Completed and Ongoing Dissertations
This is a selection of PhD dissertations supervised by our LOST researchers (to be continued).
Boukje Cnossen
| Dissertation | Status | LOST Involvement |
| Lana Bartusch (Leuphana University of Lüneburg): “Becoming with Art Spaces: Threads of Organizing Otherwise” | Ongoing | Boukje Cnossen as 1st supervisor, with Timon Beyes |
| Lilith Diringer (Leuphana University of Lüneburg): “Social Sustainability and New Work Practices in the Creative and Cultural Industries” | Ongoing | Boukje Cnossen as 1st supervisor |
| Stephanie Heitmann (Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena) “Investigating Agile Organizing from a Performative Angle” | Completed in 2025 | Boukje Cnossen as 2nd supervisor, with Stefan Strohschneider |
| Lena Kostuj (Leuphana University of Lüneburg and University of Groningen): “Beyond the mainstream: Organizing (in) conspiratorial communities” | Ongoing | Boukje Cnossen as 1st supervisor, with Hannah Trittin-Ulbrich, Marianne Franklin & Esteban Morales (UG) |
| Merle Larro (Leuphana University of Lüneburg): "Organising Ecovillages as Real-World Laboratories for Societal Transformation in Times of Crisis“ | Ongoing | Boukje Cnossen as 1st supervisor |
| Lillan Lommel (Leuphana University of Lüneburg): “Spatial perspectives on organizing with and for the future” | Ongoing | Boukje Cnossen as 2nd supervisor, with Matthias Wenzel |
| Elena Römer (Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg): “Haltung: A new framework of organizational purpose” | Ongoing | Boukje Cnossen as 2nd supervisor |
Steffen Farny
| Dissertation | Status | LOST Involvement |
| Alexa Böckel (Leuphana University of Lüneburg): "Entrepreneurship for the circular economy - unravelling the phenomenon" | Ongoing | Steffen Farny as 1st supervisor |
| Josephine Führer (Leuphana University of Lüneburg): "Beyond beneficiaries – How work integration social enterprises shape social inclusion” | Ongoing | Steffen Farny as 1st supervisor |
| Sophia McRae (University of Freiburg): “Kooperative Geschäftsmodelle als zukunftsfähige Entwicklungsstrategie für unabhängige Bioläden in Deutschland” | Ongoing | Steffen Farny as 2nd supervisor, with Arnim Wiek (University of Freiburg) |
| Simon Meyer (Leuphana University of Lüneburg): “Cultivating Regenerative Entrepreneurship through Open Source Technology Innovation” | Ongoing | Steffen Farny as 1st supervisor |
Svenja Rehwinkel (Leuphana University of Lüneburg): “Tightrope Walking – Practices of Navigating Paradoxical Tensions between Social and Economic Demands" | Ongoing | Steffen Farny as 1st supervisor |
| Julia Rothamel (IÖR: Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Development): “CSX organizations as social and organizational spaces” | Ongoing | Steffen Farny as 2nd supervisor, with David Loscheder & Markus Egermann (IÖR) |
| Charlotte von Wulffen (Leuphana University of Lüneburg): “Exploring the regenerative potentials of community-supported entrepreneurship" | Ongoing | Steffen Farny as 1st supervisor |
Stefanie Habersang
| Dissertation | Status | LOST Involvement |
| Anneke Klein (Leuphana University of Lüneburg): “Strategic Change in the Oil and Gas Industry” | Ongoing | Stefanie Habersang as 1st supervisor, with Markus Reihlen |
| Panida Nowa (Leuphana University of Lüneburg): “Responsible AI in Creative Industries” | Ongoing | Stefanie Habersang as 1st supervisor; with Markus Zimmer |
| Elske Ruge (Leuphana University of Lüneburg): “Tracing the Invisible: Understanding Corruption in Development Cooperation and the Professionalization of Economic Forensics” | Ongoing | Stefanie Habersang as 1st supervisor; with Markus Reihlen |
Markus Reihlen
| Dissertation | Status | LOST Involvement |
| Stefanie Habersang: “Taking Stock and Moving Forward in Process-Research: Theoretical and Methodological Considerations for Studying Process Phenomena in Organization and Management Studies” | Completed in 2020 | Markus Reihlen as 1st supervisor |
| Jill Küberling: “Corporate Irresponsibility” | Completed in 2019 | Markus Reihlen as 1st supervisor |
| Detlef Schwarting: "Künstliche Intelligenz: Von der selbstverschuldeten Unmündigkeit zur Aufklärung und zurück“ | Completed in 2023 | Markus Reihlen as 1st supervisor |
| Christoph Seckler: “Error Cultures in Accounting Firms”, | Completed in 2014 | Markus Reihlen as 1st supervisor |
Dennis Schoeneborn
| Dissertation | Status | LOST Involvement |
