K.S. (Katrin) Heucher, Dr

Katrin Heucher is an Assistant Professor of Change Management and Sustainability at the Department of Innovation Management and Strategy, University of Groningen, Netherlands. Her research focuses on the intersection of sustainability management and organization studies, with a particular emphasis on insider social change agents. Employing qualitative methods, especially ethnography, she explores how organizations and individuals navigate sustainability efforts and internal paradoxical tensions. Her work has been published in leading management journals such as the Academy of Management Annals, Journal of International Management, Journal of Management Inquiry, and Strategic Organization. Katrin's research contributions have been recognized with several awards, including the Academy of Management ONE Division Best Dissertation Award and a recent Impact Acceleration Grant for her work on insider social change agents.

Katrin co-leads the faculty-wide strategic theme Sustainability and Future Prosperity focusing on driving sustainability research, education, and societal impact within the University of Groningen. Katrin teaches a range of courses aimed at equipping students with the skills to drive social change such as the Masters-level course "Sustainability: Strategy, Innovation and Change" and the executive MBA course "Enacting Change in Ecosystems."

She earned her PhD from Loughborough University, UK, and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Erb Institute, University of Michigan, USA. Before her PhD, Katrin worked in the chemical industry in the areas of international marketing and business strategy at BASF and LANXESS, gaining international experience in Europe and China. She holds a BA in Regional Studies China and Business Administration from the University of Cologne, Germany, and an MSc in International Management for China from SOAS, University of London, UK.