Dr. Oliver Laasch is a Marie Curie Research Fellow at the University of Manchester and the founder of the Center for Responsible Management Education. At Monterrey Tec, Steinbeis University Berlin, and Seoul National University, he has lectured on themes linked to responsible management.

Laasch is the editor of the Business Expert Press (BEP) collection of the United Nations Principles of Responsible Management (PRME), as well as the co-leader of the PRME Working Group on Executive Education and co-editor of various PRME publications. Laasch has worked with over 100 academic institutions and organisations, ranging from tiny firms to global corporations, as a responsible business trainer, coach, and consultant.

Corporate social responsibility, sustainable development, environmental economics, ethics management, social and cause-related marketing and communication, sustainable innovation, social entrepreneurship, strategic CSR, and international CSR initiatives and standards are among the courses he has taught in the field of responsible business.