Dr. Ilka Weissbrod
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NameDr. Ilka Weissbrod
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Junior Professorship in Sustainability Assessment and Policy
Junior Professorship in Sustainability Assessment and Policy
Visiting address:
Hülße-Bau Helmholtzstraße 10
01069 Dresden
Office hours:
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Dr. Ilka Weissbrod has been working with and at the junior professorship since May 2022, as Postdoc and Research Partner.
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 09/2023 | Postdoc, Junior Professorship in Sustainability Assessment & Policy, TU Dresden |
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2023 | Sustainable Circular Economy Systems Expert, Irish Manufacturing Research, Dublin |
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
2025
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A Collective Identity View on Responsible Innovation , 17 Jun 2025Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to conferences > Abstract
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The Role of Individual Beliefs for Corporate Sustainability Transformations , 28 Feb 2025, In: Business Ethics, the Environment & Responsibility. (2025), 27 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
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