Professors

Ghina CHAMMAS

Assistant Professor

Upper Echelons Theory, executive psychology, non-market strategies, CEO sociopolitical activism, corporate social responsibility (CSR)

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Ghina CHAMMAS

Academy

Innovation

Research center

SKEMA Centre for Sustainability Studies

Location

Paris

Discipline

Strategy, Innovation & Entrepreneurship

Ghina Chammas is an Assistant Professor at SKEMA Business School, affiliated with the Centre for Sustainability Studies and the Innovation Academy. She is completing her PhD in Strategy and Business Policy at HEC Paris and holds an MSc in Environmental Engineering from Imperial College London. Ghina's research focuses on business leaders’ engagement with sociopolitical and environmental issues, particularly CEO sociopolitical activism, with her dissertation examining the personality traits driving such activism and its implications for firms and public policy. Ghina received the 2024 Strategic Management Society Best Doctoral Paper Award for the Strategic Leadership and Governance Interest Group and is a finalist in the 2026 INFORMS/Organization Science Best Dissertation Proposal Competition.

Education
2027
PhD, Strategy and Business Policy, HEC Paris, France
2023
Master of Science, Management, HEC Paris, France
2015
Master of Science, Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Imperial College, Great Britain
Experience
Full-time academic positions
Since 2026
Assistant Professor, SKEMA Business School, France
Other professional experiences
2024
Visiting PhD Student, Pennsylvania State University - University Park, United States of America
Research grants, Awards and Honors
Awards and Honors
2026
2026 INFORMS/Organization Science Dissertation Proposal Competition Finalist
2024
Strategic Management Society (SMS) Annual Conference Best Doctoral Student Paper 2024 (Strategic Leadership and Governance Interest Group)
2014
Kiram Siniora Memorial Prize in recognition of Excellence in Academic Performance (American University of Beirut, Lebanon)