The ESMT Institute for Sustainable Transformation (IST) brings together faculty and professionals with expertise across sustainable finance, accounting, economics, management science, and sustainability practice.
Team
The IST team leads the institute's programs, partnerships, community engagement, and sustainability activities at ESMT Berlin.
Joanna Radeke
Director, ESMT Institute for Sustainable Transformation, Director of Sustainability, ESMT Berlin
Email: Joanna.Radeke@esmt.org
Keerthana Shekhar
Programs Manager, Social Impact Programs and Assistant, ESMT Institute for Sustainable Transformation, ESMT Berlin
Email: Keerthana.Shekhar@esmt.org
Institute professorships
IST's dedicated professorships strengthen research in sustainable finance and sustainable accounting.
Jörg Rocholl
President and Deutsche Bank Professor in Sustainable Finance, ESMT Berlin
Per Olsson
DHL Group Professor in Sustainable Accounting and Director of Phd Studies, ESMT Berlin
Faculty
ESMT faculty contribute research and expertise across sustainable transformation, finance, accounting, economics, management science, operations, and analytics.
Hami Amiraslani
Assistant Professor of Accounting, ESMT Berlin
Tamer Boyaci
Dean of Faculty and Research, Professor and Michael Diekmann Chair in Management Science, ESMT Berlin
Raji Jayaraman
Associate Professor of Economics, ESMT Berlin; Co-Director, Forward Society Lab
Catalina Stefanescu-Cuntze
Professor of Management Science, ESMT Berlin
Merih Sevilir
Professor of Finance, ESMT Berlin
Affiliated faculty and researchers
Affiliated faculty and researchers extend IST's expertise through research, teaching, and collaboration with partner institutions.
Laura Marie Edinger-Schons
Visiting Lecturer, ESMT Berlin; Professor of Sustainable Business and Chief Sustainability Officer, University of Hamburg
Sneha Menon
Research Associate, ESMT Berlin; Doctoral Student, Berlin School of Economics
Maximilian Müller
Professor of Financial Accounting, University of Cologne and Visiting Lecturer, ESMT Berlin
Myriam Rapior
Vice President BUND – Friends of the Earth Germany, Council Member, RNE and Affiliated Researcher, ESMT Berlin
Hanna Setterberg
Affiliated Researcher, ESMT Berlin