
Members
Our faculty

Valérie Amato, Diplom-Kauffrau, M.Sc.
Lecturer in the M.Sc. degree programs
Main areas of activity and research: Global Strategy and Sustainability, Corporate Diplomacy, International Finance

Till Augner, M.A.
Lecturer in the M.Sc. degree programs
Main areas of activity and research: Research focus: Entrepreneurship, Startup Mentoring & Investing, Leadership Coaching

Dr. Jan Philipp Bergien, LL.m.oec., MBA
Lecturer in the M.Sc. degree programs
Main areas of activity and research: Economics, Finance, Controlling, Risk Management, Quantitative Methods

Tim Fabian Besser, M.A.
Lecturer in the MBA, M.Sc.
and International Programs
Main areas of activity and research: Innovation Management, Entrepreneurship & International Business Development

Dr. Matthias Blank, M.Sc., Tax consultant
Lecturer in the M.Sc. degree programs
Main areas of activity or research: tax law, digitalisation in tax law and software development, financial management

Dr. Sarah Bonau, MBA
Lecturer in the M.Sc. degree programs
Main areas of activity and research: Organizational Behavior and Leadership

Prof. Dr. Georg Bouché, MBA, Hon. Consul, Senator h. c.
Lecturer in the M.Sc. degree programs
Main areas of activity or research: International Marketing, Online-Marketing, International Management and BWL

Peter M. Dostler
Lecturer in the M.Sc. and International Programs
Main fields of activity and research: International Management

Prof. Dr. Dirk Engelhardt
Lecturer in the M.Sc. degree programs
Main areas of activity and research: Supply Chain Management, Development and Control of Transport Networks, Use of New Tracing Technologies in Bulk Commodities Logistics.

Prof. Dr. Rainer Erne
Lecturer in the M.Sc. degree programs
Main areas of activity and research: Product and innovation management, process management, project management

Anna-Vanadis Faix
Lecturer in the M.Sc. degree programs
Main areas of activity or research: Leadership Ethics, Power and Influence

Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Werner G. Faix
CEO SIBE / Professor of Corporate and Human Resources Management
Main areas of activity and research: Leadership, Personality and Innovation

Dr. Eva Feldbaum
Lecturer in the LL.M. program
Main areas of activity and research: International Business Law, Labor Law, Mediation, Legal Project Management

Prof. Dr. Rixa Georgi-Kröhl
Lecturer in the M.Sc. degree programs
Main areas of activity or research: Change Management and Transformation, Futurology and Innovation Management, Strategic Management and Marketing

Prof. Dr. Dirk Hartel
Lecturer in the M.Sc. degree programs
Main areas of activity/research: Logistics and Supply Chain Management in India, Logistics Outsourcing, Supply Chain Risk Management, Digitization in Transportation Logistics, Sourcing Strategies, Automotive Inbound Logistics.

Julian Hoesen
Lecturer in the M.Sc. degree programs
Main areas of activity and research: Project management, logistics, sales, sustainability, international management

Dr. Elena Hubschmid-Vierheilig
Lecturer in the M.Sc. degree programs
Main areas of activity and research: international human capital management and organisational behavior, intercultural leadership, negotiations, motivation & fairness in an intercultural setting, diversity management, digital skills in the world of new work, employer branding, competence and performance management

Prof. Alisa Hunt, Ph.D., CPA
Lecturer in the M.Sc. degree programs
Main areas of activity and research: Accounting and Finance, Management and Leadership, Entrepreneurship and Strategy, Teaching and Learning

Lisa-Marei Keding, MBA, M.Sc.
Lecturer in the M.Sc. degree programs
Main areas of activity and research: Change management, strategic foresight, strategic management, project management (agile and classic)

Prof. Dr. Stefanie Kisgen
J-Professorship for Leadership
Main areas of activity and research: Leadership, Business Leadership Education

Dr. Christoph Knitter
Lecturer in the M.Sc. degree programs
Main areas of activity and research: Strategic Management, Project Management, Human Resources (esp. Organization & Leadership), Restructuring & Reorganization

Dr. Maximilian Koschker
Lecturer in the LL.M. program
Main areas of activity and research: Labor Law

Dr.-Ing. Janka Krings-Klebe
Lecturer in the M.Sc. degree programs
Main areas of activity and research: Digital Transformation, Digital Leadership, Ambidextrous Leadership, Agile Management, Business Ecosystems, Innovation Management, Corporate Governance, Change Management, Process Management, Corporate Communications.

Dr. Christoph Kurzböck
Lecturer in the LL.M. program
Main areas of practice and research: Commercial Law, Corporate Law

Dipl.-Kaufmann Carsten Kück
Lecturer in the M.Sc. degree programs
Main areas of activity/research: Organizational Behavior & Leadership; Change Management

Prof. Dr. Jens F. Lachenmaier
Lecturer in the M.Sc. degree programs
Main areas of activity and research: Business informatics and cyber-physical systems

Melanie Künzl
Lecturer in the M.Sc. degree programs
Main areas of activity and research: Body Language and Charisma, Stage Presence and Presentation Training, Dialogue Skills

Dipl.-Kaufmann Georg Laqua
Lecturer in the M.Sc. degree programs
Main areas of activity and research: Competence Management, Coaching, Leadership, Change Management

Dr. Angelica Marte
Lecturer in the M.Sc. degree programs
Main areas of activity and research: Networks, Leadership, Diversity

Dr. Bertram Melzig-Thiel
Lecturer in the M.Sc. degree programs
Main areas of activity and research: Strategic business development & business development in medium-sized industrial companies, risk management, product innovations, scaling in sales, leadership

Prof. Dr. Jens Mergenthaler
Professor of Leadership Didactics
Main areas of activity and research: Epistemological issues, Leadership, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Education, Personality and Competencies, scientific project supervision

Martina Müller-Rossbach
Lecturer in the M.Sc. degree programs
Main areas of activity and research: Presentation training, Intercultural Competence, Negotiation and Conflict Management

Prof. Dr. Nazem Nascimento
Lecturer in the M.Sc. and International Programs
Main fields of activity and research: International Management

Miriam Notten
Lecturer in the M.Sc. degree programs
Main areas of activity and research: Network Science

Prof. Dr. Dennis Alexander Ostwald
Professorship for Economic Research and Management
Main areas of activity and research: Economic and Sustainability Analyses, Empirical Labor Market Research, Health Economics and Economy
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Dr. Oliver Rätz
Lecturer in the M.Sc. degree programs
Main areas of activity and research: Organizational Development / Change Management / Digital Transformation / Digital Communication / Pharma Marketing

Prof. Dr. Werner Seebacher
Lecturer in the M.Sc. degree programs
Main areas of activity and research: Finance Management; Finance and Controlling

Prof. Dr. Shalaka Shah
Lecturer in the M.Sc. degree programs
Main areas of activity and research: Competency Development, Work-Life Balance

Dr. Birgit Stelzer
Lecturer in the M.Sc. degree programs
Main areas of activity or research: Foresight and Trendscouting, Technology and Innovation Management, Agile Product Design, Business Model Innovation, Entrepreneurship

Prof. Dr. habil. Heiko von der Gracht
Lecturer in the M.Sc. degree programs
Main areas of activity or research: Strategic Foresight, Scenario Analysis, Transformation, Future Competence