Prof. Dr. René Reinald Schmidpeter

Profile

Prof. Dr. René Reinald Schmidpeter Dozent

  • Address Berner Fachhochschule
    Business School
    Institut Sustainable Business
    Brückenstrasse 73
    3005 Bern

Activities

  • Head of MAS Sustainable Transformation

  • Co-Head of CAS Board of Directors, ESG & Future Readiness

  • Co-Head of CAS Sustainable and resilient supply chains

  • Coordinator Sustainable Management

Teaching

  • MAS Sustainable Transformation

  • CAS Board of Directors, ESG & Future Readiness

  • CAS Sustainable and resilient supply chains

  • Master Circular Innovation and Sustainability

  • Sustainable Transformation, Corporate Social Responsiblity, Business Ethics, Sustainable Economics

Research

  • Sustainable Economics

  • Transdisciplinary Research

  • Responsible Leadership

  • Sustainable Management

  • Corporate Social Responsibility

  • Business Ethics

CV

  • Prof. Dr. René Schmidpeter is Professor of Business Administration, specializing in Sustainable Management, at Bern University of Applied Sciences (BFH) in Bern, Switzerland, and a Scientific Researcher at the Parmenides Foundation in Munich, Germany. Previously, he served as the Founding Director of the Center for Advanced Sustainable Management at Cologne Business School in Cologne, Germany. He has held visiting professorships and conducted research stays at leading institutions in England, the United States, India, Australia, New Zealand, and China. Prof. Schmidpeter is an internationally recognized series editor at Springer Nature. He also serves as an Academic Advisor to the F.A.Z. Institute and as Academic Chair of the annual Responsible Leadership Conference organized by the F.A.Z. Institute in Frankfurt. In addition, he is a co-founder of Tetranomics SE in Germany and the Global Corporate Governance Institute (GCGI) in London.
  • 1999-2004 Scientific Researcher University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt
  • 2004-2007 Senior Advisor Senior Advisor, Federal Ministry for Social Security and Consumer Protection
  • 2008-2010 Project Manager Bertelsmann Foundation
  • 2009-2013 Lecturer University of Applied Science Ingolstadt
  • 2014-2020 Professor Cologne Business School (CBS)
  • 2021-2022 Professor International University (IU)
  • 2022-ongoing Professor Bern University of Applied Science (BFH)
  • 1994-1997 BA University of Cooperative State University, Heidenheim
  • 1997-1999 MA South Bank University
  • 2008 Dr. phil. University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt

Memberships

  • Sustainable Management

  • Global Governance Institute

  • European Business Ethics Association

  • FAZ Institute

  • Parmenides Foundation

Language skills and intercultural knowledge

  • German - Native or bilingual proficiency
  • English - Full professional proficiency
  • United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
  • United States of America
  • India
  • China
  • Australia
  • New Zealand