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Dr. Milda ŽILINSKAITĖ

Dr. Milda ŽILINSKAITĖ

Dr. Milda ŽILINSKAITĖ

milda.zilinskaite@wu.ac.at
+43 1 31336 5684

Professional Profiles

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Research Interests

  • Business and society

  • International business

  • International HRM

  • Cross-cultural management 

  • Responsible leadership & anti-corruption

Thematic areas: international migration, migration and development, sustainable development goals (SDGs), human rights, social sustainability in global value chains, corporate due diligence frameworks, ESG and SDGs in corporate reporting.

Responsibilities at STaR

  • Developing and implementing the center’s strategic targets

  • Managing institutional relationships with external stakeholders such as the Federal Ministry of the Interior (BMI); Ministry of Innovation, Mobility and Infrastructure (BMIMI); the Chamber of Labour (AK); the Federal Economic Chamber (WKÖ); the Federation of Austrian Industries (IV); sustainability-focused non-profit organizations; and sustainability officers from Austrian and multinational companies

  • Hosting academic conferences, multistakeholder workshops, and public dissemination events

  • Representing WU in international sustainability networks (GBSN, NBS, PRME, Copernicus)

  • Contributing to sustainability reports and accreditation efforts (AACSB, AMBA, EQUIS)

  • Supporting affiliated faculty and other WU units in advancing sustainability initiatives

Publications, Research Dissemination & Impact

Milda's research has been published in journals such as Organization Science, Human Resource Management Journal, Academy of Management Discoveries, Academy of Management Learning & Education, and International Migration Review (IMR). She co-edited a Special Issue on Migration and International Business at IMR (forthcoming) and a Routledge book volume, Responsible Global Leadership: Dilemmas, Paradoxes, and Opportunities (2020). She has also authored a number of book and encyclopedia chapters.

In addition to her academic publications, Milda has written policy briefs and reports for the OHCHR, World Bank Group, Federation of Austrian Industries, Federal Economic Chamber, and Chamber of Labour in Austria. 

She is the co-founder of Migration, Business & Society, a global research and policy initiative dedicated to advancing migration-related targets within the sustainable development agenda.

Milda regularly engages in scientific dissemination through platforms such as the World Economic Forum, The Conversation, The World Bank Blog, and Network for Business Sustainability. Her collaborative research has also been featured in other media outlets, including MSN, The Business Daily, Newsbreak, Yahoo! Finance, The National Tribune, Science X, The African Mirror, WirtschaftsWoche, B The Change, Aufnahmebereit and Cloudreachers podcasts, and the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre.

Teaching

International teaching experience: Australia, Austria, Germany, Indonesia, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Malaysia (Peninsular and Borneo), Pakistan (online), Spain, South Korea, USA

  • Executive MBA: Sustainability Foundations, Ethics & CSR, Leadership Lab: Learning for Impact

  • Master’s: CEMS Master’s in International Management: Managing the SDGs, International Business Project with Coca Cola HBC, Business Communication Skills; Critical Perspectives on Management Communication, Ethical Leadership, Ethical Frameworks for Anti-Corruption, Value Based Compliance Systems: Developing Code of Conduct, Cross-cultural Approaches to Compliance, Language & Leadership in Public Policy and Management, Qualitative Research Methods  

  • Bachelor’s: Cross-Cultural Competences, English Business Communication, Technical English, Making of the Modern World six course sequence

  • PhD seminars: Diversity and Intercultural Communication, Emerging Topics in IB Research, Qualitative Research Methods

  • Theses supervision:Bachelor’s, Master’s, and MBA theses supervision; qualitative research seminars, initiator of Theses Writing for Impact at WU

  • Program development: curriculum frameworks for Sustainability, Entrepreneurship and Technology MBA, CEMS Global Virtual Course on Managing the SDGs (with 7 international partner universities); Sustainable Work Lab; contributions to standardized course readers: Sustainability@WU, External Business Communication & Stakeholders Relations, Business English Communication

  • Executive & senior leadership training: Siemens, Porsche Holding, Habib Bank Limited Pakistan,  Austria’s Federal Interior Ministry, Federal Bureau of Anti-Corruption and Police Services; workshops and seminars for professionals from public and private-sectors, representing more than 160 countries

Call-to-action articles on business school teaching in Academy of Management Learning & Education journal and Network for Business Sustainability.

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