Maria Figueroa-Armijos, PhD is an Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship at EDHEC Business School. She earned her PhD from the University of Missouri-Columbia, and previously held appointments in the Kogod School of Business at American University (AU) and in the Schar School of Policy at George Mason University in Washington D.C. Maria’s research on entrepreneurship, AI ethics, and social responsibility has been recognized for its societal impact and contribution to addressing the new challenges of the digital transformation by the Syntec Conseil FNEGE Academic Prize for Management Research in 2025, the Academy of Management Entrepreneurship Division in 2025, and by the Responsible Research in Business & Management Network in 2022. Maria also served as an entrepreneurship expert for the French National Research Agency (ANR) for the AAPG 2025. Her teaching has also received pedagogical excellence awards in both the United States of America and France. Maria has been a reviewer for several top journals in entrepreneurship (ETP, JBV, RP), business ethics (JBE), and management (JIBS, B&S), and serves on the editorial review board for the Journal of Management Studies. She also served as the Academic Director for the MSc in Sustainability Management (a STEM degree) and AU’s Sustainability Minor at AU, and as a Research Affiliate at the Veloric Center for Entrepreneurship.