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.  

  1. 2025
  2. Published

    The role of work and organizational psychology in socio-ecological transformations: A bricolage of positions from a recent panel discussion.

    Dóci, E., Hornung, S., Kößler, F., Vecchio, L. P., Bal, M., Gorli, M., Tommasi, F. & Sanderson, Z., 2025, In: Psychologie des Alltagshandelns. 18, 1, p. 26-36 11 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Too Scared to Fight Back? Affective Job Insecurity as a Boundary Condition Between Workplace Incivility and Negative Mood States in Temporary Agency Workers

    Gahrmann, C., Kößler, F., Mytrofanova, M. & Klumb, P. L., 2025, In: Occupational Health Science. 9, 1, p. 205-225 21 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    Toward Learning Distributions of Distributions

    Wohlstein, M. & Brefeld, U., 2025, In: Proceedings of Machine Learning Research. 265, p. 269-275 7 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsConference article in journalResearchpeer-review

  5. Accepted/In press

    Trust in scientists and their role in society across 68 countries

    Author Collaboration of " Trust in scientists and their role in society across 68 countries", Cologna, V., Mede, N. G., Berger, S., Besley, J., Brick, C., Genschow, O. & Westfal, M., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Nature Human Behaviour. 22 p., e2108576118.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    uFood: Concept for a Serious Moral Game on Social-Media Marketing

    Katsarov, J., Rabener, T., Wagenbach, T., Zakharova, E., Blanco Hoppmann, Y., Tran, L., Drews, P. & Trittin-Ulbrich, H., 2025, Games and Learning Alliance: 13th International Conference, GALA 2024. Schönbohm, A., Bellotti, F., Buchiarone, A., de Rosa, F., Ninaus, M., Wang, A., Wanick, V. & Dondio, P. (eds.). Cham: Springer Schweiz, p. 355-360 6 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); vol. 15348 LNCS).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Understanding Low-Code Evolution, Adoption and Ecosystem for Software Development

    Naqvi, S. A. A. & Drews, P., 2025, ICSOB-C 2024, Software Business: PhD Retreat and Posters & Demos Track 2024: Companion Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Software Business (PhD Retreat, Posters & Demos Track), Utrecht, the Netherlands, November 18–20, 2024. D., Santos, R., Khanna, D. & Elshan, E. (eds.). Aachen: Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen, 9 p. (CEUR workshop proceedings; vol. 3921).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Use Cases for Artificial Intelligence in the Product Experimentation Lifecycle

    Stotz, N. & Drews, P., 2025, Product-Focused Software Process Improvement: 25th International Conference, PROFES 2024 Tartu, Estonia, December 2–4, 2024; Proceedings. Pfahl, D., Gonzalez Huerta, J., Klünder, J. & Anwar, H. (eds.). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland AG, p. 289-304 16 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; vol. 15452).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-review

  9. Accepted/In press

    Using LLMs in sensory service research: initial insights and perspectives

    Imschloss, M., Sarstedt, M., Adler, S. J. & Cheah, J. H., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Service Industries Journal. 22 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    Utilizing Synchrotron Radiation for Phase Identification in Mg Alloys

    Szakács, G., Tolnai, D., Wiese, B. & Hort, N., 2025, TMS 2025 154th Annual Meeting and Exhibition Supplemental Proceedings. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland, p. 1587-1599 13 p. (Minerals, Metals and Materials Series).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-review

  11. Published

    Value-Based Transformation Management for Digital-Sustainable Co-Transformation

    Zimmer, M. P. & Paul, K., 2025, In: FIfF-Kommunikation. 42, 1, p. 32-35

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesTransferpeer-review