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Lisa Pramann

Ph.d. Fellow

Subjects
Management Strategy Investment Innovation Social responsibility

Primary research areas

Im­pact in­vest­ing to cata­lyze so­cial in­nov­a­tion
I am a PhD Fel­low with­in the seizm­ic Doc­tor­al Net­work (MSCA), con­duct­ing re­search at the in­ter­sec­tion of im­pact in­vest­ing and so­cial entrepreneur­ship. With my pro­ject I ex­am­ine how im­pact in­vest­ing can serve as a cata­lyst for both so­cial entrepreneur­ship scal­ing and broad­er sys­tem­ic trans­formation.

I ex­plore im­pact in­vest­ing strategies to drive sys­tem change

I am a PhD Fellow conducting research on impact investing and social entrepreneurship within the seizmic Doctoral Network (MSCA). My work focuses on impact investing strategies and their outcomes for scaling social innovation and driving systemic change. I hold a Master of Public Policy from the Hertie School.

Before starting my PhD, I gained experience across both the public and private sectors, working at the German Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, the European Commission, and later as a management consultant for the Boston Consulting Group.

My interest lies at the intersection of policy, business, and social impact. Through my research, I aim to shape capital flows and impact investment strategies that enable scalable, sustainable solutions to complex societal challenges. 

Recent research projects

seizm­ic Doc­tor­al Net­work

Fun­ded un­der the Mar­ie Skłodowska-Curie Ac­tions (MSCA) Doc­tor­al Net­works, the seizm­ic brings to­geth­er a di­verse con­sor­ti­um of lead­ing uni­ver­sit­ies, re­search in­sti­tu­tions, and in­dustry part­ners to train a new gen­er­a­tion of schol­ars in this crit­ic­al field. By in­teg­rat­ing ex­pert­ise from entrepreneur­ship, fin­ance, edu­ca­tion, and tech­no­logy man­age­ment, the net­work provides an in­nov­at­ive re­search and train­ing en­vir­on­ment de­signed to break down dis­cip­lin­ary silos and pro­duce ac­tion­able in­sights for scal­ing so­cial in­nov­a­tion
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