Responsible and Sustainable Organisations and Businesses

The main goal of the research team is to advance both theoretical and empirical research on responsible and sustainable organizations and businesses. The research team focuses on several interrelated themes:

• Sustainable Development and Corporate Sustainability (CS)
• Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
• Implementing CS and CSR in organizations
• Corporate environmental management
• Organizational responses to climate change challenges
• CSR and CS in small- and medium sized enterprises (SMEs)
• Corporate responsibility and supply chain management
• Corporate responsibility and innovation
• The relationship between public policy and CSR and CR
• Conceptual and theoretical development

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THE RESEARCH GROUP COMPOSITION
The initial research group comprises the following persons:
Representing UiS:
• Professor Jan Erik Karlsen (CS methods and HSE management)
• Professor Oluf Langhelle (CSR and regulation)
• Professor Aslaug Mikkelsen (CSR management in international companies)
• Professor Morten Heide (Marketing and CSR)
• Professor Terje Våland (Business ethics, marketing and CSR)
• Post-doctor Fellow Ketil Fred Hansen (CSR in developing countries)
• PhD Fellow Bjørn-Tore Blindheim ( Applied CSR in global industries)
• PhD Fellow Thomas Laudal (Applied CSR in global industries)

Representing IRIS:
• Research Director, Dr. Einar Leknes (CSR and Environment planning)
• Research scientist, Dr. Rune Dahl Fitjar (CSR in SMEs)
• Research scientist, MSc. Atle Blomgren (CSR in garment industry)