Programme

Early-stage PhD students and scholars interested in qualitative research.

Steffen Farny is Assistant Professor for International Social and Sustainable Entrepreneurship at the Leuphana University of Lüneburg. In his research, he focuses in sustainability and entrepreneurship phenomena, the role of emotions in organizational processes and entrepreneuring in extreme contexts. He predominantly applies qualitative research methods to study practices, affect and institutional processes.

We want to address researchers as well as educators, from all fields and backgrounds with an interest in entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial thinking.

Jana-Michaela Timm is assistant professor in “Sustainable Investment and Management” at the School of Business, Economics and Social Science at the University of Hamburg (Germany). Her research focus is on transformational sustainability entrepreneurship, sustainable business models and finance. Her academic work has been published among others within the Journal of Knowledge Management and Journal of Cleaner Production. She has a number of cooperation with innovative entrepreneurs with whom she is pursuing transdisciplinary research and education in innovative forms of financing and enterprise creation.

Antonieta Alcorta de Bronstein is a researcher at the Chair of Economics and Sustainability, in the Faculty of Education and Social Sciences in the University of Vechta. Her main research interests are transformational sustainability entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial education, resilience entrepreneurship, innovative business models, and entrepreneurship and religion. Mrs. Alcorta de Bronstein has worked in projects with partners in Latin America and Africa. Mrs. Alcorta de Bronstein has lectured in many different universities and currently works in several interdisciplinary projects in Germany and abroad.

Jantje Halberstadt is a professor of Economics and Sustainability at the University of Vechta, Germany, where she is also Dean of Studies at the Faculty of Education and Social Sciences. Her main research interests are in the area of entrepreneurship and management related to various fields, such as ICT, agriculture and food, mobility, and gender studies. She is board member of FGF e.V., Germany`s leading scientific association for entrepreneurship, innovation, and SMEs, as well as member of the advisory board of the Yunus Centre for Social Business and Values.

This workshop aims to appeal to entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship engaged scholars and practitioners, particularly those interested in developing their own enterprise-specific social impact perspective and assessment to tackle grand challenges in start-up social enterprises, or in corporate social initiatives/projects within existing corporations. The HCA framework may also be of interest to social innovation and impact assessment researchers and practitioners concerned with board level performance and strategic assessments, for impact investors, and for civil society monitoring or government policy-makers working on multi-stakeholder initiatives.  

Raphael Ng (HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management, Germany) has a research interest in economic and business ethics, which is centered on social impact, business and human rights, environmental social and governance (ESG) issues, and stakeholder theory. His present doctoral work explores the conceptual boundaries of applying the Capabilities Approach onto profit-oriented corporations, particularly in shifting beyond the singular focus on profits towards a set of social and sustainable impacts. This research is conducted at the HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management and is part of a partnership between two ethics centers: the Wittenberg Center for Global Ethics (WCGE) that focuses on responsible corporate leadership and the Weltethos Institut at the University of Tübingen (WEIT) that works on humanistic management.

Travis Chamberlain (UC San Diego, Rady School of Management, USA) successfully defended his PhD at the University of California San Diego (UCSD) in Philosophy of Science, with a focus on economics. His thesis topic pertains to the intersection of conceptual characterization and practical application of measurement in the social sciences, specifically well-being measurement through the Capabilities Approach developed by Martha Nussbaum and Amartya Sen. He is now a lecturer at the UCSD Rady School of Management, and instructs a course on 'Managing Diverse Teams'.

The primary target group for the workshop are entrepreneurship educators - individuals who teach entrepreneurship courses, workshops, or other similar events - with background knowledge of what it takes to explore and leverage digital innovation opportunities. Participants who belong to this target group have preferably already taught at least two entrepreneurship education formats in order to actively reflect on what has worked well and what challenges remain. In addition, we also invite students, scientists, and (aspiring) entrepreneurs to add to the entrepreneurship educator's perspective by inviting a) those who have participated in entrepreneurial activities and b) those who have not (yet) taken relevant courses to show what has been missing and what could be useful in future educational interventions.

