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Education

My academic background combines management research, innovation studies, qualitative methods, and international research experience across Germany, Denmark, Portugal, the UK, and the USA.

Degrees

2021 - 2024

PhD, Management

Aarhus University / Aarhus, Denmark

  • Department of Management, Aarhus BSS
  • Research focused on knowledge exchange, corporate-startup collaboration, and qualitative organization research.
  • Supervisors: Pernille Smith, Michael Zaggl
  • Assessment Committee: Franziska Günzel-Jensen (Aarhus University), Paul Carlile (Boston University), Raj Shankar (Great Lakes Institute of Management)
  • PhD Dissertation .
Related research project: Corporate-Startup Collaborations

2008 - 2011

BA Corporate Management & Economics, Communication & Cultural Management

Zeppelin University / Friedrichshafen, Germany

  • Consulting projects on Blue Ocean strategy, open innovation, online communication, and marketing.
  • Supervisor: Christian Brock
  • Co-founder of the student project 60sec Zeppelin .
Related research project: Impact of Mobile Commerce

International Research Experience

April - July 2023

Warwick Business School, University of Warwick

Coventry, UK

Research stay with Associate Professor Katharina Dittrich.

September - October 2023

Stern School of Business, New York University

New York, USA

Research stay with Professor Natalia Levina.

Academic Service

2022 - 2023

Representative and Chair, PhD Association at Aarhus BSS (PHABUSS)

2022 - 2023

Representative and Vice-Chair, PhD Committee at Aarhus BSS

2022 - 2023

Board member, Aarhus University PhD Association (AUPA)

2022 - 2023

Member, Academic Council

Stipends and Awards

August 2023 / 2024 / 2025

Outstanding Contributions to the SAP Community Award

Academy of Management, Strategizing Activities & Practices Interest Group

June 2023

Scholarship for research stay abroad at New York University, New York, USA

Augustinus Fonden, 14,000 DKK

May 2023

Scholarship for research stays abroad at Warwick Business School and New York University

Torben & Alice Frimodts Fond, 20,000 DKK

April 2023

Finalist, Three Minute Thesis competition at Aarhus University

Presentation: "Making mayonnaise - Collaborations between corporations and startups"

Watch presentation

March 2023

Scholarship for research stay abroad at Warwick Business School

Otto Mønsteds Fond, 10,000 DKK

February 2023

Scholarship for research stays abroad at Warwick Business School and New York University

William Demant Fonden, 10,000 DKK

June 2022

PhD student of the year 2021-22

Awarded by the Department of Management, Aarhus BSS

Research Training

June - July 2022

Qualitative Methods Workshop

NOVA SBE

Qualitative data collection, coding, memo writing, grounded theory, framing, writing, and publishing.

Beth Bechky / Anne-Laure Fayard / Ruthanne Huising / Hila Lifshitz-Assaf / Melissa Mazmanian

April - May 2022

Practice Theory

Lancaster University

Online

Theodore Schatzki, Elizabeth Shove, Stanley Blue

June - September 2021

The Research Process and the Role of Theory in Business Research

Aarhus University

Philosophy of science, theory-building, research questions, method choices, and the practical stages of PhD research.

Peter Kesting / John Howell / Lars Frederiksen / Tino Bech-Larsen

October - November 2021

Applied Quantitative Methods for Management Research

Aarhus University

Regression models, quasi-experimental designs, structural equation models, identification, correlation, and causality.

Tünde Cserpes / John Thøgersen

March - May 2021

Qualitative Research Methods

Aarhus University

Research design, qualitative data collection, and analysis of text and talk.

Helle Neergaard / Jakob Lauring / Birte Asmuß

February 2021

Process Research Methods

Amsterdam Business Research Institute

Process thinking, process data, and qualitative and quantitative methods for analyzing phenomena that unfold over time.

Hans Berends / Brian Pentland