| Milena Leybold (University of Innsbruck): “A communication perspective on organizing membership” | Completed in 2024 | Dennis Schoeneborn as 2nd supervisor; with Leonhard Dobusch |
| Sebastian Lüpnitz (University of Innsbruck): "How to navigate polarization without further fueling it? Organizing for Grand Societal Challenges in polarized discourses" | Ongoing | Dennis Schoeneborn as 2nd supervisor; with Leonhard Dobusch |
| Maxine Mölgen (CBS): “The ‘Greenlash’: How pro- and anti-green coalitions shape the discourse around green governance” | Ongoing | Dennis Schoeneborn as 2nd supervisor; with Jacob Hasselbalch |
| Catarina Pessanha Gomes (CBS): “The art of occupying: A study on the influence of romanticism as political culture in French prefigurative politics” | Completed in 2022 | Dennis Schoeneborn as 1st supervisor; with Mitchell Dean |
| Arni J. Petersen (CBS): “Collective imaginary as residual fantasy: A case study of the Faroese oil bonanza“ | Completed in 2021 | Dennis Schoeneborn as 2nd supervisor; with Dan Kärreman |
| Bennet Schwoon (University of Zurich): “Organizing for a better world? Exploring normative and communicative dimensions of tackling grand societal challenges” | Completed in 2024 | Dennis Schoeneborn as 2nd supervisor; with Andreas G. Scherer |
| Anna Stöber (CBS): “The emergence of new forms of organizing within established organizations” | Completed in 2024 | Dennis Schoeneborn as 1st supervisor; with Markus Reihlen |
| Hannah Trittin (University of Zurich): “Transcending the organization: CSR communication in the network society” | Completed in 2016 | Dennis Schoeneborn 2nd supervisor; with Andreas G. Scherer |
| Peter Winkler (University of Greifswald): “Eine PR der nächsten Gesellschaft: Ambivalenzen einer Disziplin im Wandel“ | Completed in 2014 | Dennis Schoeneborn 2nd supervisor; with Stefan Wehmeier |
Elke Schüßler
| Dissertation | Status | LOST Involvement |
| Maria Farkondeh (JKU Linz): “Beyond the hype: Theoretical underpinnings and consequences of forms of organizing “new work”” | Completed in 2023 | Elke Schüßler as 2ndsupervisor; with Barbara Müller |
| Nina Füreder (JKU): “Managing Organizational Resilience in Healthcare” | Completed in 2025 | Elke Schüßler as 1st supervisor; with Barbara Müller |
| Hanna Pauline Gerland (Leuphana University of Lüneburg): “Corporate Sustainability (CS) communication in an age of polarization: Why business firms either engage in deliberative dialogue or retract to strategic silence” | Ongoing | Elke Schüßler as 1st supervisor; with Dennis Schoeneborn |
| Nora Große (Leuphana University of Lüneburg): “Towards network responsibility in global value chains: Changing intra- and inter-organizational structures and practices in the light of emerging human rights due diligence” | Ongoing | Elke Schüßler as 1st supervisor |
| Andreas Kaiser (Leuphana University of Lüneburg): “Crisis-resilient German government organizations: Bureaucratic decision-making in the management of (poly-)crisis in the 2020s and the institutionalization of resilience” | Ongoing | Elke Schüßler as 1st supervisor |
| Lukas Klasen (Leuphana University of Lüneburg): “Public administration and climate change – how to address wicked problems through organisational processes and practices” | Ongoing | Elke Schüßler as 1st supervisor |
| Sara Maric (JKU): “Organization beyond Organizations: The Front- and Backstage of Digital Platforms” | Completed in 2025 | Elke Schüßler as 1st supervisor; with Robert Bauer |
| Tim Möhlenkamp (Leuphana University of Lüneburg): “From Crisis to Polycrisis: Rethinking the Resilient Organization from a Temporal Perspective” | Ongoing | Elke Schüßler as 1st supervisor |
| Fenja Nolting (Hertie School of Governance): “Organizations, Institutions, and Societal Challenges A study of organized efforts addressing institutional pathologies” | Completed in 2026 | Elke Schüßler as 2nd supervisor; with Johanna Mair |
| Carolin Puhl (FU Berlin): "How to do things with texts – Essays on the transformative potential of research on global value networks“ | Completed in 2024 | Elke Schüßler as 2nd supervisor; with Jörg Sydow |
| Ferdinand Revellio (JKU Linz): “Managing Product Circularity: The interplay of vertical integration, collaboration in service ecosystems, and product design” | Completed in 2021 | Elke Schüßler as 2nd supervisor; with Erik Hansen |
