Professor Steffen Roth PhD (Geneva) PhD (Chemnitz) FRSA
Current Positions and Affiliations
- Full Professor of Management and Organization at Excelia Business School La Rochelle, France (2018-present)
- Visiting Professor of Management and Organization at the University of Witten-Herdecke, Germany (2019-present)
- Founding Director of the Next Society Institute, Kazimieras Simonavicius University in Vilnius, Lithuania (2020-present)
- Founder and Director of Teeoree OÜ, Tallinn, Estonia (2021-present)
- Visiting Fellow of Wolfson College, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom (2025-present)
Former Positions and Affiliations
- Member of the Executive Committee of the Inter-University Centre Dubrovnik, Croatia (2022-2025)
- Visiting Academic at the Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom (2024-2025)
- President of the Senate at Kazimieras Simonavicius University in Vilnius, Lithuania (2022-2024)
- Full Research Professor of Digital Sociology at Kazimieras Simonavicius University in Vilnius, Lithuania (2018-2022)
- Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship and Organization, Excelia Business School La Rochelle, France (2016-2018)
- Assistant Professor of Management and Organization, Rennes School of Business, France (2012-2016)
- Adjunct Associate Professor of Sociology, Faculty of Sociology, Yerevan State University, Armenia, (2011-2016)
- Senior Researcher, University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland, Switzerland (2011-2012)
- Associate Professor, Faculty of Sociology, Yerevan State University, Armenia (2010-2011)
- Research Assistant, Department of Business Administration Studies, Bern University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland (2007-2010)
- Research Assistant, Faculty of Economics, Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany (2004-2007)
Degrees and Titles
- Title of Professor in the field of Social Sciences, awarded by Kazimieras Simonavicius University in Vilnius, Lithuania, on the 1st of May 2021
- Title of Adjunct Professor (venia legendi) of Economic Sociology, awarded by the University of Turku, Finland, on the 16th of January 2020
- Habilitation (facultas docendi) in Economic and Environmental Sociology (Abilitazione scientifica nazionale, 14/D1 Sociologia dei processi economici, del lavoro, dell’ambiente e del territorio), awarded by the Italian Ministry of Education, Universities, and Research on the 29th of March 2018
- Adjunct Professor of Sociology, Faculty of Sociology, Yerevan State University. Title awarded on the 14th of December 2017
- PhD in Sociology (Docteur ès sciences économiques et sociales mention sociologie), Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, University of Geneva. Defended on the 28th of September 2013
- PhD in Economics and Management (Doctor rerum politicarum), Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Chemnitz University of Technology. Defended on the 27th of April 2010
- MA in Sociology (Diplom in Soziologie), Faculty of Humanities, Chemnitz University of Technology. Awarded on the 30th of September 2002
Visiting Professorships and Fellowships
- Visiting Erasmus Professor, ISCTE Business School, University Institute of Lisbon (2019)
- Visiting Professor, School of Economics and Management, Beihang University (2018, 2019)
- Visiting Erasmus Professor, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Zaragoza (2018)
- Visiting Professor, Rabat Business School, International University of Rabat, Morocco (2012-2017)
- Academic Fellow, Open Society Institute and Soros Foundations Network AFP International Scholar, Armenia (2010-2011)
Editorial Roles
- Co-Editor-in-Chief, Kybernetes [SSCI 2.900, Scopus Q1, ABS*] (2025-present)
- Associate Editor, Systems Research and Behavioral Science [SSCI 1.80, Scopus Q2, CABS**] (2025-present)
- Associate Editor, Journal of Organizational Change Management [SSCI 2.70, Scopus Q2, CABS**] (2025-present)
- Field Editor for Social Systems Theory, Systems Research and Behavioral Science [SSCI 1.966, Scopus Q2, CABS**] (2017-2025)
- Associate Editor, Kybernetes, [SCI 1.381, Scopus Q2, ABS*] (2016-2019)
Editorial Boards
- Member of the Editorial Council, Южно-Российский Журнал Социальных Наук [Russian Science Citation Index] (2018-present)
- Member of the Editorial Board, Journal of Sociology: Bulletin of Yerevan State University (2017-present)
- Member of the Editorial Board, Cybernetics and Human Knowing [ERA] (2015-present)
- Member of the Editorial Board, Sociology [SSCI 3.371, Scopus Q1, CABS****] (2023-2026)
- Member of the Editorial Board, European Journal of International Management [SSCI 1.349, ABS*, CNRS*, VHB***] (2016-2019)
- Member of the Editorial Board, International Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development [VHB] (2010-2017)
- Member of the Editorial Board, International Journal of Technology and Human Interaction [FNEGE] (2014-2016)
- Reviewer profile available at publons.com.
