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

    No-Code Platforms in Startups: Explaining Decisions for Adoption and Abandonment

    Laevskaya, E., Naqvi, S. A. A. & Drews, P., 2025, AMCIS 2025 Proceedings. Atlanta: AIS eLibrary, 10 p. 2070. (The AMCIS proceedings series; vol. 2025).

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

  3. Accepted/In press

    Overcoming poverty and unemployment: The transfer dynamics of entrepreneurship training

    Peschmann, J., Gielnik, M., Frese, M. & Bischoff, K. M., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of Applied Psychology. 2025

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. Accepted/In press

    Performance of Polycrystalline Boron Nitride Tools during Orbital Friction Stir Welding of Clad Pipes

    Ramos, F. D., Amavisca, C. V., Bergmann, L., Lemos, G. V. B., Reguly, A. & Klusemann, B., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    Rebounded PSO Method for Sigmoid PID Controller for a Maglev System with Input Saturation

    Diab, M., Mercorelli, P., Haus, B. & Dethmann, J., 2025, Soft Computing and Its Engineering Applications - 6th International Conference, icSoftComp 2024, Revised Selected Papers. Patel, K. K., Santosh, K., Gomes de Oliveira, G., Patel, A. & Ghosh, A. (eds.). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland, p. 230-244 15 p. (Communications in Computer and Information Science; vol. 2431 CCIS).

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

  6. Published

    Social Modulation of Imitative Behavior

    Genschow, O. & Cracco, E., 2025, Automatic Imitation. Genschow, O. & Cracco, E. (eds.). Springer Nature Switzerland AG, p. 219–239 21 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  7. In preparation

    Special Issue: What do social and environmental responsibilities mean in the ‘Global South’? Towards pluriversal perspectives in management studies

    Acosta, P. (Editor), Banerjee, B. (Editor), Bothello, J. (Editor), Habersang, S. (Editor), Nkomo, S. (Editor) & Potočnik, K. (Editor), 2025, (In preparation) John Wiley & Sons Inc. (Journal of Management Studies)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesSpecial Journal issueResearch

  8. Accepted/In press

    The Practical Significance of History: When and How History Can Be Used for Institutional Change

    Fey, L., Schupfer, H. & Eng, N., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Research in the Sociology of Organizations.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    The Role of Geometry in Mg Implant Design

    Hort, N., Wiese, B., Witte, F. & Maier, P., 2025, Magnesium Technology 2025. Tolnai, D., Palumbo, A., Leonard, A. & Neelameggham, N. R. (eds.). Cham: Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland, p. 3-8 6 p. (Minerals, Metals and Materials Series).

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

  10. 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

  11. 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