Patricia Hein

Patricia Hein is an assistant professor at Western University London, Canada and holds a doctorate from EBS University (EBS Universität für Wirtschaft und Recht). Her work focuses on the question of how inequality exists in organizations and how it can be overcome. Patricia Hein has done research on the marginalization of people with disabilities, the invisibility of low-paid workers on night shifts, the loneliness of dying patients in palliative care units, and the empowerment of women through female networks.
During her fellowship, Patricia Hein will be looking at the socio-political engagement of high-net-worth individuals, for example in movements such as taxmenow (Europe) or Patriotic Millionaires (USA). The focus of her research is on the motivations and impacts of this engagement.

Selected Awards
2023 | Mentioned by the Financial Times in the category “Academic Research with real-world impact: highly commended”
2023 | Winner of the Wolfgang-Ritter-Preis for Best Dissertation
2021 | Winner of EGOS Best Paper Award (with co-author Shazad Ansari)

Selected Publications
2025 | mit C. Keller, C., V. Schwarzmann, und K. Kreutzer, "If You Can't Let Go: The Role of Emotional Dependency in Global South–North Social Enterprises", in: Journal of Management Studies. https://doi.org/10.1111/joms.13252
2023 | with S. Ansari, “How Managers Can Dismantle ‘Benevolent Marginalization,’” Harvard Business Review, https://hbr.org/2023/07/how-managers-can-dismantle-benevolent-marginalization.
2022 | with S. Ansari, “From Sheltered to Included: The Emancipation of Disabled Workers from Benevolent Marginalization,” Academy of Management Journal 65(3): 749–783.