Researcher at the Chair of Innovation, Entrepreneurship & Sustainability, LMU München) and Felizia von Schweinitz (Doctoral Candidate at the Chair of Sustainable Business, Universität Hamburg).