Sophie Bacq

Sophie Bacq is the Professor of Social Entrepreneurship and Coca-Cola Foundation Chair in Sustainable Development at IMD Business School in Switzerland.

As a globally-recognised thought leader on social entrepreneurship and change, she investigates and theorises about entrepreneurial action to solve intractable social and environmental problems at the individual, organisational and civic levels of analysis. She has taught and conducted empirical research on social entrepreneurship in Europe, the United States and South Africa since 2006, and has appeared as a keynote speaker at conferences around the world, including the International Social Innovation Research Conference (ISIRC), the European University Network on Entrepreneurship (ESU) and the Canadian Council for Small Business and Entrepreneurship. At IMD, she leads the Social Entrepreneurship Initiative, which aims to inspire entrepreneurs, leaders, scholars and organisations to change the system and to create and share new solutions for positive societal change.

Her research has been published in the top management and entrepreneurship journals including Academy of Management Review, Academy of Management Learning & Education, Academy of Management Perspectives, California Management Review, Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, Entrepreneurship: Theory & Practice, Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Business Venturing, and Journal of Small Business Management, and she has co-edited three books on social entrepreneurship.

Sophie is a Field Editor at the Journal of Business Venturing, an Associate Editor at the Journal of Social Entrepreneurship, and serves on the Editorial Review Board of Entrepreneurship: Theory & Practice. She is the co-Director of The Annual Social Entrepreneurship Conference, one of the premiere academic gatherings on the topic. She received her doctorate in Economic and Management Sciences from the Université Catholique de Louvain (Belgium).