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Jun.-Prof. Dr. Samanthi Dijkstra-Silva

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Junior Professorship in Sustainability Assessment and Policy

Junior Professorship in Sustainability Assessment and Policy

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01069 Dresden

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Samanthi Dijkstra-Silva is Junior Professor of sustainability assessment and policy at TU Dresden, Germany, since April 2022. Prior to joining TU Dresden, she conducted her research at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and Leuphana University Luneburg and taught at ESCP Europe and Zeppelin University. Her research on sustainability management with a focus on sustainability transformation, performance and sustainability reporting has been published by leading journals in her field. 

Professional Career

• 04/2022: Junior Professor at the Junior Professorship for Sustainability Assessment and Policy  
• 01/2020 - 03/2022: Research associate                                                                          Institute of Technology assessment and Systems Analysis (ITAS), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Berlin, Germany,                                                                                            International research project "Connect to transform" (Formas: Swedish Research Council) and Yig Prep Pro
• 08/2015 - 12/2019: Research associate                                                                             Centre for Sustainability Management (CSM), Leuphana University of Lüneburg, Germany
• 11/2012 - 06/2015: Management consultant                                                         Accenture Strategy & Sustainability, Berlin, Germany                                                
• 02/2012 - 08/2012: Visiting researcher at the Research Institute for Sustainability Management, Vienna University of Economics and Business / WU Vienna, Austria

Education

• 05/2016 - 09/2021: PhD Dr. rer. pol. “Managing, measuring and assessing sustainability performance – Conceptual developments informed by empirical insights and systematic literature reviews” (summa cum laude) with Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Stefan Schaltegger at the Centre for Sustainability Management, Leuphana University Lüneburg, Germany
• 06/2012 - 06/2014: Selected courses from the Master of Liberal Arts Sustainability and Environmental Management (three courses; two while working at Accenture)       Harvard University, Cambridge, USA
• 10/2010 - 09/2012: Master of Science International Business Studies (1.2, top 3 graduates), Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany
• 10/2007 - 09/2010: Double Bachelor degree programme                                                        Bachelor of Arts International Business Studies (1.6, Top 3 Graduates),                     Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany                           

Bachelor of Science with Honours Accounting (First Class),                                University of Hull, United Kingdom

Scholarship and Awards

• 01/2019 - 09/2019: Fellowship Leuphana University of Lüneburg
• 2011 - 2013: Sponsored participation at international sustainability conference One Young World in Switzerland 2011, in the USA 2012; both sponsored by Siemens, South Africa 2013: sponsored by Accenture
• 02/2012 - 06/2012: Kurt - Fordan scholarship for highly gifted students:       Research stay in Vienna, Austria
• 2011: Admittance to WiWi-Talents Program for gifted students
• 2011: Scholarship awarded by Schmalenbach foundation
•  03/2009 - 10/2010: Bayerische EliteAkademie: Full scholarship for three months (one month/semester) additional qualification program with trips to Brussels and China; 37 selected from 325 applicants
• 09/2009 - 06/2010: German Academic Exchange Service DAAD:                                  Full academic-year scholarship; monthly stipend and tuition
• 2009: Scholarship awarded by Nürnberger Steuergespräche e.V.

Awards

• 2012: Faculty wide afwn-prize for master thesis
• 2009-2012: Admittance Leonardo-Kolleg (top 5% students), comp. Dean’s list
• 2010: Award for Best Business Idea at the 9. Heidelberger Innovationsforum

Competitions

• 2011: Accenture Campus Challenge: Sustainability strategy for a multi-national company, first prize among 77 competing teams, Germany/ Austria/ Switzerland
• 2011: Outstanding Delegation award at National Model United Nations, NYC, USA
• 2010: Among top 10 of 182 submission in state-wide competition for business plan in interdisciplinary team on technical innovation

Teaching experience and qualification

• Seminar Sustainability – Concepts, practice, policies (6 ECTS course offered in English; Bachelor program; Spring semester 2019; Zeppelin University, Friedrichshafen, Germany)
• Course Integrated Reporting (5 ECTS course offered in English; Master program; Fall semester 2018; ESCP Europe, Berlin, Germany)
• Seminar Corporate Sustainability Accounting and Controlling (10 ECTS course offered in English, conducted in German; open to students of all subjects and levels; Fall semester 2017; Zeppelin University, Friedrichshafen, Germany)
• Co-supervision of bachelor theses (one resulting in publication)
• Teaching certificate „Hochschuldidaktisches Zertifikatsprogramm“ (2017 – 2019)

Publications

18 Entries

2021

• Corporate contributions to the Sustainable Development Goals: An empirical analysis informed by legitimacy theorySilva, S., 10 Apr 2021, In: Journal of cleaner production. 292, 125962Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article

2019

• Stakeholder expectations on sustainability performance measurement and assessment. A systematic literature reviewDijkstra-Silva, S., Nuzum, A. K. & Schaltegger, S., 20 Apr 2019, In: Journal of cleaner production. 217, p. 204-215, 12 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Review article
• Social assessment and management of conflict minerals: a systematic literature reviewSilva, S. & Schaltegger, S., 4 Mar 2019, In: Sustainability accounting, management and policy journal. 10, 1, p. 157-182Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Review article
• Contributions to the sustainable development goals in life cycle sustainability assessment: Insights from the Handprint research projectKühnen, M., Silva, S., Beckmann, J., Eberle, U., Hahn, R., Hermann, C., Schaltegger, S. & 1 others, 1 Mar 2019, In: Sustainability Management Forum : SMF. 27, p. 65–82Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article

2018

• Setting the research agenda for measuring sustainability performance – systematic application of the world café methodSilva, S. & Guenther, E., 18 Sep 2018, In: Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal. 9, 4, p. 455-469, 15 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Review article
• Assessing the Sustainability Performance of Sustainability Management SoftwareKern, E., Dijkstra-Silva, S. & Guldner, A., Sep 2018, In: Technologies. 6, 3, 88Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article

2017

• Nachhaltigkeit in der LebensmittelindustrieDijkstra-Silva, S. & Bertele, M., 2017, Case Study Training: 40 Fallstudien zur Vorbereitung auf das Bewerbungsgespräch im Consulting. Hies, M. (ed.).p. 118 - 123, 6 p.Research output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Chapter in book/anthology/report

2013

• Nachhaltigkeit in der LebensmittelindustrieDijkstra-Silva, S. & Bertele, M., 2013, Perspektive Unternehmensberatung 2014: Das Expertenbuch zum Einstieg. Branchenüberblick, Bewerbung, Case Studies, Expertentipps. e-fellows.net, p. 176 - 181, 6 p.Research output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Chapter in book/anthology/report

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