Akad. Rätin Dr. Laura Fey-Kreuzer

21335 Lüneburg, Universitätsallee 1, C6.113
Fon +49.4131.677-1944, laura.fey@leuphana.de
Akademische*r Rat*in, Professur für Betriebswirtschaftslehre, insbesondere Entrepreneurship und Organisation
Assoziierte/r, Leuphana Center for Organization & Social Transformation

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Laura Fey ist Akademische Rätin an der Professur für Betriebswirtschaftslehre, insbesondere Entrepreneurship, am Institut für Management und Organisation. Sie hat International Business in Deutschland an der Ostfalia Hochschule, in Südafrika an der Nelson Mandela University und in Großbritannien an der University of Edinburgh studiert. Ihre Promotion hat sie ebenfalls an der University of Edinburgh abgeschlossen, diese wurde von der University of Edinburgh Business School und dem Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) UK finanziert. Im Jahr 2022 absolvierte Laura Fey einen Institutional Visit an der Alberta School of Business, eingeladen von Michael Lounsbury und Royston Greenwood.

Laura Feys Forschungsinteressen konzentrieren sich auf Transformationsprozesse, insbesondere auf Prozesse des Organisierens. In ihrer Forschung untersucht sie verschiedene Organisationstypen, darunter große, diversifizierte Unternehmen und kulturelle Organisationen, und nutzt dabei insbesondere qualitative Forschungsmethoden.

Projekte

  1. Gesellschaftliche Transformation organisieren: Eine prozessorientierte Perspektive
    Laura Fey (Wissenschaftliche Projektleiter*in) , (Wissenschaftliche Ko-Projektleiter*in) , (Wissenschaftliche Ko-Projektleiter*in) , (Wissenschaftliche Ko-Projektleiter*in) , (Wissenschaftliche Ko-Projektleiter*in)
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    Projekt: Forschung

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Publikationen

Beiträge in Zeitschriften

  1. Reinforcing Systems of Exclusion: The Role of Public Space
    Laura Fey (Autor*in) , John M. Amis (Autor*in) , 01.08.2022 , in: Academy of Management Proceedings, 2022, 1 , 1 S.

    Publikation: Beiträge in Zeitschriften › Konferenz-Abstracts in Fachzeitschriften › Forschung › begutachtet

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Beiträge in Sammelwerken

  1. The Practical Significance of History: When and How History Can Be Used for Institutional Change
    Natalie Eng (Autor*in) , Laura Fey (Autor*in) , Hannah Schupfer (Autor*in) , 01.01.2026 100. Aufl. , in: Research in the Sociology of Organizations, 2026, 100 , S. 183-203 , 20 S.

    Publikation: Beiträge in Sammelwerken › Kapitel › Forschung › begutachtet

  2. Organizational Wrongdoing, Boundary Work, and Systems of Exclusion: The Case of the Volkswagen Emissions Scandal
    Laura Fey (Autor*in) , John Amis (Autor*in) , 24.07.2023 , S. 171-192 , 22 S.

    Publikation: Beiträge in Sammelwerken › Beiträge in Forschungsberichten › Forschung

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Aktivitäten

  1. Negotiating boundaries in alternative organizing: enlightening the boundary work taking place in commoning
    Laura Fey (Ko-Autor*in) , Louise Lecomte (Sprecher*in)

    Aktivität: Konferenzvorträge › Forschung

  2. Nurturing local embeddedness: Understanding the role of history and place in the development of climate-resilient agricultural practices
    Elke Schüßler (Sprecher*in) , Laura Fey (Ko-Autor*in)

    Aktivität: Konferenzvorträge › Forschung

  3. Multilevel Resilience in the Face of Creeping Crises
    Laura Fey (Ko-Autor*in) , Anna Stöber (Sprecher*in) , Leonie Eising (Sprecher*in)

    Aktivität: Konferenzvorträge › Forschung

  4. Rethinking project boundaries: Making a desirable future actionable within and beyond project boundaries
    Laura Fey (Ko-Autor*in) , Pauline Reinecke (Sprecher*in) , Sarah Stanske (Sprecher*in)

    Aktivität: Konferenzvorträge › Forschung

  5. CRISIS-DRIVEN TRANSFORMATION IN ORGANIZATIONS
    Laura Fey (Sprecher*in)

    Aktivität: Konferenzvorträge › Forschung

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Auszeichnungen

  1. 2025 Research Award of the School of Management & Technology
    Laura Fey (Empfänger/-in) ,

    Auszeichnung: Leuphana interne Preise, Stipendien, Auszeichnungen, Ernennungen › Forschung

  2. Outstanding Author Contribution Winner, 2024 Emerald Literati Awards
    Laura Fey (Empfänger/-in) ,

    Auszeichnung: Externe Preise, Stipendien, Auszeichnungen, Ernennungen › Forschung

