Project Title: Sustainability and forests 

Year of entry: 2019, Full-time

Supervisor: Professor Juliane Reinecke, Dr Gabriela Gutierrez Huerter O

Academic qualifications:

• BSocSci (Hitotsubashi University)
• MA (University College London)
• MA (Corvinus University)

Susan Cooper is a PhD Student in Strategy, International Management & Entrepreneurship at King's Business School. Susan is also a Graduate Teaching Assistant, teaching primarily business ethics, sustainability and CSR.

Her research is relevant for sustainability, particularly voluntary corporate programs and multi-stakeholder initiatives. She specializes in qualitative methods. She obtained her Bachelor’s in Sociology under the Japanese government’s MEXT scholarship programme, and her Master’s degrees through UCL’s IMESS programme, which focuses on Central and Eastern Europe.

Prior to joining the business school, Susan gained industry experience working at a Japanese trading and investment house for five years.