SRH Berlin University of Applied Sciences Research Report 2019 – Berlin School of Management Berlin School of Technology Dresden School of Management April 2020 Content 1 Introduction ........................................................................................................................ 3 2 Research Profile ................................................................................................................... 7 2.1 Method ......................................................................................................................... 7 2.2 Content ........................................................................................................................ 8 2.3 Structure ..................................................................................................................... 15 3 Research Expertise ............................................................................................................. 20 3.1 Research Expertise at the Berlin School of Management ................................................ 25 Professors at the Berlin School of Management .............................................................. 25 Research Associates at the Berlin School of Management................................................ 46 3.2 Research Expertise at the Berlin School of Technology ................................................... 52 Professors at the Berlin School of Technology ................................................................. 52 Research Associates at the Berlin School of Technology .................................................. 60 3.3 Research Expertise at the Dresden School of Management ............................................ 61 Professors at the Dresden School of Management .......................................................... 61 Research Associates at the Dresden School of Management ............................................ 67 Annex I: Publications at the Berlin School of Management ..................................................... 69 Annex II: Publications at the Berlin School of Technology ....................................................... 75 Annex III: Publications at the Dresden School of Management ................................................ 77 Annex IV: Research Cooperation ........................................................................................... 79 2 © SRH BERLIN UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES; 2020 1 Introduction Research is an essential pillar for the academic work at SRH Berlin University of Applied Sciences, former SRH Hochschule Berlin. To make even better use of synergies between research projects, business networks, and higher education, five SRH schools merged into SRH Berlin University of Applied Sciences in October 2019. In addition to this important structural step towards unity and growth, cooperation and exchange in the field of research was also strengthened by everyday research activities at SRH. Because the merge took place in October, this research report summa- rizes the research activities of professors and research associates at the following three SRH schools in 2019: Berlin School of Management, Dresden School of Management, and Berlin School of Technology. Two separate research reports are published for the Berlin School of Design and Communication, and the Berlin School of Popular Arts. For 2020 a joint research report will be published. Throughout the year 2019, SRH researchers were involved in many research workshops, confer- ences and expert talks, continuously promoting the exchange of ideas in the field of management, tourism and technology. For example, in March 2019, Prof. Dr. Christina Stecker gave an expert talk on "Age-appropriate prevention to maintain workability" at the final conference of the BMBF- funded project TErrA "Preventive organisation of employment trajectories - requirements for pol- icymakers" of the Bundesverband Deutscher Berufsförderwerke e.V.”. Bringing together various perspectives, the discussion focused on how career paths in occupations with a limited working life can be designed preventively to maintain employees' work ability. In May 2019, Prof. Dr. Dr. Alexander J. Wulf and Dr. Ognyan Seizov welcomed 22 legal experts and scholars from five EU countries to SRH Berlin University of Applied Sciences for a workshop on the transparency of online information obligations. In June 2019, at the kick-off conference of the EU-funded Interreg project "Make Creative Villages: Initiate Cooperation between CCI and Villages" with partners from Hungary, Slovenia, Italy, Austria and Germany, the SRH team led by Prof. Dr. Ines Carstensen presented its regional analysis. Altogether, events like these improved the research culture and visibility of SRH Berlin University of Applied Sciences. They created an inspiring space for research- ers and practitioners from all over the world to analyse dynamic changes in business and society. SRH internal events such as the doctoral colloquium, which takes place every semester, contribute to a fruitful research culture by strengthening the exchange between young and experienced researchers and researchers from different disciplines. With the foundation of two new research institutes in 2019, SRH Berlin has created further space for fruitful research activities. In June 2019, the Institute of Global Hospitality Research (IGHOR) was founded at the SRH Dresden School of Management, and it is led by Prof. Dr. Hartwig Bohne (SRH), Prof. Dr. Markus Schuckert (The Hong Kong Poly-technic University School of Hotel and Tourism Management), and Dr. Florian Aubke (FH Wien of the WKW, University of Applied Sci- ences for Management & Communication). The IGHOR stands for transnational excellence in hos- pitality research. It symbolizes the collective efforts of international hospitality researchers to com- bine their expertise and create a multidisciplinary community for innovative and sustainable hos- pitality research. Current research topics are challenges of artificial intelligence in Hospitality Hu- man Relations Management, and tea as a cultural heritage with its impact on the hospitality in- dustry. In 2019 another new research institute was founded at SRH, linked to the Berlin School of Technology: The Institute for Innovative Technologies (IIT). It is a cooperation between Prof. Dr. Klaus-Ulrich Neumann (SRH), Dr. Tilmann Hickel (Max Planck Institute for Iron Research; Max © SRH BERLIN UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES, 2020 3 Planck Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH), Prof. Dr. Michael Hartmann (SRH) and Dipl.-Ing. Thomas Pfeiffer (SRH). The IIT aims to combine two essential research fields in the area of innovative tech- nologies: engineering sciences and natural sciences. The IGHOR and the IIT constitute two of the ten research institutes of the SRH Berlin University of Applied Sciences. Synergies between research projects, business networks and higher education were further strengthened by third-party projects in 2019. Whereas several SRH projects with national and international partners were initiated or prolonged, others were successfully completed. In 2019, the three SRH schools were involved in a total of 19 third-party funded projects in terms of project acquisition, implementation and completion. In January 2019, the third and final research work- shop for the international research project “ENergize Ghana by Cocoa Husks“(ENGHACO) was held at SRH Berlin to establish an international research consortium. This project was a BMBF- funded cooperation with universities in Ghana, which started in August 2018 and was led by Prof. Dr. Michael Hartmann from the SRH Berlin School of Technology. The project aimed at optimizing the technology of pyrolysis for combustion of so far unused cocoa pod husks to sustainably pro- duce energy in the Asaman region of Ghana. Furthermore, since February 2019, the European Union supports the transnational cooperation “Make Creative Villages – Initiate Cooperation be- tween CCI and Villages”, which is directed by Prof. Dr. Ines Carstensen. It is part of the program Interreg B – Central Europe. By adapting existing methods to the specific requirements in rural areas, the project wants to go new ways, raising the innovation potential of cultural resources in villages and rural towns. It aims at giving new impulses through a tailor-made cooperation be- tween the creative industries and local players. In spring 2019, a project on the future of coaching had been granted by the German Coaching Association (Deutscher Coaching Verband e. V.), and it is led by Prof. Dr Carsten C. Schermuly. In August 2019, the project entitled “Additive Process Technology Integration with Management and Entrepreneurship (APTIME)” has been granted and will be promoted for three years. It is a cooperation with the University of Wolverhampton, the University of Ljubljana, Fontsys University, and Universidad Rey Juan Carlos. Prof. Dr. Ian Towers lead this project. In December 2019, the DAAD project “East-West Dialogue: Post-phase of the Mega-Event FIFA World Cup 2018 in Kaliningrad (Russia)”, led by Prof. Dr. Dirk Hagen, has been approved and will start in September/October 2020. The project aims to analyze the mega-event from a variety of different perspectives, drawing first conclusions for the pre-event phase of the "Kant-Year 2024" in Kaliningrad. Prof. Goran Rafajlovski, who was newly appointed Professor of Energy Technology in July 2019, has successfully acquired further project funding for