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Hannah Schupfer

Dr Hannah Schupfer

Post-Doctoral Researcher, Centre for Sustainable Business

Research interests

  • Strategy, International Management and Entrepreneurship

Biography

Hannah Schupfer is a Post-Doctoral Researcher at the Centre for Sustainable Business at King's Business School. She obtained her PhD from the University of Oslo, Norway, conducting research on corporate responses to rising sustainability pressures in the oil and gas industry.

Hannah's research focuses on sustainability-related change dynamics in organisations and industries and the roles of meaning and purpose in the transformation towards sustainability. She draws upon literature of organisational and institutional theory, including legitimacy, purpose, frames and framing, and green innovation.

Her expertise lies in qualitative research methods, drawing on archival material, interviews, and observations.

Her work on dual legitimacy challenges during issue salience has been awarded three Best Paper Awards, including the Academy of Management OMT Division on Environmental and Societal Practices, GRONEN, and the Ivey-ARCS PhD Sustainability Academy. 

During her PhD, she spent several months as visiting scholar at the Institute for Organization Studies at WU Vienna and Cambridge University Judge Business School.

Research

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Centre for Sustainable Business

Business, society and environment in the pursuit of a sustainable future

News

COMMENT: Zero Emissions Day: How businesses can drive transformative change

Four experts offer their insights on how businesses can work towards a low carbon future, in recognition of Zero Emissions Day.

Climate and emissions

Meet award-winning researcher Dr Hannah Schupfer

We sit down with Dr Hannah Schupfer to discuss her award-winning research and why she wanted to work with the Centre for Sustainable Business at King's...

Hannah Schupfer speaking at a conference

Research

The csb website thumbnail
Centre for Sustainable Business

Business, society and environment in the pursuit of a sustainable future

News

COMMENT: Zero Emissions Day: How businesses can drive transformative change

Four experts offer their insights on how businesses can work towards a low carbon future, in recognition of Zero Emissions Day.

Climate and emissions

Meet award-winning researcher Dr Hannah Schupfer

We sit down with Dr Hannah Schupfer to discuss her award-winning research and why she wanted to work with the Centre for Sustainable Business at King's...

Hannah Schupfer speaking at a conference