Professor Michael Hopkins

Professor Michael Hopkins is both an academic and a businessman, as well as a widely published author on CSR and Sustainability.   He has worked for IBM, ITT, BAT and others in the Corporate sector, the United Nations (ILO in Geneva for 13 years as senior economist), advises UEFA on CSR,and been an academic (IDS, University of Sussex, UK). He has held a number of Professorships (Middlesex, Brunel, Geneva and George Mason Universities). Currently he is Professor and Director of Doctoral programmes on CSR at Geneva Business School, Adjunct Professor of CSR at both George Mason University, Virginia, USA and the Indian Institute of Technology – Delhi.   

In 2013 Michael was nominated one of the world’s top 100 thought leaders and in 2014 received for his work on CSR and employment a lifetime achievement award from Delhi University and then an Honorary Doctorate from London Metropolitan University (in addition to his PhD from Geneva University).  His fourteenth book appeared in Jan 2016: CSR and Sustainability – From the Margins to the Mainstream A Text Book (Taylor and Francis, UK, 2016).  Videos and references can be found on https://www.csrfi.com/?page_id=1620  –  for instance a short video on What is CSR all about