{"id":3965,"date":"2026-06-16T22:26:51","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T20:26:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/?page_id=3965"},"modified":"2026-06-16T22:26:52","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T20:26:52","slug":"fellows","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/en\/our-fellows\/fellows\/","title":{"rendered":"Fellows"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><\/h2>\n<div class=\"four-columns-three\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"rrze-elements accordion style_default\" id=\"accordion-0\">\n<div class=\"accordion-group\">\n<h2 class=\"accordion-heading\"><button class=\"accordion-toggle\" data-toggle=\"collapse\"  href=\"#collapse_0\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse_0\" id=\"collapse_button_0\"> Nivedita Agarwal <\/button><\/h2>\n<div id=\"collapse_0\" class=\"accordion-body\" aria-labelledby=\"collapse_button_0\">\n<div class=\"accordion-inner clearfix\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_1166\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1166\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1166\" src=\"https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.rw.fau.de\/files\/2020\/06\/Agarwal_N-1-e1751109175696-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2020\/06\/Agarwal_N-1-e1751109175696-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2020\/06\/Agarwal_N-1-e1751109175696-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2020\/06\/Agarwal_N-1-e1751109175696-239x240.jpg 239w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2020\/06\/Agarwal_N-1-e1751109175696-319x320.jpg 319w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2020\/06\/Agarwal_N-1-e1751109175696-468x470.jpg 468w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2020\/06\/Agarwal_N-1-e1751109175696.jpg 617w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1166\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: FAU\/Giulia Iannicelli<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Dr. Nivedita Agarwal completed her Bachelors in Engineering and Masters in Business Administration at the Indian Institute of Science, India. After a 5-year-stint in the consulting industry, she pursued her PhD at the Otto-Friedrich-Universit\u00e4t Bamberg. After finishing her PhD in 2015, she worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Chair of Information Systems (Innovation and Value creation) and the Chair of Technology Management, FAU Erlangen-N\u00fcrnberg. Since 2021, she is a Research Fellow at the Institute of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Science, University of Stuttgart. Her research focuses on frugal innovations and social entrepreneurship. Inspired by the existing societal and sustainable challenges, her research highlights the role of innovation and entrepreneurship in shaping new ecosystems. She is also the Editor-In-Chief of the International Journal of Entrepreneurial Venturing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Engineering Frugal Innovations for Sustainable Future and Higher Societal Impact<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nivedita Agarwal\u2019s research project evaluates application of frugal engineering to manage social and sustainability challenges. Therein, the project defines the implementation process of frugal engineering, including the required tools and methodologies. In parallel, the project investigates the role of advanced technologies in enabling quality frugal innovations with higher business and social impact while significantly reducing the use of scarce resources. Finally, the project aims to establish the linkage between frugality and sustainability and offers recommendations to large and small organizations to implement frugal approaches.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"accordion-group\">\n<h2 class=\"accordion-heading\"><button class=\"accordion-toggle\" data-toggle=\"collapse\"  href=\"#collapse_1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse_1\" id=\"collapse_button_1\"> Stefan Arnold <\/button><\/h2>\n<div id=\"collapse_1\" class=\"accordion-body\" aria-labelledby=\"collapse_button_1\">\n<div class=\"accordion-inner clearfix\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_2940\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2940\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2940\" src=\"https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.rw.fau.de\/files\/2025\/05\/Arnold-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2025\/05\/Arnold-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2025\/05\/Arnold-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2025\/05\/Arnold-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2025\/05\/Arnold-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2025\/05\/Arnold-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2025\/05\/Arnold-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2025\/05\/Arnold-240x240.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2025\/05\/Arnold-320x320.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2025\/05\/Arnold-470x470.jpg 470w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2940\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: SFZ\/Giulia Iannicelli<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Dr. Stefan Arnold is a postdoctoral researcher at the Chair of IT-Management. He studied business informatics and International Information Systems Management at FAU Erlangen-N\u00fcrnberg and the Otto-Friedrich-University Bamberg and received his doctoral degree from FAU Erlangen-N\u00fcrnberg in 2023. His research focuses on the intricate interplay between the technological innovation of large language models and their far-reaching societal implications. To support and expand his research, he regularly acquires competitive funding from governmental and industrial sources. He frequently presents his findings at international conferences.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Art of Conversation: Language Use and Best Practices for an Effective Interaction With Conversational Agents<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Conversational Agents, powered by Large Language Models, have become indispensable tools for personal and professional tasks. However, their effectiveness hinges not only on the ability of interlocutors to communicate with linguistic precision and pragmatic adequacy, but also on their capacity to sustain an engaging dialogue. This includes aspects such as the use of linguistics devices to ensure logical conversational flow or the appropriate expression of empathy. The aim of the research project is to derive best practices based on real-world conversational interactions to promote accessibility and acceptance across broader segments of society.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"accordion-group\">\n<h2 class=\"accordion-heading\"><button class=\"accordion-toggle\" data-toggle=\"collapse\"  href=\"#collapse_2\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse_2\" id=\"collapse_button_2\"> Christian Baccarella <\/button><\/h2>\n<div id=\"collapse_2\" class=\"accordion-body\" aria-labelledby=\"collapse_button_2\">\n<div class=\"accordion-inner clearfix\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_968\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-968\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-968\" src=\"https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.rw.fau.de\/files\/2019\/05\/Baccarella-e1751108562288-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2019\/05\/Baccarella-e1751108562288-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2019\/05\/Baccarella-e1751108562288-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2019\/05\/Baccarella-e1751108562288-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2019\/05\/Baccarella-e1751108562288-240x240.png 240w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2019\/05\/Baccarella-e1751108562288-320x320.png 320w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2019\/05\/Baccarella-e1751108562288-470x470.png 470w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2019\/05\/Baccarella-e1751108562288.png 790w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-968\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: SFZ\/Giulia Iannicelli<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Prof. Dr. Christian Baccarella is a full professor at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, specializing in innovation and marketing. Previously, he was a professor of innovation management at Bundeswehr University Munich, Germany, and served as a substitute professor at the University of Bonn, Germany. After studying business administration in Germany and England, he received his PhD in innovation management and the venia legendi from Friedrich-Alexander-Universit\u00e4t Erlangen-N\u00fcrnberg, Germany. His research focuses on topics such as innovation marketing, business model innovation, creativity, social media, and consumer perceptions of open innovation activities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Exploring the Dark Side of Social Media<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Social media have fundamentally changed the way we create, share, and consume information. Although existing research focuses mainly on the positive aspects of social media, there is undoubtedly also a \u201cdark side\u201d. More and more attention is therefore dedicated to phenomena such as fake news or cyberbullying. However, especially these considerably negative aspects are largely neglected and thus offer significant potential for future research. Further theoretical and empirical work is therefore necessary to better understand the underlying mechanisms of this \u201cdark side\u201d so that individuals and companies can better protect themselves against it. Therefore, the goals of this research project are to explore \u201cdark\u201d social media phenomena and to develop theories and models that shed light on this dark side.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"accordion-group\">\n<h2 class=\"accordion-heading\"><button class=\"accordion-toggle\" data-toggle=\"collapse\"  href=\"#collapse_3\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse_3\" id=\"collapse_button_3\"> David Bartlitz <\/button><\/h2>\n<div id=\"collapse_3\" class=\"accordion-body\" aria-labelledby=\"collapse_button_3\">\n<div class=\"accordion-inner clearfix\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_3298\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3298\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3298\" src=\"https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.rw.fau.de\/files\/2025\/06\/Barlitz-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2025\/06\/Barlitz-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2025\/06\/Barlitz-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2025\/06\/Barlitz-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2025\/06\/Barlitz-768x767.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2025\/06\/Barlitz-1536x1534.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2025\/06\/Barlitz-240x240.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2025\/06\/Barlitz-320x320.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2025\/06\/Barlitz-471x470.jpg 471w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2025\/06\/Barlitz.jpg 1860w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3298\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Foto: David Bartlitz<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Prof. Dr. David Bartlitz is Chair of German and International Corporate Law at the University of Paderborn. He studied law at FAU Erlangen-N\u00fcrnberg. After finishing his doctorate on the topic: \u201cThe liability of the limited partner on the basis of corporate law principles\u201d, he completed his legal clerkship in the district of the Stuttgart Higher Regional Court. After his second state examination in law, he was a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Chair of Private Business Law at FAU Erlangen-N\u00fcrnberg. His main research interests are civil law as well as corporate and banking law.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Digital Legal Fact Research<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Research into legal facts serves to identify actual deviations of legal effects from legal objectives, to determine actual problems in legal practice and to analyse actual circumstances to support legal-dogmatic interpretation processes. It differs significantly from the \u201cclassical\u201d, purely normative legal science and is much more similar to the empirical economics and social sciences. So far, legal fact research in Germany has only been carried out in an analogue manner. The idea of digital legal fact research, however, consists in obtaining and analyzing legal facts for the first time using business informatics working methods.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"accordion-group\">\n<h2 class=\"accordion-heading\"><button class=\"accordion-toggle\" data-toggle=\"collapse\"  href=\"#collapse_4\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse_4\" id=\"collapse_button_4\"> Hendrik Birkel <\/button><\/h2>\n<div id=\"collapse_4\" class=\"accordion-body\" aria-labelledby=\"collapse_button_4\">\n<div class=\"accordion-inner clearfix\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_2329\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2329\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.rw.fau.de\/files\/2022\/08\/Birkel-e1751109654743-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2022\/08\/Birkel-e1751109654743-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2022\/08\/Birkel-e1751109654743-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2022\/08\/Birkel-e1751109654743-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2022\/08\/Birkel-e1751109654743-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2022\/08\/Birkel-e1751109654743-240x240.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2022\/08\/Birkel-e1751109654743-320x320.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2022\/08\/Birkel-e1751109654743-470x470.jpg 470w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2022\/08\/Birkel-e1751109654743.jpg 1125w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2329\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: SFZ\/Giulia Iannicelli<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Dr. Hendrik Birkel studied Economics (Bachelor of Science) and Business Administration (Master of Science) at the Universities of Ulm and Osnabr\u00fcck from 2011 to 2016. In 2017, he began his work as a research assistant at the Chair of Supply Chain Management at FAU Erlangen-N\u00fcrnberg and successfully completed his dissertation at the end of 2019, for which he was awarded the doctoral prize of the Hermann Gutmann Foundation. Following his time as a research assistant, he continues his work as a post-doctoral researcher. His primary research areas include resilience, sustainability, and digital transformation of supply chains.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Shaping Future Supply Chains: The Influencing Role of Resilience and Industry 4.0 Technologies<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The aim of this research project is to holistically investigate the uncertain development of a digitally driven risk management in supply chains. The analyses focus on a future-oriented perspective taking into account technology developments and influences caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the size and position of companies within the supply chain, trend developments (e.g. demand for more sustainability) as well as possible synergy effects. The holistic approach enables theoretical as well as practical conclusions on the management of resilience and its performance, the reaction to trend influences as well as recommendations for action.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"accordion-group\">\n<h2 class=\"accordion-heading\"><button class=\"accordion-toggle\" data-toggle=\"collapse\"  href=\"#collapse_5\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse_5\" id=\"collapse_button_5\"> Alexander Bohnert <\/button><\/h2>\n<div id=\"collapse_5\" class=\"accordion-body\" aria-labelledby=\"collapse_button_5\">\n<div class=\"accordion-inner clearfix\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_523\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-523\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-523\" src=\"https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.rw.fau.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Bohnert-e1751107922802-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Bohnert-e1751107922802-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Bohnert-e1751107922802-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Bohnert-e1751107922802-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Bohnert-e1751107922802-768x769.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Bohnert-e1751107922802-1534x1536.jpg 1534w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Bohnert-e1751107922802-240x240.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Bohnert-e1751107922802-320x320.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Bohnert-e1751107922802-469x470.jpg 469w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Bohnert-e1751107922802.jpg 1600w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-523\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: SFZ\/Giulia Iannicelli<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Prof. Dr. Alexander Bohnert studied Mathematics and Economics at Ulm University and at the University of West Florida (USA). After his doctorate and postdoctoral qualification (Habilitation) at FAU Erlangen-N\u00fcrnberg, he was appointed to Privatdozent at FAU in 2019, was Professor at TUM from 2020-21 and is now Professor of Finance and Risk Management at the Munich University of Applied Sciences (HM). He was a Visiting Scholar at the Aarhus University (Denmark), Florida State University (USA), University of Georgia (USA), University of New South Wales (Australia), and the Waseda University (Japan). In 2019-2022, he was a member of the Board of Governors of the Asia-Pacific Risk and Insurance Association (APRIA). He has worked for several years in the financial services and insurance industry and is a professional actuary of the German Association of Actuaries (DAV). Since 2022, he further is the Chairman of the AFIR-ERM Section (Financial Risks and Enterprise Risk Management) of the International Actuarial Association (IAA). He was Young Economist at the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting in 2017, and received twice (2013 and 2018) the Shin Research Excellence Award of the International Insurance Society and the International Association for the Study of Insurance Economics (Geneva Association).His main research fields are (Enterprise) Risk Management, (Life) Insurance Mathematics as well as Digitalization and Innovation in the Insurance Industry.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Determinants and Value of Enterprise Risk Management in European Insurance Companies<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Enterprise risk management (ERM) has attracted considerable attention in the literature as well as in the industry and it is vital for managing risks in corporations such as insurance companies and banks. A holistic and comprehensive risk management approach aims at increasing a company\u2019s shareholder value, however, its implementation requires considerable financial and human resources.<\/p>\n<p>The major research objective of this project is to empirically analyze the impact of enterprise risk management on the shareholder value of European insurance companies as well as the identification of company characteristics (determinants) that promote an ERM implementation. The project thus also provides valuable insights for responsible actions and firm decisions regarding the implementation of a risk management system.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"accordion-group\">\n<h2 class=\"accordion-heading\"><button class=\"accordion-toggle\" data-toggle=\"collapse\"  href=\"#collapse_6\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse_6\" id=\"collapse_button_6\"> Aksornchan Chaianong <\/button><\/h2>\n<div id=\"collapse_6\" class=\"accordion-body\" aria-labelledby=\"collapse_button_6\">\n<div class=\"accordion-inner clearfix\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_2941\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2941\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2941\" src=\"https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.rw.fau.de\/files\/2025\/05\/Chaianong-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2025\/05\/Chaianong-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2025\/05\/Chaianong-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2025\/05\/Chaianong-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2025\/05\/Chaianong-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2025\/05\/Chaianong-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2025\/05\/Chaianong-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2025\/05\/Chaianong-240x240.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2025\/05\/Chaianong-320x320.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2025\/05\/Chaianong-470x470.jpg 470w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2941\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: SFZ\/Giulia Iannicelli<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Dr. Aksornchan Chaianong is a Postdoctoral researcher at the Chair for Sustainability Transition Policy at FAU Erlangen-N\u00fcrnberg. She applies an interdisciplinary knowledge of technology, economics, and policy to drive her research on promoting the clean energy transition. Her research primarily employs quantitative methods, focusing on climate policy and target analysis. Before joining the FAU Erlangen-N\u00fcrnberg, she was a Research Associate at the Center for Energy and the Environment, Zurich University of Applied Sciences in Switzerland (ZHAW). She holds a PhD in Energy Technology from the Joint Graduate School of Energy and Environment in Thailand, and a master\u2019s degree in Energy and Earth Resources from the University of Texas at Austin.