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

    How to Measure the Speed of Enterprise IT? An Enterprise Architecture-based Case Study in a Very Large Enterprise

    Kanin, O. & Drews, P., 2025, Enterprise Design, Operations, and Computing : 28th International Conference, EDOC 2024, Vienna, Austria, September 10–13, 2024, Revised Selected Papers. Borbinha, J., Sales, T. P., Da Silva, M. M., Proper, H. A. & Schnellmann, M. (eds.). Cham: Springer Schweiz, p. 101-118 18 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS); vol. 15409).

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

  3. Published

    Introduction to Automatic Imitation

    Genschow, O. & Cracco, E., 2025, Automatic Imitation. Genschow, O. & Cracco, E. (eds.). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland AG, p. 1-7 7 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  4. Published

    Introduction to the Design, Implementation, and Management of Digital Government Policies and Strategies Minitrack

    Gualdi, F., Cordella, A. & Lemmer, K., 2025, Proceedings of the 58th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS). Bui, T. X. (ed.). University of Hawaii at Manoa, p. 1894-1895 2 p. (Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksOtherResearch

  5. Published

    Machine Learning and Data Mining for Sports Analytics: 11th International Workshop, MLSA 2024, Vilnius, Lithuania, September 9, 2024, Revised Selected Papers

    Brefeld, U. (Editor), Davis, J. (Editor), Van Haaren, J. (Editor) & Zimmermann, A. (Editor), 2025, Cham: Springer Verlag. 119 p. (Communications in Computer and Information Science; vol. 2460)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesConference proceedingsResearch

  6. Published

    Machine Learning For Determining Planned Order Lead Times In Job Shop Production: A Systematic Review Of Input Factors And Applied Methods

    Wolter, F., Rokoss, A. & Schmidt, M., 2025, Conference on Production Systems and Logistics: University of San Ignacio de Loyola Lima, Peru, 18th – 21th March 2025, Proceedings. Herberger, D. & Hübner, M. (eds.). Offenburg: publish-Ing., p. 374-384 11 p. 32. (Proceedings of the ... Conference on Production Systems and Logistics; no. 7).

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

  7. Published

    Media Review: Extrapolations - A View from OS4F

    Acosta, P., Bothello, J., Delmestri, G., Habersang, S., Gutierrez-Huerter O, G. & Schüßler, E., 2025, In: Organization Studies. 46, 3, p. 433-439 7 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsCritical reviewsResearch

  8. Published

    Metrics for Experimentation Programs: Categories, Benefits and Challenges

    Stotz, N. & Drews, P., 2025, Agile Processes in Software Engineering and Extreme Programming: 26th International Conference on Agile Software Development, XP 2025, Brugg-Windisch, Switzerland, June 2–5, 2025, Proceedings. Peter, S., Kropp, M., Aguiar, A., Anslow, C., Lunesu, M. I. & Pinna, A. (eds.). Cham: Springer Nature, p. 210-225 16 p. ( Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing; vol. 545).

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

  9. Published

    Microstructure-Oriented Fatigue Crack Propagation in Two Cast Mg–Al–Ba–Ca Alloys

    Maier, P., Wolfram, B., Roggelin, J. & Hort, N., 2025, Magnesium Technology 2025. Tolnai, D., Palumbo, A., Leonard, A. & Neelameggham, N. R. (eds.). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland, p. 87-96 10 p. (Minerals, Metals and Materials Series).

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

  10. Published

    Nachhaltigkeit und Bürokratieabbau: Vorschlag eines EU-Omnibus-Pakets zur Änderung der CSRD, CSDDD und Taxonomie-Verordnung

    Velte, P., Wulf, I., Weber, S. C. & Fischer, A., 2025, In: Zeitschrift für Internationale Rechnungslegung. 20, 4, p. 145-147 3 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesTransfer

  11. Accepted/In press

    Navigating the dimensions of criticality: exploring reflective processes in critical entrepreneurship education

    Bohlayer, C., Timm, J. M. & Halberstadt, J., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research. 22 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review