Prof. Dr. David Risi

• Projektleitung (Forschung); Modulleitung (Lehre)

• David Risi ist Professor an der Berner Fachhochschule (Wirtschaft) und Privatdozent an der Universität St. Gallen und arbeitet zu Corporate Social Responsiblity, Organisationstheorie, Strategischem Management, Sustainable Business und Wirtschaftsethik. Er promovierte und habilitierte an der Universität St. Gallen.
  
  David Risis Arbeiten sind in einflussreichen praxisorientierten (z.B. Harvard Business Review) und führenden akademischen Fachzeitschriften (z.B. Journal of Management Studies) erschienen. Er war u.a. mehrere Jahre für eine Beratungsfirma tätig und Senior Researcher an Universität Oxford. Er ist bei wissenschaftliche Zeitschriften als Editorial Review Member und Special Issue Editor tätig und leitet Lehrmodule und Forschungsprojekte (u.a. mit Unterstützung des Schweizerischen Nationalfonds und Innosuisse). Er arbeitet eng mit führenden Hochschulen im In- und Ausland und mit Partnern aus der Industrie und Zivilgesellschaft zusammen, spricht in Praxisgremien und übernimmt Beratungsmandate.
  
  David Risi wurde 2017 mit dem Academy of Management Social Issues in Management Best Dissertation Award ausgezeichnet. 2021 war er nominiert für den Credit Suisse Award for Best Teaching. 2025 wurde er im BWL-Ranking der WirtschaftsWoche als Top100 der "Unter 40-jährigen" geehrt.

• Seit Feb. 2024 Privatdozent (Habilitated Lecturer) Universität St. Gallen
• Seit Feb. 2023 Professor Berner Fachhochschule (Wirtschaft)
• Sep. 2020-Jan. 2023 Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) Berner Fachhochschule (Wirtschaft)
• Feb. 2020-Jan.2024 Senior Research Fellow Universität St. Gallen
• Jan. 2019-Sep. 2020 Postdoctoral Researcher Universität Oxford (Said Business School)
• Dez. 2017-Jun. 2020 Affiliated Postdoctoral Fellow Universität Zürich (Department of Banking and Finance)
• Aug. 2018-Juni 2020 Lecturer (Lehrbeauftragter) ZHAW School of Management and Law

• 2024 Habilitation Universität St. Gallen
• 2017 Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Universität St. Gallen
• 2012 Master in Social and Communication Sciences (MA SoCom) Universität Luzern

• 2022-2026: Unpacking the Internal Dynamics of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Implementation: The Role of CSR Managers and CSR Resources [Swiss National Science Foundation]

• 2024-2025: Weiterentwicklung eines Datencrawling- und Analysetools für nachhaltigkeitsbezogene Unternehmensvergleiche [Innosuisse]

• 2022-2024: "Similar But not the Same": Comparative Case Study of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Circular Economy (CE)

• Marti, E., Risi, D., Schlindwein, E., & Athanasopoulou, A. (2024). Creating a corporate social responsibility program with real impact. In Harvard Business Review. Harvard Business School Publishing. https://arbor.bfh.ch/handle/arbor/37196

• Athanasopoulou, A., Marti, E., Risi, D., & Schlindwein, E. (2024). How Companies Restrain Means–Ends Decoupling: A Comparative Case Study of CSR Implementation. In Journal of Management Studies. Wiley. https://doi.org/10.24451/arbor.22282

• Risi, D., Wickert, C., & Ramus, T. (2022). Coordinated Enactment: How Organizational Departments Work Together to Implement CSR. In Business & Society (Vol. 62, Issue 4). Sage Publications. https://doi.org/10.24451/arbor.17111

• Risi, D., Vigneau, L., Bohn, S., & Wickert, C. (2022). Institutional theory-based research on Corporate Social Responsibility: Bringing values back in. In International Journal of Management Reviews (Vol. 25, Issue 1). Wiley. https://doi.org/10.24451/arbor.16804

• Wickert, C., Risi, D., & Ramus, T. (2022). What a mature CSR team looks like. In Harvard Business Review. Harvard Business School Publishing. https://doi.org/10.24451/arbor.18026

• Risi, D., & Marti, E. (2022). Illuminating the dark side of values: A framework for institutional research. In Journal of Management Inquiry (Vol. 31, Issue 3). SAGE. https://doi.org/10.24451/arbor.16772

• Risi, D. (2022). Business and Society Research Drawing on Institutionalism: Integrating Normative
  and Descriptive Research on Values. In Business & Society (Vol. 61, Issue 2). SAGE. https://doi.org/10.24451/arbor.13003

• Risi, D., Paetzold, F., & Kellers, A. (2021). Wealthy private investors and socially responsible investing: The influence of reference groups. In Sustainability (Vol. 13, Issue 12931). MDPI. https://doi.org/10.24451/arbor.15835

• Risi, D. (2020). Time and Business Sustainability: Socially Responsible Investing in Swiss Banks and Insurance Companies. In Business & Society (Vol. 59, Issue 7). Sage. https://doi.org/10.24451/arbor.13002

• Risi, D., Athanasopoulou, A., Smets, M., & Morris, T. (2020). Lonely at the Top? CEO sensemaking in the boardroom. In Academy of Management Proceedings (Vol. 2020, Issue 1). https://arbor.bfh.ch/handle/arbor/41446

• Risi, D., & Wickert, C. (2019). Corporate social responsibility (Elements in Business Strategy). Cambridge University Press. https://arbor.bfh.ch/handle/arbor/41336

• Risi, D., & Wickert, R. (2019). Implementing Corporate Social Responsibility as Institutional Work: Exploring the Day-to-Day Activities of CSR Managers in Multinational Corporations (A. Sales, Ed.; Vol. 57). Springer. https://arbor.bfh.ch/handle/arbor/41337

• Risi, D., & Wickert, C. (2019). Exploring the Internal Dynamics of Corporate Social Responsibility Implementation. In Academy of Management Proceedings (Vol. 2019, Issue 1). https://arbor.bfh.ch/handle/arbor/41101

• Risi, D., Vigneau, L., & Bohn, S. (2019). The Role Values Play for Agency in Institutions. In Academy of Management Proceedings (Vol. 2019, Issue 1). https://arbor.bfh.ch/handle/arbor/41100

• Risi, D. (2017). An institutional theory perspective on the implementation of corporate social responsibility within large firms: Empirical and conceptual considerations. Dissertation no. 4620.

• Risi, D., & Wickert, C. (2017). Reconsidering the ‘Symmetry’ Between Institutionalization and Professionalization: The Case of Corporate Social Responsibility Managers. In Journal of Management Studies (Vol. 54, Issue 5). Wiley. https://doi.org/10.24451/arbor.12998

• Risi, D. (2017). Toward a Morally Reflective Institutional Analysis. In Academy of Management Proceedings (Vol. 2017, Issue 1). https://arbor.bfh.ch/handle/arbor/38962

• Risi, D. (2017). Understanding financial intermediaries’ hesitation about socially responsible investing. In Academy of Management Proceedings (Vol. 2017, Issue 1). https://arbor.bfh.ch/handle/arbor/38961

• Risi, D. (2016). Longitudinal comparison between CSR implementation and CSR function’s resource access. Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings, 2016(1), 25–28.

• Institut Sustainable Business

• Academy of Management

• European Group of Organization Studies

• Journal of Management Studies (Editorial Review Board)

• University of St. Gallen (Institute for Business Ethics)

01/2025: BWL-Ranking der WirtschaftsWoche: Top100 der "Unter 40-jährigen" (Top 25%, Rang 75)