School of Management and Technology
Organisational unit: Research School
- Institute for Auditing & Tax
- Institute for production technology and systems
- Institute of Experimental Industrial Psychology
- Institute of Information Systems
- Institute of Knowledge and Information Management
- Institute of Management, Accounting & Finance
- Institute of Management and Organization
- Institute of Marketing
- Institute of New Venture Management
- Institute of Performance Management
Organisation profile
EMPOWERING MINDS. INSPIRING INNOVATIONS. SHAPING TRANSFORMATIONS.
As part of Leuphana University, the School of Management and Technology is a dynamic and innovative community of students and faculty with high-level expertise in the fields of organization studies, responsible management, entrepreneurship, product development process, digital transformation and data science, and psychology and societal transformation. Our core aspiration is driving innovation in management and technology to shape responsible and sustainable transformations. In our research, we pioneer understandings of and solutions to the core challenges of our time, such as digitalization and sustainable production. In our teaching, we challenge conventional wisdom and inspire entrepreneurial thinking and responsible action. In business and society, we team up with local and international partners to contribute to the regional development of northern Germany. We value the interrelationships between disciplines, which is reflected in our interdisciplinary degree programs and collaboration in research.
The School of Management and Technology is home to the disciplines of Accounting and Finance, Business Psychology, Business Information Systems, Engineering, Management and Marketing. We support the respective identities and profile development of the disciplines, while also promoting interdisciplinary research and teaching in the shape of programs of study and research centers. This interdisciplinary approach is characterized by a commitment to responsibility and helping meet societal challenges.
Main research areas
The School of Management and Technology is the academic and professional home to 1,500 bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral students, more than 50 professors, more than 70 research associates and research assistants, 36 professional staff members.
The main themes of the school are reflected in its study programs: The 3 major and 7 minor programs at the College, 5 master's programs and 4 doctoral programs at the Graduate School provide academic training. The doctoral programs focus on (1.) Entrepreneurship, Management and Innovation (EMI), (2.) Information Systems and Data Science, (3.) Engineering and (4.) Management, Finance and Accounting.
In total, we offer 16 programs of study in the disciplines of Business Administration (in particular Accounting and Finance), Business Information Systems, Business Psychology, Engineering and Management.
Innovation Plus
Block, B.-M. (Coordination) & Haus, B. (Project staff)
Ministry of Science and Culture of the State of Lower Saxony
01.04.19 → 31.12.20
Project: Teaching
Restructuring and expansion of the production area in the context of the transformation of a technology developer into a production company
Schmidt, M. (Project manager, academic) & Rokoss, A. (Project staff)
01.04.19 → 31.12.20
Project: Practical Project
Gründungsschulungen in Südafrika
Gielnik, M. (Project manager, academic)
01.02.19 → 31.01.21
Project: Practical Project
Investigation of heterogeneous joint-density bondings for use in electric cars
Georgiadis, A. (Project manager, academic)
01.02.19 → 31.12.20
Project: Research
The influence of comparison processes on effector- and movement-compatibility effects (DFG Project)
Genschow, O. (Project manager, academic)
01.02.19 → 15.12.22
Project: Research
