M+T Conference Day, Summer Semester 2026
2026-07-14 The M+T Conference Day – a unique event at Leuphana and now in its third year – was organized as a research forum where doctoral students from the Management and Technology Faculty’s doctoral programs had the opportunity to present the current status of their research.
After being welcomed by the event organizer, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Arthur Seibel, spokesperson for the Doctoral Research Group Engineering, and a brief introductory talk on creating a personalized PhD chatbot, the event moved on to the individual sessions. In addition to the seventeen presenters from the fields of Engineering, Entrepreneurship, Management & Innovation (EMI), Information Systems & Data Science, Accounting & Finance, and Psychology, numerous other doctoral candidates and interested attendees attended the presentations.
The presentations, held in parallel throughout the day, allowed participants to flexibly tailor their own conference schedule and encouraged them to look beyond their own disciplines. The range of topics was as broad as the diverse fields of study: from perceptions of climate change risks, recovery during shift work, and immersion in virtual spaces to AI-accelerated additive manufacturing, interested conference participants were able to learn about the current state of research from the presenters, who in turn received valuable feedback on their research during a subsequent discussion.
The day was rounded off with a quality circle for doctoral candidates, led by Dr. Lotte Lutz from the Quality Management department of the Dean’s Office for Management and Technology and Dr. Anton Guhl, coordinating director of the doctoral program at Leuphana. Here, the doctoral candidates were able to exchange ideas on a range of topics, such as collaboration within research groups or the differences between a fellowship and an employment contract as a research assistant.
The M+T Conference Day – a versatile, interdisciplinary forum for exchange that supports discourse and the exchange of perspectives across disciplines and, through its inherent focus on networking, fosters a vibrant research community.