<\/p>\n<p><strong>From Targets to Actions: The Climate Policy Nexus<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ratcheting up climate ambitions is key to meeting Paris Agreement goals. Scholars have studied policy prioritization and sequencing. However, the process\/function behind targets and policies is complex. While renewable energy (RE), energy efficiency (EE), and climate targets and policies are crucial for driving climate action, they have often been studied separately.<\/p>\n<p>The research project explores interactions between RE, EE, and climate targets, policies, and performance, examining causal links and sequencing within and across fields across diverse countries, including understudied ones. Findings will improve understanding of target-setting, inform policy sequencing, and provide insights for achieving climate goals.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"accordion-group\">\n<h2 class=\"accordion-heading\"><button class=\"accordion-toggle\" data-toggle=\"collapse\"  href=\"#collapse_7\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse_7\" id=\"collapse_button_7\"> Sanjay Chugh <\/button><\/h2>\n<div id=\"collapse_7\" class=\"accordion-body\" aria-labelledby=\"collapse_button_7\">\n<div class=\"accordion-inner clearfix\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_528\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-528\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-528 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.rw.fau.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Chugh-e1751107186137-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Chugh-e1751107186137-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Chugh-e1751107186137-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Chugh-e1751107186137-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Chugh-e1751107186137-768x769.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Chugh-e1751107186137-1534x1536.jpg 1534w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Chugh-e1751107186137-240x240.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Chugh-e1751107186137-320x320.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Chugh-e1751107186137-469x470.jpg 469w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Chugh-e1751107186137.jpg 1600w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-528\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: SFZ\/Jochen Ermann<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Prof. Sanjay Chugh, PhD. was an Associate Professor at Ohio State University, while also taking up the reins as a lead editor for the Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking. Prior to his, he had held academic positions at Boston College and the University of Maryland, following his early research career at the Federal Reserve Board after receiving his PhD from the University of Pennsylvania in 2004. Though his research agenda spanned several areas in quantitative macroeconomics, he was renowned for his contributions to the studies of optimal monetary and fiscal policy and labor markets, and the ways that they interact.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Matching, Selection, and Labour Markets<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The workhorse framework for studying unemployment has been the \u201csearch and matching\u201d model. While matching analysis has many realistic predictions, other margins of adjustment are also important for quantitatively understanding labor markets, especially following deep recessions. This project incorporates \u201cselection effects,\u201d which previous work has shown is quantitatively descriptive, into matching analysis. The central idea of the \u201cselection model\u201d is that individuals with whom firms match may not have suitable skills and thus may not be \u201cselected,\u201d or hired, to work. The conjunction of models describes the view that matching and hiring are distinct activities, a clear idea that has not been formalized in quantitative models. The fully-developed framework will be tested using U.S. and German data.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"accordion-group\">\n<h2 class=\"accordion-heading\"><button class=\"accordion-toggle\" data-toggle=\"collapse\"  href=\"#collapse_8\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse_8\" id=\"collapse_button_8\"> Sena Co\u015fkun <\/button><\/h2>\n<div id=\"collapse_8\" class=\"accordion-body\" aria-labelledby=\"collapse_button_8\">\n<div class=\"accordion-inner clearfix\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_2485\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2485\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2485\" src=\"https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.rw.fau.de\/files\/2023\/08\/Coskun-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2023\/08\/Coskun-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2023\/08\/Coskun-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2023\/08\/Coskun-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2023\/08\/Coskun-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2023\/08\/Coskun-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2023\/08\/Coskun-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2023\/08\/Coskun-240x240.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2023\/08\/Coskun-320x320.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2023\/08\/Coskun-470x470.jpg 470w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2485\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: SFZ\/Giulia Iannicelli<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Prof. Sena Co\u015fkun, PhD is Assistant Professor of Macroeconomics and Labor Market Research at FAU Erlangen-N\u00fcrnberg. She studied Economics at Bo\u011fazi\u00e7i University, Istanbul (Turkey), received her Masters\u2019 degree from Toulouse School of Economics (France), and her PhD from Northwestern University (USA) in 2018. She was a postdoctoral researcher at University of Mannheim until she joined FAU Erlangen-N\u00fcrnberg. Her research is on topics such as fertility, female labor supply and how these interact with macroeconomic business cycles.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Labor Shortages and Low Fertility: Female Labor Supply in Germany<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sena Co\u015fkun&#8217;s research project contributes to the research, mostly in the context of Germany, by analyzing female labor supply behavior with interdisciplinary dimensions; i.e. gender norms, taxes, childcare, and occupation choices to facilitate effective policy making. The hypothesis is that labor shortage problem in Germany could be addressed through higher maternal labor supply. For that, we need to understand gender in the German labor market and fertility dynamics, the effect of taxes and labor market institutions in detail. The second hypothesis is that as fertility and female labor supply are linked decisions, they should be analyzed jointly and a potential intervention to increase female labor supply might also address the low fertility problem as well. In fact, the current situation in Germany is that mothers do not (or cannot) work and working women do not (or cannot) give birth or postpone motherhood due to high child penalties.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"accordion-group\">\n<h2 class=\"accordion-heading\"><button class=\"accordion-toggle\" data-toggle=\"collapse\"  href=\"#collapse_9\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse_9\" id=\"collapse_button_9\"> Nadja Dwenger <\/button><\/h2>\n<div id=\"collapse_9\" class=\"accordion-body\" aria-labelledby=\"collapse_button_9\">\n<div class=\"accordion-inner clearfix\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_533\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-533\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-533 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.rw.fau.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Dwenger-e1751107639700-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Dwenger-e1751107639700-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Dwenger-e1751107639700-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Dwenger-e1751107639700-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Dwenger-e1751107639700-768x769.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Dwenger-e1751107639700-1534x1536.jpg 1534w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Dwenger-e1751107639700-240x240.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Dwenger-e1751107639700-320x320.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Dwenger-e1751107639700-469x470.jpg 469w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Dwenger-e1751107639700.jpg 1600w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-533\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: SFZ\/Giulia Iannicelli<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Prof. Dr. Nadja Dwenger is professor of Economics and head of the research group Public Economics at the University of Hohenheim. She obtained her doctorate in 2010 at the Freie Universit\u00e4t Berlin and was postdoctoral researcher of empirical science at the Max-Planck-Institute for Tax and Public Finance in Munich. In 2012, she was a guest researcher at the University of Berkeley. Her research focuses mainly on the question, how individuals and businesses react on governmental regulations and institutional parameters, and how this behaviour orientates at the public welfare.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tax Morale and Pro-Social Behavior<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The main objective of Nadja Dwenger&#8217;s research project is to identify conditions that have a positive effect on a high tax morale. Despite their importance to society, these conditions remain poorly understood in the scientific literature. The project will particularly examine why many individuals are willing to pay their taxes even if a tax audit is unlikely or even impossible. Subsequently, the project will investigate the relationship between tax compliance and pro-social behavior in various other contexts. Both laboratory and field experiments will be conducted.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"accordion-group\">\n<h2 class=\"accordion-heading\"><button class=\"accordion-toggle\" data-toggle=\"collapse\"  href=\"#collapse_10\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse_10\" id=\"collapse_button_10\"> Katharina Ebner <\/button><\/h2>\n<div id=\"collapse_10\" class=\"accordion-body\" aria-labelledby=\"collapse_button_10\">\n<div class=\"accordion-inner clearfix\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_2330\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2330\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2330\" src=\"https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.rw.fau.de\/files\/2022\/08\/Ebner-e1751109693378-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2022\/08\/Ebner-e1751109693378-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2022\/08\/Ebner-e1751109693378-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2022\/08\/Ebner-e1751109693378-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2022\/08\/Ebner-e1751109693378-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2022\/08\/Ebner-e1751109693378-240x240.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2022\/08\/Ebner-e1751109693378-320x320.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2022\/08\/Ebner-e1751109693378-470x470.jpg 470w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2022\/08\/Ebner-e1751109693378.jpg 1125w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2330\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: SFZ\/Giulia Iannicelli<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Dr. Katharina Ebner studied Psychology and Business at LMU Munich and the University of Hartford, USA. She received her diploma in 2006 and her doctorate in 2013. From 2007 until 2011, she was project manager and research associate at the Bundeswehr University Munich and from 2011 to 2014, she was research associate at the Department of I\/O psychology at Technical University Braunschweig, thereby combining both, scientific work and practical access in her specialization in personnel development. Since 2015, she is Post-Doc at the Chair of Business and Social Psychology at FAU Erlangen-N\u00fcrnberg and habilitates on the topic of career development and coaching.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Putting AI Into Coaching: Analyzing the Effectiveness of a Career Coaching Intervention Conducted by a Conversational Agent<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The use of chatbots in psychological contexts (esp. psychotherapy) is a new and growing area of research. The use of chatbots in coaching with a scientific background, on the other hand, is not very widespread. The aim of the research project is to develop a coaching chatbot that can be used to conduct the initial conversation of a career coaching process digitally, and thus independent of time, space and financial restrictions. The psychological effects of the chatbot are to be tested using a dismantling study design implemented by a modular chatbot structure with the help of artificial intelligence technologies.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"accordion-group\">\n<h2 class=\"accordion-heading\"><button class=\"accordion-toggle\" data-toggle=\"collapse\"  href=\"#collapse_11\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse_11\" id=\"collapse_button_11\"> Jonas Egerer <\/button><\/h2>\n<div id=\"collapse_11\" class=\"accordion-body\" aria-labelledby=\"collapse_button_11\">\n<div class=\"accordion-inner clearfix\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_2149\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2149\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2149\" src=\"https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.rw.fau.de\/files\/2021\/06\/Egerer-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2021\/06\/Egerer-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2021\/06\/Egerer-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2021\/06\/Egerer-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2021\/06\/Egerer-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2021\/06\/Egerer-240x240.png 240w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2021\/06\/Egerer-320x320.png 320w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2021\/06\/Egerer-470x470.png 470w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2021\/06\/Egerer.png 1050w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2149\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: Jonas Egerer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Dr. Jonas Egerer holds a master degree in industrial engineering from the Technical University of Dresden. He continued his academic career as research associate at the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) and the Technical University of Berlin, where he received his PhD in 2016 after research stays at the Universidad Pontificas Comillas Madrid, the NTNU Trondheim, and the European University Institute in Florence. Subsequently, he conducted research on the climate-neutral transformation of liberalized energy markets as a postdoctoral researcher at FAU Erlangen-N\u00fcrnberg and the Energie Campus N\u00fcrnberg (EnCN). He is currently a postdoctoral researcher at the Energy Systems and Market Design Lab at the University of Technology Nuremberg.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Market Design of Electricity and Hydrogen Markets in Multi-Level Energy Market Models<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The transformation to a sustainable energy system requires the switch from fossil to carbon-free energy sources, in particular renewable power generation and hydrogen. This requires the further development of energy market design in order to open up long-term business models on investments for market players, especially at the link between electricity and hydrogen markets.<\/p>\n<p>The aim of the research project is to develop multi-level market models for coupled energy markets of different energy carriers. With regionally resolved data sets, these can be used to study the impact of market design on grid infrastructure for energy transport as well as regional and supra-regional development in the energy system in the medium-term market equilibrium.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"accordion-group\">\n<h2 class=\"accordion-heading\"><button class=\"accordion-toggle\" data-toggle=\"collapse\"  href=\"#collapse_12\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse_12\" id=\"collapse_button_12\"> Martin Emmert <\/button><\/h2>\n<div id=\"collapse_12\" class=\"accordion-body\" aria-labelledby=\"collapse_button_12\">\n<div class=\"accordion-inner clearfix\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_535\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-535\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-535 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.rw.fau.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Emmert-e1751107693904-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Emmert-e1751107693904-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Emmert-e1751107693904-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Emmert-e1751107693904-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Emmert-e1751107693904-768x769.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Emmert-e1751107693904-1534x1536.jpg 1534w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Emmert-e1751107693904-240x240.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Emmert-e1751107693904-320x320.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Emmert-e1751107693904-469x470.jpg 469w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Emmert-e1751107693904.jpg 1600w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-535\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: SFZ\/Giulia Iannicelli<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Prof. Dr. Martin Emmert studied business administration at FAU Erlangen-N\u00fcrnberg and at the Universidad Crist\u00f3bal Colon in Veracruz (Mexico). After he finished his Ph.D at the Chair of Health Management, he was Junior Professor for Health Care Management at FAU. Since 2021, he is Professor for Quality Management, Health Economics, and Preference Research in Oncology. His research activities focus on health economic evaluation studies, public reporting as well as Pay for Performance.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Comprehensiblity of (Risk-Adjusted) Outcomes of Hospitals on the Internet<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Several studies have shown remarkable variability in the quality of care across hospitals within the German health care system. However, patients are not likely to be generally aware of these existing quality differences. One reason for this is the limited amount of publicly reported quality information on health care providers. Within the last years, it has become a major challenge to create more transparency about the quality of health care providers to remedy this deficiency. Besides the publication of the German hospital quality reports, patients can obtain information about the quality of care of hospitals on the internet. However, it remains uncertain whether the information provided on these websites is comprehensible to patients. In this context, this investigation will assess the comprehensibility of (risk-adjusted) outcomes which are provided to the public on the internet.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"accordion-group\">\n<h2 class=\"accordion-heading\"><button class=\"accordion-toggle\" data-toggle=\"collapse\"  href=\"#collapse_13\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse_13\" id=\"collapse_button_13\"> Julia Fehrer <\/button><\/h2>\n<div id=\"collapse_13\" class=\"accordion-body\" aria-labelledby=\"collapse_button_13\">\n<div class=\"accordion-inner clearfix\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_826\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-826\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-826\" src=\"https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.rw.fau.de\/files\/2018\/07\/Fehrer-e1751108333444-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/07\/Fehrer-e1751108333444-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/07\/Fehrer-e1751108333444-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/07\/Fehrer-e1751108333444-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/07\/Fehrer-e1751108333444-768x769.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/07\/Fehrer-e1751108333444-240x240.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/07\/Fehrer-e1751108333444-320x320.