Weiterentwicklung eines Tools zur Produktionsplanung und -steuerung eines Unternehmens der maritimen Wirtschaft
Schmidt, M. (Project manager, academic) & Rokoss, A. (Project staff)
29.01.19 → 31.03.20
Project: Transfer (R&D project)
LeadershipGarage Lounge 24.01.2019
Remdisch, S. (Project manager, academic)
24.01.19 → 24.01.19
Project: Scientific event
Leadership Garage
Remdisch, S. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.19 → 31.12.30
Project: Transfer (professional training)
PPP Brasilien - Development of friction welding process for joining clad pipes
Klusemann, B. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.19 → 31.12.20
Project: Research
Qualität plus_Responsible Management Education in der Betriebswirtschaftslehre
Velte, P. (Project manager, academic)
Ministry of Science and Culture of the State of Lower Saxony
01.01.19 → 31.12.22
Project: Teaching
The online destination experience before travel: an analysis of experience components, triggers, and impacts on destination websites
Köchling, A. G. (Project manager, academic) & Lohmann, M. (Coordination)
01.01.19 → 30.06.22
Project: Dissertation project
Africa and Europe Moving Forward
Gielnik, M. (Project manager, academic)
Ministry of Science and Culture of the State of Lower Saxony
12.12.18 → 31.12.20
Project: Scientific event
Data Literacy Education
Funk, B. (Project manager, academic) & Hobuß, S. (Project manager, academic)
15.10.18 → 31.07.22
Project: Transfer (R&D project)
Assessing the link between ownership structure, management compensation and CSR performance
Focke, M. (Project staff) & Velte, P. (Project manager, academic)
01.10.18 → 30.09.22
Project: Dissertation project
Firm Wage Differentials in Imperfect Labour Markets: The Role of Market Power and Industrial Relations in Rent Splitting between Workers and Firms
Hirsch, B. (Project manager, academic) & Mueller, S. (Project manager, academic)
01.09.18 → 28.02.21
Project: Research
Future Ways of Working in the Digital Economy
Schöneborn, D. (Project manager, academic)
01.08.18 → 31.12.22
Project: Research
Two Souls in One Chest - Hybridity and Social Enterprise
Küst, V. (Project manager, academic)
01.08.18 → 01.08.21
Project: Dissertation project
Analysis of high-voltage DC relays at short-circuit currents in electric vehicles
Oberrath, J. (Project manager, academic) & Ewuntomah, C. M. (Project staff)
01.07.18 → 31.08.21
Project: Research
In situ Hybridization during deep drawing: Thermoplastic Fiber-Metal-Laminate (FML) parts based on reactively processed polyamide 6
Ben Khalifa, N. (Project manager, academic), Henning, F. (Project manager, academic) & Weidenmann, K. A. (Project manager, academic)
01.07.18 → 31.12.18
Project: Research
Determination and control of bonding properties in aluminum composites in the combination of compound casting and forming
Ben Khalifa, N. (Project manager, academic), Volk, W. (Project manager, academic) & Chen, H. (Project staff)
15.06.18 → 31.07.20
Project: Research
Promotionsstipendium
Mahdavipour, B. (Project manager, academic) & Oberrath, J. (Project manager, academic)
11.06.18 → 31.05.21
Project: Research
Manufacturing of combined convex-concave form elements by using active-medium support in incremental sheet forming
Ben Khalifa, N. (Project manager, academic) & Thiery, S. (Project staff)
01.06.18 → 30.09.21
Project: Research
Entrepreneurship Training Jamaica 2018
Frese, M. (Project manager, academic)
17.05.18 → 23.08.19
Project: Practical Project
Assessing the association between socially responsible investments, CSR disclosure, and firm performance
Kordsachia, O. (Project staff) & Velte, P. (Project manager, academic)
01.05.18 → 30.03.20
Project: Dissertation project
Fair Value Accounting, Earnings Management and Corporate Governance
Thesing, J. (Project manager, academic) & Velte, P. (Project manager, academic)
01.05.18 → 30.09.22
Project: Dissertation project
