Professor and director of MAPP

Dr.h.c., University of Vaasa
Dr.oec.habil., University of Hohenheim
Dipl.-Volksw., University of Cologne

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Klaus G. Grunert is professor at Department of Management and director of the MAPP Centre.

Research areas 
Food and agribusiness marketing
Consumer behaviour
Market research methods
Marketing strategy
Competitor analysis
Innovation and product development

Academic experience
1991-: Director of MAPP
1987-: Professor of Marketing, Department of Management, School of Business and Social Sciences, Aarhus University (formerly Aarhus School of Business)

2015 -: Head of Section, Department of Management, School of Business and Social Sciences, Aarhus University
1982-1987: Assistant professor, University of Hohenheim, Germany 
1977-1982: Instructor, University of Hohenheim, Germany 
1976-1977: Research associate, Institute for Applied Consumer Research, Cologne, Germany

Other professional activities
1994-1996: President of European Marketing Academy 
1996-2009: Professor of fisheries marketing (part-time), University of Tromsø, Norway 
1998-2012: Professor, the European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management

Klaus has been a guest lecturer and visiting professor at numerous institutions around the world and is member of several editorial boards (Agribusiness, Appetite, Food Quality and Preference, Journal of Business Research, Journal of Customer Behaviour, Marketing ZFP). He has been serving on many scientific advisory boards, for example for ILSI Europe, Vion Food, Max Rubner Institute, KLICT and TransForum. He has also been serving as board member of several companies.

Teaching area
Klaus teaches courses in marketing at the MSc and MBA level.

Academic awards 
2007: Dansk Erhvervs Akademis Erhvervsforskerpris 
1995: Dansk erhvervslivs pris for afsætningsøkonomisk forskning 
1995: William Evans Fellowship, University of Otago
1993: Reinholdt W. Jorck og Hustrus Forskningspris