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04/07/2026 | Personalia | In­sti­tu­te of Ma­nage­ment and Busi­ness Stu­dies

Prof. Dr. Josua Oll will head the Department of Sustainability Management from 15.04.2026

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Prof. Dr. Josua Oll (left) at the appointment by the Dean Prof. Dr. Pascal Nevries (right)

With the start of the new semester, the Department of Economics at the University of Kassel welcomes Prof. Dr. Josua Oll as the new Professor of Sustainability Management. The professorship strengthens the sustainability-related profile of the department and provides important impetus in teaching, research and knowledge transfer.

The professorship is assigned to the Institute of Business Administration and represents general business administration with a focus on sustainability management in teaching and research. Prof. Dr. Josua Oll will offer courses on sustainable corporate management, performance processes, social change and sustainability management in the department's Bachelor's and Master's degree courses. The professorship is also involved in the further development of the Master's degree program "Sustainable Management" and other sustainability-related courses at the University of Kassel.

In his research, Prof. Dr. Josua Oll focuses in particular on the topics of ESG backlash and conflicting institutional environmental requirements, organizational inertia and sustainable corporate transformation as well as materiality concepts in sustainability reporting and their effects.

The new research focus areas offer numerous points of contact for cooperation within the department - particularly in the areas of sustainability, energy and the environment as well as digital transformation - and also with university and international partner institutions. The transfer of knowledge into practice and the acquisition of third-party funding will also be further expanded.

With the new professorship, the University of Kassel is underlining its commitment to actively shaping sustainability-related issues in studies, research and social practice.

Here is some background information on our new colleague:

Before taking up his post at the University of Kassel, he was a postdoc at the Chair of Management at the University of Oldenburg. His research there was already focused on sustainability management and concentrated on the topics of sustainable strategies and business models, the management of sustainable transformation and sustainability reporting.