Jakob Strobel, M.A.

21335 Lüneburg, Universitätsallee 1, C11.312
Fon  +49.4131.677-2182, jakob.strobel@leuphana.de
Research associate, Professorship of Sustainability Management

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Vita

Jakob Strobel is a research associate at the Centre for Sustainability Management (CSM). He studied International Cultural and Business Studies (B.A.) at the University of Passau, Gerenciamiento Económico Intercultural (Lic.) at the Universidad del Salvador in Buenos Aires, and International Business and Sustainability (M.A.) at the University of Hamburg.

During his studies, Jakob Strobel worked at the German-Uruguayan Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Montevideo and at the University of Hamburg as a student assistant at the Chair of Business Ethics, as a research assistant at the Chair of Management and Sustainability and in the Cluster of Excellence "Climate, Climatic Change, and Society (CliCCS)".

Jakob Strobel's research interests concern corporate responsibility and business ethics. Among other things, he is interested in the ascription and assumption of corporate responsibility and the resulting implications for corporate sustainability management.

Publications

Journal contributions

  1. Between the lines: linking carbon management to carbon accounting actions in the pursuit of corporate decarbonization
    Matthew Phillip Johnson (Author) , Jakob Strobel (Author) , Gregory Trencher (Author) , 13.05.2025 , in: Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal, 38, 4 , p. 1121-1148 , 28 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

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Courses

Corporations and Climate Change: Normative Challenges for Sustainability Management (SBP)
Jakob Matthias Strobel
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Corporations and Climate Change: Normative Challenges for Sustainability Management is a seminar designed to introduce students to the normative dimensions of business practice, with a focused application to the global challenge of climate change. In an era where companies are increasingly called upon to take responsibility for their social and environmental impacts, this seminar provides the conceptual tools and normative frameworks needed to critically engage with such responsibilities.

The seminar unfolds in two interconnected parts. In Part I, students become acquainted with the normative foundations underlying decision-making by managers faced with various and at times competing demands by different stakeholders. Fundamental theoretical insights on stakeholder theory are introduced and collectively applied to real world case examples through interactive exercises to highlight the dilemmas faced by corporate decision-makers.

Part II turns to climate change as a normative and strategic challenge for business. In small groups, students will reflect on the role and responsibility of businesses in the face of global environmental crises. Topics include historical responsibility and intergenerational equity, fairness in burden-sharing, the collective action challenges that complicate corporate climate mitigation and adaptation efforts, and the normative and strategic implications of technological fixes like geoengineering. This part emphasizes the role of corporations as both contributors to and potential solvers of climate-related problems.
Next appointment:
Monday, 2026-05-04 at 10:15
Room: C 11.319 Seminarraum
Radical sustainability transformations. From a literature analysis to analysing corporate practice
Stefan Schaltegger, Jakob Matthias Strobel
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Dieses Seminar geht der Frage nach, was unter einer radikalen Nachhaltigkeitstransformation verstanden werden kann und welche Bedeutung dies für ein Unternehmen hat. Dabei werden Fragen erörtert wie, wo enden inkrementelle und wo starten disruptive Nachhaltigkeitstransformationen? Wer initiiert, wer treibt und wer organisiert Nachhaltigkeitstransformationen? Welche Stufen und Methoden können in so einem Transformationsprozess unterschieden werden?

Im ersten Teil des Seminars wird anhand von einschlägiger und zu recherchierender Literatur ein Überblick über unterschiedliche Verständnisse von Nachhaltigkeitstransformationen entwickelt und präsentiert. Im zweiten Teil des Seminars werden die besprochenen Theorien und Konzepte auf Praxisbeispiele von Unternehmen übertragen, die eine radikale Nachhaltigkeitstransformation durchlebt haben oder sich in ihr befinden. Aus den Analysen sollen Folgerungen für das Management von Unternehmen gezogen werden, denen eine Nachhaltigkeitstransformation noch bevorsteht.
Next appointment:
Wednesday, 2026-04-29 at 10:15
Room: C 11.320 Seminarraum