Biography
Karen Maas holds a PhD in Economics (Corporate Social Performance: from output measurement to impact measurement). She is endowed professor Accounting and Sustainability at the Open University and academic director of Impact Centre Erasmus (ICE). Karen conducts research in the field of Impact measurement, Sustainability, Social Entreprises and Impact Investing. Karen worked with many for-profit, non-profit and financial organizations to measure their impact. Her work has been published in academic journals like Business & Society, Journal of Business Ethics, American Journal of Evaluation, newspapers and online sources. Karen is a board member of the International association of Business in Society (IABS) and Sustainable and Environmental Management Accounting Network (EMAN). She is also a member of the Sustainable Finance Lab and Sustainable Pension Investment Lab in The Netherlands.
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Work
- Annebeth Roor & Karen Maas (2024) - Do impact investors live up to their promise? A systematic literature review on (im)proving investments' impacts - Business Strategy and the Environment, 33 (4), 3707-3732 - doi: 10.1002/bse.3644 - [link]
- Jilde Garst, Karen Maas & Jeroen Suijs (2022) - Materiality Assessment Is an Art, Not a Science: Selecting ESG Topics for Sustainability Reports - California Management Review, 65 (1), 64-90 - doi: 10.1177/00081256221120692 - [link]
- Tasneem Sadiq, Rob van Tulder & Karen Maas (2022) - Building a Taxonomy of Hybridization: An Institutional Logics Perspective on Societal Impact - Sustainability (Switzerland), 14 (16) - doi: 10.3390/su141610301 - [link]
- Tasneem Sadiq, Karen Maas & Rob van Tulder (2021) - The Impact of the Hybridization Movement on Organizations and Society - Business and Society, 5 (360), 119-143 - doi: 10.1108/s2514-175920220000005006
- Jilde Garst, Andy Beanland, Johanna Tähtinen, Jeroen Suijs & Karen Maas (2021) - The reality of materiality: Insights from real-world applications of ESG materiality assessments - [link]
- Jilde Garst, Karen Maas & Jeroen Suijs (2021) - Materiality assessment is an art, not a science: The inherent challenges in selecting ESG topics for sustainability reports - doi: 10.5465/AMBPP.2021.12460abstract
- VM (Veerle) Vermeulen & Karen Maas (2020) - The social impact of corporate citizenship programs on their beneficiaries and society at large: a case study - doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-25759-0
- H Toxopeus, D Ewen & Karen Maas (2019) - Business model Innovation for the Circulair Economy
- Karen Maas & R Van Tilburg (2019) - De bedoeling van de bank - Economisch-Statistische Berichten, 4766S, 70-75 - [link]
- Marjelle Oosterling - Vermeulen, Filip Vermeylen & Karen Maas (2019) - Measuring Inclusion in Museums: A Case Study on Cultural Engagement with Young People with a Migrant Background in Amsterdam - The International Journal of the Inclusive Museum, 12 (2), 1-26 - doi: 10.18848/1835-2014/CGP/v12i02/1-26 - [link]
