Maximilian Kneflowski is a Ph.D. student in Corporate Governance at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany, and a Visiting Ph.D. Fellow in the Department of Economics at Harvard University. His research delves into corporate sustainability at the juncture of organizational and managerial studies and law. Maximilian places a special emphasis on exploring how organizations may navigate tensions between economic, social, and environmental objectives simultaneously. Within the realm of corporate governance, institutional investors are another primary area of his research. 

Prior to his Ph.D. Maximilian pursued a M.Sc. in Business Administration at the University of Mannheim, Germany and subsequently spent several years working in an international strategy consultancy.