Leonie Anika Eising-Mertsch, M.Sc.

21335 Lüneburg, Universitätsallee 1, C6.222
Fon +49.4131.677-2027, leonie.eising@leuphana.de

Vita

Leonie Eising is a PhD researcher at the Chair of Business Administration, in particular Innovation Management. 

After her dual studies in Business Administration and her master's degree in Management & Business Development at Leuphana University Lüneburg, Leonie Eising worked from June 2018 as a Science Manager and in Quality Management in the Dean's office of the Faculty of Business and Economics. She joined the Institute of Management & Organization in November 2019 and conducts transdisciplinary research on the mechanisms of sustainable systems change.

Her current work focuses on urban sustainability and the mechanisms and bottlenecks of sustainable systems transformation. In transdisciplinary projects, she looks at entrepreneurs, institutions, place and space from a multi-level perspective, using qualitative research methods. 

 

Publications

Journal contributions

  1. Designing Understanding: Sustainability Entrepreneurs Connect with Adopters
    Leonie Anika Eising-Mertsch (Author) , Ursula Weisenfeld (Author) , Maike Buhr (Author) , 17.06.2025 , in: Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings, 2025, 1 , 6 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsConference article in journalResearchpeer-review

  2. Frames of systems change in sustainability transformations: Lessons from sociotechnical systems and circular economy case studies
    Leonie Anika Eising-Mertsch (Author) , Paulo Savaget (Author) , Thayla Zomer (Author) , Aoife Brophy (Author) , 10.11.2024 , in: Journal of Cleaner Production, 479 , 13 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

Prizes

  1. Best Paper Award 2024
    Leonie Anika Eising-Mertsch (Recipient) ,

    Prize: Leuphana internal Prize, Scholaships, distinctions, appointmentsResearch

  2. Teaching Award of School of Management and Technology 2024
    Sünje Helldorff (Recipient) Leonie Anika Eising-Mertsch (Recipient) Sarah Stanske (Recipient) Lena Marie Kostuj (Recipient) Lea Jakob (Recipient) ,

    Prize: Leuphana internal Prize, Scholaships, distinctions, appointmentsEducation

  3. Teaching Award
    Leonie Anika Eising-Mertsch (Recipient) ,

    Prize: Leuphana internal Prize, Scholaships, distinctions, appointmentsEducation

  4. Nomination Best Paper Award in honour of Alistair Anderson
    Leonie Anika Eising-Mertsch (Recipient) ,

    Prize: external Prizes, scholarships, distinctions, appointmentsResearch

Courses