Prof. Dr. Hannah Trittin-Ulbrich
Associated member, Research Center for Digital Transformation
Associated member, Leuphana Center for Organization & Social Transformation
Vita
Hannah Trittin-Ulbrich is Professor of Business Administration, in particular Business in Society at Leuphana University Lüneburg.
From 2018 to 2022, she was Assistant Professor of Business Administration, in particular Business Ethics at Leuphana University Lüneburg.
In 2020/2021, she was a Fellow of the Schöller Foundation, which funded her research project "Ethics Management in the Digital Age: The Role of Processes, Practices, and Competencies".
In 2018/2019, she was a Governing Responsible Research Fellow at Copenhagen Business School, Denmark.
Hannah Trittin-Ulbrich conducts research on corporate social responsibility (CSR), sustainability or CSR communication, corporate digital responsibility (CDR), new forms of work and organizing, and the role of individual agents of sustainability, so called change agents for sustainability, for the sustainability transformation of organizations.
Hannah Trittin-Ulbrich's work has been published in the Journal of Management Studies, Organization, Business & Society, Journal of Management Inquiry, Journal of Business Ethics, among others.
Hannah Trittin-Ulbrich has also been or is guest editor for the journals Organization, Business & Society, Management Communication Quarterly, and Business Ethics, the Environment and Responsibility.
Hannah Trittin-Ulbrich has received several awards for her research and teaching and presents her work in a variety of academic and practitioner formats. She was also the main organizer of the international CSR Communication Conference 2022.
She was co-organizer of the DFG-funded research network "Grand Challenges and New Forms of Organizing" and is head of the certificate program "Digital Ethics" at the Professional School as well as lecturer in the MBA "Sustainability Management" at Leuphana University.
In 2022, Hannah Trittin-Ulbrich hosted the 6th international "CSR Communication Conference" at Leuphana University. Information about the conference can be found here.
2020/21 Schöller Fellow, Schöller Foundation, Nuremberg, Germany
2018/19 Governing Research Fellow, Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen, Denmark
2016/2018 Postdoctoral researcher at Chair for Foundations of Business Adminstration and Theories of the Firm, University of Zurich.
2011/2016 Research assistant and PhD Candidate at Chair for Foundations of Business Adminstration and Theories of the Firm, University of Zurich.
2010/2011 Project manager at communication agency neulandherzer in Munich, Germany.
2009/2010 Project manager at University of Erlangen-Nuremberg for Model United Nations project (FAUMUN).
2004/2009 Magister Artium in Political Science/Economic Science, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg.
Publications
Journal contributions
- Technology, Megatrends and Work: Thoughts on the Future of Business Ethics
Premilla D’Cruz (Author) , Shuili Du (Author) , Ernesto Noronha (Author) , K. Praveen Parboteeah (Author) , Hannah Trittin-Ulbrich (Author) , Glen Whelan (Author) , 01.10.2022 , in: Journal of Business Ethics, 180, 3 , p. 879-902 , 24 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- Strategic Venturing as Legitimacy Creation: The Case of Sustainability
Markus Reihlen (Author) , Monika Seeger (Author) , Hannah Trittin-Ulbrich (Author) , Jan-Florian Schlapfner (Author) , 01.03.2022 , in: Journal of Management Studies, 59, 2 , p. 417-459 , 43 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- Exploring the dark and unexpected sides of digitalization: Toward a critical agenda
Hannah Trittin-Ulbrich (Author) , Andreas Georg Scherer (Author) , Iain Munro (Author) , Glen Whelan (Author) , 01.01.2021 , in: Organization, 28, 1 , p. 8-25 , 18 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- Diversity as Polyphony: Reconceptualizing Diversity Management from a Communication-Centered Perspective
Hannah Trittin-Ulbrich (Author) , Dennis Schoeneborn (Author) , 01.08.2017 , in: Journal of Business Ethics, 144, 2 , p. 305-322 , 18 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- Transcending transmission: Towards a constitutive perspective on CSR communication
Hannah Trittin-Ulbrich (Author) , Dennis Schoeneborn (Author) , 01.04.2013 , in: Corporate Communications: An International Journal, 18, 2 , p. 193-211 , 19 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
Courses
- Corporate Digital Responsibility (CDR)
- Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
- Corporate Social Responsibility and Communication
- Digitale Ethik
- Diversity Management
- Female/Social Entrepreneurship
- Responsible Management
- Sustainability and Management
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Master's forum for qualitative or conceptual master's theses.
This course is a companion course for preparing a master's thesis using qualitative methods or for a conceptual thesis. The course is open for students who write their master's thesis in a field of management, organization theory, entrepreneurship, or human resource management .
Students will present and discuss their research questions, theoretical and methodological approaches and their results. Students will receive feedback and be able to critically reflect on their research process.
Note that the syllabus also contains an extended session plan!
If you want to present your project, please register for a date under "groups".
Zoom links for each session will be provided in the "seminar plan" tab - but note that the default mode is in presence and you should only opt for online participation if it is not possible otherwise.
The course will combine lectures with interactive formats, group work and guest lectures.
- Environmental dimension ie., Sourcing sustainable supply chains, healthy cooking practices, managing zero-waste metrics.
- The Social impact dimension ie., designing inclusive governance models, mitigating newcomer barriers, and building trust networks with regional stakeholders.
- The Financial viability dimension ie., architecting self-sustaining B2B and B2C revenue streams, identifying market segments, and creating tri-profit financial projections.
Field research activities bridge the classroom with the local ecosystem. These include fieldwork across Lüneburg and workshop conducted directly at the Utopia Lüneburg innovation space, utilising their creative design environments for collaborative prototyping.
What’s in it for you?
- This course offers a hands-on incubator environment where your business expertise directly impacts a live, local social enterprise [unity-cuisine.org].
- Operationalise Sustainability Theory: Translate the triple bottom line from an abstract academic concept into concrete business strategies.
- Master 0-to-1 Venture Creation: Tackle real-world market-entry challenges, including stakeholder recruitment and B2B pipeline development.
- Develop Consulting & Prototyping Skills: Learn to facilitate agile interventions, design low-fidelity experiments, and pitch strategic recommendations.
- Build Regional Impact Portfolios: Work directly alongside established local networks like Enactus, Utopia, and regional NGOs to generate tangible community value.