| Eva-Maria Spreitzer (Leuphana University of Lüneburg): “Another world is possible? Researching futurestransforming approaches toward societal renewal” | Ongoing | Elke Schüßler as 2nd supervisor; with Matthias Wenzel |
| Marco Steppe (FU Berlin): “Ansätze zur interorganisationalen Zusammenarbeit im Bereich Corporate Social Responsibility in Netzwerken des Einzelhandels” | Completed in 2025 | Elke Schüßler as 2nd supervisor; with Jörg Sydow |
| Benjamin Schiemer (JKU): “Incompleteness and Closure as Drivers for Creative Processes in Digital-Physical Spaces” | Completed in 2020 | Elke Schüßler as 1st supervisor; with Jörg Sydow |
| Laura Thäter (JKU): “Workers of the crowd unite: Collective action countering the traditional organization model in digital capitalism for a more sustainable and democratic platform economy” | Completed in 2026 | Elke Schüßler as 2nd supervisor; with Robert Bauer |
| Constantin Treuleben (Leuphana University of Lüneburg): “Zwischen Pfadabhängigkeit und Pfadbruch: Transformation der industriellen Buchherstellung am Standort Leipzig” | Ongoing | Elke Schüßler as 1st supervisor |
| Yuka Yanagawa (LUISS Rome): “Toward a more-than-human organizing: the evolution of regeneration as an emerging management model” | Ongoing | Elke Schüßler as 2nd supervisor; with Giuseppe Delmestri |
Hannah Trittin-Ulbrich
| Dissertation | Status | LOST Involvement |
| Rudo Femuko (Leuphana University of Lüneburg): “Venture Creation and Strategies under Adversity: The Entrepreneurship of Afro-Germans” | Ongoing | Hannah Trittin-Ulbrich as 1st supervisor, with Steffen Farny |
| Elena Eckert (Leuphana University of Lüneburg): “Assessing Sustainability and Resilience in Tourism Destinations: Approaches for the development and implementation of destination sustainability and resilience assessment methodologies” | Completed in 2024 | Hannah Trittin-Ulbrich as 1st supervisor, with Dagmar Lund-Durlacher |
Ursula Weisenfeld
| Dissertation | Status | LOST Involvement |
| Leonie Eising (Leuphana University of Lüneburg): “Entrepreneurship and systemic transformation” | Ongoing | Ursula Weisenfeld as 1st supervisor |
| Antoniya Hauerwaas (Leuphana University of Lüneburg): “Systemic innovations as mechanisms for systems transformations. Towards a better understanding of the impact of systems thinking, innovations and institutions for system change” | Completed in 2018 | Ursula Weisenfeld as 1st supervisor |
| Sünje Helldorf (Leuphana University of Lüneburg): “Kompetenzentwicklung in kleinen und mittelständischen Unternehmen” | Completed in 2021 | Ursula Weisenfeld as 1st supervisor |
| Thomas Maximilian Koll (Leuphana University of Lüneburg): “Zur Mikrofundierung von institutionellen Logiken Das Innovationsverhalten von Familienunternehmen während des Generationswechsels als Sinnbild für institutionelle Äquilibrationsprozesse” | Completed in 2021 | Ursula Weisenfeld as 1st supervisor |
| Verena Meyer (Leuphana University of Lüneburg): “Critical Perspectives on Entrepreneurship - Challenging the Agent, the Discourse(s) and Dominant Assumptions” | Completed in 2021 | Ursula Weisenfeld as 1st supervisor |
| Katarzyna Ewa Rollert (Leuphana University of Lüneburg): “Sustainability transition of the electricity system: Levels, actors and mechanisms” | Completed in 2021 | Ursula Weisenfeld as 1st supervisor |
Matthias Wenzel
| Nicolás Arbeláez Rivera (Universidad EAFIT) | Ongoing | Matthias Wenzel as 1st supervisor |
| Jesús Eduardo Briñez Vera (Universidad EAFIT) | Ongoing | Matthias Wenzel as 1st supervisor |
| Niveen Eid (Leuphana University of Lüneburg) | Ongoing | Matthias Wenzel as 1st supervisor |
| Carolin Federolf (Leuphana University of Lüneburg) | Ongoing | Matthias Wenzel as 1st supervisor |
| Lara Geisler (Leuphana University of Lüneburg) | Ongoing | Matthias Wenzel as 1st supervisor |
| Fatameh Ghayeghi Hassani (Leuphana University of Lüneburg) | Ongoing | Matthias Wenzel as 1st supervisor |
| Manuela Gómez Valencia (Leuphana University of Lüneburg) | Ongoing | Matthias Wenzel as 1st supervisor |
| Lillan Lommel (Leuphana University of Lüneburg) | Ongoing | Matthias Wenzel as 1st supervisor |
| René Lührsen (Leuphana University of Lüneburg) | Ongoing | Matthias Wenzel as 1st supervisor |
| Alla Kukashova (Leuphana University of Lüneburg) | Ongoing | Matthias Wenzel as 1st supervisor |
| Stella von Schnakenburg (Leuphana University of Lüneburg) | Ongoing | Matthias Wenzel as 1st supervisor |
| Eva-Maria Spreitzer (Leuphana University of Lüneburg) | Ongoing | Matthias Wenzel as 1st supervisor |