Prof. Dr. Matthias Wenzel

21335 Lüneburg, Universitätsallee 1, C6.207
Fon +49.4131.677-2231, matthias.wenzel@leuphana.de
Professor*in, Professorship for Business Administration, in Particular Organization Studies
Assoziierte/r, Leuphana Center for Organization & Social Transformation

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Vita

Matthias Wenzel is Professor of Organization Studies at the Leuphana University of Lüneburg. Before moving to Leuphana in September 2019, he conducted his studies (Bachelor: 2008; Master: 2011), PhD (2015) and the subsequent PostDoc phase at the European University Viadrina in Frankfurt (Oder).
Prof. Wenzel examines the interplay between organizing and strategizing through a practice lens as well as the societal implications of this interplay. He mostly conducts qualitative studies based on different analytical approaches, including critical discourse analysis and video analysis, among others. His work has been published in journals such as the Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Perspectives, Human Relations, Journal of Business Research, Journal of Management Inquiry, Journal of Management Studies, Journal of Product Innovation Management, Long Range Planning, Organization Studies, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Strategic Management Journal, and Strategic Organization. Furthermore, he serves as Coeditor for Media Innovations of the Strategic Management Journal, Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal and Global Strategy Journal, Senior Editor of Organization Studies (from 2025), and as member of the Editorial Board of the Project Management Journal and Strategic Organization.

BACHELOR- AND MASTER THESIS

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Projects

  1. Förderung wiss. Nachwuchs Managerial Accounting
    Matthias Wenzel (Project manager, academic) , Rainer Lueg (Project manager, academic) , Stella von Schnakenburg (Project staff)
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    Project: Research

  2. Future Matters: How Future-making Shapes Organizational Path Dependence
    Matthias Wenzel (Project manager, academic)
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    Project: Research

  3. LeuFIT
    Matthias Wenzel (Project manager, academic)
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    Project: Scientific event

  4. VHB-Tagung 2024
    Matthias Wenzel (Project manager, academic)
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    Project: Scientific event

  5. TrICo Subproject: Community Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship
    Robert Finn Hoyer (Project staff) , Matthias Wenzel (Project manager, academic) , Markus Reihlen (Project manager, academic) , Steffen Farny (Project manager, academic) , Boukje Sanne Cnossen (Project manager, academic) , Caspar Jacob Hörisch (Project manager, academic) , Ursula Weisenfeld (Project manager, academic) , Robert Frederic Penz (Project staff) , Lillan Lommel (Project staff) , Charlotte von Wulffen (Project staff)
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    Project: Transfer (Scientific Services)

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Publications

Books and anthologies

  1. Imagination and Organization Studies: Insights and Reflections
    Matthias Wenzel (Editor) , 2023 Lüneburg , 46 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research

  2. Foundations of Management & Entrepreneurship: Courses and Cases
    Matthias Wenzel (Editor) , 2023 Lüneburg , 435 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research

  3. Foundations of Management & Entrepreneurship: Courses and Cases
    Matthias Wenzel (Editor) , 2023 2 ed. Lüneburg , 455 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research

  4. Organizing for Innovation: The Case of Accelerators
    Matthias Wenzel (Editor) , 2022 Lüneburg , 126 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research

  5. Foundations of Management & Entrepreneurship: Concepts and Cases
    Matthias Wenzel (Editor) , 2022 2 ed. Lüneburg , 333 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research

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Journal contributions

  1. Projectification without projects? Theorizing temporal structures of agile-based organizing
    Joana Geraldi (Author) , Iben Stjerne (Author) , Matthias Wenzel (Author) , 01.11.2025 , in: International Journal of Project Management, 43, 8 , 13 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

  2. Organized Carelessness: De-ethicizing the Organization of Death
    Matthias Wenzel (Author) , 01.10.2025 , in: Business Ethics Quarterly, 35, 4 , p. 675-705 , 31 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

  3. Future Making: Towards a Practice Perspective
    Matthias Wenzel (Author) , Laure Cabantous (Author) , Jochen Koch (Author) , 01.09.2025 , in: Journal of Management Studies, 62, 6 , p. 2426-2451 , 26 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

  4. Toward Holistic Stakeholder Engagement: Integrating Participation, Inclusion, and Democracy
    Matthias Wenzel (Author) , Hannah Trittin-Ulbrich (Author) , Laura Marie Edinger-Schons (Author) , Itziar Castelló (Author) , Frank G.A. de Bakker (Author) , 01.07.2025 , in: Business and Society, 64, 6 , p. 1055-1076 , 22 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research

