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. Published

    Revisiting Supervised Contrastive Learning for Microblog Classification

    Huang, J. & Usbeck, R., 2024, The 2024 Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing: Proceedings of the Conference; November 12-16, 2024. Al-Onaizan, Y., Bansal, M. & Chen, Y.-N. (eds.). Kerrville: Association for Computational Linguistics, p. 15644-15653 10 p.

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

  2. Published

    Feasibility Study of Solid-State Recycling through Direct Hot Rolling of AA5754 Aluminum Chips for Automotive Applications

    El Mehtedi, M., Buonadonna, P., El Mohtadi, R., Loi, G., Aymerich, F., Ben Khalifa, N. & Carta, M., 01.10.2024, Aluminum, Polymers, Composites and Additive Manufacturing. Omatsu, T., Donati, L., Alin Sirbu, N. & Ali, A. (eds.). Trans Tech Publications Ltd, p. 3-12 10 p. (Materials Science Forum; vol. 1130).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  3. E-pub ahead of print

    The impact of environmental sustainability on willingness to invest in startups: A survey among private investors

    Voß, L., Cordes, H. & Lueg, R., 06.11.2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Sustainable Development. 24 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. E-pub ahead of print

    Decoding evidence-based entrepreneurship: A systematic review of meta-analytic choices and reporting

    Rauch, A., Saeed, S. & Frese, M., 06.11.2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Small Business Management. 47 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  5. Accepted/In press

    Neither Employment nor Self-Employment: Avenues Towards Functional Platform-Mediated Work Systems

    Maric, S., Schüßler, E. & Thäter, L., 25.10.2024, (Accepted/In press) In: British Journal of Industrial Relations. 18 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  6. Accepted/In press

    Cultivating dispersed collectivity: How communities between organizations sustain employee activism

    Stöber, A. & Girschik, V., 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Human Relations . 30 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Assistance systems for patient positioning in radiotherapy practice

    Müller-Polyzou, R., Reuter-Oppermann, M., Feger, J., Meier, N. & Georgiadis, A., 12.2024, In: Health Systems. 13, 4, p. 332-360 29 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Enhancement of the mechanical properties of semi-stationary bobbin tool friction stir welded joints in AA2219 through post-weld heat treatment

    Rezende, G. N., Bernardi, M., Hoffmann, M., Bergmann, L., Zepon, G. & Klusemann, B., 01.01.2025, In: Materials Science and Engineering: A. 920, 11 p., 147498.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Analysis of mechanical properties and microstructure of single and double-pass friction stir welded T-joints for aluminium stiffened Panels

    Wagner, D., Bernardi, M., Grassel, F., Chen, T., Schimanski, K., Bergmann, L. & Klusemann, B., 11.2024, In: Materials and Design. 247, 11 p., 113438.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    Wissensaustausch im digitalen Arbeitsumfeld

    Böttcher, K. & Venz, L., 16.08.2024, Kommunikation und Beratung digital: Ansätze und Entwicklungen im Bildungs- und Arbeitskontext. Böttcher, K. & Merkert, A. (eds.). Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, p. 159-174 16 p. (Managementkonzepte; vol. 40).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review