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. Submitted

    Hindering and Facilitating Factors for Developing and Implementing HR Measures for Older Workers

    Finsel, J., Wöhrmann, A. M. & Deller, J., 19.10.2025, (Submitted) In: German Journal of Human Resource Management.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  2. Accepted/In press

    Sustainable Dividend Policies and CSR Disclosure: How Strategic Investors Influence Wealth Distribution

    Heinzel, N. & Lueg, R., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Accepted/In press

    The effectiveness of a team intervention to enhance team regulation in hybrid teams: a randomized controlled trial

    Althammer, S. E., Wöhrmann, A. M. & Michel, A., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    Tension/Length-Controlled Winch System for Tethered UAVs*

    Guscott, T., Welgemoed, J., Van Niekerk, T., Mercorelli, P. & Mpurwana, K., 2025, 2025 European Conference on Mobile Robots, ECMR 2025 - Proceedings. Gasteratos, A., Bellotto, N. & Tortora, S. (eds.). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., (European Conference on Mobile Robots; vol. 2025).

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

  5. E-pub ahead of print

    Organized Carelessness: De-ethicizing the Organization of Death

    Wenzel, M., 25.09.2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Business Ethics Quarterly.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Precipitation distribution in mechanically alloyed Al-Cu-Li powders processed via friction consolidation

    Chan, C. Y. C., Suhuddin, U. F. H. R., Maawad, E., Mordridge, M. T. & Klusemann, B., 11.2025, In: Materials and Design. 259, 12 p., 114847.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    RL4CO: An Extensive Reinforcement Learning for Combinatorial Optimization Benchmark

    Berto, F., Hua, C., Park, J., Luttmann, L., Ma, Y., Bu, F., Wang, J., Ye, H., Kim, M., Choi, S., Zepeda, N. G., Hottung, A., Zhou, J., Bi, J., Hu, Y., Liu, F., Kim, H., Son, J., Kim, H., Angioni, D., Kool, W., Cao, Z., Zhang, Q., Kim, J., Zhang, J., Shin, K., Wu, C., Ahn, S., Song, G., Kwon, C., Tierney, K., Xie, L. & Park, J., 03.08.2025, KDD 2025 - Proceedings of the 31st ACM SIGKDD Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining. Antonie, L., Pei, J. & Yu, X. (eds.). Association for Computing Machinery, p. 5278-5289 12 p. (Proceedings of the ACM SIGKDD International Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining; vol. 2).

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

  8. Published

    A Fluid Elastomeric Actuator Design for Soft Robots

    Els, D., van Niekerk, T., Mercorelli, P. & Welgemoed, J., 09.2025, In: Actuators. 14, 9, 14 p., 417.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Solid-State Recycling of AA6063 Aluminum Chips via Accumulative Roll Bonding: A Green Pathway to High-Performance Materials

    Carta, M., Ben Khalifa, N., Buonadonna, P., Aymerich, F. & El Mehtedi, M., 09.2025, In: Metals. 15, 9, 16 p., 1042.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  10. Accepted/In press

    Between institutional scaling and artistic probing. How traditional performing arts organizations navigate digital transformation

    Holst, C. & Bekmeier-Feuerhahn, S., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of Organizational Change Management. 20 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review