Biography
Steve Kennedy is Associate Professor researching business sustainability at Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University.
His current research approaches how systems and resilience thinking can help organizations innovate to tackle grand societal challenges such as climate change and biodiversity loss. Beyond this, he also undertakes qualitative and conceptual research on sustainability accounting and reporting, circular economy business models and responsible managment education. His research has featured in peer-reviewed scientific journals such as Journal of Management Studies, Strategic Organization, Long Range Planning, Business & Society, and Business Strategy & the Environment.
Dr Kennedy is the Scientific Director of the Centre for Eco-Transformation. He is a member of the Organizations & Natural Environment division of the Academy of Management and the Group for Research on Organizations and the Natural Environment (GRONEN).
He is the former Academic Director of the MSc Global Business & Sustainability (2015-2021) and is an active member of the Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) network. He teaches across multiple levels of education from Executive Education to Bachelors including MSc courses Climate Change Strategy Role-Play and Sustainability Leadership & Planetary Boundaries.
Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University
- skennedy@rsm.nl
- Room
- T11-44
- Location
- Burg. Oudlaan 50, Rotterdam
More information
Work
- Steve Kennedy, Martin Fuchs, Wouter van Ingen & Dirk Schoenmaker (2023) - A resilience approach to corporate biodiversity impact measurement - Business Strategy and the Environment, 32 (5), 2567-2582 - doi: 10.1002/bse.3140 - [link]
- Steve Kennedy & Martina K. Linnenluecke (2022) - Circular economy and resilience: A research agenda - Business Strategy and the Environment, 31 (6), 2754-2765 - doi: 10.1002/bse.3004 - [link]
- Sylvia Grewatsch, Steve Kennedy & Pratima Bansal (2021) - Tackling wicked problems in strategic management with systems thinking - Strategic Organization - doi: 10.1177/14761270211038635 - [link]
- Amanda Williams, G Whiteman & Steve Kennedy (2021) - Cross-Scale Systemic Resilience: Implications for Organization Studies - Business and Society, 60 (1), 95-124 - doi: 10.1177/0007650319825870 - [link]
- Steve Kennedy & N Bocken (2020) - Innovating business models for sustainability: An essential practice for responsible managers
- M Van Koert, D Sherwood & Steve Kennedy (2019) - Interface: Creating a Climate Fit for Life with Carpet Tiles - [link]
- Amanda Williams, Steve Kennedy, F Philipp & G Whiteman (2017) - Systems Thinking: A Review of Sustainability Management Research - Journal of Cleaner Production, 148, 866-881 - doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.02.002 - [link]
- Steve Kennedy & Gail Whiteman (2017) - A Place-based analysis of sustainable water management - doi: 10.1142/9789813220614_0007 - [link]
- Steve Kennedy & EM Rood (2017) - Eco-transformation: a global sustainability wake-up call - RSM Discovery - Management Knowledge, 29 (1), 5-7 - [link]
- Steve Kennedy, Gail Whiteman & Jan Ende (2016) - Radical Innovation for Sustainability: The Power of Strategy and Open Innovation - Long Range Planning, 50 (6), 712-725 - doi: 10.1016/j.lrp.2016.05.004 - [link]
Erasmus Commodities and Trade Centre
- Start date approval
- October 2022
- End date approval
- October 2025
- Place
- NETHERLANDS
- Description
- Executive Education Teaching
RSM BV
- Start date approval
- October 2022
- End date approval
- October 2025
- Place
- ROTTERDAM
- Description
- Executive Education Teaching
The UK Green Building Council
- Start date approval
- June 2023
- End date approval
- June 2026
- Place
- LONDON, WC1E 7BT
MOSS Consultants & Capital
- Start date approval
- September 2023
- End date approval
- September 2026
- Place
- NUENEN
- Description
- Volunteering for a Social Enterprise in free time.
2030 HUB Caribbean foundation
- Start date approval
- November 2023
- End date approval
- November 2026
- Place
- DE RUYTERKADE 55, WILLEM
- Description
- Teaching business sustainability
Climate change
- Level
- master
- Year Level
- master
- Year
- 2023
- Course Code
- BM-IM10FE
Climate change
- Year Level
- master, master, master
- Year
- 2023
- Course Code
- BM-IM14FE
Business Sustainability & SES
- Year Level
- master, IM/CEMS, Exchange, ERIM
- Year
- 2023
- Course Code
- BM01GBS
