Role
Associate Professor of Sustainability Management, ESADE Business School and University of Padua.
Bio
Valentina De Marchi is an associate professor of sustainability and management at ESADE Business School (Spain) and the University of Padua, where she earned her doctorate in 2011 with a thesis on global value chains and the environment. Throughout her career, she has been a visiting scholar at international universities such as Duke University, Copenhagen University, and Manchester University.
She was president of GRONEN (2020-2022), organizer of the GRONEN 2026 conference, and sits on the board of the European International Business Association. She also serves as Deputy Editor of the Journal of International Business Policy and is a member of various scientific editorial boards.
His interdisciplinary research focuses on corporate sustainability strategies, green innovation, the circular and regenerative economy, sustainable business models, and corporate internationalization. His most recent studies analyze the complexities and tensions in adopting sustainable strategies, the models capable of generating economic, social, and environmental value, and the legitimacy of regenerative practices.
Alongside her research activity, she is an expert in educational innovation and active learning. She was advisor of the Teaching4Learning project in Padua, director of the Center for Teaching and Learning and Faculty Development at ESADE, and author of the podcast "Teaching for Learning: the podcast".