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David L. Levy

Professor and Chair

Department of Management and Marketing

Director, Center for Sustainable Enterprise and Regional Competitiveness
University of Massachusetts, Boston

100 Morrissey Boulevard

Boston, MA 02125, USA
e-mail: David.Levy@umb.edu

David L. Levy is Professor and Chair of the Department of Management and Marketing at UMass-Boston. He teaches the introductory Business in Context course for the new PhD track in Organizations and Social Change, as well as courses in International Business and Business and Climate Change.

David is Director of the Center for Sustainable Enterprise and Regional Competitiveness, whose mission is “to foster a transition to a clean, sustainable, and prosperous economy.” The center engages in collaborations among businesses, universities, and policymakers to advance research and education.

In 2011, David was the Aspen Institute Faculty Pioneer Award Winner.

See David’s CV for full list of publications and selected downloads. He also maintains profiles on http://um-boston.academia.edu/DavidLevy and google scholar.

David is the founder and editor of Climate Inc., a blog devoted to discussion of business and climate change. Climate Inc. provides an organizational and business lens on climate change, and brings together the views of academics, business managers, policymakers, and other thought leaders. Guest contributions are welcome!

David is frequently invited to lecture on the topic of business and climate change to policymakers, business and academic audiences. He has recently delivered presentations to a business forum in Berlin, a workshop of United Nations delegates in New York, and seminars at LSE, Manchester, Warwick, and MIT.

David has conducted extensive research on corporate strategic responses to climate change in the US and Europe, and the growth of the renewable energy business sector in the New England region.

David is also interested in the political economy of globalization and contested processes of governance around environmental and social issues. David’s publications are listed on his CV, and some papers can be downloaded (for private use only).

David serves on the editorial boards of the journals Organization, Organization and Environment, and Critical Perspectives on International Business. He is active with the Critical Management Studies interest group of the Academy of Management.

During 1998/99, David was a Faculty Research Fellow at the Global Environmental Assessment project, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. He was the College of Management Leadership Fellow at UMass during 2008-09.