I am Associate Professor in innovation, entrepreneurship, and management of intellectual assets at the University of Gothenburg, Unit for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. My research focuses on innovation, collaboration, networks, the internationalization of science, and exaptation/repurposing.
I am Associate Professor in innovation, entrepreneurship, and management of intellectual assets at the University of Gothenburg, Unit for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. My research focuses on innovation, collaboration, networks, the internationalization of science, and exaptation/repurposing.
Associate Professor (Docent), Unit for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Department of Economy and Society, School of Business, Economics, and Law, University of Gothenburg
08/2025 -05/2026
Senior Lecturer (tenured), Unit for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Department of Economy and Society, School of Business, Economics, and Law, University of Gothenburg
12/2016–07/2025
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
01/2024
Research Stay, ISM University of Management and Economics, Vilnius (Lithuania)
Polytechnic University of Valencia (Spain), INGENIO – Instituto de Gestión de la Innovación y del Conocimiento
11/2013
University of Gothenburg (Sweden), Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
10/2011–02/2012
University of Gothenburg (Sweden), Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
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
07/2026-
Director of PhD Education, Unit for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Department of Economy and Society, School of Business, Economics, and Law, University of Gothenburg
09/2022 -06/2025
Director of Strategy and Risk, School of Business, Maynooth University
