Professors

Eva NIESTEN

Professor

Développement durable, Strategic Alliances, Sustainable Business Models, Renewable Energy, Circular Economy, Clean Technologies, Environmental Alliances

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Eva NIESTEN

Academy

Innovation

Research center

SKEMA Centre for Sustainability Studies

Location

Paris

Discipline

Strategy, Innovation & Entrepreneurship

Eva Niesten is a Full Professor of Strategy and Sustainability at SKEMA Business School and the Director of the SKEMA Centre for Sustainability Studies. She is an associate editor at Cleaner and Responsible Consumption, editorial board member of Strategic Change and editor of a SI at Organization & Environment.

In 2019 and 2020, Eva was the Director for Social Responsibility and member of the Senior Leadership Team at Alliance Manchester Business School (AMBS), The University of Manchester. From 2015 until 2020, Eva was a Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Innovation, Strategy and Entrepreneurship at AMBS, the University of Manchester.

Eva was an assistant professor in Economics of Innovation at Utrecht University from 2010 until 2015. She held two postdoc positions on innovations in renewable energy; at the Florence School of Regulation of the European University Institute and at the Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis (CPB).

Eva received her PhD in 2009 at the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University. Her thesis focused on the introduction of competition in European electricity industries.

She had a visiting position at the research cluster for Environmental and Energy Economics and Management at the University of Birmingham in 2015 and at the Universite Paris 11 in 2004.

Education
2009
Ph.D. in Economics, Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, The Netherlands
2002
MSc in Economics, Tilburg University, The Netherlands

2017
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, Advance Higher Education, Great Britain
2011
Dutch University Teaching Qualification, VSNU - Universiteiten van Nederland, The Netherlands
Experience
Full-time academic positions
Since 2020
Full Professor of Strategy and Sustainability, SKEMA Business School, France
2015 - 2020
Associate Professor, Alliance Manchester Business School, Great Britain
2010 - 2015
Assistant Professor, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
Other academic affiliations and appointments
2019 - 2020
Director for Social Responsibility and Member of Senior Leadership Team, Alliance Manchester Business School, Great Britain
2016 - 2019
Associate Head for Social Responsibility, Alliance Manchester Business School, Great Britain
2009
Postdoctoral researcher, CPB Economic Policy Analysis, The Netherlands
2009 - 2010
Jean Monnet Fellow - Postdoctoral researcher, European University Institute, Italy
Research grants, Awards and Honors
Awards and Honors
2020
Honorary Position, Alliance Manchester Business School, Great Britain
2019
Curriculum for a Better Tomorrow Award, Students' Union of The University of Manchester, The University of Manchester, Great Britain
2018
Social Responsibility in the Curriculum Grant, Alliance Manchester Business School, Great Britain
2018
Teaching Excellence Award, Alliance Manchester Business School, Great Britain
2016
Teaching Excellence Award, Alliance Manchester Business School, Great Britain
2015
Teaching Excellence Award, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
2015
Best Full Paper Award, British Academy of Management
2010
Jean Monnet Fellowship, European University Institute
Research Grants
2017
Lord Alliance Strategic Research Funding Scheme, Alliance Manchester Business School, Great Britain
2013
Climate-KIC, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
2012
Smart grids - Taskforce Innovation Utrecht, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
2009
Green Innovations in European Electricity Industries, European University Institute, Italy
Other research activities
Editorial Board Member
Since 2023
Strategic Change
Senior or Associate Editor
2020 - 2023
Cleaner and Responsible Consumption
Organization of a conference or a research seminar
2022 - 2024
Gronen 2024 Conference
2021
European Network on the Economics of the Firm
Affiliations
Since 2023
Gronen Conference Coordinator
PhD Supervision
Since 2020
G. LOPEZ ALTAMIRANO, SKEMA Business School, PhD thesis, Thesis co-director
Since 2019
J. TWYFORD, Alliance Manchester Business School, PhD thesis, Thesis co-director
Since 2018
L. MOHAMMED, Alliance Manchester Business School, PhD thesis, Thesis director
Since 2018
J. ORMANDY, Alliance Manchester Business School, PhD thesis, Thesis co-director
2021
Y. GUERROUD, Université Côte d'Azur, PhD thesis, Thesis jury member
2021
A. TULADHAR, University of Bath School of Management, PhD thesis, Thesis jury member
2020
P. STERZENBACH, Alliance Manchester Business School, PhD thesis, Thesis jury member
2020
T. PHONGTHIYA, Alliance Manchester Business School, PhD thesis, Thesis co-director
2019
C. EVELEENS, Utrecht University, PhD thesis, Thesis co-director
2018
B. KOEHLER, The University of Notre Dame, PhD thesis, Thesis Reviewer
2015
M. SMINK, Utrecht University, PhD thesis, Thesis co-director
2015
M. KISHNA, Utrecht University, PhD thesis, Thesis co-director
2015
J. WESSELING, Utrecht University, PhD thesis, Thesis co-director
Other academic activities
Since 2023
Advisory board PhD programme in Management, SKEMA Business School, France
Since 2023
Special Issue Editor O&E

Peer-reviewed journal articles

Conference proceedings

Book chapters

Keynote speaker

Editorials of a journal

Conference presentations

Faculty research seminar presentations