{"id":79870,"date":"2025-08-26T14:51:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T13:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lse.ac.uk\/granthaminstitute\/?post_type=profile&#038;p=79870"},"modified":"2025-08-26T14:51:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T13:51:10","slug":"christian-kroll","status":"publish","type":"profile","link":"https:\/\/www.lse.ac.uk\/granthaminstitute\/profile\/christian-kroll\/","title":{"rendered":"Christian Kroll"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<?xml encoding=\"UTF-8\"><p>Christian Kroll is a Visiting Professor at LSE Global School of Sustainability and the Grantham Research Institute for Environment and Climate Change.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Background<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Prof. Christian Kroll, PhD, is a full professor, advisor, and board member specializing in sustainability and management strategy. He directs the Sustainable Management program and lectures on sustainable finance, ESG, the circular economy, and corporate social responsibility at IU International University of Applied Sciences, Germany&rsquo;s largest. He also consults globally for companies and governments, including as an advisor to Bain &amp; Company.<br><br>Prof. Kroll earned his PhD from the London School of Economics and has published books and scientific articles with leading academic publishers, including Cambridge University Press. He has been a Visiting Scholar at the Harvard Kennedy School and taught at the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin. He is the inventor of the first measurement tool for the UN Sustainable Development Goals and the founding Scientific Director of the SDG Index &amp; Dashboards. In recognition of his contributions, the World Economic Forum honoured him as a Young Global Leader. Prof. Kroll&rsquo;s work has been featured by media around the globe, and he regularly speaks at major conferences including WEF Davos, SuperReturn International, and Web Summit Lisbon. Full details and publications on his website:&nbsp;<a class=\"link link--external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.christiankroll.com\/\" aria-describedby=\"link-description-new-window\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\">www.christiankroll.com&#65279;<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 16 16\" role=\"img\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M14.42 1.04L3.2.7a.8.8 0 00-.8.76v.1a.8.8 0 00.76.7l9.39.3L.93 14.16c-.3.3-.3.8 0 1.1l.09.08c.3.23.73.2 1.01-.07L13.65 3.65l.29 9.4a.8.8 0 00.8.76.79.79 0 00.77-.8L15.17 1.8a.82.82 0 00-.75-.76z\" fill=\"#2e3152\"><\/path><\/svg><\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><br>Research interests<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>sustainable management<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>sustainable finance&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AI and sustainability<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<?xml encoding=\"UTF-8\"><p>Christian Kroll is a Visiting Professor at LSE Global School of Sustainability and the Grantham Research Institute for Environment and&hellip;<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":79872,"menu_order":344,"template":"","tags":[],"profile-type":[3],"topic_area":[4707],"class_list":["post-79870","profile","type-profile","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","profile-type-visiting-researchers","topic_area-sustainable-development"],"acf":{"profile_academic_title":{"ref_value":"field_5320659849110","value":"","type":false,"post_type":""},"first_name":{"ref_value":"field_52f42c108837d","value":"Christian ","type":false,"post_type":""},"last_name":{"ref_value":"field_52f42c1b8837e","value":"Kroll","type":false,"post_type":""},"profile_job_title":{"ref_value":"field_52f63316a9b87","value":"Visiting Professor","type":false,"post_type":""},"profile_email":{"ref_value":"field_52f63329a9b88","value":"","type":false,"post_type":""},"profile_telephone":{"ref_value":"field_52f6bf5cd6bd3","value":"","type":false,"post_type":""},"profile_room":{"ref_value":"field_52f6bf6cd6bd4","value":"","type":false,"post_type":""},"profile_website":{"ref_value":"field_52f63363a9b89","value":false,"type":"repeater","post_type":""},"profile_citation":{"ref_value":"field_5315325b3ec9a","value":"","type":false,"post_type":""},"profile_new_role":{"ref_value":"field_5ede34bb5a2ff","value":"","type":false,"post_type":""}},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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