Prof. Dr. Sarah Jastram’s research focuses on the following areas

• Corporate social responsibility
• Sustainable supply chain management
• Governance
• Strategic management
• Stakeholder management

Before taking over the endowed professorship of the Dr. Jürgen Meyer Foundation at HSBA in early 2015, Dr. Jastram worked at various chairs in Germany and abroad.

The institute has collaborated with numerous companies on various projects, as well as with organisations such as the Federation of German Industries (BDI), the German network of the United Nations Global Compact, the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) and the German Institute for Standardisation (DIN).

Ms Jastram is very interested in working with companies and offers various forms of collaboration:

• Research collaborations
• Training courses, workshops and lectures in companies
• Cooperation projects with students as part of teaching
• Public events and panels
• Publication collaborations
• Moderation of stakeholder dialogues

The following topics,have already been addressed in collaborations with companies:

• Training on CSR strategies and stakeholder dialogues
• Impact assessments (impact analyses)
• Development of CSR strategies
• Presentations on current trends and requirements for companies in the area of corporate social responsibility
• Supply chain management projects
• Derivation and implementation of key performance indicators

You can find further information on Prof. Jastram on the HSBA’s homepage.