Oliver Laasch

Professor of Responsible Management

Oliver Laasch is a Full Professor and Chair in Responsible Management at ESCP Business School. He is an entrepreneurial academic with extensive experience in responsible management and business.1

Academic Work and Contributions

Professor Laasch is actively involved in various academic pursuits:

He recently contributed to a special issue on "Positively Performative Academia" in the British Journal of Management.2
Laasch has called for a "Positive Radicalization of Management Education" in a recent publication.3
He is the author of "Corporate Sustainability: Managing Responsible Business in a Globalised World," now in its second edition.4

Teaching and Educational Approach

Laasch's teaching philosophy emphasizes:

Holistic competence development, using innovative pedagogies based on whole person and whole world learning.5
Radicalizing managers' climate education, aiming to create transformative learning experiences.6

Current Projects and Initiatives

Professor Laasch is involved in several ongoing projects:

Building communities of teachers and learners towards a shared humanity.6
Writing stories with the aim of changing the world.6
Leading research on Responsible AI, as evidenced by his search for a student assistant in this field at ESCP Business School.7

Oliver Laasch's work spans various aspects of responsible management, sustainability, and innovative educational approaches in business schools. His contributions reflect a commitment to transforming management education and practice towards more responsible and sustainable models.