Lea STADTLER is an Associate Professor of Strategy and Sustainability at Grenoble Ecole de Management, where she has worked since 2016. Her research focuses on the dynamics and management of sustainability collaborations, particularly partnerships between companies and nonprofit and/or public organizations, as well as collaboration among competitors. She typically employs case study analysis and process studies to explore sustainability and collaboration-related complexities, paradoxes, and strategic responses. She has published around 20 articles in academic journals such as the Journal of Management Studies, Organization Studies, Public Administration Review, Journal of Business Ethics, and Business & Society, and has received international research awards for her work.
In 2025, Lea Stadtler became Deputy Editor of Business & Society, after serving as an Associate Editor since 2019. She also leads the CROSS-PASSE research project (ANR-22-CE26-0009-01), which explores the social effectiveness of cross-sector partnerships.
Lea Stadtler holds a Master's degree in European Business Administration from the University of Bamberg, Germany, and earned her PhD in Management from the University of Geneva, Switzerland, in 2012.

Expertise:

• Sustainability collaborations
• Coopetition
• Paradox management
• Strategic management
• Organization theory
• Case study methodology
• Systematic literature review methods
• Cross-sector partnerships in health and humanitarian sectors