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Akad. Rätin Dr. Laura Fey-Kreuzer

21335 Lüneburg, Universitätsallee 1, C6.113
Fon +49.4131.677-1944, laura.fey@leuphana.de
Academic counsellor, Professorship of Business Administration, in particular Entrepreneurship and Organization Studies
Associated member, Leuphana Center for Organization & Social Transformation

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Vita

Laura Fey is a Lecturer at the Chair of Business Administration, specifically Entrepreneurship, at the Institute for Management and Organization. She studied international business in Germany at Ostfalia University of Applied Sciences, in South Africa at Nelson Mandela University, and in the United Kingdom at the University of Edinburgh. She also completed her PhD at the University of Edinburgh, sponsored by the University of Edinburgh Business School and the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) UK. In 2022, Laura Fey undertook an institutional visit to the Alberta School of Business, invited by Michael Lounsbury and Royston Greenwood.

Laura Fey’s research examines societal transformation, with a particular focus on how processes of change are organized. In her research, she examines various types of organizations, including large, diversified companies and cultural organizations, and primarily employs qualitative research methods.

Projects

  1. Organizing Societal Transformation: A Process-Based Perspective
    Laura Fey (Project manager, academic) , Ignas M. Bruder (Co-Projectmanager, academic) , Alex Christian (Co-Projectmanager, academic) , Rasmus Pichler (Co-Projectmanager, academic) , Adrea Wessendorf (Co-Projectmanager, academic)
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    Project: Research

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Publications

Journal contributions

  1. Reinforcing Systems of Exclusion: The Role of Public Space
    Laura Fey (Author) , John M. Amis (Author) , 01.08.2022 , in: Academy of Management Proceedings, 2022, 1 , 1 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Conference abstract in journal › Research › peer-review

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Contributions to collected editions/anthologies

  1. The Practical Significance of History: When and How History Can Be Used for Institutional Change
    Natalie Eng (Author) , Laura Fey (Author) , Hannah Schupfer (Author) , 01.01.2026 , p. 183-203 , 20 p.

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

  2. Organizational Wrongdoing, Boundary Work, and Systems of Exclusion: The Case of the Volkswagen Emissions Scandal
    Laura Fey (Author) , John Amis (Author) , 24.07.2023 , p. 171-192 , 22 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Contributions to scientific reports › Research

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Activities

  1. Negotiating boundaries in alternative organizing: enlightening the boundary work taking place in commoning
    Laura Fey (Coauthor) , Louise Lecomte (Speaker)

    Activity: Conference Presentations › Research

  2. 85. Wissenschaftliche Tagung des Verbandes der Hochschullehrerinnen und Hochschullehrer für Betriebswirtschaft e.V.
    Elke Schüßler (Speaker) , Laura Fey (Coauthor)

    Activity: Conference Presentations › Research

  3. Multilevel Resilience in the Face of Creeping Crises
    Laura Fey (Coauthor) , Anna Stöber (Speaker) , Leonie Eising (Speaker)

    Activity: Conference Presentations › Research

  4. Rethinking project boundaries: Making a desirable future actionable within and beyond project boundaries
    Laura Fey (Coauthor) , Pauline Reinecke (Speaker) , Sarah Stanske (Speaker)

    Activity: Conference Presentations › Research

  5. CRISIS-DRIVEN TRANSFORMATION IN ORGANIZATIONS
    Laura Fey (Speaker)

    Activity: Conference Presentations › Research

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Prizes

  1. 2025 Research Award of the School of Management & Technology
    (Recipient) ,

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

  2. Outstanding Author Contribution Winner, 2024 Emerald Literati Awards
    (Recipient) ,

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

  3. Service Recognition Award, Organizational Development and Change Division, Academy of Management
    (Recipient) ,

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

  4. ODC Best Reviewer for 2023
    (Recipient) ,

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

  5. OMT nominated for Best Symposium Award
    (Recipient) ,

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

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Courses

1st Phase SoSe 27: Schüßler - Organization & Entrepreneurship
Laura Fey, Elke Schüßler
The Professorship for Entrepreneurship and Organization Studies supervises Bachelor and Master theses in the areas of entrepreneurship, organization studies and management more broadly, mostly with a conceptual or qualitative orientation. You can either come with a fixed topic idea or you can specify a broad area of interest out of which a research question will be developed in the course of the supervision.
Next appointment:
Lectures for this semester ended.
Entrepreneurial Project
Laura Fey
This is a bi-weekly seminar where students will engage in problem-based learning (PBL) within interdisciplinary groups to develop innovative solutions for a practice partner. Through PBL, students will address a specific entrepreneurial challenge presented by a partnering organization, which will be disclosed during the initial session. This collaboration offers the opportunity for partnerships with sustainable or cultural organizations, enabling students to tailor solutions to diverse contexts.

The students will apply PBL principles to develop prototypes aimed at resolving the identified challenge and potentially expanding opportunities for the partnering organization. Throughout the course, students will immerse themselves in problem-based learning methodologies, cultivating entrepreneurial skills pertinent to various business contexts and real-world challenges.
Next appointment:
Monday, 2026-10-19 at 14:15
Room: C 12.102 Seminarraum
Entrepreneurship and Social Change
Laura Fey
The course focuses on the challenge of creating individual, organizational or societal change for addressing sustainability concerns. It discusses different drivers of and barriers to change, ranging from cognition and emotions over market and policy incentives to values, institutions and social movements. It hereby combines a focus on important areas of sustainability transformation such as climate change, labor standards and inequality with an entrepreneurial and organization-theoretical perspective on change dynamics.

Next appointment:
Thursday, 2026-10-22 at 14:15
Room: C 1.209 Seminarraum