Contact HdWM

Phone: +4962149089046
E-Mail: verena.beestermoeller@hdwm.org

Educational Background:

Degreed in educational science, with focus on in-house training

Professional Career:

• Bauhaus AG, HR development
• Nurtingen-Geislingen University, study advisory with focus on vocational orientation and career planning
• Bildungswerk der Hessischen Wirtschaft e.V. (BWHW), career entry supervisor for pupils and apprentices

Research Focus and Specialisation:

• Learning processes in working life
• Competence evaluation and employability
• Competence-oriented university teaching

E-Mail: elke.berninger-schaefer@lecturer.hdwm.org

Honorary Professor

E-Mail: johannes.beverungen@lecturer.hdwm.org

Educational Background:

• MEcon. (University of Freiburg) MA (Brock University, University of Toronto) MBA (University of Chicago, GSB)
• PhD (University of Freiburg)

Professional Career:

• Sony Corp. (CEO Sony SPP) 1992-1995
• Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University (Chair of Study Programme, Dean, Rector 1995-2013; Research Professor since 2013)
• Permanent visiting and guest professor at the University of Freiburg, Graduate School FZ (since 1995) and University of California Santa Barbara (since 2014)

Research Focus and Specialisation:

• International Trade
• International Marketing
• Global Economics & Management

Phone: +4962149089021
E-Mail: lars.castellucci@hdwm.org

Educational Background:

• Heidelberg University
• PhD at Technical University of Darmstadt

Professional Career:

• Lecturer, Federal University of Applied Administrative Sciences, Faculty of Labour Administration, Mannheim
• Senior Consultant, IFOK GmbH

Research Focus and Specialisation:

• Social sustainability in companies
• Migration Management
• Values for a good community

Phone: +4962149089057
E-Mail: sadrac.cenophat@hdwm.org

Professor of Marketing & Strategic Management

Educational Background:

• I-Shou University, Master of Business Administration, Kaohsiung
• European University Viadrina, Ph.D. in Marketing, Frankfurt an der Oder

Professional Career:

• Research Fellow, Justus-Liebig University, Gießen
• Global Project Manager, G&G, Changhua
• International Strategy Planner, GloEx, Kaohsiung
• System Analyst, Capital Bank, Port-au-Prince
• Banking Operations, Soge Bank, Port-au-Prince

Research Focus and Specialisation:

• Service Management and Artificial Intelligence
• International Business and Marketing Strategy
• Multilevel Models

Phone: +4962149089020
E-Mail: michael.cofrin@hdwm.org

Head of Faculty Business Management EN
Professor of Psychology and Quantitative Studies

Educational Background:

• University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH U.S.; PhD in Social Psychology, Master’s of Science in College Teaching

Professional Career:

• Lean consultant – Lean Competence Partners, Heidelberg, Germany
• Academic proofreading of psychological manuscripts, Heidelberg, Germany
• IT Manager – Columbia HCA Healthcare, Louisville, KY, U.S.

Research Focus and Specialisation:

• Statistical analysis
• Hope: Its nature and measurement
• Belief consistency effect

E-Mail: perizat.daglioglu@hdwm.org

Educational Background:

• Ludwig-Maximilian University Munich

Professional Career:

• debis AG (DaimlerChrysler Services): project management
• T-Systems: head of training and consulting
• freelance trainer, coach, and consultant for managers
• University of Applied Management Studies: professor, president, CEO

Research Focus and Specialisation:

• Political-economic development strategies
• Intercultural management
• Executive development

Phone: +49 621 49089050
E-Mail: sophia.dewies@hdwm.org

Staff member International Office & Library

Phone: +49 (0)621 490890-24
E-Mail: eva-maria.dunn@hdwm.org

Head of Strategic Partnerships and Fundraising

Phone: +4962149089092
E-Mail: patrizia.gioeni@hdwm.org

Marketing and Further Education Officer

Central Coordination/Human Resources & Events

For questions concerning events, please contact events@hdwm.org.

