Patrick Haack

Patrick Haack is Full Professor at HEC Lausanne, University of Lausanne, where he teaches the Management of Risk, Reputation and Legitimacy.

Patrick Haack holds a Ph. D. from the University of Zurich in organization studies, as well as an MA degree in international relations from the University of Constance. He has been a visiting scholar at Schulich Business School, the University of Granada, Stanford University and Copenhagen Business School. He has also gained industry experience in the banking and crisis communication sector.

His research seeks to integrate psychological and social-constructionist viewpoints to open the “black box” of institutional processes. His specific interests include the analysis of legitimacy and other social evaluations, as well as questions of research design and methodology, especially the application of experiments and formal modeling approaches in the study of institutionalization and legitimation.

Work experience

Fellow, World Class Research Environment "Governing Responsible Business"

Assistant Professor (Oberassistent) in Organization Studies, University of Zurich

Visiting Scholar at Copenhagen Business School

Visiting Scholar at Stanford University

Visiting Researcher at the United Nations, New York

Academic honors

Best Paper Award of the Zeitschrift Führung + Organisation 2013

Best Paper Award, Social Issues in Management Division 2015

Academy of Management Review Best Reviewer Award 2016