Dr. Ilka Weissbrod
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Research Associate, PhD
NameDr. Ilka Weissbrod
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Chair of Sustainability Management and Assessment
Visiting address:
Hülße-Bau Helmholtzstraße 10
01069 Dresden
Office hours:
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Dr. Ilka Weissbrod has been working as a postdoctoral researcher at the chair since February 2026. Previously, she was affiliated with the junior professorship for Sustainability Assessment and Policy as a research partner and, from September 2023 to December 2024, as a research associate.
Research Priorities
- Learning in corporate sustainable innovation processes
- Business experimentation for sustainability
- Implementation pathways for a Circular Economy in industry (sector-agnostic, main interest in ICT and FMCG)
CV (selection)
| since 2026 | Postdoc, Chair of Sustainability Management and Assessment, TU Dresden |
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| 2025 | Research partner of the Junior Professorship in Sustainability Assessment & Policy, TU Dresden |
| 2023 - 2024 | Postdoc, Junior Professorship in Sustainability Assessment & Policy, TU Dresden |
| 2023 | Sustainable Circular Economy Systems Expert, Irish Manufacturing Research, Dublin |
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2021 - 2023 |
Director Sustainable Circularity, INDEED Innovation, Hamburg |
| 2018 - 2022 | Postdoc, Centre for Sustainability Management, Leuphana University Lüneburg |
| 2017 |
Business Experimentation for Sustainability (PhD), Imperial College London |
| 2006 - 2012 |
Sustainable Innovation Advisor, Forum for the Future, London |
| 2004 | Environmental Technology (M.Sc.), Global Environmental Change and Policy, Imperial College London |
| 2003 | Business and the Environment (B.Sc.), Imperial College at Wye |
Publications
2026
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The Role of Individual Beliefs for Corporate Sustainability Transformations, Jan 2026, In: Business Ethics, the Environment & Responsibility. 35, 1, p. 340-366, 27 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
2025
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A Collective Identity View on Responsible Innovation, 17 Jun 2025Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to conferences > Abstract
2024
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Adapting to urgency through agility: creating a national proposal for an industrial circular innovation programme, 10 Oct 2024Research output: Contribution to conferences > Abstract
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Consultants as sustainability intermediaries: a double transition perspective, 10 Oct 2024Research output: Contribution to conferences > Abstract
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Radical collaboration as means to explore radical innovation for sustainability, 10 Oct 2024Research output: Contribution to conferences > Abstract
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Corporate change agents for sustainability: Transforming organizations from the inside out, Apr 2024, In: Business Ethics, the Environment & Responsibility. 33, 2, p. 145-156, 12 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
2023
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The ‘need for speed’: Towards circular disruption—What it is, how to make it happen and how to know it's happening, 10 Mar 2023, In: Business strategy and the environment. 32 (2023), 3, p. 1010-1031, 22 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
2022
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Strategic alliances for corporate sustainability innovation: The ‘how’ and ‘when’ of learning processes, Dec 2022, In: Long range planning : LRP. 55, 6, 102200Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
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Circular business models for the fastmoving consumer goods industry: Desirability, feasibility, and viability, Mar 2022, In: Sustainable Production and Consumption. 30, p. 799-814, 16 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
2021
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Business Model Experimentation for the Circular Economy: Definition and Approaches, Jun 2021, In: Circular Economy and Sustainability. 1, 1, p. 49-81, 33 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
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