  5. Sensing the room: The role of atmosphere in collective sensemaking
    Matthias Wenzel (Author) , Eric Knight (Author) , Jaco Lok (Author) , Paula Jarzabkowski (Author) , 01.04.2025 , in: Academy of Management Journal, 68, 2 , p. 326-356 , 31 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

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Contributions to collected editions/anthologies

  1. Multimodality in Strategy-as-Practice Research
    Matthias Wenzel (Author) , Eric Knight (Author) , 11.03.2025 3 ed. Cambridge , p. 729-739 , 11 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Chapter › Research › peer-review

  2. Agile: Mehr als nur eine Methode?: Implikationen der Einführung von Agile für die Strategieentwicklung
    Matthias Wenzel (Author) , Iben Sandal Stjerne (Author) , Joana Geraldi (Author) , 29.11.2023 , p. 29-37 , 9 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review

  3. Imaginary practices as the nexus between continuity and disruptive change
    Matthias Wenzel (Author) , Iben Sandal Stjerne (Author) , Anders Buch (Author) , 03.10.2023 Cheltenham , p. 127-145 , 19 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Chapter › Research › peer-review

  4. Why study International Business Administration and Entrepreneurship?
    Matthias Wenzel (Author) , 01.01.2023 1 ed. Lüneburg , p. 1-6 , 6 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Other › Research

  5. Restoring reflection in management education
    Matthias Wenzel (Author) , 01.01.2023 1 ed. Lüneburg , p. 431-435 , 5 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Other › Research

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Activities

  1. Responses to entrepreneurial identity tensions: A self-theory approach
    Matthias Wenzel (Speaker) , Ronit Yitshaki (Speaker)

    Activity: Conference Presentations › Research

  2. Innovating amid poly- and permacrisis: The role of time in organizing for disruptive innovation
    Stefanie Habersang (Coauthor) , Eva-Maria Spreitzer (Coauthor) , Raghu Garud (Coauthor) , Tor Hernes (Coauthor) , Oliver Ibert (Coauthor) , Patricia Klarner (Coauthor) , Gargi Sharma (Coauthor) , Sarah Stanske (Panel participant) , Matthias Wenzel (Keynote Speaker)
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    Activity: Conference Presentations › Research

  3. Presentation: “Organizational Identity Formation in a Real Utopia: Provisional Identity and the Interplay between Desirable and Undesirable Futures”
    Verena Meyer (Speaker) , Matthias Wenzel (Speaker)
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    Activity: Conference Presentations › Research

  4. SAP Chat
    Matthias Wenzel (Speaker)

    Activity: Conference Presentations › Research

  5. Workshop on “Acting towards promising futures”
    Matthias Wenzel (Keynote Speaker)

    Activity: Conference Presentations › Research

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Press / Media

  1. Reading the Room to Influence Decisions and Strategies
    1 time cited

    Press/Media: Press/Media

  2. IBAE: Der Studiengang zum Entrepreneur in Lüneburg
    2 Media contributions

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  3. Visioning: Speech at the Leuphana Opening Week
    1 Media contribution

    Press/Media: Press/Media

  4. Option Durchhalten bietet Chancen
    1 Media contribution

    Press/Media: Press/Media

  5. What questions does your discipline ask about social coexistence? What do you mean by problematizing?
    1 Media contribution

    Press/Media: Press/Media

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Prizes

  1. Transfer- und Impact Award der Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
    Lillan Lommel (Recipient) Robert Frederic Penz (Recipient) Robert Finn Hoyer (Recipient) Charlotte von Wulffen (Recipient) Matthias Wenzel (Recipient) Boukje Sanne Cnossen (Recipient) Steffen Farny (Recipient) Markus Reihlen (Recipient) Ursula Weisenfeld (Recipient) ,

    Prize: Leuphana internal Prize, Scholaships, distinctions, appointments › Transfer

  2. Transferpreis
    Matthias Wenzel (Recipient) ,

    Prize: Leuphana internal Prize, Scholaships, distinctions, appointments › Transfer

  3. Most Engaging Session Award for “Video Methods in Organizational Studies”
    Matthias Wenzel (Recipient) ,

    Prize: external Prizes, scholarships, distinctions, appointments › Research

  4. Top Cited Article 2021/22
    Matthias Wenzel (Recipient) ,

    Prize: external Prizes, scholarships, distinctions, appointments › Research

  5. Panel symposium selected by the ODC, OMT, SIM, and HR Divisions as Showcase Symposium
    Matthias Wenzel (Recipient) ,

    Prize: external Prizes, scholarships, distinctions, appointments › Research

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Teaching