• Professor of Sustainability, Hewlett-Packard Chair in Corporate Social Responsibility, Schulich School of Business, York University, Canada

Dirk Matten is a Professor at the Schulich School of Business, where he holds the Hewlett Packard Chair in Corporate Social Responsibility and was the Associate Dean of Research (2014-2021). He is also the founding director of Schulich’s Centre of Excellence in Responsible Business. He has a doctoral degree and the habilitation from Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf in Germany. He is currently a visiting professor at New York University Abu Dhabi. In 2019/20 he was the Gourlay Visiting Professor of Ethics in Business at Trinity College of the University of Melbourne. He was also a Visiting Professor at the University of London, the University of Nottingham, Copenhagen Business School, Bilkent University, and at Sabancı University in Istanbul. He has taught and done research at academic institutions in Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Britain, Canada, the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, India, Italy, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, and the USA.

Experience

  • 2007–present
    Hewlett Packard-Chair in Corporate Social Responsibility, Schulich School of Business, York University, Toronto, Canada
  • 2024–2025
    Visiting Professor of Business, Organizations and Society, New York University (Abu Dhabi), United Arab Emirates (2024-25)

Education

  • 2004 
    Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Germany, Management / Betriebswirtschaftslehre

Honours

Visiting Professor of Business, Organizations and Society, New York University Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (2024-45)

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