Judith Stroehle

In August 2022, Judith Stroehle has joined the Institute for Economy and the Environment (IWOe) and the Institute for Accounting, Control and Auditing (ACA) at the University of St Gallen as Assistant Professor of Sustainability Governance. Judith is passionate about building bridges between sustainability and accounting, challenging the status quo of measurement, reporting, and performance management. Her recent work explores issues related to the measurement of corporate purpose, the benefits and challenges of non-financial accounting, ESG stewardship, and the role of standards and regulation in this space.

Previously, Judith was a Senior Research Fellow at the Saïd Business School, University of Oxford where she co-founded and led the Oxford Rethinking Performance Initiative in 2021 and the Oxford Impact Roundtable for sustainability reporting and accounting in 2018. Judith holds a doctoral degree (PhD Europeaus, U Milan) in Economic Sociology for which she examined the auditability of social standards in global supply chains in cooperation with the International Labour Office (ILO). Judith also engages and works with several non-profits, companies and asset managers. She recently served as the Global Future Council Fellow for SDG Investing at the World Economic Forum and works as an academic advisor to the Bertelsmann Foundation in Germany and the Codespa Foundation in Spain.

Main Focuses

• Sustainability Measurement and Management
• Accounting and Assurance for Sustainability
• Corporate Governance

Teaching Activities

• Bachelor Program (Fundamentals of Sustainability Accounting)
• Master Programs (Corporate Sustainability Management, Sustainability in Corporate Finance)

Executive Education

• Education 2015 – 2018 PhD (Doctor Europeaus) Economic Sociology and Labour Studies, University of Milan, Italy
• 2007 – 2012 Diplom (MA) Economic Sociology, University of Bamberg
• 2009 – 2010 Undergraduate Exchange, Bishop’s University, Canada

Professional Career

• 2022 – present: Assistant Professor of Sustainability Governance. University of St. Gallen, Switzerland
• 2020 – 2022: Senior Research Fellow and Programme Lead, Oxford Rethinking Performance Initiative (ORP) University of Oxford, Said Business School, UK
• 2018 – 2020: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Oxford, Said Business School, UK
• 2017: Visiting Research Fellow, University Pompeu Fabra, IBEI, Barcelona, Spain
• 2015: Visiting Research Fellow, University of Manchester, Global Development Institute, UK
• 2013 – 2015: Manager International Relations, InterNations GmbH, Munich, Germany
• 2010: Internship, Foreign Ministry of Germany, Dpt. of Foreign Trade and Investment, Berlin, Germany
• 2008 – 2012: Research Assistant, University of Bamberg, Dpt. Labour Studies and Dpt. of Social Structure Analysis, Germany

Additional Information / Other Activities and Affiliations (selection):

• Since 2022 – Affiliate Researcher, ORP/SBS, University of Oxford, UK
• Since 2022 – Academic Advisor, Bertelsmann Foundation, Berlin, DE
• Since 2020 – Academic Advisor, CODESPA Foundation, Madrid, Spain
• 2021 / 2022 – World Economic Forum, Global Future Council Fellow, CH
• 2021 / 2022 – Advisor City of London ESG Leaders Forum