Louisa Riess
Diversity & (Disability) Inclusion
Leadership & Proactive Followership
Ethics
- Doctorate (Dr. rer. pol.): Organizational Behavior, WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management (Germany)
- Master of Science: Management and Technology (Mechanical Engineering), Technical University of Munich (Germany)
- Bachelor of Science: Business Administration, WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management (Germany) & Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (Australia)
Louisa Riess is Senior Research Associate at the Competence Center for Diversity, Disability & Inclusion at the Institute for International Management and Diversity Management at the University of St. Gallen. Her work focuses primarily on the inclusion of people with disabilities in the work context. She researches what managers and employees can specifically do to create inclusive work environments. Her current research project “Nothing About Us Without Us: The Role of Voice for the Workplace Inclusion of People with Disabilities” is funded by the Basic Research Fund of the University of St. Gallen.
She also leads various corporate projects on the topics of diversity and (disability) inclusion and is a lecturer in business ethics at the WHU-Otto Beisheim School of Management in Germany.
Previously, she studied management and mechanical engineering and worked in the automotive industry. She completed her doctorate at WHU-Otto Beisheim School of Management until 2022. In 2021, she was also a Research Fellow at Singapore Management University.
- Business Ethics (Bachelor), WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management (Germany)
- Supervision of Bachelor-, and Mastertheses
- Academy of Management
- European Group for Organizational Studies
- Verband der Hochschullehrerinnen und Hochschullehrer für Betriebswirtschaft
- Great Minds Postdoctoral Fellowship of the University of St. Gallen (since 2023)
- Society for Business Ethics Best Dissertation Award Finalist (Top 3) (2022)
- Scholarship from the German Academic Exchange Service for the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management in 2022 in Seattle (2022)
- Lim Kim San Fellowship from Singapore Management University (2021)
Riess, L. A. (2024). Inclusion is for everyone: How can we boost disability confidence? Keynote Speech at the Disability Confidence Day, organized by MyAbility and Google, Zurich, 7th of November, 2024.
Riess, L. A. & Böhm, S. A. (2024). Breaking barriers: How can we actively shape the inclusion of people with disabilities? Presentation at the 8th St. Gallen Diversity & Inclusion Week, St. Gallen, 20th of September, 2024.
Riess, L. A. (2024). Health and prevention in the workplace: The role of leadership, inclusion and megatrends. Presentation at the symposium on personal injury, organized by the Swiss Insurance Association, Thun, 30th of August, 2024.
Riess, L. A. (2024). Career despite handicap?! Keynote speech as part of the panel discussion “Karriere trotz Handicap?!”, organized by the Bundesverband Deutscher Volks- und Betriebswirte e.V., Online, 28th of May, 2024.
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