Prof. Dr. Steffen Farny

21335 Lüneburg, Universitätsallee 1, C6.134
Fon +49.4131.677-2239, steffen.farny@leuphana.de
Professor*in, Professorship of Business Administration, in particular Social & Sustainable Entrepreneurship
Assoziierte/r, Leuphana Center for Organization & Social Transformation

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Vita

Steffen Farny is Professor for Business Administration, in particular Social and Sustainable Entrepreneurship at the School of Management and Technology at the Leuphana University Luneburg. In his research, Steffen focuses connects sustainability and entrepreneurship theories to develop a better understanding of (1) entrepreneurship and disruptions (such as natural disasters, climate change and biodiversity loss), and (2) entrepreneurship and sustainability transformations. In his research he predominantly applies a variety of qualitative research methods to study practices, affect and institutional processes. In addition, Steffen is active in the development of challenge-based entrepreneurship education.

 

Vita:

> since 04/2024 Professor for Business Administration, in particulat Social and Sustainable Entrepreneurship, School of Management and Technology, Leuphana University Luneburg

> 08-12/2024 Visiting Professor, Aalto School of Business, Finland

> 2020-2024 Assistant Professor for International Social and Sustainable Entrepreneurship, Center for Sustainability Management, Leuphana University Luneburg.

> 2017-2020 Post-Doctoral Reserach Fellow in Entrepreneurship, Department of Management Studies, Aalto University, Finland.

> 04-05/2019 Visiting Researcher, Mendoza School of Business, University of Notre Dame, US.

> 2016 Project Researcher, Faculty of Business Studies, University of Vaasa, Finland.

> 2012-2016 Research Assistant in Entrepreneurship, Department of Management Studies, Aalto University, Finland.

 

Selected Publications:

Farny, S., Kibler, E. & Down, S. (2019). Collective Emotions in Institutional Creation Work, Academy of Management Journal, 62 (3), 765-799.

Farny, S, Kibler, E., Hai, S. & Landoni, P. (2019), Volunteer Retention in Prosocial Venturing: The Role of Emotional Connectivity, Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice, 43 (6), 1094–1123.

Farny, S., Frederiksen, S.H., Hannibal, M. & Jones, S. (2016). A CULTure of Entrepreneurship Education, Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, 28 (7-8), 514-535.

Projects

  1. Holistic Impact Incubator 2.0 - hands on impact
    Markus Reihlen (Project manager, academic) , Andrea Japsen (Coordination) , Steffen Farny (Co-Projectmanager, academic) , Maria Elisabeth Jansen (Project staff)
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    Project: Transfer (R&D project)

  2. DATIpilot - Communities - MEHRCE - Communitymanagement für Innovative Mehrwegsysteme, TP3: CM-MEHRCE-C
    Steffen Farny (Project manager, academic) , Katharina Hug (Project staff)
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    Project: Research

  3. 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 Kohlhase (Project staff) , Lillan Sally Lommel (Project staff) , Charlotte Wulffen (Project staff)
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    Project: Transfer (Scientific Services)

  4. Social innovative transformation by including work spaces (SinTrA)
    Steffen Farny (Project manager, academic) , Oliver Lorin Georg Genschow-Lindau (Project manager, academic) , David Demian Loschelder (Project manager, academic) , Monika Hannelore Imschloß (Project manager, academic) , Melissa Sophie Striethörster (Project staff) , Svenja Mareike Racine Rehwinkel (Project staff) , Josephine Führer (Project staff)
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    Project: Research

  5. Transformations:Räume für zukunftsorientiertes Lernen
    Andrea Japsen (Coordination) , Nicolas Meier (Coordination) , Matthias Wenzel (Project manager, academic) , Steffen Farny (Project manager, academic) , Torben Marco Schmidt (Project manager, academic) , Boukje Sanne Cnossen (Project manager, academic)
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    Project: Other

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Publications

Books and anthologies

  1. Wie genau die Welt retten?: Denkanstöße zum Club-of-Rome-Bericht "EARTH FOR ALL"
    Ines Lietzke-Prinz (Editor) , Steffen Farny (Editor) , 2024 München , 228 p.

