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

    DBLP QuAD 2.0: Scholarly Natural Questions from SPARQL

    Taffa, T., Neises, P., Ollinger, S., Westphal, P., Ackermann, M. R., Banerjee, D. & Usbeck, R., 09.12.2025, K-CAP 2025 - Proceedings of the 13th Knowledge Capture Conference 2025. Shimizu, C., Ferrada, S. & Kagal, L. (eds.). Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, p. 236-240 5 p. (K-CAP 2025 - Proceedings of the 13th Knowledge Capture Conference 2025).

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

  3. Published

    LLM Agents for Georelating - A New Task for Locating Events

    Moltzen, K., Huang, J. & Usbeck, R., 12.12.2025, SIGSPATIAL '25: Proceedings of the 33rd ACM International Conference on Advances in Geographic Information Systems. Mokbel, M., Shekar, S., Züfle, A., Chiang, Y.-Y., Damiani, M. L. & Youssef, M. (eds.). New York, NY, USA: Association for Computing Machinery, p. 277–280 4 p. (ACM SIGSPATIAL International Conference on Advances in Geographic Information Systems; vol. 2025).

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

  4. Published

    GANDR - Georelating Dataset, Metrics, and Evaluation

    Moltzen, K. & Usbeck, R., 19.12.2025, GeoAI '25: Proceedings of the 8th ACM SIGSPATIAL International Workshop on AI for Geographic Knowledge Discovery. Newsam, S. & Yang, L. (eds.). New York, NY, USA: Association for Computing Machinery, p. 61-71 10 p. (GeoAI '25).

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

  5. E-pub ahead of print

    Social Media Is a Threat for Democracy! A Political Perspective for Analysing and Diminishing Harm

    Castello, I., Colleoni, E., Scherer, A. G. & Trittin-Ulbrich, H., 22.12.2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Management Studies.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Die WTO: Weltwirtschaft im Zeitalter der Globalisierung

    Terhechte, J., 31.12.2025, München: C.H. Beck Verlag. 128 p. (C. H. Beck Wissen; vol. 2836)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesBook

  7. 2026
  8. Published

    AI-Enhanced Literature Reviews: Connecting Emerging Phenomena and Bodies of Knowledge

    Naqvi, S. A. A., Zimmer, M. P., Kauschinger, M., Drews, P. & Basole, R. C., 2026, Proceedings of the 59th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences: Hyatt Regency Maui, January 6-9, 2026. Bui, T. X. (ed.). Honolulu: University of Hawaii at Manoa, p. 7233-7242 10 p. (Proceedings of the ... Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences; vol. 59).

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

  9. Published

    Aligning Experimentation with Product Operations: A Taxonomy for Structuring Experimentation Teams

    Stotz, N., Labay, B., Vermeer, L. & Drews, P., 2026, Software Engineering and Advanced Applications: 51st Euromicro Conference, SEAA 2025 Salerno, Italy, September 10–12, 2025; Proceedings, Part III. Taibi, D. & Smite, D. (eds.). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland AG, Vol. 3. p. 23-38 16 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; vol. 16083).

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

  10. E-pub ahead of print

    Anhang zu § 10: Nachhaltigkeitsberichterstattung

    Velte, P. & Wulf, I., 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) Lieferkettensorgfaltspflichtengesetz. : Kommentar. Schall, A. & Theusinger, I. (eds.). 2 ed. De Gruyter Oldenbourg

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  11. Published
  12. Accepted/In press

    Einfluss der nachhaltigen Corporate Governance auf die Nachhaltigkeitsberichterstattung

    Velte, P., 2026, (Accepted/In press) Der Prüfungsausschuss des Aufsichtsrats. : Praxisleitfaden für Finanzexperten und Aufsichtsräte. 4 ed. Stuttgart: Schäffer-Poeschel Verlag

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesTransfer