Institute of Sustainable Corporate Management

Sara Siakala, M.Sc.

Research Fellow

Helmholtzstrasse 18 email: sara.siakala(at)uni-ulm.de tel.: +49(0)7 31 - 50 323 51
89081 Ulm room: 1.04 fax: +49(0)7 31 - 50 323 59
Baden-Wuerttemberg
Germany		    

office hours by arrangement

Profile

Scientific Interests

  • Corporate Sustainability
     
  • Corporate Human Rights Responsibility
     
  • Sustainable Supply Chain Management

Teaching

  • Seminar: Corporate Human Rights Responsibility (summer semester 2021)
     
  • Seminar: Corporate Sustainability (winter semester 2020/2021)
     
  • Sustainable Supply Chain Management (summer semester 2020)
     
  • Seminar: Corporate Human Rights Responsibility (summer semester 2020)
     
  • Seminar: Corporate Sustainability (winter semester 2019/2020)
     
  • Seminar: Corporate Sustainability (summer semester 2019)
     
  • Sustainable Supply Chain Management (summer semester 2019)
     
  • Seminar: Corporate Sustainability (winter semester 2018/2019)
     
  • Sustainable Supply Chain Management (summer semester 2018)
     
  • Seminar: Corporate Sustainability (winter semester 2017/2018)
     
  • Sustainable Supply Chain Management (summer semester 2017)

Professional Career

  • Since 2017: Research Fellow, Institute of Sustainable Corporate Management at Ulm University
     
  • 2017-2019 Head of a large-scale research project at the BMW Group (research focus: sustainable supply chain management)
     
  • 2016-2017: employed by the BMW Group in the department of Sustainable Supply Chain Management

Education

  • M.Sc. in Management and Corporate Sustainability, Cranfield University (GB)

  • B.Sc. in International Business Administration, Europa Universität Viadrina

 

Publications

Siakala, S. Putting the United Nations Guiding Principles into business practice: corporate challenges and coping strategies with respect to the implementation of human rights impact assessments (forthcoming)

Siakala S. und Müller M. (2020) Das Potenzial eines Lieferkettengesetzes einen Beitrag zur Optimierung bestehender sozial-ökologischer Konditionen zu leisten, Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftspolitik, 69(1): 34–43.

Müller, M. und Siakala, S. (2019) Nachhaltiges Lieferkettenmanagement: Von der Strategie zur Umsetzung. Berlin: de Gruyter. Online at: https://www.degruyter.com/view/product/525122?rskey=pWEyfp