The Principle of Unjust Enrichment – a Comparative Perspective
Schall, A. (Project manager, academic)
01.05.18 → 31.08.21
Project: Research
ERA CoBioTech (TP1): Tobacco as sustainable production platform of the natural biopolymer cyanophycin as co-product to oil and protein
Weisenfeld, U. (Project manager, academic) & Hauerwaas, A. (Project staff)
Federal Ministry of Education and Research
01.05.18 → 31.05.22
Project: Research
34th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Psychophysics
Müller, F. (Project manager, academic)
Ministry of Science and Culture of the State of Lower Saxony
29.03.18 → 31.12.18
Project: Scientific event
Großgerät: Compute-Server
Brefeld, U. (Project manager, academic)
28.03.18 → 31.12.19
Project: Research
Podiumsdiskussion "Neue Erwartungslücke
Velte, P. (Project manager, academic), Simon-Heckroth, E. (Partner, non-academic), Kolb, S. (Partner, non-academic), Ruhwedel, P. (Partner, non-academic) & Kirchhoff, K. R. (Partner, non-academic)
01.03.18 → 01.01.19
Project: Other
Promotionsstipendium
Oberrath, J. (Project manager, academic) & Mahdavipour, B. (Project staff)
01.03.18 → 31.12.21
Project: Research
PROSEU: PROSumers for the Energy Union: mainstreaming active participation of citizens in the energy transition
Degenhart, H. (Project manager, academic), Ehrtmann, M. (Project staff) & Holstenkamp, L. (Project manager, academic)
01.03.18 → 28.02.21
Project: Research
Analysis of a global model for laser-induced plasma shock waves
Oberrath, J. (Project manager, academic), Klusemann, B. (Project manager, academic) & Pozdnyakov, V. (Project staff)
01.02.18 → 31.10.19
Project: Research
IFIPro: IFIPro - Intelligent Factory for Individualized Production and Logistics
Georgiadis, A. (Project manager, academic), Meier, N. (Project manager, academic) & Voß, T. (Project manager, academic)
01.02.18 → 01.08.18
Project: Teaching
Behaviour of Power Flow in a Mobile DC Link under Dynamic Conditions
Mercorelli, P. (Project manager, academic) & Zwerger, T. (Project staff)
01.01.18 → …
Project: Research
Digitale Führung im Mittelstand @ Digital Leadership Lab
Remdisch, S. (Project manager, academic), Otto, C. (Project staff) & Korf, C. (Project staff)
01.01.18 → 30.03.20
Project: Transfer (Scientific Services)
Erfolg in der Digitalisierung
Remdisch, S. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.18 → 31.12.20
Project: Transfer (professional training)
Erfolg in der Digitalisierung
Remdisch, S. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.18 → 31.12.20
Project: Transfer (professional training)
EXIST-Gründerstipendium AILON
Brefeld, U. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.18 → 31.12.19
Project: Other
Extended auditor reporting (Key Audit Matters)
Issa, J. (Project staff) & Velte, P. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.18 → 31.05.20
Project: Dissertation project
International Collaboration - The Psychology of Pricing
Loschelder, D. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.18 → 31.12.18
Project: Research
Self-interpretation and self-representation of tourists and the resonance of the social environment: Prestige-effects of holiday travel.
Kuhn, F. (Project manager, academic) & Lohmann, M. (Project staff)
01.01.18 → 30.06.22
Project: Dissertation project
Use and perception of moving image communication in companies
Batt, V. (Project manager, academic) & Tillessen, J. (Project staff)
01.01.18 → …
Project: Research
ZIM - SmartPress
Heger, J. (Project manager, academic), Zein El Abdine, M. (Project staff) & Voß, T. (Project staff)
01.12.17 → 31.05.20
Project: Transfer (R&D project)
NextGen BGA: Next Generation (BIOGAS) - einen Schritt weiter gedacht. Regionalspezifische ganzheitliche Analysevon Folgekonzepten zur Bewertung des Finanzierungsbedarfs erhaltenswerter Bestandsanlagen; Teilvorhaben 2: Deckung des Differenzbetrages, finanzwirtschaftliche und organisatorische Implikation