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

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Journal contributions

  1. Resilience and regeneration for a world in crisis
    Joern Fischer (Author) , Steffen Farny (Author) , Manuel Pacheco-Romero (Author) , Carl Folke (Author) , 01.01.2026 , in: Ambio, 55, 1 , p. 24-34 , 11 p.

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

  2. An attention-based perspective on how climate impact affects opportunity entrepreneurship
    Mirko Hirschmann (Author) , Christian Fisch (Author) , Steffen Farny (Author) , 01.12.2025 , in: Small Business Economics, 65, 4 , p. 2217-2257 , 41 p.

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

  3. Biodiversity loss and entrepreneurship: Empirical evidence on threat perceptions among primary-sector entrepreneurs in 28 European countries
    Steffen Farny (Author) , Mirko Hirschmann (Author) , Christian Fisch (Author) , 01.06.2025 , in: Journal of Business Venturing Insights, 23 , 12 p.

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

  4. Social identity and place-based dynamics in community resilience building for natural disasters: an integrative framework
    Steffen Farny (Author) , Domenico Dentoni (Author) , 01.05.2025 , in: Ecology and Society, 30, 2 , 14 p.

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

  5. How Founders Harness Tensions in Hybrid Venture Development
    Steffen Farny (Author) , Pablo Munoz (Author) , Ewald Kibler (Author) , Virva Salmivaara (Author) , 01.11.2024 , in: Business and Society, 63, 8 , p. 1842-1886 , 45 p.

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

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Contributions to collected editions/anthologies

  1. Resource Allocation in Startup Teams: Exploring Entrepreneurial Coping with Radical Uncertainty during the Corona Pandemic
    Steffen Farny (Author) , Yasmine Yahyaoui (Author) , Eva Jakob (Author) , Holger Steinmetz (Author) , 14.06.2022 , p. 331-334 , 3 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review

  2. Collective intentionality in entrepreneurship-as-practice
    Steffen Farny (Author) , Ewald Kibler (Author) , 01.01.2022 Cheltenham , p. 127-140 , 14 p.

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

  3. Sustainable Entrepreneurship
    Steffen Farny (Author) , Julia Binder (Author) , 19.01.2021 2 ed. , p. 605-611 , 7 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Articles for encyclopedia › Research

  4. A CULTure of entrepreneurship education
    Steffen Farny (Author) , Signe Hedeboe Frederiksen (Author) , Martin Hannibal (Author) , Sally Jones (Author) , 01.01.2018 London , p. 38-59 , 22 p.

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

  5. Entrepreneurial Aalto: Where science and art meet technology and business
    Steffen Farny (Author) , Paula Kyrö (Author) , 22.05.2015 London , p. 150-166 , 17 p.

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

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Impact

Press / Media

  1. Wie ‚Communicorns‘ die Unternehmenswelt neu denken
    1 Media contribution

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  2. Biodiversité: les agriculteurs peu conscients de leur impact, selon une étude de l’Uni
    1 Media contribution

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  3. Müsliproduzent stellt Ex-Junkies ein und will Vorbild sein
    1 Media contribution

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  4. Financial Times listed top Business School Research with Social Impact
    1 Media contribution

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  5. Ei syyttelyä - Kun yrittäjä lopettaa, hän keskittyy positiiviseen tai lupaa toimia jatkossa paremmin
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Prizes

  1. Transfer- und Impact Award der Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
    Lillan Sally Lommel (Recipient) Robert Frederic Kohlhase (Recipient) Robert Finn Hoyer (Recipient) Charlotte 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. Aalto University Dissertation Award 2018
    Steffen Farny (Recipient) ,

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

  3. Doctoral Thesis Award For the Highest Quality Dissertation of the Year 2017 (HSE Foundation)
    Steffen Farny (Recipient) ,

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

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Courses