Nilanjana Dutt
Associate Professor of Strategy in the Department of Management and Technology at Bocconi University
Nilanjana Dutt is an Associate Professor of Strategy in the Department of Management and Technology at Bocconi University, where she is also affiliated with the research centers IEP@BU and BIDSA, and serves as Director of ICRIOS.
Her research examines how the decisions and actions of firms affect their natural and political environments, with applications in contexts such as renewable electricity, early-stage entrepreneurship, waste generation, and corporate lobbying. Her work has been published in leading journals including Strategic Management Journal, Management Science, Organization Science, and the Academy of Management Journal. She is currently an Associate Editor at Organization Science.
Over the years, she has held several leadership positions in international academic associations, serving as Rep-at-Large for the Knowledge & Innovation Group of the SMS (2015–2017) and as a member of the Executive Committee for both the STR Division (2018–2020) and the TIM Division (2022–2024) of the Academy of Management. She also serves on the editorial boards of Strategic Management Journal, Organization Science, and Strategy Science.
Her contributions have been recognized with multiple Bocconi Research Awards (2014, 2016, 2019, 2022) and Bocconi Research Grants totaling €50,000 (2015, 2021, 2022). Most recently, she secured a Cariplo Foundation Grant of €197,000 for the period 2024–2026.
