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Sebastian Raisch is a Full Professor of Strategic Management at the Geneva School of Economics and Management (GSEM), University of Geneva, where he also serves as Director of the Executive MBA program. He is affiliated with the Institute of Management and holds a Ph.D. from the University of Geneva. His academic work is deeply rooted in understanding how organizations balance stability and change, particularly in the face of digital transformation. Research Interests: His primary areas of expertise include strategic management, organizational ambidexterity, organizational paradox, artificial intelligence in organizations, and digital transformation. His research investigates the dynamics of corporate growth and decline, strategic renewal, and the integration of human and artificial intelligence in organizational decision-making. He is especially interested in how firms navigate tensions between competing demands such as exploration and exploitation, automation and augmentation, and stability and innovation. Publications and Trends: His recent publications (2023–2025) show a strong shift toward the role of artificial intelligence in management, with a focus on hybrid human-AI systems, ethical AI, and the strategic implications of AI adoption. Earlier works center on ambidexterity, paradox theory, and corporate turnaround, establishing him as a leading scholar in these domains. Scientific Awards: Strategic Management Society’s Best PhD Paper Award Emerald Publishing Group’s Citation of Excellence Award Journal of Management’s Scholarly Impact Award Editorial and Professional Service: Sebastian Raisch serves as Associate Editor at the Academy of Management Review and sits on the editorial boards of the Academy of Management Journal and the Strategic Management Journal . He has advised numerous doctoral students and supervised research projects on organizational innovation and digital strategy, though specific names are not listed in the provided materials. He has not received explicit mention of research grants, but his extensive publication record suggests active research funding. Labs and Research Teams: While no formal lab is mentioned, Raisch leads or contributes to research initiatives within the Institute of Management at GSEM, particularly in strategic management and digital innovation. He collaborates with scholars across Europe and the U.S., including notable co-authors like J. Schad, S. Krakowski, and M. Tushman.

• Strategic Management
• Organizational Ambidexterity
• Artificial Intelligence in Organizations
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Peter Seele is a Full Professor at the Faculty of Communication, Culture and Society at Università della Svizzera italiana (USI). He is affiliated with the Center for Climate Finance and Sustainability (CCFS), Ethics and Communication Law Center (ECLC), and the Luxury Observatory Lugano (LOLugano). His research focuses on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Business Ethics, Digital Ethics, Greenwashing, and Machinewashing. Dr. Seele holds dual PhDs in Economics (University of Witten/Herdecke, Germany) and Philosophy (University of Düsseldorf, Germany). He previously served as an Assistant Professor at the University of Basel and conducted post-doctoral research at the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities (KWI) in Essen. His educational background includes studies at the University of Oldenburg and Delhi School of Economics, followed by two years as a business consultant in Frankfurt. His research explores ethical challenges in digitalization, sustainability, and technology. Notable themes include AI ethics governance, ethicswashing in corporate communication, and the interplay between blockchain and business ethics. Recent work addresses greenwashing trends, the ethical implications of algorithmic systems, and sustainable practices in luxury industries. Publications highlight critical analyses of digital ethics frameworks, sustainability backlashes, and the societal impact of emerging technologies. His interdisciplinary approach bridges philosophy, business studies, and environmental science, with a focus on practical solutions for ethical dilemmas in modern organizations. Peter Seele collaborates across academic and industrial sectors, emphasizing real-world applications of ethical theories. He advises on CSR strategies, digital transparency, and regulatory frameworks for sustainable business practices.

