Professorship for Psychology, in particular Entrepreneurship
Organisational unit: Professoship
Organisation profile
Michael Gielnik is Professor of Psychology, in particular Entrepreneurship. His research and teaching activities focus on understanding psychological success factors in the entrepreneurial process.
Main research areas
The research particularly focuses on entrepreneurship trainings. The unit developed action-oriented training programs that have been implemented in several regions in Africa, South-East-Asia, and Latin America. The trainings are evaluated using randomized controlled trials to get a better theoretical understanding of the short- and long-term effects of the training programs.
Furthermore, Michael Gielnik teaches several modules on undergraduate-, graduate-, and PhD-level. He is the program-coordinator of the Master program “International Joint Master in Research in Work and Organizational Psychology (IJMRWOP)”.
STEP Entrepreneurship Training Program
Gielnik, M. (Project manager, academic)
Project: Practical Project
Sustainable Entrepreneurship Courses for Under- and Postgraduate Students
Gielnik, M. (Project manager, academic), Herrmann, P. J. (Project staff) & Peschmann, J. (Project staff)
01.01.24 → 31.12.27
Project: Practical Project
IJMRWOP: International Joint Master of Research in Work and Organizational Psychology (2023-2027)
Gielnik, M. (Project manager, academic) & Peschmann, J. (Project staff)
01.08.23 → 30.09.27
Project: Teaching
Student Training for Entrepreneurial Promotion (STEP) V Südafrika 2022-24
Gielnik, M. (Project manager, academic) & Bohlayer, C. (Project staff)
01.04.22 → 31.05.24
Project: Practical Project
STEP Burkina Faso 2021-2022
Gielnik, M. (Project manager, academic)
06.12.21 → 31.01.23
Project: Transfer (professional training)
DAAD "International Joint Master of Research in Work and Organizational Psychology"
Gielnik, M. (Project manager, academic), Weers, J. (Project staff) & Peschmann, J. (Project staff)
01.09.21 → 31.08.23
Project: Teaching
IJMRWOP: International Joint Master of Research in Work and Organizational Psychology
Gielnik, M. (Project manager, academic)
01.08.21 → 31.08.23
Project: Teaching
STEP Südafrika IV 2021
Gielnik, M. (Project manager, academic)
01.02.21 → 31.12.21
Project: Transfer (professional training)
StartupPort_Leuphana: EXIST-Potentials project phase Joint project: StartupPort sub-project Leuphana University of Lüneburg
Reihlen, M. (Project manager, academic) & Gielnik, M. (Project manager, academic)
01.07.20 → 31.12.24
Project: Other