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/07\/Fehrer-e1751108333444-470x470.jpg 470w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/07\/Fehrer-e1751108333444.jpg 1127w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-826\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: SFZ\/Giulia Iannicelli<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Dr. Julia Fehrer is is an Associate Professor of Innovation &amp; Strategy at the University of Auckland Business School in New Zealand. Her research is at the intersection of strategic marketing, service research, and innovation, with a focus on market and ecosystem as catalyst for digital and societal transformation. Her work has been published in journals such as the Journal of Service Research, Industrial Marketing Management, and Journal of Business Research, has been recognized with several international awards, including the Australian &amp; New Zealand Marketing Academy Emerging Researcher of the Year Award. She is on the editorial board of the journals: Journal of Service Management, Journal Service Theory and Practice, and AMS Review, while co-chairing a special interest group on Market Shaping and Innovation. She is also Academic Lead for Innovation and Strategy and Co-Director of the Circular Economy in Business Beacon at the University of Auckland. In this role, she collaborates with international scholars, industry networks and government departments on sustainable innovation issues. With a substantial grant from the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, she is currently working as part of a transdisciplinary team to transition New Zealand\u2019s plastics industry to a circular economy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Service Innovation in Social-Cyber-Physical Systems: Investigating Design, Adoption, and Learning Processes for Radical Technological Innovation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The rise of artificial intelligence (AI), soft robotics and social-cyber-physical systems are fundamentally changing social interaction, allowing humans and technology to engage and connect with their environment in a completely new way leading to the disruption of various sectors. Technology continues to radically and rapidly change the nature of service and service innovation. AI, wearables and implants come with a huge variety of application fields, for example in medicine, sport or data exchange to name only a few. This variety makes them unpredictable and scary for most parts of a society. With this research project we suggest to rethink radical innovation by viewing it from a truly systemic perspective, where potential customers, developers, investors, technology and even competitors learn from and with each other. We will explore and experiment with system design methods that support adoption and learning processes of versatile actors to provide guidance for managers and entrepreneurs as to how to successfully facilitate systemic innovations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"accordion-group\">\n<h2 class=\"accordion-heading\"><button class=\"accordion-toggle\" data-toggle=\"collapse\"  href=\"#collapse_14\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse_14\" id=\"collapse_button_14\"> Lorenz Graf-Vlachy <\/button><\/h2>\n<div id=\"collapse_14\" class=\"accordion-body\" aria-labelledby=\"collapse_button_14\">\n<div class=\"accordion-inner clearfix\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_536\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-536\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-536\" src=\"https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.rw.fau.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Graf-Vlachy-e1751108100442-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Graf-Vlachy-e1751108100442-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Graf-Vlachy-e1751108100442-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Graf-Vlachy-e1751108100442-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Graf-Vlachy-e1751108100442-768x769.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Graf-Vlachy-e1751108100442-1534x1536.jpg 1534w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Graf-Vlachy-e1751108100442-240x240.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Graf-Vlachy-e1751108100442-320x320.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Graf-Vlachy-e1751108100442-469x470.jpg 469w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Graf-Vlachy-e1751108100442.jpg 1600w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-536\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: SFZ\/Giulia Iannicelli<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Prof. Dr. Lorenz Graf-Vlachy is Professor of Corporate Management at TU Dortmund and Senior Research Fellow at ESCP Business School\u2019s Research Institute of Management. Prior to his current appointment, he was a Professor of Strategy at ESCP Business School in Berlin. Previously, he was a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Passau. He was also a Visiting Fellow at Harvard University, a Scholar in Residence at the University of Georgia, a Visiting Scholar at Penn State University, a Visiting Associate Research Scholar at Columbia University, and an Affiliated Research Fellow at IMD International in Lausanne. He holds a master\u2019s level degree in Information Systems and a doctoral degree in Strategic Management from FAU Erlangen-N\u00fcrnberg. He also studied in Indiana University\u2019s MBA program and at Tongji University. Prior to academia, he worked as a Project Leader at The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) in Munich and at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Geneva. His research focuses on behavioral strategy as well as innovation and digitalization.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CEO Cognitive Complexity<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Firms\u2019 strategic behavior is, to a substantial degree, a reflection of personality characteristics of their Chief Executive Officers (CEOs). One thus far understudied personality characteristic of CEOs\u2019 is their cognitive complexity. Cognitive complexity describes mental structures, i.e., it is concerned not with what is on a person\u2019s mind, but with how a person\u2019s mind functions and is organized. The research program attempts to answer two central questions: 1) Which factors determine CEOs\u2019 cognitive complexity? 2) Which consequences does the cognitive complexity of CEOs have for the firms they lead?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"accordion-group\">\n<h2 class=\"accordion-heading\"><button class=\"accordion-toggle\" data-toggle=\"collapse\"  href=\"#collapse_15\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse_15\" id=\"collapse_button_15\"> Michael Grottke <\/button><\/h2>\n<div id=\"collapse_15\" class=\"accordion-body\" aria-labelledby=\"collapse_button_15\">\n<div class=\"accordion-inner clearfix\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_560\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-560\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-560 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.rw.fau.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Grottke-e1751107244813-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Grottke-e1751107244813-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Grottke-e1751107244813-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Grottke-e1751107244813-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Grottke-e1751107244813-768x769.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Grottke-e1751107244813-1534x1536.jpg 1534w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Grottke-e1751107244813-240x240.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Grottke-e1751107244813-320x320.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Grottke-e1751107244813-469x470.jpg 469w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Grottke-e1751107244813.jpg 1600w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-560\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: SFZ\/Jochen Ermann<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Prof. Dr. Michael Grottke studied Business Administration at FAU Erlangen-N\u00fcrnberg and obtained a Master of Arts in Economics from Wayne State University in Detroit, USA. After receiving his doctorate degree from FAU, he was a Research Associate and Assistant Research Professor at Duke University in Durham, USA. In 2010, he habilitated in the fields of Statistics and Business Administration at the University of Erlangen-N\u00fcrnberg. His research activities focus on the reliability, availability and performance of software systems as well as on software engineering economics.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why Software Fails &#8211; And How to Deal with Software Failures<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We all depend on the correct behavior of software-controlled systems. Therefore, software faults need to be dealt with in an adequate way. The techniques appropriate for a specific fault depend on its characteristics. For example, faults like memory leaks cause the accumulation of internal error conditions within the running system. Stress tests can boost the detection of such \u201caging-related\u201d faults. In this project, faults contained in open source software will be analyzed. The proportions determined for the various fault types can for example be used by software testers as a benchmark to reveal an insufficient amount or quality of certain tests.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"accordion-group\">\n<h2 class=\"accordion-heading\"><button class=\"accordion-toggle\" data-toggle=\"collapse\"  href=\"#collapse_16\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse_16\" id=\"collapse_button_16\"> Steffi Haag <\/button><\/h2>\n<div id=\"collapse_16\" class=\"accordion-body\" aria-labelledby=\"collapse_button_16\">\n<div class=\"accordion-inner clearfix\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_1168\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1168\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1168\" src=\"https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.rw.fau.de\/files\/2020\/06\/Haag-e1751109237314-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2020\/06\/Haag-e1751109237314-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2020\/06\/Haag-e1751109237314-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2020\/06\/Haag-e1751109237314-239x240.jpg 239w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2020\/06\/Haag-e1751109237314-319x320.jpg 319w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2020\/06\/Haag-e1751109237314-468x470.jpg 468w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2020\/06\/Haag-e1751109237314.jpg 480w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1168\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: Steffi Haag<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Prof. Dr. Steffi Haag is professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management at Heinrich Heine University Duesseldorf. She completed her Bachelor\u2019s degree in Business Studies at FAU and her Master\u2019s degree in Finance &amp; Information Management at Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main. At the Institute of Information Systems at Goethe University Frankfurt, she wrote the first dissertation on the topic of shadow IT, which was awarded with the Research Award 2017 of the German Association for Data Protection and Data Security and the Dissertation Prize 2017 of the Association of Nuremberg Tax Consultations. After her doctorate, she worked as project researcher at the University of Jyv\u00e4skyl\u00e4 in Finland, as postdoctoral fellow at TU Darmstadt, as well as Assistant Professor of Information Systems at FAU Erlangen-N\u00fcrnberg. She spent several months doing research at the universities of Louisiana (LSU) and Colorado (CU), USA. Her research focuses on the tension between digital innovation and cybersecurity. In these fields, she carries out research in studies relating, e.g., to the use of shadow IT or the design of user experience in businesses.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Empowering Users by Purposefully Designing Artificial Intelligence Technologies<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Artificial intelligence (AI) technologies increasingly substitute human decision-making in many areas of life. AI technologies decide, for instance, which comments we see on Facebook or which prices on Amazon. While they are designed to better afford our tasks in private and work life, recent studies show that more and more users interacting with AI technologies feel powerless, stressed or addicted as the technology design motivates them to never want to leave again. The concept of empowerment describes how critical perceptions of autonomy, self-determination, or impact are for successfully performing tasks. While there is a long history of organizational behavior research on psychological empowerment at work, only a few studies so far have analyzed the role technology and its design play in individuals\u2019 perceptions of empowerment.<\/p>\n<p>These studies show that user empowerment does not only drive the adoption and use of digital technologies but also boosts task performance and innovation. The objective of this project is to contribute to a better understanding of the mechanisms of user empowerment in the AI context. In particular, the relationship between the design of AI technologies and users\u2019 perceptions of empowerment is analyzed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"accordion-group\">\n<h2 class=\"accordion-heading\"><button class=\"accordion-toggle\" data-toggle=\"collapse\"  href=\"#collapse_17\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse_17\" id=\"collapse_button_17\"> Lisa Handke <\/button><\/h2>\n<div id=\"collapse_17\" class=\"accordion-body\" aria-labelledby=\"collapse_button_17\">\n<div class=\"accordion-inner clearfix\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_2570\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2570\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2570\" src=\"https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.rw.fau.de\/files\/2024\/07\/Handke-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2024\/07\/Handke-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2024\/07\/Handke-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2024\/07\/Handke-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2024\/07\/Handke-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2024\/07\/Handke-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2024\/07\/Handke-240x240.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2024\/07\/Handke-320x320.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2024\/07\/Handke-470x470.jpg 470w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2024\/07\/Handke.jpg 1800w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2570\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: SFZ\/Giulia Iannicelli<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Prof. Dr. Lisa Handke has been an assistant professor for business psychology at FAU Erlangen-N\u00fcrnberg since 2023. She studied psychology at FU Berlin, the University of G\u00f6ttingen, and the University of Bordeaux and obtained her PhD at TU Braunschweig in 2019. She worked as a research associate at FU Berlin and TU Braunschweig, was a visiting researcher at the Center for Transformative Work Design in Perth, and held a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Calgary. Her research focuses on how people adapt to virtual work and its challenges. This includes topics such as geographically dispersed teamwork, virtual meetings, and designing remote or hybrid work.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Behavioral Feedback in Virtual Meetings<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Virtual meetings constitute an increasingly large portion of many workers\u2019 time but are often perceived as inefficient and exhausting. The research project aims to address this challenge by developing a feedback intervention to improve virtual meeting effectiveness. The intervention will be based on real-time behavioral coding in meetings in order to provide immediate feedback to the participants on their meeting interactions. Additionally, the project will explore the potential for automating behavioral coding in meetings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"accordion-group\">\n<h2 class=\"accordion-heading\"><button class=\"accordion-toggle\" data-toggle=\"collapse\"  href=\"#collapse_18\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse_18\" id=\"collapse_button_18\"> Tim Alexander Herberger <\/button><\/h2>\n<div id=\"collapse_18\" class=\"accordion-body\" aria-labelledby=\"collapse_button_18\">\n<div class=\"accordion-inner clearfix\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_571\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-571\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-571\" src=\"https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.rw.fau.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Herberger-e1751108245728-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Herberger-e1751108245728-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Herberger-e1751108245728-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Herberger-e1751108245728-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Herberger-e1751108245728-768x769.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Herberger-e1751108245728-1534x1536.jpg 1534w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Herberger-e1751108245728-240x240.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Herberger-e1751108245728-320x320.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Herberger-e1751108245728-469x470.jpg 469w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Herberger-e1751108245728.jpg 1600w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-571\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: SFZ\/Giulia Iannicelli<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Dr. Tim Alexander Herberger studied business administration at FAU Erlangen-N\u00fcrnberg and the University of St. Gallen. Subsequently, he joined the Department of Finance of the Bamberg University as research and teaching assistant and received his doctor\u2019s degree for analyzing individual financing strategies during education and further education of students. Currently, he is chair of Business Administration I at the Andr\u00e1ssy University Budapest. His research interests are empirical capital market research, valuation of human capital as well as financial intermediation and communication on financial markets.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Social Media-Channels as Information Intermediaries \u2013 Influence on Capital Market Participants, Market Microstructure and Digitization in Financial Intermediation, Accounting, Auditing &amp; Corporate Media Relations<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Information intermediaries can help sustainably increase company value in communicating corporate news. Lower costs while at the same time faster information search, information spread and extension of the addressee circle are the reason. This also applies to the use of social media-channels. The aim of the project is to analyze the extent to which the use of social media-channels in the course of communication, in particular of company information for capital markets, can be realized for various stakeholders as well as the underlying market microstructure. This includes a critical analysis of possible risks arising from the use of such intermediaries. In this way implications for the financial intermediation as well as the digitization in accounting are pointed out.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"accordion-group\">\n<h2 class=\"accordion-heading\"><button class=\"accordion-toggle\" data-toggle=\"collapse\"  href=\"#collapse_19\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse_19\" id=\"collapse_button_19\"> Jakob H\u00f6risch <\/button><\/h2>\n<div id=\"collapse_19\" class=\"accordion-body\" aria-labelledby=\"collapse_button_19\">\n<div class=\"accordion-inner clearfix\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_827\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-827\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-827\" src=\"https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.rw.fau.de\/files\/2018\/07\/Hoerisch-e1751108370462-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/07\/Hoerisch-e1751108370462-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/07\/Hoerisch-e1751108370462-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/07\/Hoerisch-e1751108370462-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/07\/Hoerisch-e1751108370462-768x769.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/07\/Hoerisch-e1751108370462-240x240.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/07\/Hoerisch-e1751108370462-320x320.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/07\/Hoerisch-e1751108370462-470x470.jpg 470w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/07\/Hoerisch-e1751108370462.jpg 1127w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-827\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: SFZ\/Giulia Iannicelli<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Prof. Dr. Jacob H\u00f6risch holds the Junior-Professorship for Sustainability Economics &amp; Management at the Centre for Sustainability Management, Leuphana University of L\u00fcneburg. His main research interests are in the fields of sustainability management, sustainable entrepreneurship, stakeholder theory and sustainability economics. Jacob H\u00f6risch has published various journal articles on these topics. His research was rewarded with best paper awards at international conferences and with the Leuphana Best Young Researcher Award.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Influence of Ethical Cultures on Corporate Sustainability<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As businesses are essential for tackling sustainability problems, the question arises how they can successfully address corporate sustainability. It is often expected that ethical cultures form a basis which allow companies to address sustainability challenges. Motivated by this expectation, the research project examines whether and how ethical cultures influence corporate sustainability by using a mixed methods approach. The underlying goal is to conceptualize the definition and differences of explicit ethical corporate cultures, the philosophical or ideological values that are forming the basis of such ethical cultures and its effects on corporate sustainability.