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

    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

  3. Accepted/In press

    Narcissists and their influence on firm performance and reporting practices – a systematic literature review and future research agenda

    Zeppenfeld, J., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Management Review Quarterly.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    NAVIGATING PROFESSIONAL CAREERS AND INTERNAL ACTIVISM: A BOURDIEUSIAN LENS

    Hug, K., Chudzikowski, K. & Gustafsson, S., 2025, In: Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings. 2025, 1

    Research output: Journal contributionsConference article in journalResearchpeer-review

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. Published

    Ontology-Guided, Hybrid Prompt Learning for Generalization in Knowledge Graph Question Answering

    Jiang, L., Huang, J., Moller, C. & Usbeck, R., 2025, Proceedings - 2025 19th International Conference on Semantic Computing, ICSC 2025. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., p. 28-35 8 p. (Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Semantic Computing, ICSC).

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

  8. 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

  9. Accepted/In press

    Proposing a social-ecological framework for successful grassland restoration in Germany—an overview and insights from the Grassworks project

    Temperton, V. M., Pătru-Dușe, I. A., Twerski, A., Laeseke, P., Neudert, R., Cebrián-Piqueras, M. A., Romero, M. P., Bauer, M., Beckmann, V., Fischer, J., Gray, K., Härdtle, W., Kollmann, J., Kuhn, L., Laschke, C. J., Loos, J., Lutz, L., May, F., Meyer, M., Martin-Lopez, B., Riechers, M., Ptacek, M., Seifert, D., Schmidt, A., Sturm, L., Thiele, J., Tischew, S., Unseld, L., Venus, T., Wiesmeier, M. & Kirmer, A., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Restoration Ecology. 15 p., e70109.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  10. 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, Bangkok, Thailand, December 10-12, 2024, Revised Selected Papers, Part II. Patel, K. K., Santosh, K., Gomes de Oliveira, G., Patel, A. & Ghosh, A. (eds.). Cham: Springer Nature, Vol. 2. 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

  11. Accepted/In press

    Reviewing is caring! Revaluing a critical, but invisibilized, underappreciated, and exploited academic practice

    Dobusch, L., Plotnikof, M. & Wenzel, M., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Organization. 17 p., 13505084251343672.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review