Degenhart, H. (Project manager, academic), Scherzinger, K. (Project staff) & Holstenkamp, L. (Project manager, academic)
01.11.17 → 29.02.20
Project: Research
STEP: Student-Training for Entrepreneurial Promotion (STEP): Steigerung von Unternehmertum in Entwicklungsländern
Gielnik, M. (Project manager, academic), Frese, M. (Project manager, academic), Mensmann, M. (Coordination) & Eller, F.-J. (Project staff)
Federal Ministry of Education and Research
01.11.17 → 31.01.19
Project: Research
Ausbau des regionalen Personaltransfers aus Hochschulen
Terhechte, J. (Project manager, academic)
01.09.17 → 28.02.19
Project: Other
Modellierung, Simulation und Regelung eines E-Antriebs mit Range Extender
Mercorelli, P. (Project manager, academic), Werner, N. (Project manager, academic) & Haus, B. (Project staff)
01.08.17 → 31.07.19
Project: Research
Kinetic modeling and simulation of the planar Multipole Resonance Probe
Oberrath, J. (Project manager, academic) & Friedrichs, M. (Project staff)
01.07.17 → 15.07.20
Project: Research
DOCYET - EXIST Gründerstipendien
Brefeld, U. (Project manager, academic)
01.06.17 → 31.05.18
Project: Other
Econometric Models for Fractional Response Variables in the Presence of Sample Selectivity and Multiple Dependent Variables
Schwiebert, J. (Project manager, academic)
01.06.17 → 27.01.20
Project: Research
Act Now: ActNow - Action for Energy Efficiency in Baltic Cities
Degenhart, H. (Project manager, academic), Ehrtmann, M. (Project staff) & Holstenkamp, L. (Project staff)
25.05.17 → 31.03.21
Project: Research
Kommunikative Ansprache von Wertorientierungen zur Förderung nachhaltigen Konsumverhaltens im Bereich Bekleidung
Bekmeier-Feuerhahn, S. (Project manager, academic) & Schütz, M. L. (Project manager, academic)
20.05.17 → …
Project: Dissertation project
Sustainability management in foundations
Bekmeier-Feuerhahn, S. (Project manager, academic) & Wiener, B. (Project manager, academic)
03.05.17 → …
Project: Dissertation project
E-Learning basierte Einführungskurse in das Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement und die Betriebswirtschaftslehre (sowie inhaltsbezogen studienrelevante Englisch-Kompetenzen)
Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic), Bekmeier-Feuerhahn, S. (Project manager, academic), Velte, P. (Project manager, academic), Schmidt, T. (Project manager, academic), Kaliampos, J. (Project staff) & Blume, C. (Project staff)
01.05.17 → 30.09.17
Project: Other
MeDiAL-4Q: Medienkompetenz in der Digitalisierung - Eine neue Agile Lernkultur für die berufsbegleitende Qualifizierung; Teilvorhaben: Tutorielle Begleitung sowie psychologisches Selbstmanagementcoaching
Loschelder, D. (Project manager, academic)
Federal Ministry of Education and Research
01.05.17 → 30.04.20
Project: Research
Digitalisierung des Mess- und Versorgungssystems im Elektrotechnik-Labor
Block, B.-M. (Project manager, academic)
10.04.17 → 30.09.17
Project: Teaching
potential of autonomous guided vehicles in the scope of digitalization
Heger, J. (Project manager, academic) & Voß, T. (Project staff)
03.04.17 → 03.04.18
Project: Research
Leuphana Learning Factory
Wagner, C. (Project manager, academic), Heger, J. (Project manager, academic) & Voß, T. (Project staff)
01.04.17 → 30.09.17
Project: Teaching
optimizing the decentral dispatching of autonomous guided vehicles
Voß, T. (Project manager, academic)
01.04.17 → …
Project: Dissertation project
Promotionsstipendium "Big Data&Auditing"
Drews, P. (Project manager, academic)
01.04.17 → 20.04.22
Project: Other
RMFS: automated robotic mobile fulfillment systems
Xie, L. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.17 → …
Project: Practical Project
Enhancing cooperation and investigating peer effects on human capital formation – A randomized-controlled field study with primary school children