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"accordion-group\">\n<h2 class=\"accordion-heading\"><button class=\"accordion-toggle\" data-toggle=\"collapse\"  href=\"#collapse_20\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse_20\" id=\"collapse_button_20\"> Simon Horn <\/button><\/h2>\n<div id=\"collapse_20\" class=\"accordion-body\" aria-labelledby=\"collapse_button_20\">\n<div class=\"accordion-inner clearfix\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_2943\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2943\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2943\" src=\"https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.rw.fau.de\/files\/2025\/05\/Horn-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2025\/05\/Horn-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2025\/05\/Horn-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2025\/05\/Horn-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2025\/05\/Horn-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2025\/05\/Horn-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2025\/05\/Horn-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2025\/05\/Horn-240x240.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2025\/05\/Horn-320x320.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2025\/05\/Horn-470x470.jpg 470w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2943\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: SFZ\/Giulia Iannicelli<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Dr. Simon Horn, Ma\u00eetre en droit (Rennes) studied Franco-German law from 2013 to 2020 at FAU Erlangen-N\u00fcrnberg (First State Examination 2020) and the Universit\u00e9 de Rennes 1 (Licence en droit 2016, Ma\u00eetrise en droit europ\u00e9en 2017, Master en droit europ\u00e9en 2020). He then worked as a research assistant at FAU Erlangen-N\u00fcrnberg, where he received his doctorate in 2022 with a dissertation in the field of private international law, supervised by Professor Jochen Hoffmann. Since 2021, he has been working at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law in Hamburg, initially as a research associate and since 2024 as a senior research fellow. His research focuses on civil law, commercial, corporate, and capital markets law, private international law, antitrust, and comparative law.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Forecasts in Corporate Law<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Forecasts are a pervasive phenomenon in corporate law: numerous provisions require enterprises, companies and their management to make forward-looking statements or decisions. Forecasts therefore pose a challenge for corporate law that has so far not been comprehensively addressed.<\/p>\n<p>In the research project, insights from economics will be used to shed light on the effectiveness, limitations, and behavioral effects of forecasts in corporate law. In addition, a comparative law perspective will be adopted in order to tap into foreign experience with regard to the management of forecasting problems under corporate law. The aim is to develop an economically sound and appropriate regulatory framework for forecasts in German corporate law.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"accordion-group\">\n<h2 class=\"accordion-heading\"><button class=\"accordion-toggle\" data-toggle=\"collapse\"  href=\"#collapse_21\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse_21\" id=\"collapse_button_21\"> Joachim H\u00fcffmeier <\/button><\/h2>\n<div id=\"collapse_21\" class=\"accordion-body\" aria-labelledby=\"collapse_button_21\">\n<div class=\"accordion-inner clearfix\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_970\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-970\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-970\" src=\"https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.rw.fau.de\/files\/2019\/05\/Hueffmeier-e1751109074345-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2019\/05\/Hueffmeier-e1751109074345-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2019\/05\/Hueffmeier-e1751109074345-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2019\/05\/Hueffmeier-e1751109074345-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2019\/05\/Hueffmeier-e1751109074345-240x240.png 240w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2019\/05\/Hueffmeier-e1751109074345-320x320.png 320w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2019\/05\/Hueffmeier-e1751109074345-470x470.png 470w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2019\/05\/Hueffmeier-e1751109074345.png 790w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-970\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: SFZ\/Giulia Iannicelli<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Prof. Dr. Joachim H\u00fcffmeier did his undergraduate studies in Psychology from 1998 until 2004 at the University of M\u00fcnster and at the University of Dundee (Scotland). He received his doctorate from the University of Trier in 2008. Afterwards, he worked as a post-doc at the University of M\u00fcnster (and finished his Habilitation there in 2013) and as a scientific director at the German Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BAuA) in Dortmund. In 2015, he became professor of Social, Work, and Organizational Psychology at TU Dortmund University. In his research, he focuses on conflicts and negotiation, on occupational health, and on research methods.<\/p>\n<p><strong>On the Success of Negotiation Training Outside of the Training Context<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Conducting negotiations successfully is indispensable for solving conflicts of interests within and between organizations. Organizations therefore invest a lot of money in negotiation training (e.g., about seven billion dollar internationally in 2011). There is good evidence that these trainings work on a short-term basis and in a training context. However, it is unclear whether they also positively impact the everyday activities of the participants. In a waiting-list control group design, I will therefore study whether negotiation trainings also have the intended effects in this sphere (e.g., regarding key performance indicators, follow-up business, client satisfaction, etc.).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"accordion-group\">\n<h2 class=\"accordion-heading\"><button class=\"accordion-toggle\" data-toggle=\"collapse\"  href=\"#collapse_22\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse_22\" id=\"collapse_button_22\"> Sebastian Junge <\/button><\/h2>\n<div id=\"collapse_22\" class=\"accordion-body\" aria-labelledby=\"collapse_button_22\">\n<div class=\"accordion-inner clearfix\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_2486\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2486\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2486\" src=\"https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.rw.fau.de\/files\/2023\/08\/Junge-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2023\/08\/Junge-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2023\/08\/Junge-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2023\/08\/Junge-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2023\/08\/Junge-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2023\/08\/Junge-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2023\/08\/Junge-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2023\/08\/Junge-240x240.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2023\/08\/Junge-320x320.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2023\/08\/Junge-470x470.jpg 470w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2486\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: SFZ\/Giulia Iannicelli<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Dr. Sebastian Junge studied business administration at the Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg Cooperative State University, the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, and FAU Erlangen-N\u00fcrnberg. After his studies, he was a research assistant at the Chair of Corporate Management, where he also successfully completed his doctorate in 2017. Since then, he has been \u201cAkademischer Rat auf Zeit\u201d and in 2019 he has taken on the role of deputy professor and chairholder of the Chair of Corporate Management. In addition to his work at FAU, he has also taught at the Leipzig Graduate School of Management, the European School of Management and Technology Berlin, and the University of Passau. His research interests include topics such as personality traits and perceptions of managers, legitimization of entrepreneurial actions, and the innovation and transformation behavior of companies.<\/p>\n<p><strong>(De)Legitimization of Organizational Sustainability Commitment and Performance<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Legitimacy is essential for both young and established firms. Traditional legitimacy-providing actors are, for instance, legislators, regulators, or the media. With the advent of digital platforms, \u201cordinary\u201d citizens have been given a space where the activities of organizations can be continuously discussed and evaluated. Individuals joining together can influence other legitimacy providers, such as traditional media, and contribute to the social acceptance of organizations, but also to their delegitimization. The research project will investigate the influence of social media in the (de)legitimization of sustainability efforts of organizations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"accordion-group\">\n<h2 class=\"accordion-heading\"><button class=\"accordion-toggle\" data-toggle=\"collapse\"  href=\"#collapse_23\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse_23\" id=\"collapse_button_23\"> Julia Klier <\/button><\/h2>\n<div id=\"collapse_23\" class=\"accordion-body\" aria-labelledby=\"collapse_button_23\">\n<div class=\"accordion-inner clearfix\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_578\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-578\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-578 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.rw.fau.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Klier-e1751107768540-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Klier-e1751107768540-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Klier-e1751107768540-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Klier-e1751107768540-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Klier-e1751107768540-768x769.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Klier-e1751107768540-1534x1536.jpg 1534w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Klier-e1751107768540-240x240.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Klier-e1751107768540-320x320.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Klier-e1751107768540-469x470.jpg 469w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Klier-e1751107768540.jpg 1600w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-578\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: SFZ\/Giulia Iannicelli<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Prof. Dr. Julia Klier is junior professor for information systems with a focus on internet business &amp; digital social media at the University of Regensburg. She studied finance and information management at the University of Augsburg and the TU Munich. In 2009, she obtained her doctorate in information systems at the University of Augsburg. She was a project manager at McKinsey &amp; Company. In 2010, she was awarded Young Academic of the Year by the career portal of the newspaper DIE ZEIT. Her research focuses on social media and social network analysis, E-government and (digital) customer relation management.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Use of Modern Information and Communication Technologies for the Reduction of (Youth-)Unemployment<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Youth unemployment is a complex social problem for politics, society, and economy in Germany and increasingly in many southern European countries. The main objective of the research project of Julia Klier is to examine how the use of modern information and communication technologies (ICT), such as mobile applications (e.g. apps), social technologies (e.g. social networks, such as Facebook), and open digital platforms (e.g. open data) can reduce (youth-)unemployment.<\/p>\n<p>In her research project, Dr. Klier focuses on the analysis of the following aspects: 1) the benefits of open data applications (e. g. labor market monitor) and other platforms, 2) the role of mobile apps (e.g. apps for job search), 3) how the unemployed manage to use electronic self services (e.g. in the work agencies) and what effects their use might bring .The main goal of the design-science oriented research project is the development and evaluation of ICT-artefacts.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"accordion-group\">\n<h2 class=\"accordion-heading\"><button class=\"accordion-toggle\" data-toggle=\"collapse\"  href=\"#collapse_24\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse_24\" id=\"collapse_button_24\"> Andreas K\u00f6nig <\/button><\/h2>\n<div id=\"collapse_24\" class=\"accordion-body\" aria-labelledby=\"collapse_button_24\">\n<div class=\"accordion-inner clearfix\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_580\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-580\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-580 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.rw.fau.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Koenig-e1751107298409-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Koenig-e1751107298409-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Koenig-e1751107298409-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Koenig-e1751107298409-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Koenig-e1751107298409-768x769.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Koenig-e1751107298409-1534x1536.jpg 1534w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Koenig-e1751107298409-240x240.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Koenig-e1751107298409-320x320.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Koenig-e1751107298409-469x470.jpg 469w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Koenig-e1751107298409.jpg 1600w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-580\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: SFZ\/Jochen Ermann<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Prof. Dr. Andreas K\u00f6nig is Professor at the University of Passau and Affiliated Research Fellow at the International Institute for Management Development (IMD) in Lausanne. His research focuses in particular on how established companies react on discontinuous change and the role the CEOs play. He has published in magazines such as \u201cResearch Policy\u201d and the \u201cReview of Managerial Science\u201d. In 2011 he has been awarded the Glueck Best Paper Award of the Academy of Management. From 2002 to 2004 he studied business administration at the HHL Leipzig. Previously Andreas K\u00f6nig, who studied at the College of music in Rotterdam and at the Royal Academy of Music in London, worked as an international concert trumpeter.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How Do the World Views of Ceos Influence the Strategic Behavior of Firms? &#8211; A Conceptual Metaphoric Approach to the Upper Echelons Theory<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The goal of this research project is to decrypt the core issue of the Upper Echelon-research: \u201cHow do the world views of top managers \u2013 that is the deeply rooted basic cognitive structures and assumptions of management \u2013 influence the strategic behavior of companies they run\u201d. The study uses the approach, which originates from the cognitive linguistics, of the conceptual metaphor theory, which assumes that the world view of a person manifests itself in the use of certain metaphors. The text sources for the analysis of CEO-world views are the transcripts of the analysts\u2019 conference of several hundred CEOs in the pharmaceutical industry.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"accordion-group\">\n<h2 class=\"accordion-heading\"><button class=\"accordion-toggle\" data-toggle=\"collapse\"  href=\"#collapse_25\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse_25\" id=\"collapse_button_25\"> Fabian Kosse <\/button><\/h2>\n<div id=\"collapse_25\" class=\"accordion-body\" aria-labelledby=\"collapse_button_25\">\n<div class=\"accordion-inner clearfix\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_2572\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2572\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2572\" src=\"https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.rw.fau.de\/files\/2024\/07\/Kosse-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2024\/07\/Kosse-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2024\/07\/Kosse-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2024\/07\/Kosse-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2024\/07\/Kosse-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2024\/07\/Kosse-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2024\/07\/Kosse-240x240.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2024\/07\/Kosse-320x320.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2024\/07\/Kosse-470x470.jpg 470w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2024\/07\/Kosse.jpg 1800w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2572\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: SFZ\/Giulia Iannicelli<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Prof. Dr. Fabian Kosse is Chair of Data Science in Business and Economics at Julius-Maximilians-Universit\u00e4t W\u00fcrzburg. Previously, he was Professor of Economics with a focus on Applied Economics at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universit\u00e4t M\u00fcnchen. He studied business administration and economics at the University of Mannheim and the University of Miami (USA) and received his doctorate from the University of Bonn. He is a Research Affiliate at the IZA \u2013 Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) and the CESifo Research Network, among others.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Digitalization, Automation, and Choice of Majors at Universities<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Digital technologies are developing rapidly and play a central role in the labor market. Advances in artificial intelligence (AI) in particular influence future wages and jobs. The project aims to survey students\u2019 expectations regarding the effects of AI on future activities and to analyze their decisions regarding career orientation. The expectations should be compared with actual labor market data in order to understand the role of technological changes in choice of major and career paths.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"accordion-group\">\n<h2 class=\"accordion-heading\"><button class=\"accordion-toggle\" data-toggle=\"collapse\"  href=\"#collapse_26\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse_26\" id=\"collapse_button_26\"> Julia Kraft <\/button><\/h2>\n<div id=\"collapse_26\" class=\"accordion-body\" aria-labelledby=\"collapse_button_26\">\n<div class=\"accordion-inner clearfix\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_828\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-828\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-828\" src=\"https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.rw.fau.de\/files\/2018\/07\/Kraft-e1751108406300-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/07\/Kraft-e1751108406300-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/07\/Kraft-e1751108406300-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/07\/Kraft-e1751108406300-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/07\/Kraft-e1751108406300-768x767.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/07\/Kraft-e1751108406300-240x240.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/07\/Kraft-e1751108406300-320x320.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/07\/Kraft-e1751108406300-470x470.jpg 470w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/07\/Kraft-e1751108406300.jpg 1126w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-828\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: SFZ\/Giulia Iannicelli<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Dr. Julia Kraft studied law at the University of Passau, the Universit\u00e9 de Gen\u00e8ve (Switzerland) and the LMU Munich. Furthermore, she completed the LL.M. programme of the KU Leuven (Belgium). In 2005, she obtained her doctorate with a work on European company law at the University of Bayreuth. Currently, she holds the Professorship for Civil Law and Contract Drafting at the University of Potsdam. Before her scientific activity, she acted as a civil court judge and a public prosecutor (Department for Economic Crime and Fight Against Corruption) and as a specialist advisor in the Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection (Department for European Company Law, Group and Conversion Law), Berlin.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Poverty in Private Law<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Law is an important instrument of poverty policy, the policy field which covers both the protection against and the overcoming of poverty. This does not only apply to social law, but also to private law. The aim of poverty prevention has already become the motor of legislative initiatives under private law. In addition, legal policy has identified people at risk of poverty as a \u201cspecial consumer group\u201d with need for support. The project takes this development as a starting point to enquire about the legal position of people in need in the area of private law. This legal position is to be analysed and evaluated by means of a welfare economic approach for the definition of the individual well-being. In this process, the guiding principle will be the fact that the well-being of a person cannot be defined with a mere view to his\/her income and assets, as these values are not desirable for their own sake.