Judith Walls

Main Focuses

• Corporate Sustainability, Corporate and Environmental Governance, Sustainability Performance, Microfoundations of Sustainability Strategy, Emotions, Values, Motivations

Education

• PhD (Management), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
• MSc (Biodiversity, Wildlife, and Ecosystem Health), University of Edinburgh
• MBA (International Business), National University of Singapore
• BA Honours (Hispanic Studies), University of Stirling

Professional Career

• Assistant Professor, Nanyang Business School, NTU Singapore
• Faculty Associate, Asian School of the Environment, NTU Singapore
• Assistant Professor, John Molson School of Business, Concordia University
• Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Erb Institute for Sustainable Enterprise, University of Michigan
• Program Coordinator & Operations Management, Cheetah Conservation Fund
• VP of Business Development, Thomson Financial
• Head of Consulting/Head of Research, Thomson Financial (previously Technimetrics)

Teaching Activities

I teach courses on business and sustainability at Masters, PhD and Executive Education levels.

Previously, I taught business sustainability, corporate strategy, and corporate governance at Bachelors and PhD levels. I also created two MOOCs while at NTU, Singapore.

Projects

Current/ongoing research grants:

• Co-Principle Investigator. Swiss Network for International Studies (SNIS). Unblocking the flow of biodiversity data for multi-stakeholder environmental management. (With University of Lausanne, University of Ghana, Humboldt Biological Resources Research Institute).

• Principal Investigator. Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN). Curriculum Change @Business Education.

• Principal Investigator. Basic Research Fund (GFF), University of St.Gallen. The role of behavioural, cognitive and affective stakeholder trust in resolving the paradoxical tension between sustainability branding and perceived sustainability performance.

• Collaborator. Ministry of Education Academic Research Fund (AcRF), Singapore – Tier 1 grant. Identifying and mitigating deforestation risks in agricultural commodity supply chains. (Principal Investigator: Dr. Janice Lee, NTU).

Awards

Honours:

• 2019 Nominated, SMJ Best Paper Award
• 2017 Winner, Best Paper Award, Administrative Sciences Association of Canada
• 2015 Outstanding Paper Award, Emerald Literati
• 2015 Finalist, Best Paper Award, Academy of Management
• 2014 Winner, Best Paper Award, Academy of Management
• 2007 Del and Edith Karger Prize for Best Dissertation
• 2002 Matsushita Book Prize

Editorial Boards

Current editorial roles:

• Frontiers in Psychology (Special Issue Editor)
• Journal of Management
• Organization & Environment
• Organization Studies (Special Issue Editor)
• Strategic Organization

Research Cooperation

Current/ongoing research grants:

• Co-Principle Investigator. Swiss Network for International Studies (SNIS). Unblocking the flow of biodiversity data for multi-stakeholder environmental management. (With University of Lausanne, University of Ghana, Humboldt Biological Resources Research Institute).

• Principal Investigator. Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN). Curriculum Change @Business Education.

• Principal Investigator. Basic Research Fund (GFF), University of St.Gallen. The role of behavioural, cognitive and affective stakeholder trust in resolving the paradoxical tension between sustainability branding and perceived sustainability performance.

• Collaborator. Ministry of Education Academic Research Fund (AcRF), Singapore – Tier 1 grant. Identifying and mitigating deforestation risks in agricultural commodity supply chains. (Principal Investigator: Dr. Janice Lee, NTU).