René Schmidpeter is professor for Sustainable Management at the IU International University in Munich and guest professor/lecturer in China, USA, India, Australia and England. He is series editor for Springer’s CSR, Sustainability, Ethics and Governance books, editor of the Encyclopedia of Sustainable Management (ESM) as well as editor of the Dictionary of Corporate Social Responsibility (DCSR). His research and teaching activities focus on Sustainable Business Transformation, international perspectives on Sustainability, Social Innovation and Sustainable Entrepreneurship with special focus on the relationship between business and society. He has published widely and is the editor of the German management series on Corporate Social Responsibility at Springer Gabler. Schmidpeter serves as an expert in many academic, economic and political steering committees as well as sustainability advisory boards. He has conducted research for and worked with the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, the European Union, the Bavarian Ministry of Social Affairs, the Anglo-German Foundation, the Bertelsmann Foundation, the Mercator Foundation, the Humboldt Foundation as well as the Deutsche Forschungsgesellschaft (DFG). He is a Founder of M3TRIX in Cologne and Munich.

Selected Publications

Editor: Encyclopedia of Sustainable Management (2021 forthcoming) Springer Nature.

Editor: CSR und Künstliche Intelligenz (2021 forthcoming). Springer Gabler.

Editor: Responsible Business in a Changing World - New Management Approaches for Sustainable Development (2020) Springer Nature.

Editor: Mandated Corporate Social Responsibility (2019) Springer Nature.

Editor: CSR und Familienunternehmen (2018) Springer Gabler.

Editor: Corporate Social Responsibility in India (2017). Springer Nature.

Editor: Cultural Roots of Sustainable Management: Practical Wisdom and Corporate Social Responsibility (2016) Springer International.

Editor: CSR und Organisationsentwicklung: die Rolle des Qualitäts-und Changemanagers (2016) Springer Gabler.

Editor: Corporate Social Responsibility in Sub-Saharan Africa. (2016) Springer International.

Editor: Corporate Social Responsibility. 2. Auflage (2015) Springer Gabler.

Editor: Sustainable entrepreneurship: business success through sustainability (2014) Springer International.

Editor: Social Innovation - Solutions for a sustainable future. (2013) Springer International.

Editor: Dictionary of CSR (2013). Springer International.