• Corporate Social Responsibility
• Business Ethics
• Digital Ethics
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Jakob Merane is a postdoctoral researcher at ETH Zurich's Professorship of Law, Economics and Business, and a visiting researcher at the Max Planck Institute and Harvard Law School. He holds a Ph.D. from ETH Zurich and law degrees from the University of Basel, with additional studies in applied statistics. His research focuses on AI-driven legal enforcement, legal technology, and compliance-by-design approaches, leveraging computational and empirical methods. Merane's work includes developing tools like SwiLTra-Bench for multilingual legal translation and LEXam for benchmarking AI legal reasoning. He has contributed to GDPR compliance studies, automation of legal enforcement processes, and quantitative analyses of Swiss legal datasets. Awards include the 2024 Young Scholar Prize from the German Law and Economics Association. Teaching responsibilities include ETH's Law & Tech course since 2020, emphasizing AI regulation and interdisciplinary collaboration between law and computer science. Merane's research also addresses AI liability in medical contexts, digital advertising regulations, and ethical AI integration in legal systems. His work bridges legal theory with practical applications, aiming to enhance justice accessibility through technology.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Legal Technology
• Compliance and Regulation
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Gerold Schneider is an Associate Professor at the University of Zurich , affiliated with the Department of Computational Linguistics under the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and Faculty of Business, Economics and Informatics . He leads the Text Crunching Center (TCC) , focusing on interdisciplinary research at the intersection of NLP, Digital Humanities, and Health Data Science. Research Interests His work spans Text Analytics , Digital Humanities , Corpus Linguistics , and Health Data Science , with applications in: Biomedical NLP (e.g., Alzheimer’s detection, clinical trials) Digital Humanities projects (e.g., analyzing Charles Dickens, UN archives) Migration discourse framing across languages Adversarial data collection for hate speech detection Interdisciplinary methodologies for digital unstructured data Recent Publications 2025–2024 research highlights include annotated corpora for preclinical and neurological studies, AI-driven analysis of historical linguistic variation, and innovative tools for language learners. His NLP applications address health diagnostics, ethical AI, and cross-lingual political discourse. Labs & Teams As TCC leader, he spearheads collaborative projects within the Digital Society Initiative (DSI) communities (AI & Law, Health, Ethics, etc.), integrating computational methods with humanities and health research.

• Computational Linguistics
• Digital Humanities
• Corpus Linguistics
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Elaine M. Huang is an Associate Professor of Human-Computer Interaction at the Department of Informatics, University of Zurich, where she has served since 2010. She also leads the People and Computing Lab, focusing on the dynamic interplay between human practices and technological advancements. Her academic background includes: PhD in Computer Science, Georgia Institute of Technology (2006) Dr. Huang's research centers on human-computer interaction, examining the bidirectional relationship between technology and human practices. She is particularly known for her work on gender equality in technology, challenging assumptions about innate gender differences and investigating how AI systems may perpetuate biases. Her research also spans sustainable interaction design, mental health technologies, and chronic disease management, always emphasizing empirical data over intuition. Analysis of her recent publications (2023-2025) reveals a strong trajectory toward socially impactful HCI, with significant focus on health technologies (diabetes management, mental health), cultural sensitivity in design, and the ethical challenges of AI. Her methodology often involves field studies to understand real-world technology use, countering the industry's reliance on intuition. As head of the People and Computing Lab, Dr. Huang oversees a research group dedicated to designing and evaluating technologies that address complex human needs. The lab's work frequently involves co-design with diverse user communities to ensure relevance and inclusivity in technological solutions.

• Human-Computer Interaction
• Gender Equality in Technology
• AI and Society
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Professor Nick Chater is a leading figure in the field of Behavioural Science, affiliated with the University of Warwick at Warwick Business School since 2010. He has held previous chairs in psychology at Warwick and UCL. His research spans cognitive and social foundations of rationality, with applications to business and public policy, and he has authored over 200 papers and six books. He is a fellow of the British Academy, Cognitive Science Society, and Association for Psychological Science. His research interests include cognitive science, behavioral economics, decision making, and computational psychology, with a focus on reasoning, language, and mathematical modeling of mental processes. He has been recognized with prestigious awards such as the Spearman Medal, Experimental Psychology Society Prize, and the David E Rumelhart Prize for lifetime achievement in cognitive science. His work extends to practical applications through co-founding Decision Technology and advising the UK government's Climate Change Committee and the Behavioural Insight Team. Recent publications highlight his interdisciplinary approach, bridging economics, cognitive science, computational modeling, and behavioral public policy. Topics include thermal macroeconomic theory, Bayesian sampling, paradoxes in cognition, and language emergence via social interaction. These works emphasize probability judgments, moral cognition, and computational limitations in human inference. British Psychological Society's Spearman Medal (1996) Experimental Psychology Society Prize (1997) David E Rumelhart Prize (2023) PROSE Award (2019) Chater's academic contributions include collaborations with researchers like Adam N. Sanborn, Hossam Zeitoun, and Morten H. Christiansen, focusing on Bayesian inference, behavioral public policy, and cognitive modeling. He has also been a resident scientist on BBC Radio 4's The Human Zoo.

