Just like last year, Joern Hoppmann took part in the “Night of the Profs” event again this year. At “Night of the Profs”, professors from the University of Oldenburg swap their lecture desks for turntables and play music in four Oldenburg clubs. The event has a long tradition and was held for the 15th time this year. The proceeds go to a good cause, this year the Rotary Club Oldenburg and Sea Shepherd.

Joern Hoppmann has been awarded the prize for outstanding doctoral supervision by the Oldenburg University Society. The prize, which is awarded annually to one or two people, aims to recognize outstanding supervisory achievements as demanding work and above-average commitment to the promotion of young academics. The award is under the patronage of the Vice President for Academic Career Paths, Equal Opportunities and International Affairs. A jury headed by the UGO, which includes a member of the UGO Executive Board and the Vice President as well as two other university lecturers, selects the award winners. More detailed information on the prize can be found on the following page:

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At the invitation of Prof. Johannes Meuer and Prof. Franziska Lauenstein, Joern Hoppmann will give a course on “Management Theories for Sustainability” for doctoral students and postdocs at KLU Hamburg in November. During the course, participants will gain an insight into the most important 29 management theories and discuss their application in the field of sustainability research. The course also includes an introduction to theories and theory formation as well as a “fireside chat”, during which general questions about management research and academic careers are clarified. Due to the high demand, a repetition of the course is planned in the near future.

This year, three doctoral students at the Management Research Group successfully completed their doctorates. Hauke Lütkehaus successfully defended his dissertation entitled “The Impact of Policy Instruments on Incumbent Adaptation to Technological Change: The Case of Electric Mobility” in May. Katharina Gärtner followed at the end of July with a dissertation on “Platforms, Incumbents, and Institutions: Understanding the Digital and Sustainable Transformation of the Mobility Sector”. Finally, in October, Swantje Freund defended her dissertation entitled “”Green Growth, Postgrowth, Degrowth? Analyzing the Growth-Sustainability Nexus at the Organizational Level”. All three doctoral students received the top grade of “summa cum laude” for their work. Congratulations on their extremely successful completion!
 

Four researchers from the Chair of Management took part in the fall conference of the Scientific Commission for Sustainability Management (WK NAMA) of the Association of University Professors of Business Administration (VHB) at the Technical University of Munich in October. The event, which took place on October 10 and 11, 2024 in Straubing, was held this year under the motto “Management, Technology, and Entrepreneurship for Sustainability”. The event is the most important meeting place for researchers in the field of sustainability management in German-speaking countries. Last year, the conference was held in Oldenburg.

The Ministry of Science and Culture has approved a research proposal from the Management Research Group on the topic of “Sustainability-oriented transformation of companies: A systemic perspective” in the ‘PRO*Niedersachsen’ program. As part of the project, which is being funded by the state with EUR 245,000, Joern Hoppmann and Josua Oll will investigate how various factors that hinder sustainability in companies influence each other in order to gain insights into how sustainability transformations in companies can be accelerated. The official press release of the university can be found here:

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Congratulations to Josua Oll, who has received the “ONE Division Best Reviewer Award”. This award honors his excellent reviews for the Organizations & the Natural Environment (ONE) Division as part of the 2024 Academy of Management (AOM) annual meeting’s paper review process. The annual meeting of the AOM is one of the most renowned and largest conferences for management research. This year, the 84^th annual meeting was themed “Innovating for the Future - Policy, Purpose, and Organizations” and took place in Chicago from August 9-13.

We are delighted that Hauke Luetkehaus joined the Management Research Group as a postdoc on June 3. His research focuses on the sustainability-oriented transformation of the automotive sector, in particular innovation in the context of electromobility and the phase-out of combustion engine technology. Dr. Luetkehaus already completed his doctoral thesis at the Chair of Management, supported by a scholarship from the German Federal Environmental Foundation.

The Chair of Management has a vacancy for a postdoc (m/f/d) in the field of transformation of the automotive industry to start as soon as possible. The detailed job advertisement can be found under the following link. Application deadline is April 25, 2024.

Job advertisement Postdoc Transformation Automotive Industry

Due to Joern Hoppmann's serving as Head of Department, the Master's module "Strategic Management" will not be offered in the winter semester 2024/2025. The module will take place again regularly in the winter semester 2025/2026.

The Management Research Group is looking to fill a 50% position for a research associate (m/f/d) as soon as possible. The detailed job advertisement can be found under the following link. Application deadline is March 18, 2024.

Job Advertisement Research Associate (m/f/d) (50%)
 

As every year, the "Renewable Energy Management" and "Introduction to Business Administration" courses were rounded off this year with exciting guest lectures from the field. Florian Hauser (Audi AG) gave a lecture on the transformation of the automotive industry and the particular challenges this poses for AUdi in the Introduction to Business Administration course. In the Renewable Energy Management event, Hilko Heddinga, alumni of the University of Oldenburg and Senior Consultant at the management consultancy plenum, gave insights into current projects in the energy sector. Many thanks to the speakers for the exciting presentations!