Savanna Vagianos

Savanna Vagianos is the Instructor in Sustainability at the Asper School of Business. As a student and alumna of the Asper School, Savanna spent seven years conducting qualitative research on sustainable local businesses, specifically firms who prioritize people and planet over profit. She wrote her masters thesis on Tall Grass Prairie Bread Company, a local sustainable firm. Savanna has co-authored research papers published in the Humanistic Management Journal and in Business and Society Review. Savanna is most passionate about food systems, specifically organic food production and regenerative agriculture. She spent summer 2023 working on a local small-scale organic farm. Savanna teaches Sustainable Business (IDM3010), Corporate Social Environmental Responsibility (LEAD3030) and Business and Society (GMGT1010). 

• Sustainable Business
• Social and Environmental Well-being
• Health and Well-being
• Food Systems
• Organic and Regenerative Agriculture
• Responsible Consumption and Production

• Sustainable Business
• Corporate Social Environmental Responsibility
• Business and Society
• Business Ethics

Dyck, B. & Vagianos, S. (2023). An exploratory study of Stewardship and Universal Family firms: The importance of universal care and benefaction. Humanistic Management Journal.

Dyck, B., Manchanda, R., Vagianos, S., & Bernardin, M. (2023). Sustainable marketing: An exploratory study of a sustain-centric, versus profit-centric, approach. Business and Society Review.

In 2015, the United Nations identified 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as a shared framework to address urgent global challenges, from poverty reduction to environmental sustainability. This scholar’s teaching advances knowledge and contributes to impact in the following SDG(s):