Amanda Williams is currently a Sustainability Research Fellow at IMD.

Amanda’s research lies at the intersection of sustainability management and social-ecological systems. She studies how organizations understand global sustainability issues and develop corporate sustainability strategies that align with global targets. She approaches her work from a systems theory perspective and works with qualitative research methods.

Amanda was a Senior Researcher at ETH Zurich where she collaborated with the UN Global Compact Network Switzerland to embed the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into corporate strategy. She was previously a fellow in the Governing Responsible Business Research Environment at Copenhagen Business School. Amanda holds a PhD from Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University where she helped to create the MOOC Driving Business Towards the SDGs. During her PhD, Amanda was part of the Marie Curie funded training network Innovation for Sustainability. For this project, she collaborated with the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) where she was an associate on the Redefining Value team. At WBCSD, she contributed to the SDG Compass, a guide for business action to the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Before starting her PhD, Amanda earned an MSc from ESSEC Business School. She also obtained an MBA in Environmentally Sustainable Management and a BSc in Graphic Media both from Rochester Institute of Technology. She worked in marketing for a technology company for several years.

Education

Rotterdam School of Management

PhD in Management

ESSEC Business School

MSc in Research

Rochester Institute of Technology

MBA in Environmentally Sustainable Management

Rochester Institute of Technology

BSc in Graphic Media Marketing