2007 Faculty Pioneers

Daniel Diermeier, from Northwestern University, has been named the winner in the Institutional Impact category. This award is given for demonstrated leadership in business school or professional association activities involving social impact and/or environmental management topics, including but not limited to conferences, program design, experiential learning, mentoring, independent studies and student clubs.

Diermeier is the Director of the Ford Center for Global Citizenship and a co-founder of the Kellogg's Social Enterprise at Kellogg program (SEEK). In addition to his numerous distinguished research contributions he has been at the forefront of creating practice oriented teaching innovations that put issues related to business and society at the center of business education. He has created two classes (Strategic Management in Non-Market Environments and Values and Crisis Decision-Making) that are among the most successful classes in the Kellogg curriculum. MBA students routinely bid a quarter of their yearly course points to get into his class and the Values and decision making class has been added as the first required class for Kellogg MBAs in two decades. Perhaps the most path-breaking project is the creation of Kellogg's Global Health Initiative (GHI). It seeks to leverage the talent and enthusiasm of Kellogg students and faculty to address important social needs.

His teaching and research focuses on integrated strategy, the interaction of business and politics, crisis leadership, reputation management and strategic aspects of corporate social responsibility. His work has been published in numerous academic journals in management, economics, and political science and has been featured globally in numerous media outlets such as the Wall Street Journal, the Economist, the Chicago Tribune, and De Telegraaf. He has lectured globally on crisis and reputation management, integrated strategy, activists and consumer boycotts, political strategy and regulatory management. He has also led workshops and customized programs in biotechnology, energy, financial services, manufacturing, medical marketing, medical devices, pharmaceuticals, media management, regulatory management, security management, and transportation management. He has received numerous teaching awards including the coveted L.G. Lavengood Professor of the Year Award (Kellogg School of Management, 2001).