Professor (Full) of Business & Sustainability
Chair of Strategy and International Business section
Director of Ethics, Responsibility and Sustainability
Co-Director of Honours Programme Sustainability
Strategy & International Business
Corporate sustainability
Cross-sector interaction
Sustainability partnerships and alliances
International corporate sustainability in context
Corporate responsibility regulation
Political roles of corporations
Business - civil society relations
Circular economy
Stakeholder strategy
Company Engagement with Nongovernmental Organizations from a Corporate Responsibility Perspective (2009; Aalto University School of Business; Helsinki, Finland).
MBA (general management) Lecturer of the year for 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021 and 2022
Executive Program in Management Studies (EPMS) Lecturer of the year for 2020
Finalist for Best reviewer award in 2018 and 2019 for Business & Society
International Association for Business & Society Best Published Paper in 2017 Award
Van der Schroeff award (Lecturer of the year) for Faculty of Economics and Business in 2016
Honorary Docent title awarded at Aalto University School of Business in 2013
Best Reviewer of Social Issues in Management Division of the Academy of Management in 2011
Individual scholarships awarded from University of Amsterdam's A Sustainable Future platform, the Foundation for Economic Education, Helsinki School of Economics Foundation, Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation, and Marcus Wallenberg Foundation.
Section Editor: Journal of Business Ethics
Editorial Review Board Member: Business & Society, Journal of World Business and Journal of International Business Policy
Invited presentations at events and universities , PhD dissertation opponent, and executive eduction in e.g., Austria, Belgium, China, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Vietnam, U.K., United Arab Emirates and U.S.A.
Copenhagen Business School (Denmark): Fellow (2014-2015)
Aalto University School of Business (Finland): Docent (2013-)
Stanford University (USA): Visiting Scholar (2012-2013)
Stanford University (USA): Postdoctoral Research Fellow (2010-2012)
Helsinki School of Economics / Aalto University School of Business (Finland): D.Sc. Econ in 2009
Stanford University (USA): Visiting Scholar (2008)
Sustainability in Management Research (Doctoral)
Ethics in Management Research (Doctoral)
Ethics and the Future of Business (MScBA)
Masterclass on Revitalizing Your Sustainability Strategy (Executive)
Sustainability, Circularity and Business (Master, Honours Programme Sustainability)
Business Strategy and the Environment (Master)
Business in Society (Executive)
Business Ethics (Master)
Ethics, Responsibility, and Sustainability (MBA)
Ethics and Sustainability in Healthcare (MBA)
Integrity Workshop (MBA)
Bachelor's and Master's thesis supervision (supervised 50+ master's theses)
Environment, Sustainable Development, and Responsibility (Executive MBA)
Introduction to Business Law and Business Ethics (Bachelor)
International Corporate Responsibility (Master)
Workshop of Corporate Responsibility (MBA)
Bachelor's and Master's thesis supervision
Previous employer: Stanford University
Arno Kourula on Google Scholar
Journal of Business Ethics (Section Editor)
Business & Society (Editorial board member)
Journal of World Business (Editorial board member)
Journal of International Business Policy (Editorial board member)