Examination Office

Office hours on site:
Wed: 1-4 p.m.
Thurs: 9-11 a.m. 

Telephone consultation hours:
Wed: 9-11 a.m.
Thu: 1-4 p.m.

To schedule an appointment in person, please contact us via email.   

tel.: +49 (0)621 490890-42
email: pruefungsamt@hdwm.org

Phone: +4962149089029
E-Mail: katja.hanke@hdwm.org

Professor for Psychology

Educational Background:

• Georg-August University, Göttingen, Georg-Elias-Müller-Institute for Psychology
• PhD at Victoria University of Wellington, School of Psychology, Centre for Applied Cross-Cultural Research, New Zeeland

Professional Career:

• Postdoctoral research fellow National Tsing-Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
• Postdoctoral research fellow and Marie Curie Fellow, Bremen Graduate School of the Social Sciences und Jacobs University, Bremen
• Senior Researcher and project consultant, GESIS Leibniz Institute for Social Sciences, Mannheim

Research Focus and Specialisation:

• (culture-comparative) research methodologies
• Applied social psychology: intergroup relations
• Intercultural psychology: acculturation, migration research, and intercultural communication and relationships

Phone: +49 621 490890 28
E-Mail: daniel.heinrich@hdwm.org

Professor for Management, Digital Business and AI

Academic background:

• Business graduate, University of Mannheim
• Dr rer. pol, University of Mannheim
• Academic Counsellor, Technical University of Braunschweig
• Research Fellow, Rollins College, Winter Park, FL, USA

Professional background:

• DFKI German Research Centre for Artificial Intelligence, Saarbrücken
• University of Applied Sciences for Economics & Management, Mannheim
• Innovative Retail Lab, Saarbrücken
• Interactive Marketing Group, Hamburg
• Cardo Communications, Berlin
• Saatchi & Saatchi, Frankfurt am Main
• University of Mannheim, Mannheim

Research focus/specialisations:

• Artificial intelligence and digital transformation
• Digital marketing & electronic business 
• Innovation management & entrepreneurship

Phone: +4962149089016
E-Mail: thomas.hermann@hdwm.org

Professor for General Business Management, esp. leadership and controlling (since Oct. 2012)

Educational Background

• Diploma (≈ M.Sc.) in Economics, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelm University Bonn
• Doctorate in Business Administration (Dr.rer.pol. ≈ Ph.D.), WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management, Vallendar/Koblenz

Professional Career:

• Research and Teaching Assistant (Chair of Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Horst Albach) at WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management, Vallendar/Koblenz
• Product Manager Luchterhand/Wolters Kluwer Germany
• Head of the Editorial Department “Accounting”, Rudolf Haufe Publishing House

Research Focus and Specialisation:

• History of ideas in business administration (member of the working group History of ideas of the BWL, German Academic Association of Business Research VHB)
• Behavioral Economics and Humanistic Education (member of the Association for socio-economic education and research GS*ÖBW)
• Critical Accounting Research, Sustainability- and CSR-Reporting

E-Mail: julika.horchler@hdwm.org

Educational Background:

• University of Applied Management Studies (HdWM)

Research Focus and Specialisation:

• Work and organisational psychology
• Health psychology

Phone: +4962149089049
E-Mail: beyza.ince-saglam@hdwm.org

Admissions Office

Phone: +4962149089094
E-Mail: juergen.kaufmann@hdwm.org

Lecturer and Academic Staff, Scholarship Coordinator

Educational Background:

• Heidelberg University

Professional Career:

• Member of the network of excellence Halle-Wittenberg
• University of Mannheim, Academic Staff
• University of Applied Management Studies, Academic Staff

Research Focus and Specialisation:

• Business Ethics
• Organisational Development
•  Resource Management

Phone: +4962149089023
E-Mail: hans-ruediger.kaufmann@hdwm.org

Professor

Educational Background:

• University of Applied Sciences Kempten
• Manchester Metropolitan University, UK
• PhD at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK

Professional Career:

• Assistant Professor in Marketing – International Management Center Budapest
• University lecturer/associate professor University Liechtenstein
• Full Professor – University of Nicosia
• Editor-in-Chief of the journal Progress in Industrial Ecology

Research Focus and Specialisation:

• National and international consumer behaviour, branding
• National and international entrepreneurship
• Smart cities

Examination Office

Office hours on site:
Wed: 1-4 p.m.
Thurs: 9-11 a.m. 