Janina Sundermeier is Assistant Professor of Digital Entrepreneurship and Diversity at the department of Information Systems at the Freie Universität Berlin. She developed various entrepreneurship education formats and received a scholarship for innovation in higher education institutions from the Stifterverband for her modul ‘WoMenventures'. Her research on entrepreneurial personality traits, diversity and AI-enabled ventures is closely intertwined with her teaching. She also founded the Digital Entrepreneurship Hub and the Hello Diversity! Studio with a podcast and various activities to promote diversity in (digital) entrepreneurship.

Franziska Schmitt is PhD Candidate in Digital Entrepreneurship and Diversity at the Department of Information Systems at the Freie Universität Berlin. She is a research assistant at Europa-Universität Flensburg, where she teaches Entrepreneurship Education. Franziska focuses in her research on the hurdles that female founders face as well as the impact of digital technologies for female founders during their process of venture creation.

Conny Steenblock achieved her Master's degree (M.Sc.) in Management & Marketing at Freie Universität Berlin and University of St. Gallen. In her final thesis, she examined the distinct role of women-only initiatives in addressing gender-specific challenges and fostering female founders in entrepreneurial ecosystems. Currently working at the Leadership Academy of Deutsche Bahn AG, Conny has gained practical experience in implementing inclusive educational programs.

We would like to target educators and researchers who are interested in impact measures. We would also be happy to hear from policymakers and individuals representing multi-national groups who might want to explore impact measurements in the context of economic development.

Matthew C. Rogers-Draycott is a lecturer in Entrepreneurship at the Royal Agricultural University (UK). Over the last 16 years he has worked internationally as an entrepreneurship educator and course leader in a wide variety of institutions. Through this work he has focused his practice on the delivery of immersive learning experiences focused on the creation and growth of ventures. In addition to this he has started and grown my own companies, mentored numerous businesses and develop programmes to support both social and educational mobility through entrepreneurial practice. His research interests lie in two distinct areas: the role of the family and their influence on the practice of entrepreneurship and the design, delivery and impact of entrepreneurial education programmes, particularly those that focus on the creation of new ventures.

The workshop will additionally be supported by David Bozward (Royal Agricultural University), Nigel Adams (University of Buckingham), Mokuba Mave (Coventry University), and Kelly Smith (University of Birmingham) as moderators.

This workshop targets all educators, researchers and practitioners who are interested in developing education at higher education institutions.

Kjersti Blauenfeldt Næss is a research assistant at Engage—Centre for Engaged Education through Entrepreneurship, hosted by Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). She coordinates and works with research and projects within entrepreneurship education, sustainability and sustainable entrepreneurship education (SEE).

Fufen Jin is a researcher at Engage—Centre for Engaged Education through Entrepreneurship, hosted by Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). She is interested in assessment of entrepreneurship education,  and teaching methods and tools for sustainable entrepreneurship education.

Alexa Böckel works as a researcher and lecturer at the Social Change Hub (SCHub) of the Leuphana University of Lüneburg. She develops concepts for sustainable entrepreneurship education and investigates circular entrepreneurship for a circular society within her PhD.

Maren Fokuhl started her position as a reserach assistant at the chair of Prof. Dr. Jacob Hörisch in March 2021. She is a teammember of the Leuphana Yunus Centre for Social Business and Values (YCSB) und des Centre for Sustainability Management at Leuphana University.

Frederic Penz studied business and psychology in Lüneburg, St. Gallen and Mexico City. Since May 2020 he has been coordinating the Leuphana Yunus Centre for Social Business and Values (YCSB) and is doing his PhD on Entrepreneurship for Sustainable Development and Sustainability Transitions at the Junior Professorship of Sustainability Management and Economics.

This IDW targets participants, who want to learn about methods on how to develop concepts and business ideas in a short amount of time, how to evaluate their own ideas as well as those from other participants. Overall, this IDW targets participants, who want to learn more about practical approaches that help to further improve professional and personal competences. The participants will receive a general understanding of the current situation of organizations with the coherent approach of social justice, economic performance and ecological compatibility to make a positive impact.