• Cognitive Science
• Behavioral Economics
• Decision Making
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Anat R. Admati is the George G.C. Parker Professor of Finance and Economics at Stanford University Graduate School of Business, where she directs the Corporations and Society Initiative and serves as a senior fellow at Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research. Her work spans corporate governance , banking regulation , and financial policy , emphasizing trustworthy institutions and systemic reform . Education: B.Sc. in Mathematics and Economics from Hebrew University Ph.D. in Economics from Yale University Honorary doctorate from University of Zurich Admati's research focuses on financial markets, corporate governance, and regulatory frameworks, with a particular emphasis on bank capital regulation and equity requirements . Her work critiques systemic risks in banking and advocates for transparency and accountability in financial systems. Recent publications highlight trends in corporate misconduct , capital adequacy , and financial contracting . Notably, her co-authored book The Bankers’ New Clothes and follow-up articles like The Parade of the Bankers’ New Clothes Continues (2024) systematically challenge banking industry claims and propose regulatory improvements. Scientific recognition includes: Named Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People (2014) Included in Foreign Policy Magazine's 100 Global Thinkers (2014) Elected Fellow of the Econometric Society Admati has served on editorial boards, advisory committees (FDIC, CFTC), and as a visiting scholar at the International Monetary Fund. Her advocacy bridges academic rigor with real-world policy impact, particularly in financial regulation and corporate accountability .

• Corporate Governance
• Banking
• Financial Regulation
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Prof. Patrick Haack is a Professor in the Department of Strategy, Globalization and Society at HEC Lausanne, University of Lausanne. He holds a PhD in Organization Theory from the University of Zurich (2008-2012) and has held academic positions including Assistant Professor of Business Ethics (tenure track) at HEC Lausanne (2015-2019) and Senior Lecturer/Researcher at the University of Zurich (2011). His research focuses on organizational legitimacy, social judgment, and transnational governance, with a methodological emphasis on integrating micro and macro perspectives. Education history includes a Master of Arts in Public Administration from University of Konstanz (2001-2007), graduate studies at Schulich School of Business (Toronto), and undergraduate studies at University of Granada. He has held visiting scholar positions at Copenhagen Business School, Stanford University, and the UN Global Compact Office. Recent research explores institutionalization of corporate responsibility, legitimacy dynamics in transnational governance, and affect-driven legitimacy spillovers. Publications appear in top journals like Academy of Management Proceedings and Journal of Management Studies . His 2008 book Talking Intervention: Foreign Policy Frames and their Conditional Impact on Individual Attitudes examines international policy framing effects. No scientific awards explicitly listed, but his extensive peer-reviewed publications indicate impactful scholarship. Advising and grants sections remain unspecified in available data. Active in international academic networks through fellowships and visiting roles.

• Organizational Legitimacy
• Corporate Social Responsibility
• Transnational Governance
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Professor Nikola Biller-Andorno is a leading academic in biomedical ethics and digital health innovation at the University of Zurich , where she directs the Institute of Biomedical Ethics and History of Medicine and serves as Vice Dean for Innovation and Digitalization at the Faculty of Medicine . Her work bridges cutting-edge technology with ethical frameworks for patient-centered healthcare. Director, Institute of Biomedical Ethics and History of Medicine (WHO Collaborating Centre) Vice Dean for Innovation and Digitalization, Medical Faculty Founding Director, UZH Center for Medical Humanities Chair, PhD program 'Biomedical Ethics and Law' Research Interests focus on digital transformation in healthcare, including ethical implications of AI, patient experience integration via big data, and crisis management frameworks during pandemics. Her scholarship addresses: Digitalization of health systems Algorithmic decision-making ethics Equity in digital health access Scientific Awards include: Commonwealth Fund Harkness Fellowship (2012-2014) Fellowship at Collegium Helveticum (2016-2020) Master of Health Business Administration (2018) Leadership roles in International Association of Bioethics and European Association of Centres of Medical Ethics

• Digitalization of healthcare
• Artificial Intelligence in medicine
• Patient experiences in healthcare
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Roberto Weber is the UBS Foundation Professor of Economics of Corporate Culture, Business Ethics, and Social Responsibility at the University of Zurich's Department of Economics. He also serves as Director of the Zurich Graduate School of Economics and was previously Vice Chairman of the Department of Economics (2017–2021). His research focuses on behavioral and experimental economics, moral decision-making, and organizational/institutional studies. He holds a Ph.D. from the California Institute of Technology (2000) and has held academic appointments at Carnegie Mellon University and Maastricht University. Education: Ph.D. in Social Science, California Institute of Technology (2000) MS in Social Science, California Institute of Technology (1996) BA in Economics, Texas A&M University (1994) Research Interests: His work explores behavioral and experimental economics, decision-making under moral constraints, and organizational dynamics. He investigates how cultural, institutional, and ethical factors shape economic outcomes, with contributions to leadership studies, social responsibility, and experimental methodologies. Awards and Roles: CESifo Research Network Fellow Department Editor for Behavioral Economics and Decision Analysis at Management Science Board of Trustees, Excellence Foundation Zurich (2012–2022) Leadership and Grants: He oversees the Zurich Graduate School of Economics and has directed various research initiatives. His experimental studies often involve collaborations on topics like trust, leadership effectiveness, and ethical decision-making frameworks. Labs and Teams: Associated with experimental economics labs, including the Pittsburgh Experimental Economics Laboratory (PEEL) and the Economic Science Institute (Chapman University), he contributes to interdisciplinary research in behavioral economics.