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"accordion-group\">\n<h2 class=\"accordion-heading\"><button class=\"accordion-toggle\" data-toggle=\"collapse\"  href=\"#collapse_27\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse_27\" id=\"collapse_button_27\"> Christoph K\u00fcffner <\/button><\/h2>\n<div id=\"collapse_27\" class=\"accordion-body\" aria-labelledby=\"collapse_button_27\">\n<div class=\"accordion-inner clearfix\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_2944\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2944\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2944\" src=\"https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.rw.fau.de\/files\/2025\/05\/Kueffner-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2025\/05\/Kueffner-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2025\/05\/Kueffner-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2025\/05\/Kueffner-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2025\/05\/Kueffner-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2025\/05\/Kueffner-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2025\/05\/Kueffner-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2025\/05\/Kueffner-240x240.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2025\/05\/Kueffner-320x320.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2025\/05\/Kueffner-470x470.jpg 470w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2944\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: FAU\/Giulia Iannicelli<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Dr. Christoph K\u00fcffner studied Business Administration at Otto Friedrich University Bamberg from 2006 to 2012 (Diplom-Kaufmann) with a focus on Production Management and Logistics, Human Resources Management and Organization as well as Corporate Management and Controlling. After completing his studies, he worked in different supply chain functions until early 2020. Important milestones here were activities in logistics services and at a well-known FMCG manufacturer. From 2015 to 2019, he completed a part-time MBA program in Logistics Management and Consulting. In February 2020, he began his work as a research assistant at the Chair of Supply Chain Management at FAU Erlangen-N\u00fcrnberg and successfully completed his dissertation in January 2023. Following his time as a research assistant, he continues his work as a post-doctoral researcher.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Digital Colleagues in Supply Chain Management: Humans, Artificial Intelligence, and Smart Systems in Integrative Dialogue \u2013 Investigating Trust, Ethical Requirements, and Organizational Embedding<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Digitalization and the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) are fundamentally transforming Supply Chain Management. Companies are increasingly integrating AI-based systems, referred to as \u201cdigital colleagues\u201d in this research project, which go beyond simple automation and act as interactive partners in complex tasks. While the technical advantages are already well-researched, there are still research gaps regarding the social and organizational impacts. Therefore, the research project investigates trust, ethical requirements, and integration processes of digital colleagues. Through qualitative, quantitative, and foresight studies, targeted recommendations will be developed to promote acceptance and trust.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"accordion-group\">\n<h2 class=\"accordion-heading\"><button class=\"accordion-toggle\" data-toggle=\"collapse\"  href=\"#collapse_28\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse_28\" id=\"collapse_button_28\"> Daniel K\u00fchnle <\/button><\/h2>\n<div id=\"collapse_28\" class=\"accordion-body\" aria-labelledby=\"collapse_button_28\">\n<div class=\"accordion-inner clearfix\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_772\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-772\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-772\" src=\"https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.rw.fau.de\/files\/2018\/06\/Kuehnle-Foto-300x298.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/06\/Kuehnle-Foto-300x298.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/06\/Kuehnle-Foto-1024x1019.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/06\/Kuehnle-Foto-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/06\/Kuehnle-Foto-768x764.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/06\/Kuehnle-Foto-241x240.jpg 241w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/06\/Kuehnle-Foto-322x320.jpg 322w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/06\/Kuehnle-Foto-473x470.jpg 473w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/06\/Kuehnle-Foto.jpg 1508w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-772\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: Daniel K\u00fchnle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Prof. Dr. Daniel K\u00fchnle studied Politics and Economics at the University of Leeds and Lund University, and received a Master\u2019s degree in Development Economics and Policy from Manchester University in 2008. From 2009 to 2011, Daniel was a Research Officer at the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research in Australia. Following this, he worked at the Chair of Statistics and Empirical Economics at FAU Erlangen-N\u00fcrnberg, where he completed his doctorate in 2014. Since October 2019, he is Chair of Labor Economics and Health at the University Duisburg-Essen. Several research visits have taken him to Sydney University, Boston University, and Northwestern University. His research focuses on empirical health, labour and education economics.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Effects of Paid Parental Leave on Firms and Co-Workers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Paid parental leave schemes are an important policy tool in many OECD countries to assist young families in reconciling work responsibilities and family life. However, in the labour market there is a potential trade-off when it comes to parental leave taking between the interests of the companies and the parents: while parents tend to want longer career breaks, employers are looking for the shortest possible career breaks to minimize the costs of restructuring. The goal of this research project therefore is to examine the external effects of parental leave on firms, colleagues, and children.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"accordion-group\">\n<h2 class=\"accordion-heading\"><button class=\"accordion-toggle\" data-toggle=\"collapse\"  href=\"#collapse_29\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse_29\" id=\"collapse_button_29\"> Mario Liebensteiner <\/button><\/h2>\n<div id=\"collapse_29\" class=\"accordion-body\" aria-labelledby=\"collapse_button_29\">\n<div class=\"accordion-inner clearfix\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_2945\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2945\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2945\" src=\"https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.rw.fau.de\/files\/2025\/05\/Liebensteiner-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2025\/05\/Liebensteiner-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2025\/05\/Liebensteiner-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2025\/05\/Liebensteiner-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2025\/05\/Liebensteiner-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2025\/05\/Liebensteiner-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2025\/05\/Liebensteiner-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2025\/05\/Liebensteiner-240x240.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2025\/05\/Liebensteiner-320x320.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2025\/05\/Liebensteiner-470x470.jpg 470w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2945\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: SFZ\/Giulia Iannicelli<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Prof. Dr. Mario Liebensteiner is Assistant Professor of Economics, especially Energy Markets and Energy Systems Analysis, at FAU Erlangen-N\u00fcrnberg. His research focuses on the analysis and regulation of energy markets and environmental policy. Previously, he worked as a praedoc and respectively postdoc research associate at TU Kaiserslautern and WU Vienna. He holds a doctoral degree in economics from WU Vienna and studied economics at JKU Linz and City University of Hong Kong. He is a member of the expert committee \u201cEnergy Systems of the Future\u201d (ESYS) of the German Science Academies.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Optimal Investment Path to Net Zero vs. The Economic Reality of Distorted Signals from State Interventions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The transition to a climate-neutral energy system is technically feasible but economically challenging due to market distortions from state interventions. The research project evaluates the feasibility of private investments in flexible energy technologies under different policy scenarios using an ex-ante capacity expansion model for Germany. By comparing optimal investments with market-driven incentives, the study identifies risks to long-term supply adequacy and assesses whether policy interventions, such as subsidies, are necessary. The findings offer insights into balancing market efficiency with policy-driven decarbonization.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"accordion-group\">\n<h2 class=\"accordion-heading\"><button class=\"accordion-toggle\" data-toggle=\"collapse\"  href=\"#collapse_30\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse_30\" id=\"collapse_button_30\"> Yipeng Liu <\/button><\/h2>\n<div id=\"collapse_30\" class=\"accordion-body\" aria-labelledby=\"collapse_button_30\">\n<div class=\"accordion-inner clearfix\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_971\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-971\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-971\" src=\"https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.rw.fau.de\/files\/2019\/05\/Liu-e1751109121329-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2019\/05\/Liu-e1751109121329-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2019\/05\/Liu-e1751109121329-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2019\/05\/Liu-e1751109121329-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2019\/05\/Liu-e1751109121329-240x240.png 240w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2019\/05\/Liu-e1751109121329-320x320.png 320w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2019\/05\/Liu-e1751109121329-470x470.png 470w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2019\/05\/Liu-e1751109121329.png 790w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-971\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: SFZ\/Giulia Iannicelli<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Prof. Dr. Yipeng Liu is a Professor in Management and Organization Studies at Henley Business School, University of Reading, UK and founder of the Centre for China Management and Global Business. He obtained his Doctorate (magna cum laude) in Management, University of Mannheim, Germany. His research interests include emerging market multinationals and international entrepreneurship. He has published in Human Resource Management, British Journal of Management, Journal of World Business, among others. His research received multiple awards, including International Business Review Best Paper Award, and the Inaugural Hermann and Marianne Straniak Stiftung \u2013 MOR Best Paper Award. Prof. Liu currently serves as Associate Editor of Asian Business &amp; Management and Senior Editor of Management and Organization Review.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fostering Sustainable Development in Collaborative Partnerships: Chinese Cross-Border M&amp;A<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The existing research lacks understanding of the impact of Chinese cross-border M&amp;A on sustainable development in host countries, especially from the social standards perspective, including Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) issues. This research project aims to investigate the social enabling mechanisms that can foster sustainable development in the organizational form of collaborative partnerships, using Chinese M&amp;A as the empirical setting. By mapping out the indicators from UN Sustainable Development Goals in Chinese M&amp;A, the research project will identify and engage with stakeholders to understand their expectations on social standards, in order to obtain a nuanced understanding of mechanisms to foster sustainable development.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"accordion-group\">\n<h2 class=\"accordion-heading\"><button class=\"accordion-toggle\" data-toggle=\"collapse\"  href=\"#collapse_31\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse_31\" id=\"collapse_button_31\"> Benjamin Lochner <\/button><\/h2>\n<div id=\"collapse_31\" class=\"accordion-body\" aria-labelledby=\"collapse_button_31\">\n<div class=\"accordion-inner clearfix\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_2487\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2487\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2487\" src=\"https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.rw.fau.de\/files\/2023\/08\/Lochner-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2023\/08\/Lochner-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2023\/08\/Lochner-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2023\/08\/Lochner-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2023\/08\/Lochner-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2023\/08\/Lochner-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2023\/08\/Lochner-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2023\/08\/Lochner-240x240.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2023\/08\/Lochner-320x320.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2023\/08\/Lochner-470x470.jpg 470w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2487\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: SFZ\/Giulia Iannicelli<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Dr. Benjamin Lochner studied economics at FAU Erlangen-N\u00fcrnberg. He received PhD scholarships from the Dieter and Erika Schumburg-Foundation and the joint graduate program of the FAU and the Institute for Employment Research (IAB). He won the Hermann Gutmann award for his dissertation. He had research visits at the University of Aarhus and the University of Hong Kong. Currently, he is a post-doctoral researcher at the Chair of Macroeconomics at FAU. In addition, he is a senior researcher at the IAB. His research interests cover the fields of labor economics, macroeconomics, and labor-finance.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gender-Specific Job Search and the Earnings Gap<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>How do women and men differ in their application behavior at high- and low-wage firms? How is the application behavior related to the residual gender earnings gap? Do high-wage firms compensate workers for greater flexibility requirements? How do marriage and children affect job application decisions? These questions are to be answered in this research project. For this purpose, gender-specific search behavior and the effects on the following labor market decisions are analyzed: 1) participation in the job search, 2) search intensity, 3) the decision to which firms job seekers should apply..<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"accordion-group\">\n<h2 class=\"accordion-heading\"><button class=\"accordion-toggle\" data-toggle=\"collapse\"  href=\"#collapse_32\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse_32\" id=\"collapse_button_32\"> Christian Maier <\/button><\/h2>\n<div id=\"collapse_32\" class=\"accordion-body\" aria-labelledby=\"collapse_button_32\">\n<div class=\"accordion-inner clearfix\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_2151\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2151\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2151\" src=\"https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.rw.fau.de\/files\/2021\/06\/Maier-e1751109539195-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2021\/06\/Maier-e1751109539195-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2021\/06\/Maier-e1751109539195-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2021\/06\/Maier-e1751109539195-240x240.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2021\/06\/Maier-e1751109539195-320x320.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2021\/06\/Maier-e1751109539195.jpg 395w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2151\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: Christian Maier<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Prof. Dr. Christian Maier is Professor of Information Systems (Health and Society in the Digital Age) at the University of Bamberg. His research focuses on the positive and negative effects of digitalization on individuals and companies. His research results have been published in journals such as MIS Quarterly or Journal of the Association for Information Systems and have been presented in radio and television programs (e.g., ZDF, RTL, 3Sat). He was awarded the Schmalenbach prize (2015), the prestigious Early Career Awards by the AIS (2019) and the ACM SIGMIS (2020), several Best Paper Awards, and the University Award for Good Teaching (2019).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Trial-Period Technostress: Theoretical Conceptualization, Empirical Investigation, and Practical Implications<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Many people experience technology-related stress, or technostress, on a daily basis. While technostress is now commonplace at work, it is increasingly making its way into people\u2019s private lives. For example, technostress is cited as one reason why about one in nine tablets is returned within the first 30 days. As this costs the economy several billion per year, the research project aims to study trial-period technostress, that is the stress during the initial use of a newly acquired technology in private life. By means of an experiment, we aim to identify causes of technostress and their influence on user behavior, e.g. the willingness to pay or the return of the purchased technology.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"accordion-group\">\n<h2 class=\"accordion-heading\"><button class=\"accordion-toggle\" data-toggle=\"collapse\"  href=\"#collapse_33\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse_33\" id=\"collapse_button_33\"> Lukas Maier <\/button><\/h2>\n<div id=\"collapse_33\" class=\"accordion-body\" aria-labelledby=\"collapse_button_33\">\n<div class=\"accordion-inner clearfix\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_2488\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2488\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2488\" src=\"https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.rw.fau.de\/files\/2023\/08\/Maier_L-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2023\/08\/Maier_L-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2023\/08\/Maier_L-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2023\/08\/Maier_L-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2023\/08\/Maier_L-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2023\/08\/Maier_L-1536x1536.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2023\/08\/Maier_L-2048x2048.png 2048w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2023\/08\/Maier_L-240x240.png 240w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2023\/08\/Maier_L-320x320.png 320w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2023\/08\/Maier_L-470x470.png 470w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2488\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: Lukas Maier<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Dr. Lukas Maier is an Assistant Professor at the Institute for Marketing Management, WU Vienna. He obtained his PhD from FAU Erlangen-N\u00fcrnberg. In his dissertation \u201cA Consumer Perspective on Open Innovation,\u201d he focused on the psychological and behavioral consequences of firms\u2019 open innovation activities for consumers. During his PhD program, he was visiting scholar at WU Vienna and at the Sauder School of Business (University of British Columbia). In research and teaching, he focuses on innovation-related marketing topics (e.g., creativity and new product development) as well as how to how to change people\u2019s behaviors for the social good (e.g., engaging in sustainable behavior and making responsible choices).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Profiting From Non-profits? When and How Collaborating With Non-profit Organizations in New Product Development Increases Consumer Preferences for Sustainable Products<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Despite existing consumer demands for sustainable products, positive attitudes and good intentions often still do not result in corresponding consumer behavior, such as purchasing sustainable products. In the research project, a novel marketing approach will be proposed and tested to encourage consumers to purchase sustainable products. In particular, it will be examined whether and how informing consumers that a given sustainable product has been co-developed together with a non-profit organization influences purchase likelihood and product choice. In sum, the research project shows that collaborating with non-profits may not only lead to more sustainable product innovations but also to more sustainable consumer behavior.