I am Assistant Professor at Maynooth University School of Business. My research focuses on innovation, collaboration, networks, the internationalization of science, and repurposing.
I am Assistant Professor at Maynooth University School of Business. My research focuses on innovation, collaboration, networks, the internationalization of science, and repurposing.

About Me

Academic Work Experience

  • 12/2016–
    • Lecturer/Assistant Professor (tenured), School of Business, Maynooth University
  • 03/2013–11/2016
    • Assistant Professor (Akademischer Rat auf Zeit, no tenure track), Chair of Organization, Technology Management and Entrepreneurship (Prof. Dr. Carolin Häussler), University of Passau
  • 06/2012–02/2013
    • Research Assistant, Chair of Organization, Technology Management and Entrepreneurship
      (Prof. Dr. Carolin Häussler), University of Passau

Research Stays and Further Affiliations

Academic Qualification

  • 02/2016
    • Certificate for Teaching in Higher Education of the Bavarian Universities
  • 12/2012
    • PhD in Economics (Dr. rer. pol.), Friedrich Schiller University Jena (Germany)
  • 05/2009–05/2012
    • PhD Student, DFG Graduate College ”The Economics of Innovative Change”, Max Planck Institute
      of Economics and Friedrich Schiller University Jena (Germany)
  • 04/2003–04/2009
    • Studies of Business Administration, Friedrich Schiller University Jena (Germany)
    • Degree: Diplom-Kaufmann (equivalent to Master’s degree)
  • 09/2005–02/2006
    • Studies Abroad, Rey Juan Carlos University, Madrid (Spain)

Awards

  • 08/2019
    • Best Reviewer Award of the Technology and Innovation Management (TIM) Division of
      the Academy of Management, 79th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management,
      Boston (United States)
    • Outstanding Reviewer Award of the Strategic Management Division (STR) of
      the Academy of Management, 79th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management,
      Boston (United States)
  • 08/2018
    • Best Reviewer Award of the Technology and Innovation Management (TIM) Division of
      the Academy of Management, 78th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management,
      Chicago (United States)
    • Outstanding Reviewer Award of the Strategic Management Division (STR) of
      the Academy of Management, 78th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management,
      Chicago (United States)
  • 08/2017
    • Best Reviewer Award of the Technology and Innovation Management (TIM) Division of
      the Academy of Management, 77th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management,
      Atlanta (United States)
  • 08/2016
    • Best Reviewer Award of the Technology and Innovation Management (TIM) Division of
      the Academy of Management, 76th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management,
      Anaheim (United States)
  • 08/2015
    • Best Reviewer Award of the Technology and Innovation Management (TIM) Division of
      the Academy of Management, 75th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management,
      Vancouver (Canada)

Major Academic Service Appointments

  • 09/2022 –
    • Director of Strategy and Risk, School of Business, Maynooth University
  • 07/2018 – 07/2022
  • 08/2017 – 08/2022
    • PhD Program Director, School of Business, Maynooth University
  • 05/2012 –
    • Reviewer for Several International Academic Journals and Conferences