Dr. Svenja Tobies

Photo: Fred Willenbrock

Research Associate

Address

University of Hamburg

Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences

Socioeconomics

Rentzelstraße 7

20146 Hamburg

Office

Room: 104

Contact

Email: svenja.tobies"AT"uni-hamburg.de

Svenja Tobies is a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Hamburg, Germany. She earned her doctoral degree in sustainable business at the University of Mannheim, Germany, in 2024. In research and teaching, she focuses on sustainability management and development towards sustainable organizations, both in conventional businesses and alternative forms of organizing. She has presented her research at international conferences such as the Academy of Management Annual Meeting (AOM), the European Group for Organizational Studies Colloquium (EGOS) and the International Association for Business & Society Annual Conference (IABS), among others. Svenja holds a Master in Management (M.Sc.) from University of Mannheim and a bachelor’s degree in Culture and Business (B.A.) from University of Mannheim.

Research focus:

Stakeholder Engagement
Sustainability Reporting
Real Utopias
Prefigurative Organizing

Publications

Tobies, S. K., Edinger-Schons, L. M., & Schuler, D. A. (2024). Paradise Lost? The Limits of Prefigurative Organizing for Desirable Futures. In Academy of Management Proceedings (Vol. 2024, No. 1, p. 10308). Valhalla, NY 10595: Academy of Management

Conference Presentations

Tobies, S., Edinger-Schons, L.M.; Schuler. D. (2024). Paradise Lost? The Boundaries of Organizing for Desirable Futures. Academy of Management Annual Meeting (AOM), Chicago, USA.

Tobies, S.; Fricke, T.; Edinger-Schons, L.M. (2024). All Hands on Deck With #WeAreAllUkrainians: Organizational Strategies for Pragmatic Solutions to Grand Challenges. European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS) Annual Colloquium, Milan, Italy.

Tobies, S.; Reppmann, M.; Edinger-Schons, L.M. (2024). “And Nothing Else Matters.” – Exploring Materiality Analysis in Sustainability Reporting Through an Issue Selling Lens. GRONEN, Paris, France.

Tobies, S., Edinger-Schons, L.M.; Schuler. D. (2023). Paradise Lost? The Boundaries of Organizing for Desirable Futures. European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS) Annual Colloquium, Cagliari, Italy.

Tobies, S.; Reppmann, M.; Edinger-Schons, L.M (2023). Much Ado About Nothing? Investigating how managers (fail to) account for stakeholder voices in setting a sustainability agenda. Business and Society Seminar, Rotterdam, Netherlands.

Tobies, S., Edinger-Schons, L.M.; Schuler. D. (2023). Paradise Lost? The Boundaries of Organizing for Desirable Futures. International Association for Business & Society (IABS) Annual Conference, Bath, UK.

Tobies, S.; Reppmann, M.; Edinger-Schons, L.M (2023). Much Ado About Nothing? Investigating how managers (fail to) account for stakeholder voices in setting a sustainability agenda. Responsible Business Research Seminar, Tampere, Finland.

Tobies, S. (2022). Summer Seminar on Stakeholder Theory, Charlottesville, VA.

Tobies, S.; Stroehle, J. C.; Edinger-Schons, L.M. (2022). Shifting the Goal Post: Challenging the Entity-Focus in Sustainability-Related Boundary Work. Business and Society Seminar, Nantes, France.

Tobies, S.; Stroehle, J. C.; Edinger-Schons, L.M (2022). Shifting the Goal Post: Challenging the Entity-Focus in Sustainability-Related Boundary Work May. Purposeful Work Symposium, Edinburgh, UK.

Tobies, S. (2021). “It’s Not Material” – An Empirical Analysis of How Companies Can Prioritize Stakeholder Demands. Business and Society Seminar, online.