Jill Küberling-Jost received her PhD at the Leuphana, was most recently a postdoc at TUHH's Institute for Strategic and International Management, and founded Antheas. With Antheas, she advises companies on strategic sustainability and is building a data-driven virtual learning environment for climate-friendly action in organizations. She teaches strategy and business ethics at various universities and colleges, researches and publishes on corporate irresponsibility, corporate sustainability and circular economy. She also has several years of professional experience in IT & strategy consulting as well as in national and international project management.

Whilst the workshop is targeted at supporters of practice, we hope that all audiences will gain something from this as there will be elements relevant to educators and researchers as well.

Mark Mann, Social Venture Lead, Oxford University Innovation Limited, became responsible for commercialisation of ideas from the Humanities and Social Sciences Divisions of the University of Oxford in 2016. After two years and realising that half of the pipeline in those divisions required social ventures, Mark also became lead for social enterprises as well. With substantial growth in demand for social enterprises in the Medical and Sciences Divisions as well, Mark developed Oxford’s social venture service and has started a social investment fund in collaboration with 11 other universities so that the ventures have the opportunity to get the financed they need.

Christoph Köller, Co-founder and Managing Partner, Görgen & Köller GmbH, has been the lead for the ASTP Special Interest Group in Humanities, Social Sciences and the Arts (SSHA). In that role he has a broad overview of commercialisation activity in SSHA and the successful initiatives across Europe. He has recently focussed on impact and transformation strategy projects.

Supporters of practice – not necessarily affiliated to a university, but all affiliations are welcome.

Dr. Anja Hagedorn has been working since 2011 in the field of Entrepreneurship Research and Practice. She did research in entrepreneurial coaching and crowdfunding and developed and implemented projects to foster entrepreneurial behaviour funded by public authorities, such as GISBERT or EXIST - Die Gründerhochschule. She also founded the social business Reef Guardian e.V. and is founding angel at Jobs4Students, an AI-based HR startup.

Dr. Rita G. Klapper has almost 20 years of experience of working in international Higher Education Institutions. Her research and teaching is situated at the interface between entrepreneurship and sustainability. She has extensive experience in innovative approaches to learning using creative arts (music, theatre, mediation) in her  courses to stimulate out of the box thinking.  She has coached and mentored colleagues and many undergraduate and postgraduate students in their career orientation and decisions. She is qualified as Executive Coach and Mentor with the UK Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM), coaches and mentors at her present employer, Manchester Metropolitan University (UK) and acts as Coach for the Association of Business in Society (ABIS) from autumn 2021 onwards. 

1) Scholars and students who are interested in and looking for research opportunities as well as intellectual exchange with practitioners active in their field. These can be Bachelor or Master students from Leuphana University or other universities focusing on business administration, entrepreneurship, sustainability, or environmental sciences who want to address practically relevant questions in their thesis. Further, junior and senior researchers from the fields of entrepreneurship, innovation and sustainability research looking for new research projects or paper opportunities are invited.

2) Practitioners and entrepreneurs who can provide research opportunities and/or are looking for an exchange with (up-and-coming) scholars. They can be in the process of starting a venture, transforming a venture, or struggling with questions concerning running a venture. These ventures can be social, sustainable or ecologically-oriented or conventional ventures that would like to integrate more sustainable practices (sustainable intrapreneurship).

Alexa Böckel works as a researcher and lecturer at the Social Change Hub (SCHub) of the Leuphana University of Lüneburg. She develops concepts for sustainable entrepreneurship education and investigates circular entrepreneurship for a circular society within her PhD.

Lena Kostuj is currently a graduate student in Cultural Studies at Leuphana University. As a student assistant at the SCHub, she focuses on knowledge transfer and event planning.

Marielle Mangold works as a student assistant at SCHub and is in charge of event organization, external communication and public relations. She studies Cultural Studies in her Master’s at Leuphana University.