Professors

Kerrigan UNTER

Assistant Professor

sustainability, strategic management, climate change, biodiversity

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Kerrigan UNTER

Academy

Transformation

Research center

SKEMA Centre for Sustainability Studies

Location

Paris

Discipline

Strategy, Innovation & Entrepreneurship

Kerrigan Unter is an Assistant Professor at SKEMA Business School. Her research focuses on how the biophysical environment impacts business strategy and performance. Her work covers sustainability topics such as climate change, extreme events, biodiversity, and planetary boundaries. She is an interdisciplinary researcher that draws on several fields including business management, climate science, and conservation biology.  She received a Ph.D. in Business Administration with a focus on Strategic Management and Public Policy from George Washington University’s School of Business. She completed a postdoc at the Institute for Economy and the Environment at the University of St. Gallen.

Education
2022
PHD, Business administration, George Washington University School of Business, United States of America
2017
Bachelor in Business Administration, Business administration, Marketing, George Washington University School of Business, United States of America

2022
Graduate Certificate in Geographical Information Systems, George Washington University Corcoran School of Arts and Sciences, United States of America
Experience
Full-time academic positions
Since 2025
Assistant Professor, SKEMA Business School, France
Other professional experiences
2022 - 2025
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of St.Gallen, Switzerland