Hett, F. (Project manager, academic), Schunk, D. (Partner) & Mechtel, M. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.17 → 31.12.20
Project: Research
Entwicklung eines Modells zur quantitativen Beschreibung logistischer Ursache-Wirkungs-Beziehungen für unterschiedliche Montageorganisationsformen
Schmidt, M. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.17 → 30.04.19
Project: Research
Low-Cost Rapid Control Prototyping-System mit Open-Source-Plattform für die Funktionsentwicklung von eingebetteten mechatronischen Systemen (LoCoRCP)
Mercorelli, P. (Project manager, academic), Liu-Henke, X. (Project manager, academic) & Jacobitz, S. (Project staff)
01.01.17 → 31.12.19
Project: Other
Social Enterprises and Consumer Behavior
Batt, V. (Project manager, academic), Hadwich, K. (Project manager, academic) & Falter, M. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.17 → …
Project: Research
Student-Training for Entrepreneurial Promotion - STEP 2017
Gielnik, M. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.17 → 31.12.21
Project: Transfer (professional training)
Takagi-Sugeno Methods with Application to Wind Power Systems
Mercorelli, P. (Project manager, academic), Schulte, H. (Project manager, academic) & Pöschke, F. (Project staff)
01.01.17 → …
Project: Research
Quantitative Analyse und Bewertung der Ursachen einer geringen logistischen Performance entlang der unternehmensinternen Lieferkette
Schmidt, M. (Project manager, academic)
01.12.16 → 31.12.18
Project: Research
Monitoring Akteursvielfalt: Development and Implementation of a Monitoring System to Analyse the Structure of Actors in the large PV and Wind Energy Sectors
Degenhart, H. (Project manager, academic), Welle, L. (Project staff), Holstenkamp, L. (Coordination) & Ehrtmann, M. (Project staff)
04.11.16 → 30.04.21
Project: Research
Finite-time tracking of robot manipulators with actuator constraints and position measurements only
Mercorelli, P. (Project manager, academic) & Su, Y. (Project manager, academic)
01.11.16 → 31.10.17
Project: Research
Power electronics for applications in automotive industries
Mercorelli, P. (Project manager, academic), Oberrath, J. (Project manager, academic) & Schmidt, S. (Project staff)
01.11.16 → 31.12.21
Project: Research
Development of a simple easy-going control approach for global finite time positioning of robot manipulators with actuator saturations and with position measurements only
Mercorelli, P. (Project manager, academic) & Su, Y. (Project manager, academic)
01.10.16 → 31.12.16
Project: Research
European Harmonization of National Tax Accounting Rules – a conceptual and empirical analysis with a focus on the German setting
Mock, O. (Project manager, academic) & Velte, P. (Project manager, academic)
01.10.16 → 30.09.19
Project: Dissertation project
Lückentexte revisited: Vom computerbasierten, adaptiven Testen zum adaptiven, fremdsprachlichen Üben mit automatisiertem, dynamischem Feedback: Entwicklung und Effekt-Messung am Beispiel „L2 Englisch Lückentexte Verbformen im Zeitengefüge“
Schmidt, T. (Project manager, academic), Benitt, N. (Partner), Brefeld, U. (Partner) & Pandarova, I. (Project staff)
01.10.16 → 30.09.17
Project: Research
Sustainable Consumption from Gender Perspective - Stereotypes and Gender Role Expectations as Barriers to Sustainable Clothin Consumption
Bekmeier-Feuerhahn, S. (Project manager, academic) & Wallaschkowski, S. (Project manager, academic)
01.10.16 → …
Project: Dissertation project
The Sustainable Clothin consumer - Gender Differences in Context Relevant Value Orientations
Bekmeier-Feuerhahn, S. (Project manager, academic) & Niehuis, E. (Project manager, academic)
01.10.16 → …
Project: Dissertation project
Leuphana auf dem Weg! Aufbau eines Netzwerks für strategisches Qualitätsmanagement (II)
Reihlen, M. (Project manager, academic)
Federal Ministry of Education and Research
01.09.16 → 31.03.21
Project: Other