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"accordion-group\">\n<h2 class=\"accordion-heading\"><button class=\"accordion-toggle\" data-toggle=\"collapse\"  href=\"#collapse_34\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse_34\" id=\"collapse_button_34\"> Friederike Mengel <\/button><\/h2>\n<div id=\"collapse_34\" class=\"accordion-body\" aria-labelledby=\"collapse_button_34\">\n<div class=\"accordion-inner clearfix\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_581\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-581\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-581 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.rw.fau.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Mengel-e1751107055923-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Mengel-e1751107055923-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Mengel-e1751107055923-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Mengel-e1751107055923-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Mengel-e1751107055923-768x769.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Mengel-e1751107055923-1534x1536.jpg 1534w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Mengel-e1751107055923-240x240.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Mengel-e1751107055923-320x320.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Mengel-e1751107055923-469x470.jpg 469w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Mengel-e1751107055923.jpg 1600w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-581\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: SFZ\/Giulia Iannicelli<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Prof. Dr. Friederike Mengel was born in Karlsruhe in 1979. After her economic studies in Mainz and Paris-X-Nanterre, she earned a doctorate at the University of Alicante with Fernando Vega Redondo being her doctoral advisor. At the moment, she is a professor at the University of Essex. Her major fields of research include (evolutionary) game theory, social networks and models of limited rational behavior. Her work has been published in journals across all academic fields like Games and Economic Behavior or the Journal of Theoretical Biology. She was a guest researcher at Cornell University, MPI Jena, New York University, Santa Fe Institute and others.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Procedural Fairness<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the course of the project, neuronal reactions to mechanisms of distribution of limitedly available resources are to be examined. As many studies display, the acceptance of \u201cunfair\u201d allocations highly correlates with the processes through which they materialize. It is unclear whether the acceptance of fair institutions is caused by the satisfaction with the result or by the fact that individuals repress their dissatisfaction with the result due to the nondiscriminatory routine. The answer to this question considerably affects the attractiveness of such mechanisms when seen from a welfare perspective and the question whether procedural fair institutions are stable in the long term.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"accordion-group\">\n<h2 class=\"accordion-heading\"><button class=\"accordion-toggle\" data-toggle=\"collapse\"  href=\"#collapse_35\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse_35\" id=\"collapse_button_35\"> Christopher M\u00fcnch <\/button><\/h2>\n<div id=\"collapse_35\" class=\"accordion-body\" aria-labelledby=\"collapse_button_35\">\n<div class=\"accordion-inner clearfix\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_2574\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2574\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2574\" src=\"https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.rw.fau.de\/files\/2024\/07\/Muench-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2024\/07\/Muench-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2024\/07\/Muench-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2024\/07\/Muench-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2024\/07\/Muench-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2024\/07\/Muench-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2024\/07\/Muench-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2024\/07\/Muench-240x240.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2024\/07\/Muench-320x320.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2024\/07\/Muench-470x470.jpg 470w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2574\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: SFZ\/Giulia Iannicelli<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Dr. Christopher M\u00fcnch studied industrial engineering at FAU Erlangen-N\u00fcrnberg, where he received his doctorate in 2022 at the Chair of Supply Chain Management. In addition to his teaching and research activities as a post-doctoral researcher at FAU, he also teaches at the Ostbayerische Technischen Hochschule (OTH) Amberg-Weiden. He is also an academic advisor and jury member for various institutions, including the German Sustainability Award and Best of Consulting, as well as a reviewer for numerous scientific journals and conferences. His research interests include structural changes in supply chains in the context of sustainability and digitalization.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Trust, Cooperation, and Power \u2013 The Social Dimension of Blockchain Technology in Circular Supply Chains<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Christopher M\u00fcnch&#8217;s research project aims to investigate the social implications of integrating blockchain technology into circular supply chains. It will be analyzed to what extent blockchains can contribute to strengthening trust between market players and whether this increased trust leads to greater cooperation and an increased exchange of information. Furthermore, it will be investigated whether the intensive transfer of information made possible by this reduces the dominance of existing manufacturers and thus contributes to a fairer organization of supply chains. By answering these questions, the aim is to gain a comprehensive understanding of the social impact of blockchain technology in the circular economy in order to be able to shape future economic and political strategies in a well-founded manner.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"accordion-group\">\n<h2 class=\"accordion-heading\"><button class=\"accordion-toggle\" data-toggle=\"collapse\"  href=\"#collapse_36\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse_36\" id=\"collapse_button_36\"> Markus Nagler <\/button><\/h2>\n<div id=\"collapse_36\" class=\"accordion-body\" aria-labelledby=\"collapse_button_36\">\n<div class=\"accordion-inner clearfix\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_2331\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2331\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2331\" src=\"https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.rw.fau.de\/files\/2022\/08\/Nagler-e1751109733473-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2022\/08\/Nagler-e1751109733473-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2022\/08\/Nagler-e1751109733473-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2022\/08\/Nagler-e1751109733473-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2022\/08\/Nagler-e1751109733473-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2022\/08\/Nagler-e1751109733473-240x240.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2022\/08\/Nagler-e1751109733473-320x320.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2022\/08\/Nagler-e1751109733473-470x470.jpg 470w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2022\/08\/Nagler-e1751109733473.jpg 1125w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2331\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: SFZ\/Giulia Iannicelli<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Prof. Dr. Markus Nagler is Assistant Professor of Economics at FAU Erlangen-N\u00fcrnberg. He studied Economics at LMU M\u00fcnchen, Universitat Pompeu Fabra Barcelona, and at University College London. During his PhD at LMU M\u00fcnchen, he visited the Department of Economics at MIT and the Program on Education Policy and Governance at Harvard. He has also visited the National Bureau of Economic Research and Boston University. His research focuses on the determinants of knowledge diffusion, the impacts of patents on subsequent innovation, and on the labor market sorting of knowledge workers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Digital Transformation of the Labor Markets<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Markus Nagler&#8217;s research project will analyze opportunities and risks of digitization in the labor market. In a first step, it will build a new data set combining online vacancy data with social security data for Germany. With this data, various impacts of technology adoption, for instance on workers\u2019 careers and the value of skills will be analyzed. A second part of the project will use survey data and stated choice experiments to estimate the impact of working conditions related to digitization on workers\u2019 earnings. The research project will thus analyze various questions regarding the future of work.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"accordion-group\">\n<h2 class=\"accordion-heading\"><button class=\"accordion-toggle\" data-toggle=\"collapse\"  href=\"#collapse_37\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse_37\" id=\"collapse_button_37\"> Christian Pescher <\/button><\/h2>\n<div id=\"collapse_37\" class=\"accordion-body\" aria-labelledby=\"collapse_button_37\">\n<div class=\"accordion-inner clearfix\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_599\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-599\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-599\" src=\"https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.rw.fau.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Pescher-e1751107986565-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Pescher-e1751107986565-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Pescher-e1751107986565-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Pescher-e1751107986565-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Pescher-e1751107986565-768x769.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Pescher-e1751107986565-1534x1536.jpg 1534w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Pescher-e1751107986565-240x240.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Pescher-e1751107986565-320x320.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Pescher-e1751107986565-469x470.jpg 469w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Pescher-e1751107986565.jpg 1600w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-599\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: SFZ\/Giulia Iannicelli<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Dr. Christian Pescher studied business economics with focus on statistics and marketing at the KU Eichst\u00e4tt-Ingolstadt as well as speech science at the University of Regensburg. During his studies, he completed semesters abroad in Chile, Brazil, and Mexico. He graduated from the University of Passau and the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich on the topic \u201cSocial Networks in Marketing and Innovation\u201d. Following his graduation, he completed a research visit at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles (USA). Before accepting the junior professorship for digital marketing at FAU Erlangen-N\u00fcrnberg, he worked for the Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG and was responsible for the planning and reporting in Europe. Currently, he teaches and researches at the Universidad de los Andes in Chile.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Idea Screening in Crowdsourcing<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The basic idea behind crowdsourcing is to outsource internally conducted activities to a large crowd of anonymous users on the internet, the so-called \u201ccrowd\u201d. This enables organizations to access the diverse and heterogenic knowledge of a large number of people. A popular field of use for crowdsourcing is ideation. Ideation consists of two phases: idea generation and idea selection. While generating a large amount of ideas is unproblematic, the selection phase utilizes evaluation through other participants (potential conflict of interests) or experts (cognitively prone to mistakes with large amounts of ideas).<\/p>\n<p>The research project will identify both the pre-inventive thought-structures of the participants, with the use of semantic networks as well as freely available information-structures from the internet. Based upon the results of former crowdsourcing-competitions, patterns which differentiate good from bad ideas will be presented. This enables an automation of the idea-selection process.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"accordion-group\">\n<h2 class=\"accordion-heading\"><button class=\"accordion-toggle\" data-toggle=\"collapse\"  href=\"#collapse_38\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse_38\" id=\"collapse_button_38\"> Jonas Puck <\/button><\/h2>\n<div id=\"collapse_38\" class=\"accordion-body\" aria-labelledby=\"collapse_button_38\">\n<div class=\"accordion-inner clearfix\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_601\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-601\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-601 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.rw.fau.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Puck-e1751107127702-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Puck-e1751107127702-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Puck-e1751107127702-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Puck-e1751107127702-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Puck-e1751107127702-768x769.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Puck-e1751107127702-1534x1536.jpg 1534w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Puck-e1751107127702-240x240.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Puck-e1751107127702-320x320.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Puck-e1751107127702-469x470.jpg 469w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Puck-e1751107127702.jpg 1600w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-601\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: SFZ\/Giulia Iannicelli<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Prof. Dr. Jonas Puck is Head of the Department of Global Business &amp; Trade, Head of the Institute for International Business and Full Professor at the Vienna University of Economics and Business. Beforehand, he was employed at the chair of International Management at the School of Business and Economics at FAU Erlangen-N\u00fcrnberg where he earned a doctorate in 2007 and habilitated in 2009. Additionally, he lectures or rather lectured as a guest lecturer at the University of New South Wales (Sydney, Australia), the UIBE (Beijing, China), the Tshingua School of Management (Beijing, China) and Bradford University (UK). His main area of work lies in the department of international strategic management and human resource management.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Foreign Market Intelligence of Immigrants as Source of International Companies\u2019 Competitiveness<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In 2010, there were 15 million people with migration background living in Germany. In public controversy, they are usually seen as a problem or at least as a challenge for society, politics and economy. In other countries, such as the USA, Australia, UK or Canada, immigrants are often seen from a different perspective. Immigrants are often important economic factors in various regions. One of their particular characteristics is their expert knowledge of their home country which companies can make use of for their international business activities. The project\u2019s purpose is to make a contribution to gaining knowledge about the assignment of immigrants in order to enhance the companies\u2018 international competitiveness.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"accordion-group\">\n<h2 class=\"accordion-heading\"><button class=\"accordion-toggle\" data-toggle=\"collapse\"  href=\"#collapse_39\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse_39\" id=\"collapse_button_39\"> Simon Reif <\/button><\/h2>\n<div id=\"collapse_39\" class=\"accordion-body\" aria-labelledby=\"collapse_button_39\">\n<div class=\"accordion-inner clearfix\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_2332\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2332\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2332\" src=\"https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.rw.fau.de\/files\/2022\/08\/Reif-e1751109778437-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2022\/08\/Reif-e1751109778437-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2022\/08\/Reif-e1751109778437-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2022\/08\/Reif-e1751109778437-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2022\/08\/Reif-e1751109778437-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2022\/08\/Reif-e1751109778437-240x240.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2022\/08\/Reif-e1751109778437-320x320.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2022\/08\/Reif-e1751109778437-470x470.jpg 470w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2022\/08\/Reif-e1751109778437.jpg 1127w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2332\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: SFZ\/Giulia Iannicelli<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Prof. Dr. Simon Reif is professor of Health Economics at FAU Erlangen-N\u00fcrnberg as well as head of the Research Group \u201cHealth Care Markets and Health Policy\u201d at ZEW \u2013 Centre for European Economic Research in Mannheim. He studied sociology and economics at the University of Hull, FAU Erlangen-N\u00fcrnberg and the LMU Munich. In 2018, he received his doctorate from FAU Erlangen-N\u00fcrnberg with a doctoral dissertation on \u201cOn the Supply of Medical Services \u2013 Four Essays in Health Economics\u201d. Before joining ZEW, he worked as a policy and start-up consultant. His research interest concentrates on behavioural and institutional factors influencing the provision of medical services and the effects of digitalization on health care delivery.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Market for Digital Health in Germany<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Since the end of 2020, patients in the German Social Health Insurance scheme are eligible for prescriptions of digital health care applications (DiGAs). This \u201chealth app on prescription\u201d is a novel regulatory pathway to add digital tools to the standard of care. The research project will investigate to what extent this new market access way motivated developers to bring more apps to the German market. Next to the overall supply effect, the project will analyze whether the quality requirements needed for reimbursement set incentives for an overall increase in the quality of apps on the market.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"accordion-group\">\n<h2 class=\"accordion-heading\"><button class=\"accordion-toggle\" data-toggle=\"collapse\"  href=\"#collapse_40\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse_40\" id=\"collapse_button_40\"> Georg Reischauer <\/button><\/h2>\n<div id=\"collapse_40\" class=\"accordion-body\" aria-labelledby=\"collapse_button_40\">\n<div class=\"accordion-inner clearfix\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_2489\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2489\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2489\" src=\"https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.rw.fau.de\/files\/2023\/08\/Reischauer-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2023\/08\/Reischauer-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2023\/08\/Reischauer-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2023\/08\/Reischauer-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2023\/08\/Reischauer-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2023\/08\/Reischauer-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2023\/08\/Reischauer-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2023\/08\/Reischauer-240x240.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2023\/08\/Reischauer-320x320.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2023\/08\/Reischauer-470x470.jpg 470w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2489\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: SFZ\/Giulia Iannicelli<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Dr. Georg Reischauer is Assistant Professor and Research Group Head at WU Vienna University of Economics and Business. Before that, he held positions at Johannes Kepler University Linz, Hertie School of Governance, Technical University of Vienna, and Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. He was a visiting researcher at several universities in the United States. He received a PhD in Industrial Management from the Technical University of Vienna. His research focuses on the nexus of digital strategy, digital organization, and digital sustainability.