Dr N. Lohmeyer (Nora)

My research lies at the intersection of organizations and society, with a focus on understanding how organizations navigate social responsibility in global contexts, particularly within global supply chains. My work challenges broadly held assumptions around market-based governance of corporate responsibility, problematizing its shortcomings as well as highlighting alternative pathways promising more structural change. Among others, my work has demonstrated how collaboration and collective action become possible in competitive market environments. Currently, I am interested in understanding human rights due diligence regulations and its potential for holding firms accountable.

I study these phenomena using an interdisciplinary approach, drawing on theories from organization and management studies, industrial and employment relations, political science, and sociology.

My work has been published in the Academy of Management Journal, Organization Studies, Socio-Economic Review, Industrial and Labor Relations Review, and Research Policy among others.

I have obtained my PhD from Freie Universität Berlin, Germany, where I also worked as a post-doctoral researcher in an international research project on the governance of labor standards in global garment supply chains.