Modellierung der dynamischen Rekristallisation beim Rührreibschweißen
Klusemann, B. (Project manager, academic)
01.09.16 → 31.10.17
Project: Research
Tax Avoidance, Corporate Governance and Corporate Finance. Agency-theoretical analysis, literature review and empirical investigation
Velte, P. (Project manager, academic) & Kovermann, J. H. (Project manager, academic)
01.09.16 → 12.12.19
Project: Dissertation project
Digital Knowledge Transfer Model
Funk, B. (Project manager, academic), Wuppermann, M. (Project staff), Lippelt, C. (Coordination) & Riedel, M. (Project staff)
01.08.16 → 31.12.20
Project: Transfer (R&D project)
Wandlungsfähige, menschzentrierte Strukturen in Fabriken und Netzwerken der Industrie 4.0
Schmidt, M. (Coordination)
01.08.16 → 30.06.17
Project: Research
Optimal robot scheduling of an AGV in the RCLL and introduction of team Leuphana
Georgiadis, A. (Project staff), Meier, N. (Project staff), Voß, T. (Project staff) & Heger, J. (Project staff)
04.07.16 → 04.07.16
Project: Research
EXIST-Gründerstipendium: Culture-ID
Deters, J. (Project manager, academic)
01.07.16 → 30.06.17
Project: Other
Determinants and Consequences of Integrated Reporting Adoption, Quality and its Assurance: Empirical Evidence and Critical Voices From an International and German Perspective
Gerwanski, J. (Project staff) & Velte, P. (Project manager, academic)
15.06.16 → 15.06.20
Project: Dissertation project
LR-LWU-EE-Kredit Teil II: Auswirkungen von Investitionen in Erneuerbare Energien auf Rentabilität und Risiko von Landwirtschaftsunternehmen aus kreditwirtschaftlicher Perspektive - Teil II
Degenhart, H. (Project manager, academic) & Kowallik, J. (Project staff)
01.06.16 → 12.03.18
Project: Research
Leuphana-Rossmann Logistics Lab
Koch, S. (Project manager, academic) & Knauer, F. (Partner, non-academic)
01.06.16 → 31.07.18
Project: Practical Project
Organizing Temporary Co-Presence to Induce and Cope with Uncertainty in Creative Processes
Schüßler, E. (Project manager, academic)
01.06.16 → 01.11.20
Project: Research
Food Policy Councils: Levers for Sustainability Transformation?
Sieveking, A. (Project manager, academic) & Schomerus, T. (Project manager, academic)
01.05.16 → 30.04.20
Project: Dissertation project
Essays on Say-on-Pay: theoretical analysis, literature review and empirical evidence from Germany
Obermann, J. (Project staff) & Velte, P. (Project manager, academic)
15.04.16 → 31.03.19
Project: Dissertation project
Precise Anchors in Negotiation
Loschelder, D. (Project manager, academic) & Friese, M. (Project manager, academic)
15.04.16 → 30.06.20
Project: Research
Aquiferspeicher: Development of Areas of Application of Middle Deep Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage in Northern Germany from Economic, Geological-Technical, Environmental Chemistry and Legal/Subsidy Policy Perspectives; work packages: Economic, Environmental Chemistry and Legal Analysis of Aquifer Storage
Degenhart, H. (Project manager, academic), Holstenkamp, L. (Coordination), Schomerus, T. (Project manager, academic), Opel, O. (Project staff), Strodel, N. (Project staff) & Neidig, P. (Project staff)
01.04.16 → 30.06.19
Project: Research
DIGI-EXIST: Digitale Gesundheitsprävention für Existenzgründungen - Teilvorhaben: Entwicklung und Evaluation verhaltenspräventiver Bausteine zum Online-Gesundheits-Check und Online Gesundheitstrainings für Gründer und Beschäftigte
Lehr, D. (Coordination), Boß, L. (Project staff) & Funk, B. (Project manager, academic)
Federal Ministry of Education and Research
01.04.16 → 31.10.19
Project: Research
EXIST-Forschungstransfer: Power2Home - Speichersystem zur Energiebedarfsdeckung mit erneuerbarem Regelstrom
Georgiadis, A. (Project manager, academic)
01.04.16 → 28.02.18
Project: Other
EXIST-Gründerstipendium: intelliPlant_v2
Schleich, H.-H. (Project manager, academic)
01.04.16 → 31.03.17
Project: Other