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

    Conversational Agents in Education – A Systematic Literature Review

    Khosrawi-Rad, B., Rinn, H., Schlimbach, R., Gebbing, P., Yang, X., Lattemann, C., Markgraf, D. & Robra-Bissantz, S., 2022, ECIS 2022 Proceedings.

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

  2. Published

    Quo Vadis: auf dem Weg zu Ethik-Guidelines für den Einsatz KI-basierter Lern-Companions in der Lehre?

    Schlimbach, R., Khosrawi-Rad, B. & Robra-Bissantz, S., 2022, In: HMD Praxis der Wirtschaftsinformatik. 59

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Why Do We Turn to Virtual Companions? A Text Mining Analysis of Replika Reviews

    Siemon, D., Strohmann, T., Khosrawi-Rad, B., de Vreede, T., Elshan, E. & Meyer, M., 2022, 28th Americas Conference on Information Systems, AMCIS 2022. The Association for Information Systems (AIS), (28th Americas Conference on Information Systems, AMCIS 2022).

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

  4. Published

    Towards Ethical Design Features for Pedagogical Conversational Agents

    Schlimbach, R. & Khosrawi-Rad, B., 2022, 28th Americas Conference on Information Systems, AMCIS 2022. The Association for Information Systems (AIS), (28th Americas Conference on Information Systems, AMCIS 2022).

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

  5. Published

    Selbstreguliertes, digitales Lernen – Eine Taxonomie zu den Problemfeldern

    Schlimbach, R., Lillig, S., Khosrawi-Rad, B. & Robra-Bissantz, S., 2022, Communities in New Media. Digitality and Diversity Overcoming Barriers with Digital Transformation - Proceedings of 25th Conference GeNeMe. Kohler, T., Schoop, E., Kahnwald, N. & Sonntag, R. (eds.). TUDpress - Verlag der Wissenschaften GmbH, p. 70-81 12 p. (Communities in New Media. Digitality and Diversity Overcoming Barriers with Digital Transformation - Proceedings of 25th Conference GeNeMe).

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

  6. Published

    Deriving Design Knowledge for eLearning Companions to Support International Students

    Schlimbach, R., Khosrawi-Rad, B. & Robra-Bissantz, S., 2022, 35th Bled eConference: Digital Restructuring and Human (Re)action, BLED 2022 - Proceedings. Pucihar, A., Borstnar, M. K., Bons, R., Sheombar, A., Ongena, G. & Vidmar, D. (eds.). University of Maribor Press, p. 31-47 17 p. (35th Bled eConference: Digital Restructuring and Human (Re)action, BLED 2022 - Proceedings).

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

  7. Published

    Needs of Students in Further Education – A Mixed Methods Study

    Rinn, H., Khosrawi-Rad, B., Schlimbach, R., Masurek, M., Robra-Bissantz, S. & Markgraf, D., 2022, Communities in New Media. Digitality and Diversity Overcoming Barriers with Digital Transformation - Proceedings of 25th Conference GeNeMe. Kohler, T., Schoop, E., Kahnwald, N. & Sonntag, R. (eds.). TUDpress - Verlag der Wissenschaften GmbH, p. 272-284 13 p. (Communities in New Media. Digitality and Diversity Overcoming Barriers with Digital Transformation - Proceedings of 25th Conference GeNeMe).

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

  8. Published

    European Yearbook of International Economic Law 2024

    Bäumler, J. (Editor), Binder, C. (Editor), Bungenberg, M. (Editor), Krajewski, M. (Editor), Rühl, G. (Editor), Tams, C. J. (Editor), Terhechte, J. (Editor) & Ziegler, A. R. (Editor), 10.06.2025, Cham: Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland. 600 p. (European Yearbook of International Economic Law; vol. 11)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  9. Published

    HR practices and ambidexterity in small- and medium-sized consulting firms: An exploratory multi-case study

    Werner, M. & Feldmann, J., 2022, Strategic Management Society Special Conference 2022.

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

  10. Published

    European Yearbook of International Economic Law 2019

    Bungenberg, M. (Editor), Krajewski, M. (Editor), Tams, C. J. (Editor), Terhechte, J. (Editor) & Ziegler, A. R. (Editor), 13.01.2020, Cham: Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland. 475 p. (European Yearbook of International Economic Law; vol. 10)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch