Dr Thomas Neumann works as a start-up coach and lecturer at the interface between entrepreneurship theory and business practice. Since November 2024, he has been working as a research assistant on the TEN.efzn project in the sub-project "efzn Innovation – Transfer through Start-ups and Implementation". 

From 2017 to 2023, Thomas Neumann worked as a research assistant at the Jackstädt Centre Flensburg at Flensburg University of Applied Sciences and the European University of Flensburg. At the same time, Thomas completed his doctorate at the Interdisciplinary Institute for Environmental, Social and Human Sciences under Prof. Dr. Olav Hohmeyer at the European University of Flensburg. His research focus was on the micro- and macroeconomic impact measurement of sustainable start-ups (sustainable entrepreneurship).

Since 2018, Thomas Neumann has been sharing his theoretical and practical experience in the fields of sustainable innovation, entrepreneurship and green entrepreneurship in part-time lectures at the University of Oldenburg, Europa-Universität Flensburg and FH Westküste, among others.

Before beginning his academic career, Thomas Neumann completed a voluntary ecological year in his hometown of Oldenburg. He studied industrial engineering with a focus on energy and environmental management at Flensburg University of Applied Sciences, the University of Mauritius and Europa-Universität Flensburg. Flensburg University of Applied Sciences repeatedly honoured him with the Germany Scholarship. The Schleswig-Holstein Society for Energy and Climate Protection awarded him the EKSH doctoral scholarship. Most recently, his doctoral thesis was recognised with first place in the VR-Bank University Prize 2023.

Publications:

Neumann, T., Widrat, A., Grothey, T. & Fichter, K. (2024). Green Start-up Monitor NRW of the Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Transport of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia. Berlin: Borderstep Institute. https://broschuerenservice.nrw.de/munv/shop/green-start-up-monitor-nrw%7C2208.

Fichter, Olteanu, Grothey, Neumann (2024). Green Startup Monitor 2024. Berlin. 10.13140/RG.2.2.17520.26887/1.

Fichter, K., Neumann, T., Clausen, J., Widrat, A. (2024). Long version of the study GreenTech Made in Germany Best-practice business models of the circular economy for tapping into green growth markets. Berlin. www.researchgate.net/publication/377691267_Langfassung_der_Studie_GreenTech_Made_in_Germany_Best-Practice Business_models_of_the_circular_economy_for_tapping_into_green_growth_markets.

Fichter, Neumann, Clausen, Pantermöller, Kelkar, Appel (2023). GreenTech Made in Germany – Best Practice Business Models for Tapping into Green Growth Markets. Berlin. www.mhp.com/de/insights/was-wir-denken/greentech-made-in-germany 2023.

Neumann, T. (2023). Are greener start-ups of superior quality? The impact of environmental orientation on innovativeness, growth orientation, and international orientation. J Innov Entrep 12, 60 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13731-023-00330-y.

Neumann, T. (2022). Impact of green entrepreneurship on sustainable development: An ex-post empirical analysis. Journal of Cleaner Production, Volume 377: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.134317.

DIN SPEC 90051-1:2020-11 (2020). Standard for the sustainability assessment of start-ups – Part 1. https://dx.doi.org/10.31030/3204886.

Neumann, Thomas (2020). The impact of entrepreneurship on economic, social and environmental welfare and its determinants: a systematic review. Management Review Quarterly. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11301-020-00193-7.

Neumann, Thomas (2017). efeFF – Electric Mobility on the Flensburg Fjord. EKSH – Society for Energy and Climate Protection Schleswig-Holstein GmbH. artefact.de/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/artefact-efeff-studie.pdf.