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Systematic Innovation of Complex Physical Products<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Capital-intensive industries such as automotive and manufacturing are characterized by complex physical products. Continuously innovating these products is a challenging endeavor for incumbents. One way to address this challenge is a systemic approach where the focal incumbent offering complex products strategically co-evolves with external actors who are directly and indirectly relevant for these products. Studying actors involved in building and maintaining electric vehicles and e-mobility infrastructures, a better understanding of how and when actors systemically innovate complex products will be created.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"accordion-group\">\n<h2 class=\"accordion-heading\"><button class=\"accordion-toggle\" data-toggle=\"collapse\"  href=\"#collapse_41\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse_41\" id=\"collapse_button_41\"> Almasa Sarabi <\/button><\/h2>\n<div id=\"collapse_41\" class=\"accordion-body\" aria-labelledby=\"collapse_button_41\">\n<div class=\"accordion-inner clearfix\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_2152\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2152\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2152\" src=\"https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.rw.fau.de\/files\/2021\/06\/Sarabi-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2021\/06\/Sarabi-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2021\/06\/Sarabi-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2021\/06\/Sarabi-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2021\/06\/Sarabi-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2021\/06\/Sarabi-240x240.png 240w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2021\/06\/Sarabi-320x320.png 320w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2021\/06\/Sarabi-470x470.png 470w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2021\/06\/Sarabi.png 1050w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2152\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: FAU\/Giulia Iannicelli<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Dr. Almasa Sarabi is a researcher at the Faculty of Economics and Business at the University of Amsterdam. She studied linguistics, cultural studies, and business administration in Hamburg, Goettingen, Pune (India), and Uppsala (Sweden) and obtained her PhD in Goettingen in 2017 with research stints in South Korea and Canada. She was Assistant Professor of International Human Resource Management at FAU Erlangen-N\u00fcrnberg. In her research, she examines new patterns in work and employment. Specifically, her research focuses on hiring practices in organizations with current projects examining gender bias and women\u2019s allocation to jobs. A second focus of her research explores gender-based communication differences in how managers talk about their work in situations of uncertainty.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gender Bias in Hiring: The Role of Hiring Managers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Do hiring managers discriminate against women at the point of hire? This question is examined in the context of real hiring decisions of a quasi-randomized field experiment. Specifically, the project takes advantage of a change in the hiring system of a multinational corporation that reduced the discretion of its hiring managers. The project shows that changing hiring criteria can alter an organization\u2019s gender composition at point of hire and aims at bringing us one step closer to identifying the causes of social inequality.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"accordion-group\">\n<h2 class=\"accordion-heading\"><button class=\"accordion-toggle\" data-toggle=\"collapse\"  href=\"#collapse_42\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse_42\" id=\"collapse_button_42\"> David Schindler <\/button><\/h2>\n<div id=\"collapse_42\" class=\"accordion-body\" aria-labelledby=\"collapse_button_42\">\n<div class=\"accordion-inner clearfix\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_2575\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2575\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2575\" src=\"https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.rw.fau.de\/files\/2024\/07\/Schindler-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2024\/07\/Schindler-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2024\/07\/Schindler-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2024\/07\/Schindler-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2024\/07\/Schindler-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2024\/07\/Schindler-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2024\/07\/Schindler-240x240.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2024\/07\/Schindler-320x320.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2024\/07\/Schindler-470x470.jpg 470w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2024\/07\/Schindler.jpg 1800w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2575\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: SFZ\/Giulia Iannicelli<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Prof. Dr. David Schindler is interim Chair of Marketing and Innovation at the University of Passau since April 2026. From 2018 to 2026, he was Senior Lecturer (Akademischer Oberrat) at the GfK Chair of Marketing Intelligence at Friedrich-Alexander-Universit\u00e4t (FAU) Erlangen-N\u00fcrnberg, where he also completed his PhD. and habilitation. Previously, he studied business administration (B.Sc. and M.Sc.) at the University of Hanover and Ball State University (USA) and successfully completed his doctorate at FAU Erlangen-N\u00fcrnberg. He has been awarded the FAU Teaching Award for young scholars and completed a research stay at the University of Texas at Austin. His research interests lie in the areas of digital transformation in marketing (especially artificial intelligence and social media) as well as sustainability and societal change.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Influencer Communication: Marketing Effectiveness and Societal Consequences of Idealized Self-Presentation by Influencers on Social Media<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Influencer marketing, authentic through everyday content and personal experiences, is becoming more relevant due to the declining effectiveness of traditional marketing strategies. However, the idealized self-presentation of influencers on social media, which can cause psychological issues such as low self-esteem and eating disorders, is increasingly under criticism. This research project investigates the impact of idealized self-presentation on the effectiveness of influencer marketing and identifies ways to reduce negative effects, aiming to develop societal guidelines and raise awareness for responsible media use.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"accordion-group\">\n<h2 class=\"accordion-heading\"><button class=\"accordion-toggle\" data-toggle=\"collapse\"  href=\"#collapse_43\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse_43\" id=\"collapse_button_43\"> Daniel Schnurr <\/button><\/h2>\n<div id=\"collapse_43\" class=\"accordion-body\" aria-labelledby=\"collapse_button_43\">\n<div class=\"accordion-inner clearfix\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_1170\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1170\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1170\" src=\"https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.rw.fau.de\/files\/2020\/06\/Schnurr-scaled-e1751109301436-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2020\/06\/Schnurr-scaled-e1751109301436-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2020\/06\/Schnurr-scaled-e1751109301436-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2020\/06\/Schnurr-scaled-e1751109301436-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2020\/06\/Schnurr-scaled-e1751109301436-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2020\/06\/Schnurr-scaled-e1751109301436-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2020\/06\/Schnurr-scaled-e1751109301436-240x240.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2020\/06\/Schnurr-scaled-e1751109301436-320x320.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2020\/06\/Schnurr-scaled-e1751109301436-470x470.jpg 470w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2020\/06\/Schnurr-scaled-e1751109301436.jpg 1709w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1170\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: University of Regensburg<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Prof. Dr. Daniel Schnurr holds the Chair of Machine Learning and Uncertainty Quantification at the University of Regensburg since 2022. Before, he was head of the research group Data Policies at the University of Passau. In his interdisciplinary research, Daniel Schnurr addresses the technical, economic, and societal implications of new machine learning methods and data as a crucial competitive factor and driver of innovation in digital markets. Daniel Schnurr has published in leading academic journals such as Management Science, Journal of Information Technology and Journal of Industrial Economics. Daniel Schnurr received his doctorate in Information Systems in 2016 from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), where he also worked for three years as a research associate. From 2007 to 2013, he studied Information Engineering and Management (B.Sc. &amp; M.Sc.) at the KIT and was a visiting student at John Molson School of Business, Concordia University as well as the Singapore Management University.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Humans vs. Machines: Competing With Artificial Intelligence in Digital Markets<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The research project investigates the competitive interactions between human and artificial intelligence and analyzes the economic implications of machine learning in digital markets. A series of laboratory experiments explores the impact of algorithmic decision-making on market outcomes if prices are determined autonomously by machine learning techniques. Based on controlled variation of (1) the type of actors, (2) the applied learning algorithm and (3) the degree of decision support for human decision-makers, the project evaluates determinants and implications of human machine interaction in competitive market settings. The project aims to inform policy makers and managers about potential threats and strategic opportunities of artificial intelligence in digital markets.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"accordion-group\">\n<h2 class=\"accordion-heading\"><button class=\"accordion-toggle\" data-toggle=\"collapse\"  href=\"#collapse_44\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse_44\" id=\"collapse_button_44\"> Tassilo Schuster <\/button><\/h2>\n<div id=\"collapse_44\" class=\"accordion-body\" aria-labelledby=\"collapse_button_44\">\n<div class=\"accordion-inner clearfix\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_609\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-609\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-609 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.rw.fau.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Schuster-e1751107817281-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Schuster-e1751107817281-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Schuster-e1751107817281-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Schuster-e1751107817281-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Schuster-e1751107817281-768x769.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Schuster-e1751107817281-1534x1536.jpg 1534w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Schuster-e1751107817281-240x240.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Schuster-e1751107817281-320x320.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Schuster-e1751107817281-469x470.jpg 469w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Schuster-e1751107817281.jpg 1600w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-609\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: SFZ\/Giulia Iannicelli<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Prof. Dr. Tassilo Schuster is Professor in the field of sustainable business models and resource efficiency at the University of Applied Sciences in Neu-Ulm, and Strategic and Scientific Advisor at Fraunhofer IIS. He completed his PhD at FAU Erlangen-N\u00fcrnbergand was a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Department of International Management until December 2023. From October 2017 until September 2019, he was an interim professor for Business Administration, especially for the Economy of Japan at LMU M\u00fcnchen. He is published in renowned journals such as the Journal of Product Innovation Management, International Business Review, and the Journal of International Management. Since 2013, he has been Associate Editor of South Asian Journal of Global Business Research. His major fields of research include International Management, Human Resource Management and Management in Emerging Markets, which include topics such as Business strategies at the Bottom of the Pyramid and Expatriate Management in high-risk countries.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Inpatriates \u2013 Foreign Employees as Strategic Success Factors of Companies<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A great number of companies from the Nuremberg Metropolitan Region have become global actors and sell leading products and services worldwide today. The global presence has increased the number of foreign employees who are delegated to the parent company (inpatriation) as hereby an efficient coordination of the subsidiaries and a reciprocal knowledge transfer between parent company and subsidiaries is achieved. However, it has become increasingly difficult for companies to attract highly qualified foreign employees to work and live in the region. Even though the Nuernberg Metropolitan Region is economically important, it is considered as less attractive compared to other metropolitan areas such as Berlin, Hamburg, Munich, Madrid, Amsterdam, Paris, or London. The research project analyzes the employment of inpatriates in the Nuremberg Metropolitan Region in order to enhance the companies\u2018 international competitiveness.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"accordion-group\">\n<h2 class=\"accordion-heading\"><button class=\"accordion-toggle\" data-toggle=\"collapse\"  href=\"#collapse_45\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse_45\" id=\"collapse_button_45\"> Cynthia Sende <\/button><\/h2>\n<div id=\"collapse_45\" class=\"accordion-body\" aria-labelledby=\"collapse_button_45\">\n<div class=\"accordion-inner clearfix\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_612\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-612\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-612\" src=\"https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.rw.fau.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Sende-e1751108294796-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Sende-e1751108294796-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Sende-e1751108294796-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Sende-e1751108294796-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Sende-e1751108294796-768x769.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Sende-e1751108294796-1534x1536.jpg 1534w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Sende-e1751108294796-240x240.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Sende-e1751108294796-320x320.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Sende-e1751108294796-469x470.jpg 469w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Sende-e1751108294796.jpg 1600w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-612\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: SFZ\/Giulia Iannicelli<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Prof. Dr. Cynthia Sende studied psychology at the Dresden University of Technology and worked initially as project manager for a HR management consultancy. She obtained her doctorate from FAU Erlangen-N\u00fcrnberg in 2016. Her main research fields are methods of personnel selection (especially validity and reliability of references), flexible deployment of personnel (e.g., temporary agency workers), and psychological effects of the use of digital media in university and at work. Since 2019, she is professor of Economic Psychology at Hof University.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Digital Stress: When the Use of Information and Communication Technology Can Influence Health and Performance<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The research project, which is designed as longitudinal study, will analyze influencing factors (e.g., self-regulation, fear of missing out) on the use of digital media and the consequences of media use for well-being, academic performance, and job performance.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"accordion-group\">\n<h2 class=\"accordion-heading\"><button class=\"accordion-toggle\" data-toggle=\"collapse\"  href=\"#collapse_46\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse_46\" id=\"collapse_button_46\"> Agnis Stibe <\/button><\/h2>\n<div id=\"collapse_46\" class=\"accordion-body\" aria-labelledby=\"collapse_button_46\">\n<div class=\"accordion-inner clearfix\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_616\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-616\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-616\" src=\"https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.rw.fau.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Stibe-e1751108056858-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Stibe-e1751108056858-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Stibe-e1751108056858-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Stibe-e1751108056858-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Stibe-e1751108056858-768x769.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Stibe-e1751108056858-1534x1536.jpg 1534w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Stibe-e1751108056858-240x240.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Stibe-e1751108056858-320x320.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Stibe-e1751108056858-469x470.jpg 469w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Stibe-e1751108056858.jpg 1600w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-616\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: SFZ\/Giulia Iannicelli<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Prof. Agnis Stibe, PhD is an Associate Professor in the Business Innovation Department at The Business School of RMIT University Vietnam and an Extraordinary Professor of Artificial Intelligence for Society 5.0 at the University of Pretoria (Sotuh Africa). His research is built upon socio-psychological theories to design Socially Influencing Systems (SIS) for health behavior change at scale. The 4-time TEDx speaker frequently speaks at conferences and effectively collaborates with industry. He has worked for a number of multinational companies, including Hewlett-Packard, Oracle, and First Data. Agnis Stibe has twice been recognized from the Minister of Education and Science for his long-term creative work. He holds a master degree in computer science (University of Latvia), an MBA (RTU Riga Business School), a PhD (University of Oulu), and a postdoctoral training from the renowned MIT Media Lab in Cambridge (USA).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Persuasive Cities for Wellbeing and Innovation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Quality of life in Nuremberg can be improved through reshaping and advancing urban spaces with seamless persuasive and socially influencing strategies, thus empowering communities to succeed in achieving sustainable wellbeing. This project aims at helping people to acquire healthy and resource-efficient everyday routines through persuasive urban interventions that facilitate societal changes at scale. The project seeks to create socially engaging environments supporting wellbeing and innovation through reshaping behavioral patterns, intelligent outdoor sensing, interactive public feedback channels, designing responsive neighborhoods, and fostering adoption of novel experiences in Nuremberg.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"accordion-group\">\n<h2 class=\"accordion-heading\"><button class=\"accordion-toggle\" data-toggle=\"collapse\"  href=\"#collapse_47\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse_47\" id=\"collapse_button_47\"> Michael Stich <\/button><\/h2>\n<div id=\"collapse_47\" class=\"accordion-body\" aria-labelledby=\"collapse_button_47\">\n<div class=\"accordion-inner clearfix\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_617\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-617\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-617 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.rw.fau.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Stich-e1751107879758-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Stich-e1751107879758-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Stich-e1751107879758-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Stich-e1751107879758-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Stich-e1751107879758-768x769.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Stich-e1751107879758-1534x1536.jpg 1534w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Stich-e1751107879758-240x240.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Stich-e1751107879758-320x320.