• Behavioral Economics
• Experimental Economics
• Decision Making
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Dr. Sarah Genner is a digital expert, lecturer, and board member specializing in the impact of digital media and technologies on society and the workplace. She holds affiliations with institutions including the Zurich University of Business Administration (HWZ) , where she directs the CAS New Work program, and the University of Zurich , where she earned her award-winning PhD in internet research. Education: Doctorate in Media and Communication Studies (University of Zurich, Harvard University, Mercator Award recipient) Training: MIT Professional Education, Swiss Board School, MIT Media Lab, University of Pennsylvania/Coursera Roles: Lecturer at Universities of Basel/Bern/St. Gallen, TEDx speaker, LinkedIn trainer, board member at AlgorithmWatch Switzerland, Emch + Berger WSB AG, and Sunnige Hof housing cooperative Her research focuses on digitalization of the working world , media psychology , and digital ethics . She curates exhibitions like 'Privacy' at Stadthaus Zurich and contributes to media literacy initiatives via SRG Education Commission. Scientific Awards: Mercator Award (University of Zurich) SNSF Fellowship (Berkman Klein Center, Harvard) As founder of GENNER.CC , she provides strategic consulting on digital transformation and has authored books like ABC Digital and ON/OFF . Her teaching and research span institutions including ZHAW, PHZH, and ETH Zurich.

• Digital Transformation
• Digital Humanities
• Media Psychology
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Jing Zeng is an Assistant Professor of Computational Communication Science at the University of Zurich, Switzerland. She holds a PhD in Media and Communication from Queensland University of Technology (2017), an MSc in Social Science of the Internet from the Oxford Internet Institute (2013), and a BA in International Communications from the University of Nottingham (2012). Her research focuses on digital platforms, computational social science, AI governance, and misinformation dynamics. She has held academic appointments at Utrecht University (2022–2024) and fellowships at institutions including the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science and the Weizenbaum Institute. Zeng is a leader in digital media research, serving on editorial boards for journals such as Big Data & Society and Convergence , and co-editing the Technology, Power & Society book series. Her work bridges critical platform studies with empirical analyses of conspiracy theories, climate communication, and TikTok culture. Zeng’s research has been recognized through awards including the ICA Computational Methods Interest Group Top Paper (2020) and the Utrecht University Teaching Award (2023). She actively engages in public discourse through media commentaries in The Guardian , The Atlantic , and Science|Business , addressing topics like AI ethics, platform governance, and disinformation. Her current projects explore AI imaginaries, visibility moderation on TikTok, and cross-cultural digital activism. Education: PhD (QUT), MSc (Oxford), BA (Nottingham) Affiliations: Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR Executive Board), IPIE Scientific Network

• Computational Social Science
• Digital Media Studies
• Communication Science
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Rudy Hirschheim is a Professor at the Stephenson Department of Entrepreneurship & Information Systems within the E.J. Ourso College of Business at Louisiana State University. He previously held faculty positions at the University of Houston, Templeton College - Oxford, London School of Economics, and McMaster University, with visiting appointments at Monash University, University of New South Wales, University of Bayreuth, University of Jyvaskyla, University of Warwick, and University of Paris-Dauphine. PhD in Information Systems, London School of Economics (1985) MS in Computer Science, University of Toronto (1974) BCom in Business Administration, University of Toronto (1975) His research interests span outsourcing, management of information systems, research methods, and philosophical issues in research. His recent publications focus on agile software development, crowdsourcing, social justice in IT, service-oriented architecture maturity, and theoretical critiques of the IS discipline. He emphasizes methodological rigor and philosophical foundations in information systems research. Key scientific awards include the LEO Award for lifetime achievement (2013), two honorary doctorates (University of Oulu, 2006; University of Bern, 2012), and Fellow status from the Association for Information Systems (2007). He has also received multiple best paper awards and LSU's Rainmaker Award (2012).

