Ruth V. Aguilera is the Distinguished Darla and Frederick Brodsky Trustee Professor in Global Business at the D’Amore-McKim School of Business at Northeastern University and a visiting professor at ESADE Business School in her native Barcelona. She received her PhD from Harvard University. Previously, she taught at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, where she reached the rank of full professor.
Aguilera’s research interests lie at the intersection of strategic organization, economic sociology and global strategy, specializing in international corporate governance and corporate social responsibility. She is a senior editor at Organization Science, associate editor at Academy of Management Review, editor at Corporate Governance: An International Review, and consulting editor at the Journal of International Business Studies. She serves on the board of directors of the Strategic Management Society and the International Corporate Governance Society, and is a fellow of the Academy of International Business and the Strategic Management Society.