Daina Mazutis

Associate Professor

Professorship on Ethics, Responsibility and Sustainability (ERS); Co-Lead, Centre for Sustainable Impact/pour l’Impact Durable (CSIID)

B.A. (Carleton University), M.B.A. (uOttawa), Ph.D. (University of Western Ontario)

Location: DMS 6127

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Biography

Dr. Daina Mazutis is a tenured Associate Professor of Strategy at the University of Ottawa where she also holds the Professorship on Ethics, Responsibility and Sustainability (ERS) and Co-Leads the Centre for Sustainable Impact/pour l’impact durable. Daina’s research on leadership, strategy and sustainability has been published in several edited books as well as peer-reviewed journals such as: Academy of Management Learning and Education, Business & Society, California Management Review, Journal of Business Ethics, Organizations & Environment amongst others. Her work has also been honoured with numerous prestigious awards and has been presented broadly at conferences internationally. Prior to joining the University of Ottawa, Daina was a Professor of Strategy, Leadership and Ethics at IMD in Lausanne, Switzerland and spent over ten years in various marketing, advertising, sales and consulting roles. She holds an MBA from the University of Ottawa, a PhD from the Richard Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario and is a graduate of the ICD Directors Education Program. Dr. Mazutis currently sits on the Advisory Board of Riga Business School and the uOttawa Center for Community Engagement.

Research areas

Corporate responsibility and sustainability Ethics Leadership Strategy

Teaching interests

Strategy and Sustainability

Pillars

Greener

Publications during the last 7 years

Papers in Refereed Journals

Mazutis, D., Nubi, A., Segal, E. Advancing Circularity: The Dynamic Capabilities to Drive Transformative Change. California Management Review, 68(2): 63-88.
Mazutis, D., Chelli, M., O'Sullivan, S., Hanly, K. Issue Construals and Corporate Water Stewardship. Business Strategy and the Environment, ().
O'Sullivan, S., Mazutis, D. The role of power dynamics in cross-sector partnerships for sustainable socio-ecological systems transformation. Sustainability, 17(16): 7306.
Mazutis, D. Making a difference: Taking community stakeholders seriously. Academy of Management Learning and Education.
Young, M., Mazutis, D. Sphere Mapping and Leadership in Business. Canadian Journal of Practical Philosophy, 11(1): 1-20.
Mazutis, D., Hanly, K., Eckardt, A. Sustainability (in not) in the boardroom: Evidence and implications of attentional voids. Sustainability, 14(14): 8391.
Mazutis, D., Sweet, L. The business of accelerating sustainable urban development: A systematic review and synthesis. Journal of Cleaner Production, 357.
Mazutis, D., Slawinski, N., Palazzo, G. A time and place for sustainability: A spatiotemporal perspective on organizational sustainability frame development. Business and Society.
Slawinski, N., Winsor, B., Mazutis, D., Schouten, J., Smith, W.K. Managing the paradoxes of place to foster regeneration. Organization and Environment.
Mazutis, D., Abolina, E. The five I model of sustainability leadership: Lessons from the Zibi One Planet Living sustainable urban development. Journal of Cleaner Production.

Chapters in Books

Jlouli, D., Mazutis, D. From Theory to Impact: Embedding Corporate Sustainability in Strategy Courses via CSL Projects. In Galeazzo, A., Delgado-Ceballos, J., De Marchi, V. Teaching Corporate Sustainability: A Practical Toolkit for Business Educators. Northhampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2026, (Accepted).
Morrissey, G., Seto, A., Slawinski, N., Mazutis, D. Place and Social Entrepreneurship: How Place-Based Social Enterprises Revitalize Communities. In Qureshi, I., Slawinski, N., Teasdale, S., Ventresca, M. Handbook of Social Entrepreneurship. Berlin: De Gruyter, 2026, (Accepted).
Mazutis, D., Eckardt, A. Overcoming cognitive biases that contribute to corporate climate change inertia. In Mackie, D. Handbook of Climate Change Leadership in Organisations. UK: Routledge, 2023.
Manivannan, A., Mazutis, D. The promise and potential of One Planet Living. In Allam, Z. Sustainable Urban Transitions: Research, Policy, and Practice. Berlin: Springer Nature, 2023.
Mazutis, D., Zintel, C. Beyond CSR: Global leadership virtues that make a difference. In Zander, L. Research Handbook of Global Leadership: Making a difference. London: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2020.

Invited Contributions and/or Technical Reports

Youssef, T., Mazutis, D., Paquette, I.. 2025. "Telfer UN PRME SIP".
Mazutis, D., Paquette, I., Simon, J.. 2024. "Telfer UN PRME SIP 2.0".
O'Sullivan, A., Mazutis, D.. 2022. "Moving Towards a Greener Canada: A 2019-2022 Review, a UN PRME SIP Report (United Nations Principles of Responsible Management Education Sharing Information on Progress Report)", https://www.unprme.org/telfer-school-of-management.
Mazutis, D.. 2021. "The business of accelerating sustainable urban transitions".
<em>(Case)</em> Mazutis, D.. 2022. "Bridgehead: The sale of “Ottawa’s biggest little coffee shop”", N/A.
<em>(Case)</em> Segal, E., Mazutis, D.. 2026. "Plaex: Solving Housing, Climate & Waste Issues One Brick at a Time".

Funded Research during the last 7 years

Funded Research during the last 7 years
From-To	Source	Title	Purpose	Type	Role	Amount
2025-2028	SSHRC Partnership Development Grant	The Sustainable Construction & Development Applied Research Project (SCDARP)	R	C	PI	$199,289
2025-2026	CEWIL (Co-operative Education and Work-Integrated Learning Canada)	Sustainable Food Systems Innovation Sprint	P	O	PI	$164,949
2024-2026	Smart Prosperity Institute (SPI)/Economics and Environmental Policy Network (EEPRN)	Building the Future: Fostering Low-Carbon and Circular Economy Transitions in the Construction Industry Through Policy Integration	R	O	PI	$30,000
2023-2026	SSHRC Partnership Development Grant	Enabling Systems Transitions Towards Inclusive Innovation	R	C	Co-A	$198,793
2021-2026	SSHRC	Getting to One Planet Living: How construction and development leaders are tackling climate change	R	C	PI	$166,019
2021-2025	SSHRC	Special Response Fund for Trainees (Ukraine)	S	C	PI	$45,000
2020-2022	SSHRC	The business of accelerating sustainable urban transformations in Canada	R	C	PI	$41,914

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Role
PI = Principal Investigator | Co-I = Co-Investigator | Co-PI = Co-Principal Investigator