Expertise

• Business and Climate Change
• Biodiversity Conservation
• Sustainable Development Goals
• Bioeconomy
• Forest policy and Economics

Rajat Panwar is a Professor of Responsible and Sustainable Business Management at Oregon State University, USA. A native of India, Dr. Panwar is an interdisciplinary scholar holding two doctoral degrees: a PhD in Forestry and a DBA in Sustainability and Strategy. He has published extensively in business, forestry, and interdisciplinary journals, as well as in practitioner-oriented outlets such as California Management Review and Harvard Business Review.

Dr. Panwar is a lead author for the “Business and Biodiversity” assessment by the Intergovernmental Platform for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services and the National Nature Assessment being conducted by the US government. He has contributed to multiple United Nations regional and global reports and co-edited two books.

Dr. Panwar is a versatile educator who has taught at undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral levels across Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America. His teaching focuses on corporate sustainability, corporate responsibility, and international business management.

Dr. Panwar is the Deputy Editor of the journal Business & Society and is a member of the editorial boards for Business Strategy & the Environment, Business Strategy & Development, and Organization & Environment. He is the President-Elect of the International Association for Business and Society (IABS) and is on a five-year leadership track with the Social Issues in Management (SIM) Division of the Academy of Management, where he currently serves as Program Chair.