Céline Louche
Présentation
I am Associate Professor at Audencia Nantes School of Management, France. I am head of the corporate social responsibility research axis and joint-head of the "Microfinance and financial vulnerability" Chair. I research in the areas of sustainability and corporate responsibility. My work builds from organizational, institutional, network and strategic analyses to understand how businesses transform behaviorally, culturally and organizationally in their movement towards sustainability. Prior to academia, I worked as Sustainability Analyst for Responsible Investment at the Dutch Sustainability Research institute/Triodos in The Netherlands. Areas of research include • Sustainable Development • Corporate Social Responsibility • Responsible Investment and sustainable finance • Change processes in organisations and organisational fields; Academic Experience Since 2013: Associate professor, Audencia Nantes School of Management, Nantes, France 2005- 2013: Assistant Professor, Vlerick Business School, Gent, Belgium 2004-2005: Senior Researcher, Vlerick Business School, Gent, Belgium 2003: Visiting scholar at Scancor (Scandinavian Consortium for Organizational Research)Stanford University, California, US 1999-2003 Research Assistant, Erasmus Centre for Sustainable Development and Management (Erasmus University Rotterdam) The Netherlands Education 1999-2003: Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands PhD in Environmental Sciences Ethical investment: Processes and mechanisms of institutionalisation in the Netherlands 1990-2002, Dissertation --Best European PhD dissertation in Finance and Sustainability, FIR European Research Award, 2005-- 1997-1998: European Association for Environmental Management Education, Athens, Greece and Rotterdam, Netherlands European Master in Environmental Management, Environmental and financial business performance in Europe, Master thesis 1995-1996 University of Aix en Provence (I.A.E.), France Post-graduate, Management Sciences (Strategy, Human Resources), Implementation of environmental strategy, DEA thesis 1993-1995 University Aix-Marseille II, France, Master in Management Sciences Other Employment 1998-2003 Triodos Bank/ Dutch Sustainability Research institute (now Jantzi-Sustainalytics), Zeist, The Netherlands Sustainability Analyst for ethical investment