Johanna Mair

Florence School of Transnational Governance

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Johanna Mair is the Director and Professor of Governance, Institutions and Societal Transformation of the Florence School of Transnational Governance (STG) at the European University Institute (EUI). A leading social scientist, she also serves as Professor of Organization, Strategy, and Leadership (on leave) at the Hertie School in Berlin. Her research examines how organizations and institutions innovate to address complex societal challenges, with a particular focus on social innovation, governance, democracy, and sustainable development.

Mair’s award-winning scholarship, published in leading academic journals, has advanced understanding of how “organizing for society” can generate solutions to inequality, poverty, and institutional transformation. She has served as CoDirector of the Global Innovation for Impact Lab at Stanford University and has held academic appointments at INSEAD, IESE Business School, and the Harvard Kennedy School.

Beyond academia, Mair has advised the European Commission, the OECD, and several national governments, and serves on the advisory boards of major philanthropic and civil society organizations.