Associate Professor
Erb Undergraduate Fellows Faculty Director

University of Michigan: Organizational Studies and Program in the Environment

Sara Soderstrom is an Associate Professor of Organizational Studies and Program in the Environment.

Soderstrom is a leader in organizational structures and their impacts on sustainability. Her research focuses on how corporations engage in societal sustainability challenges. She studies how individuals within organizations mobilize others, develop coalitions and access key decision-makers when they are trying to implement sustainability initiatives.

Soderstrom’s current research focuses on the intersections of diversity, equity and inclusion and sustainability.

In addition to conducting her own research, Soderstrom teaches classes to Erb undergraduate students, as well as to participants in Erb’s executive Sustainability Academy. She also advises Erb’s postdoctoral fellows, as well as student projects.

Soderstrom holds MSE degrees in Chemical and Environmental Engineering and a BSE degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Michigan. She earned her doctorate at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, and served as a postdoctoral fellow at the Erb Institute.