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Bettina Wittneben

Departmental Lecturer in Management

  • bettina.wittneben@sbs.ox.ac.uk

Saïd Business School
University of Oxford
Park End Street
Oxford
OX1 1HP

Profile

Bettina Wittneben is Departmental Lecturer in Management at Saïd Business School. She is an Associate Fellow of Pembroke College and Associate Fellow of the School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford.

Prior to joining SBS, Bettina was Principal at AFRY Management Consulting, primarily advising clients in the energy sector. She has also served as Director of the Oxford DPhil in Environmental Research, and on the faculty of the Rotterdam School of Management. She holds a PhD from the University of Cambridge’s Judge Business School, a dual MBA from the University of Alberta and Grenoble School of Management as well as the Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching and Learning from the University of Oxford. She received the Best Paper Award from the Academy of Management Journal in 2016.

Expertise:

  • Corporate and state climate action, including mitigation and adaptation
  • Corporate sustainability strategy
  • Green technology transition, particularly in the energy sector and energy-intensive industries (e.g., steel)
  • Sustainable supply chains and circular business models

Research

Bettina’s research focuses on how transformation is made possible - what are the triggers, enablers, and governance structures that bring about innovation. She has a keen interest in studying climate action - corporate or state - and overcoming the wider challenges of sustainability. 

Publications

Carbon as Investment Risk—The Influence of Fossil Fuel Divestment on Decision Making at Germany’s Main Power Providers

  • Journal article
  • Energies
  • Dagmar Kiyar,
  • Bettina BF Wittneben

On Melting Summits: The Limitations of Field-Configuring Events as Catalysts of Change in Transnational Climate Policy

  • Journal article
  • Academy of Management Journal
  • Elke Schüssler,
  • Charles-Clemens Rüling,
  • Bettina BF Wittneben

Climate Change and the Emergence of New Organizational Landscapes

  • Journal article
  • Organization Studies
  • Bettina BF Wittneben,
  • Chukwumerije Okereke,
  • Subhabrata Bobby Banerjee,
  • David L Levy

Climate Change: Challenging Business, Transforming Politics

  • Journal article
  • Business & Society
  • Chukwumerije Okereke,
  • Bettina Wittneben,
  • Frances Bowen

The impact of the Fukushima nuclear accident on European energy policy

  • Journal article
  • Environmental Science & Policy
  • Bettina BF Wittneben
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Engagement

Bettina is on the Research Advisory Board of Glion Institute of Higher Education. She serves as Scientific Advisor to the Trust for Sustainable Living, and Judge at the Reuter’s Sustainability Awards. She also advises Mistra, the Swedish foundation for strategic environmental research.

Teaching

Bettina teaches Technology and Operations Management as well as Organisational Behaviour and Analysis.