  3. Service Recognition Award, Organizational Development and Change Division, Academy of Management
    Laura Fey (Empfänger/-in) ,

    Auszeichnung: Externe Preise, Stipendien, Auszeichnungen, Ernennungen › Transfer

  4. ODC Best Reviewer
    Laura Fey (Empfänger/-in) ,

    Auszeichnung: Externe Preise, Stipendien, Auszeichnungen, Ernennungen › Forschung

  5. CAHSS Recognition Award Nomination for work as Teaching Assistant Representative
    Laura Fey (Empfänger/-in) ,

    Auszeichnung: Externe Preise, Stipendien, Auszeichnungen, Ernennungen › Lehre

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Lehrveranstaltungen

1. Phase WiSe 26/27 - Schüßler: Organisation & Entrepreneurship
Laura Fey, Elke Schüßler
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The Professorship for Entrepreneurship and Organization Studies supervises Bachelor and Master theses in the areas of entrepreneurship, organization studies and management more broadly, mostly with a conceptual or qualitative orientation. You can either come with a fixed topic idea or you can specify a broad area of interest out of which a research question will be developed in the course of the supervision.
Nächster Termin:
Lehrveranstaltungen für dieses Semester beendet.
Creating Futures through Cultural Entrepreneurship - a Case Study of the Edinburgh Festival
Laura Fey
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This is a bi-weekly postgraduate seminar that provides a brief overview of cultural entrepreneurship and introduces students to the case study of the Edinburgh Festival to gain a deeper, hands-on understanding of creating and legitimizing cultural organizations. Festivals have become common world-wide. The 2015 UNESCO report stated that Germany hosted 240 festivals, France approximately 1000, Spain 700 and Italy 200. Not all festivals are the same – they range from dramatic arts and cinema to the visual arts and music. Moreover, some festivals focus on one theme (e.g., music) whereas others, including our case study of the Edinburgh Festival, are composed of several different disciplines. The importance of festivals is not only their economic impact but also their role in giving a sense of identity, shared value and belonging, in preventing exclusion. Given these important social and economic effects, it is not surprising that the UNESCO report calls for more research into understanding how festivals can be successfully structured and designed. The Edinburgh Festival, is the world’s largest arts festival and has a 76-year history. In 2019, 4.9 million people attended festival shows, generating £313 million in revenue. Edinburgh has been internationally acclaimed as an exemplary festival city. We will explore the phenomenon of the Edinburgh Festival in detail, discuss learnings and critical aspects to its organization.

Theoretically, we will focus on cultural entrepreneurship as an active and fast developing area of research in the social sciences, with challenges and opportunities for organizations as well as society. This course aims to give students an overview of cultural entrepreneurship with real life application by diving into the case of the Edinburgh Festival. Students are encouraged to apply theoretical and empirical ideas to their own life. Each introduced idea should be examined with the following questions in mind: How do I understand the topic for myself? How does it matter for my own life and my studies/future jobs? What is/are the overarching question(s) with which the idea is concerned? What are the key concepts? What are the assumptions about causal forces? How far is the empirical evidence convincing? A sub theme that you should consider is why some ideas seem to convince you more than others. That is, pay attention to the crafting and composition of ideas from YouTube videos to academic papers. Lastly, this course is about reflecting on your experiences and to formulate your own research questions and perspectives.
Nächster Termin:
Mittwoch, 22.04.2026 um 10:15 Uhr
Raum: C 7.319 Seminarraum
PoE: Cultural Entrepreneurship
Laura Fey
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This is a bi-weekly undergraduate seminar that provides an overview of cultural entrepreneurship and introduces students to fundamental questions and approaches to the study of creating and legitimizing cultural organizations. Cultural entrepreneurship is a set of approaches for understanding entrepreneurial action that is based on similar cultural processes. Culture is at the foundation of entrepreneurship in two ways, a) entrepreneurs create and form organizations based on culture (culture as resource) and b) the legitimization and survival of organizations are based on the evaluation by audiences like society.

Cultural entrepreneurship is an active and fast-developing area of research in the social sciences, with challenges and opportunities for organizations as well as society. This course is broad and aims to give students an overview of cultural entrepreneurship by encouraging them to apply theoretical and empirical ideas to their own lives. Each introduced idea should be examined with the following questions in mind: how do I understand the topic for myself? How does it matter for my own life and my friends? what is/are the overarching question(s) with which the idea is concerned? What are the key concepts? What are the assumptions about causal forces? How far is the empirical evidence convincing? A sub-theme that you should consider is why some ideas seem to convince you more than others. That is, pay attention to the crafting and composition of ideas from YouTube videos to academic papers. Lastly, this course is about reflecting on your experiences and to formulate your own research questions and perspectives.
Nächster Termin:
Montag, 04.05.2026 um 10:15 Uhr
Raum: C 12.009 Seminarraum