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Stich-e1751107879758-469x470.jpg 469w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Stich-e1751107879758.jpg 1600w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-617\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: SFZ\/Giulia Iannicelli<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Prof. Dr. Michael Stich studied Business Administration at the University of Regensburg and the Catholic University of Leuven (2004-2009). After his studies, he was a Research Assistant at the Ruhr-University Bochum where he received his doctorate in finance and auditing in 2011. From 2012 to 2017, he was junior professor for accounting with a focus on empirical methods and issues at the School of Business and Economics at FAU Erlangen-N\u00fcrnberg. From 2017 to 2021, he was professor of Empircal Accounting (Value and Risk) at the University of Cologne. Since April 2021, he is professor of Accounting at TUM Campus Heilbronn. His research focuses on the causes and consequences of the publication of financial and non-financial corporate information, and moreover, how accounting standards affect the behavior of social decision makers directly and \/ or indirectly.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Risks and Side Effects of Accounting Standards for Sustainable Management<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For several years, society is trying hard to use available resources sustainably. Various initiatives and legislation on a national, European and international level make companies focus on sustainable and long-term goals. However, some accounting standards at the European level are suspected to undermine these goals indirectly. For example, it is speculated that the duty to report quarterly makes managers come to short-term \u2013 and often less sustainable \u2013 entrepreneurial decisions. The research project scrutinzes such indirect, potentially adverse effects of accounting standards on sustainable management.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"accordion-group\">\n<h2 class=\"accordion-heading\"><button class=\"accordion-toggle\" data-toggle=\"collapse\"  href=\"#collapse_48\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse_48\" id=\"collapse_button_48\"> Hannah Trittin-Ulbrich <\/button><\/h2>\n<div id=\"collapse_48\" class=\"accordion-body\" aria-labelledby=\"collapse_button_48\">\n<div class=\"accordion-inner clearfix\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_1173\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1173\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1173\" src=\"https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.rw.fau.de\/files\/2020\/06\/Trittin-Ulbrich-scaled-e1751109371128-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2020\/06\/Trittin-Ulbrich-scaled-e1751109371128-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2020\/06\/Trittin-Ulbrich-scaled-e1751109371128-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2020\/06\/Trittin-Ulbrich-scaled-e1751109371128-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2020\/06\/Trittin-Ulbrich-scaled-e1751109371128-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2020\/06\/Trittin-Ulbrich-scaled-e1751109371128-240x240.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2020\/06\/Trittin-Ulbrich-scaled-e1751109371128-320x320.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2020\/06\/Trittin-Ulbrich-scaled-e1751109371128-470x470.jpg 470w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2020\/06\/Trittin-Ulbrich-scaled-e1751109371128.jpg 1455w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1173\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: Hannah Trittin-Ulbrich<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Prof. Dr. Hannah Trittin-Ulbrich is an Assistant Professor for Business Administration, particularly Business Ethics at Leuphana Universit\u00e4t L\u00fcneburg. 2018\/19 she was also a Governing Responsible Business Research Fellow at the Copenhagen Business School. From 2016 to 2018, she was a postdoctoral researcher of Business Administration at the University of Zurich, where she finished her PhD. Before, she studied political and economic sciences at FAU Erlangen-N\u00fcrnberg. In her research, she focuses on corporate social responsibility (CSR), CSR communication, and the corporate handling of digital ethics.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Governing Ethics in the Digital Age: The Role of Processes, Practices, and Competencies<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Many German corporations agree that ethics are influential for their digital transformation and will become even more important in the future. However, they also experience a certain lack of competencies in regards to digitalization in general as well as a general absence of awareness for ethics-related issues concerning the digitalization amongst their workforce. The aim of this research project thus is to investigate along best practice cases the processes and practices through which corporations can govern the digital transformation responsibly, and to establish the competencies managers and employees need to acquire to address ethics-related concerns relating to the digital transformation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"accordion-group\">\n<h2 class=\"accordion-heading\"><button class=\"accordion-toggle\" data-toggle=\"collapse\"  href=\"#collapse_49\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse_49\" id=\"collapse_button_49\"> Harry van der Weijde <\/button><\/h2>\n<div id=\"collapse_49\" class=\"accordion-body\" aria-labelledby=\"collapse_button_49\">\n<div class=\"accordion-inner clearfix\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_829\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-829\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-829\" src=\"https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.rw.fau.de\/files\/2018\/07\/Van-der-Weijde-e1751108514703-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/07\/Van-der-Weijde-e1751108514703-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/07\/Van-der-Weijde-e1751108514703-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/07\/Van-der-Weijde-e1751108514703-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/07\/Van-der-Weijde-e1751108514703-768x769.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/07\/Van-der-Weijde-e1751108514703-240x240.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/07\/Van-der-Weijde-e1751108514703-320x320.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/07\/Van-der-Weijde-e1751108514703-470x470.jpg 470w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/07\/Van-der-Weijde-e1751108514703.jpg 1127w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-829\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: SFZ\/Giulia Iannicelli<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Dr. Harry van der Weijde is an interdisciplinary energy economist and modeller who works at the intersection between economics, engineering and operational research. He is Chancellor\u2019s Fellow at the University of Edinburgh and Fellow at the Alan Turing Institute for Data Science, having previously worked at the University of Cambridge and the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. He holds a PhD in spatial economics from the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and an MSc in economics from the University of Edinburgh. He is principal or co-investigator on more than \u00a330M in research funding, including as co-investigator in the UK National Centre for Energy Systems Integration and work package leader in the EU-funded Energy Systems in Transition innovative training network (ENSYSTRA).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Modelling Risk and Uncertainty in Electricity Markets: Methods and Implications<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>European electricity systems are going through a period of enormous change. As a result, a large amount of investment in network and generation capacity is needed. Models have been developed to help deliver this at the lowest cost, but these are oversimplified, as they do not take into account that investors in electricity markets are risk averse. They also focus on US markets. This project will develop methods to include uncertainty and risk aversion in optimization and equilibrium models of European electricity markets. It will then use these to analyse the effects of uncertainty and risk on spatial distributions of generation capacity investment, optimal transmission expansion strategies and energy market design.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"accordion-group\">\n<h2 class=\"accordion-heading\"><button class=\"accordion-toggle\" data-toggle=\"collapse\"  href=\"#collapse_50\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse_50\" id=\"collapse_button_50\"> Michael Weber <\/button><\/h2>\n<div id=\"collapse_50\" class=\"accordion-body\" aria-labelledby=\"collapse_button_50\">\n<div class=\"accordion-inner clearfix\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_2154\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2154\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2154\" src=\"https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.rw.fau.de\/files\/2021\/06\/Weber-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2021\/06\/Weber-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2021\/06\/Weber-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2021\/06\/Weber-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2021\/06\/Weber-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2021\/06\/Weber-240x240.png 240w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2021\/06\/Weber-320x320.png 320w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2021\/06\/Weber-470x470.png 470w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2021\/06\/Weber.png 1050w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2154\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: Michael Weber<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Prof. Michael Weber, PhD joined Chicago Booth in 2014 as an Assistant Professor of Finance and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2018. He earned a Master\u2019s degree in Business Economics from the University of Mannheim and a PhD in Finance from University of California, Berkeley. He is also a faculty research fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research in the Monetary Economics and Asset Pricing groups, Research Affiliate in the Monetary Economics and Fluctuations programme of CEPR, a member of the monetary group of the Verein fuer Socialpolitic, a member of the Macro Finance Society, a Research Professor at Ifo Institute and a research affiliate at the CESifo Research Network.<br \/>\nHe is also academic consultant for the European Central Bank, the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, the Bank of Finland, and several other central banks. His research interests include asset pricing, macroeconomics, international finance, and household finance. He has published in leading economics and finance journals such as the American Economic Review, the Review of Economic Studies, the Journal of Political Economy, the Review of Financial Studies and the Journal of Financial Economics.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Diverse Policy Committees Can Reach Underrepresented Groups<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The composition of many central banks around the world lack a diverse composition of the governing bodies, while at the same time large heterogeneity exists in the extent to which different subpopulations are informed about central pillars of monetary policy. While many reasons exists for a diverse composition such as ethical consideration or the moving away from group think, these channels might be difficult to measure using the economics toolbox.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, the research project aims to shed light on whether diverse committees might be more effective in reaching the overall population with their communication. Central bank communication has become a stand-alone policy tool especially during times of low interest rates. It is planned to implement an information provision experiment within a survey in which the degree of salience of the committee will be varied in a randomized fashion to the survey population. Specifically, all survey participants see a regional Fed president but subsets of the survey see a white female, a black male, or a white male policy maker together with identical forecasts for the unemployment rate.<\/p>\n<p>Then the extent to which individuals incorporate these forecasts into their own subjective expectations will be compared to which extent it differs across demographic and racial groups. Finally, the channels that mediate the effects such as trust in the central bank, taste for diversity, homopholy, and an information acquisition channel will be studied.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"accordion-group\">\n<h2 class=\"accordion-heading\"><button class=\"accordion-toggle\" data-toggle=\"collapse\"  href=\"#collapse_51\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse_51\" id=\"collapse_button_51\"> Andrea Wechsler <\/button><\/h2>\n<div id=\"collapse_51\" class=\"accordion-body\" aria-labelledby=\"collapse_button_51\">\n<div class=\"accordion-inner clearfix\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_619\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-619\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-619 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.rw.fau.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Wechsler-e1751107372260-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Wechsler-e1751107372260-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Wechsler-e1751107372260-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Wechsler-e1751107372260-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Wechsler-e1751107372260-768x769.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Wechsler-e1751107372260-1534x1536.jpg 1534w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Wechsler-e1751107372260-240x240.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Wechsler-e1751107372260-320x320.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Wechsler-e1751107372260-469x470.jpg 469w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Wechsler-e1751107372260.jpg 1600w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-619\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: SFZ\/Jochen Ermann<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Prof. Dr. Andrea Wechsler is Professor of Economic Law at the Pforzheim University, Affiliated Research Fellow at the Max-Planck-Institute for intellectual property, and Visiting Professor at the Hanken School of Economics in Helsinki. Her research interests are international, Asian and European commercial law, international commercial arbitration and the economical analysis of law. She graduated from the University of Oxford, Columbia University School of Law, Ludwig-Maximilians-University and Peking University. Her work experience includes activities in the international competition and innovation, McKinsey &amp; Company, at the European Court of Justice, and various teaching assignments.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Transformation of Law Implementation in Europe Using the Example of Antitrust<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The main objective of the research project is the investigation and assessment of the transformation of law enforcement in European antitrust law. Disclosure and assessment of the transformation processes and their implications from a dogmatic, legal-theoretical and institutional as well as a procedural and substantive perspective is intended. The scientific and social relevance lies in the consideration whether and how the dynamics of European legal harmonization, the economisation, and privatization require a new internal system of antitrust enforcement as well as appropriate legal policy responses.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"accordion-group\">\n<h2 class=\"accordion-heading\"><button class=\"accordion-toggle\" data-toggle=\"collapse\"  href=\"#collapse_52\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse_52\" id=\"collapse_button_52\"> Sven Weinzierl <\/button><\/h2>\n<div id=\"collapse_52\" class=\"accordion-body\" aria-labelledby=\"collapse_button_52\">\n<div class=\"accordion-inner clearfix\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_2576\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2576\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.rw.fau.de\/files\/2024\/07\/Weinzierl-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2024\/07\/Weinzierl-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2024\/07\/Weinzierl-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2024\/07\/Weinzierl-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2024\/07\/Weinzierl-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2024\/07\/Weinzierl-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2024\/07\/Weinzierl-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2024\/07\/Weinzierl-240x240.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2024\/07\/Weinzierl-320x320.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2024\/07\/Weinzierl-470x470.jpg 470w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2576\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: SFZ\/Giulia Iannicelli<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Prof. Dr. Sven Weinzierl has been serving as an interim professor of the chair for Explainable Artificial Intelligence in Business Value Creation at the University of Regensburg. He studied business informatics at the Otto-Friedrich-University Bamberg and received his doctoral degree from FAU Erlangen-N\u00fcrnberg in 2022. Since the beginning of his doctorate, he has been working on the development of machine learning-based solutions for companies. His research results have been published in internationally recognized journals such as European Journal of Operational Research, Decision Support Systems, and Business &amp; Information Systems Engineering. His research has been funded by programs such as FAUnext, ETI, and Software Campus. From May 2022 to April 2026, he worked as a postdoctoral researcher at FAU.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Explaining Internal Mechanisms of Large Language Models: Methodical Design, Empirical Evaluation and Implications for Society<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Large Language Models (LLMs), such as GPT, have shown impressive capabilities in algorithmic language processing and are increasingly becoming an integral part of our society. Despite the hype surrounding LLMs, their internal mechanisms are largely opaque. This lack of transparency poses undesirable risks for downstream applications such as ChatGPT. For example, it is not possible to understand in which situations applications generate fictitious content, i.e., hallucinate. The research project therefore aims to design and evaluate a method for explaining the internal mechanisms of LLMs and to derive implications for society.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"accordion-group\">\n<h2 class=\"accordion-heading\"><button class=\"accordion-toggle\" data-toggle=\"collapse\"  href=\"#collapse_53\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse_53\" id=\"collapse_button_53\"> Hossein S. Zadeh <\/button><\/h2>\n<div id=\"collapse_53\" class=\"accordion-body\" aria-labelledby=\"collapse_button_53\">\n<div class=\"accordion-inner clearfix\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_623\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-623\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-623 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.rw.fau.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Zadeh-e1751107514759-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Zadeh-e1751107514759-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Zadeh-e1751107514759-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Zadeh-e1751107514759-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Zadeh-e1751107514759-768x769.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Zadeh-e1751107514759-1534x1536.jpg 1534w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Zadeh-e1751107514759-240x240.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Zadeh-e1751107514759-320x320.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Zadeh-e1751107514759-469x470.jpg 469w, https:\/\/www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de\/files\/2018\/05\/Zadeh-e1751107514759.jpg 1600w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-623\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: SFZ\/Jochen Ermann<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Hossein S. Zadeh, PhD was a senior IT manager and management consultant, before he turned to research. He currently holds the position of a Science Team Leader at the Defence Science and Technology Group (DST) of the Australian Governmnent. His research interests include multidimensional optimization, decision support, healthcare, and evolutionary algorithms. Throughout his career, he has held several teaching and research requests in Hongkong, Singapore, Vietnam and Sweden. Hossein is the recipient of the University Team Teaching Award and the University Certificate of Achievement in Innovative. In 2010, he was awarded the prestigious IBM Faculty Award. He is reviewer of several prominent journals and conferences.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Enhanced Aged-Care Using Pervasive Technologies: Advancements and Application of Smart Fabrics in the Healthcare Sector<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Many developed societies are confronting significant social and economic implications due to rapidly ageing populations and related health issues. Pervasive technology offers the potential to significantly optimise decision making in the healthcare system and enhance the responsiveness of care for the elderly particularly for early intervention. The Schoeller project can potentially revolutionise critical care systems by integrating intelligent systems with new developments in smart fabrics. 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