Memberships
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, United Kingdom
- Member of the Cybernetic Society, United Kingdom
- Member of the European Academy of Management (EURAM), Belgium, and former mentor of the EURAM Early Career Network
- Member of the British Sociological Association, United Kingdom
- Member of the European Sociological Association, France
- Member of the International Sociological Association, Spain
- Member of the Gesellschaft der Freunde der Technischen Universität Chemnitz (Alumni Organization of Chemnitz University of Technology), Germany
- Member of Alumni UNIGE, the alumni organization of the University of Geneva, Switzerland
- Member of the Organization and Management Editors’ Network (OMEN), United Kingdom
Awards and Distinctions
- Author of a Wiley Top Cited Article for 2022-2023 in Systems Research and Behavioral Science
- Co-/author of two top-10 academic articles in the social sciences by Lithuania-based researchers, as recognised by the Lithuanian Research Council for the period 2014–2023
- Laureate of a KSU Wings Award 2023 for Innovative Scientific Research, awarded by Kazimieras Simonavicius University in December 2023
- Institutional laureate (in the capacity of founding director) of a KSU Wings Award 2023 for Global Impact, awarded to the Next Society Institute by Kazimieras Simonavicius University in December 2023
- Co-/author of two top-10 academic articles in the social sciences by Lithuania-based researchers, as recognised by the Lithuanian Research Council for the period 2013–2022
- Co-/author of two top-10 academic articles in the social sciences by Lithuania-based researchers, as recognised by the Lithuanian Research Council for the period 2012–2021
- Winner of an Emerald Literati Award 2020 for the Highly Commended article Government.com? Multifunctional cabinet portfolio analysis of 201 national governments
- Winner of the Publons 2019 Peer Review Award for top 1% reviewers in the Business and Economics field
- Winner of an Emerald Literati Award 2019 for the Highly Commended article Multifunctional organisation models: A systems-theoretical framework for new venture discovery and creation
- Winner of the Publons 2018 Peer Review Award for top 1% reviewers in the Business and Economics field
- Swiss Open Innovation Award 2015 for 161 rewarded product and business model innovation ideas
- 1st prize, N-Kompass iChallengee 2015, German business magazine Querdenker Magazin
Expert Missions
- Remote, National Science Centre, Poland (2020)
- Remote, National Centre of Science and Technology Evualuation (NCSTE), Kazakhstan (2017, 2022)
- Remote, Cyprus Research Promotion Foundation (RPF), Cyprus (2017)
- Remote, CR, Central, European Commission (H2020), Belgium (2016, 2018, 2019)
Third Missions
- International co-applicant and advisor for the project Fake News: Mechanisms of Circulation and Consumption on Social Network Sites at the Yerevan State University (2022-2025)
- International co-applicant for the project The consequences of Covid-19: Social poverty and structural transformation of society in post-pandemic Armenia (Grant number: 20TTSH-056) at the Yerevan State University, funded by the Science Committee of the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports of the Republic of Armenia with a budget of 18’400’000 AMD (2020-2022)
- Co-applicant and principal investigator for the project Platforms of Big Data Foresight (Grant number: 01.2.2-LMT- K-718-02- 0019, research lead: Jari Kaivo-oja) at Kazimieras Simonavičius University, funded by the European Regional Development Fund and the Research Council of Lithuania with a budget of 610’000 EUR (2018-2020)
Teaching Experiences
- Please see ‘Teaching‘
Language skills
- German | mother tongue
- English | Cambridge Certificate of Advanced English (CEF C1)
- French | Attestation DELF B2 (CEF B2)
- Armenian | basic knowledge