• Outsourcing
• Management of Information Systems
• Research Methods
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Janina Grabs is Professor of Sustainability Research at the University of Basel, where she heads the subject area of Sustainability Research within the Department of Social Sciences at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. She is responsible for social science teaching in the Master's program in Sustainable Development and leads a research group investigating sustainability governance in global value chains, particularly in tropical agricultural commodities. Her academic background includes a PhD in Political Science from Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster (2018), with research stays at Carleton University in Ottawa and Yale University in New Haven. Prior to her current position since June 1, 2024, she worked as an assistant professor at ESADE Business School in Barcelona (2021-2024) and as a postdoc at ETH Zurich (2019-2021). Professor Grabs' research focuses on transnational sustainability governance in global value chains, examining how states, firms, NGOs and other actors can improve environmental and social sustainability in commodity production. Her interdisciplinary work bridges political economy, regulatory governance, and business in society scholarship to investigate who defines sustainability in the marketplace, what rule-making mechanisms exist, their effectiveness, and potential unintended consequences on smallholders' livelihoods. She places special emphasis on coffee, palm oil, and cocoa sectors, exploring how global production and consumption processes can be steered toward more sustainable directions within market frameworks. Analysis of her recent publications reveals a strong focus on zero-deforestation initiatives, supply chain due diligence legislation (particularly the EU Deforestation Regulation), jurisdictional approaches to sustainable commodity governance, and the evolving role of various actors in sustainability governance. Her work spans multiple commodities but shows particular depth in coffee and palm oil sectors, examining both environmental and social dimensions of sustainability through field research in Colombia, Honduras, Costa Rica and Indonesia. Her significant contributions to the field have been recognized with prestigious awards: 2021 Organizations and the Natural Environment Book Award from the Academy of Management 2022 Lynton Keith Caldwell Award for the best book in the field of science, technology and environmental politics from the American Political Science Association Professor Grabs actively mentors doctoral students and postdoctoral researchers including Alexandra Bögner, Charline Depoorter, Lucia Casalegno, Lesly Nassila, and Philipp Dunker. Her research is supported by multiple third-party funded projects such as EXPECT-AGRI (investigating political economy of expectations in agri-food sustainability transformations), PACSMAC (examining paradoxes of climate-smart coffee production), and research on zero-deforestation commitments in the palm oil sector. She also serves as book review editor for the journal Regulation & Governance and participates in professional associations including the ECPR Standing Group on Regulatory Governance and the International Studies Association. She leads the Sustainability Research Group at the University of Basel, which conducts interdisciplinary research on sustainability governance and transformations toward more sustainable socio-economic systems, with particular focus on agri-food, energy, and mobility sectors while addressing critical questions of justice, equity, and inclusivity in sustainability transitions.

• Sustainability Governance
• Global Value Chains
• Political Economy
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Martin Huber is Professor of Applied Econometrics and Policy Evaluation at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, within the Faculty of Management, Economics and Social Sciences, Department of Economics. He leads the Chair of Applied Econometrics and maintains an active research profile with numerous publications in top economics and statistics journals. His work bridges theoretical econometrics with practical policy applications across multiple domains including labor, health, and education economics. Professor Huber earned his Ph.D. in Economics and Finance in 2010 and served as Assistant Professor at the University of St. Gallen until 2014. He has conducted research stays at Harvard University (2011/2012) and the University of Sydney (2014 and 2019), establishing an international research network. His academic affiliations include the Committee for Econometrics of the Verein für Socialpolitik, Global Labor Organization, Soda Labs (Monash Business School), and Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) Mannheim. Huber's research focuses on data-based causal analysis , machine learning applications in economics , and policy evaluation methods . He specializes in developing and applying statistical and econometric methods for measuring causal effects, with particular emphasis on semi- and nonparametric microeconometrics. His work spans labor economics (gender occupational segregation, maternal labor supply), health economics, education policy, and competition policy (bid-rigging cartels detection). His recent publications (2023-2025) demonstrate a clear trajectory toward integrating machine learning techniques with traditional econometric methods for causal inference. This includes developing frameworks for causal discovery, improving difference-in-differences methods with machine learning, and creating novel approaches for detecting collusion in markets. His 2023 book "Causal Analysis: Impact Evaluation and Causal Machine Learning with Applications in R" (MIT Press) has become a key reference in the field. As an active researcher, Professor Huber directs several research projects including experimental evaluations of gender occupational segregation in the Swiss apprenticeship market. His work combines theoretical rigor with practical policy relevance, often employing experimental and quasi-experimental methods to address questions of causal mechanisms in social and economic phenomena. Through his Chair of Applied Econometrics, Huber supervises Ph.D. students and maintains an active research group focused on advancing causal inference methodologies. His work has significant implications for evidence-based policymaking across multiple sectors, particularly in evaluating the effectiveness of social programs and economic policies.

• Causal Analysis
• Econometrics
• Machine Learning
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