Telephone consultation hours:
Wed: 9-11 a.m.
Thu: 1-4 p.m.

To schedule an appointment in person, please contact us via email.   

tel.: +49 (0)621 490890-42
email: pruefungsamt@hdwm.org

Phone: +49 621 490890 15
E-Mail: luisa.neumann@hdwm.org

Teamlead Marketing/Sales

on parental leave

Phone: +49 621 49089062
E-Mail: philipp.nixdorf@hdwm.org

Head of Studies social work

Educational Background:

• Hanover University: State-recognized diploma social worker / pedagogue (University of Applied Sciences)

• University of Hildesheim: Social and organizational pedagogue M. A. / Promotion in social sciences to Dr. phil.

Professional Career:

• Head of department for education, care and sports at the city of Pattensen

• Team leader in child and youth welfare at the state capital of Hanover

• Integration consultant at the Federal Employment Agency

Research Focus and Specialisation:

• Labor market and occupational research

• Systemic advice

• School social work

• Consultant for learner- and customer-based development of quality

Phone: +4962149089087
E-Mail: julie.papastamatelou@hdwm.org

Professor for Psychology

Chair of Study Programme B.Sc. Business Psychology

Phone: +4962149089044
E-Mail: oezer.pinar@hdwm.org

PhD

Educational Background:

• TU Kaiserslautern
• PhD at University of Kassel

Professional Career:

• Central division manager for efficiency and methodology
• Director production

Management consultant

Research Focus and Specialisation:

• Quaternary education
• Migration research
• Project and process management

Phone: +49 (0)621 490890-91

E-Mail: janina.reichert@hdwm.org

Marketing Officer

Phone: +4962149089043

Email: buchhaltung@hdwm.org

Our Bookkeeping department assists you with all questions regarding tuition fees and financial matters. 

You can reach out to the Student Service Office in person or via phone (+4962149089040) during the following office hours:

Mon-Thur: 7:45 am - 1 pm
Fri: closed

You can contact the Student Service anytime via email: 
studienbuero@hdwm.org

Please note that office hours may change on short notice. Changes of the normal office hours are published in the news in the Campus Portal.

Phone: +4962149089063
E-Mail: dolores.sanchez-bengoa@hdwm.org

Educational Background:

• Victoria University, Manchester
• 2011: PhD in philosophy, Leeds Metropolitan University, England Topic: Facilitation of Knowledge Transfer in International Co-operations between Eastern and Western European Business Co-operations

Professional Career:

• Intercultural Consultant: International Marketing Consultancy Dr. Kaufmann
• Researcher, Intercollege, Larnaca, Cyprus
• Customer Service, Swintom, Insurance Company in Manchester, UK

Research Focus and Specialisation:

• International business, intercultural knowledge sharing, transfer, and co-creation
• Trust
• Smart cities

Phone: +4962149089013
E-Mail: christoph.sandbrink@hdwm.org

Educational Background:

• University of Osnabrück, University of Münster, MSc in Information Management at University of Hull, UK
• PhD in Business Administration and Business Informatics at University of Jena

Professional Career:

• Global director business analytics and data hubs at SAP SE, Walldorf (2007-2015)
• Division manager CRM and marketing intelligence at Versicherungskammer Bayern, Munich (2004-2007)
• Head of CRM at Telefónica O2, Munich (2001-2003)

Research Focus and Specialisation:

• Digital transformation
• Customer experience management
• Machine learning and artificial intelligence

Phone: +4962149089027
E-Mail: birgit.schmitz@hdwm.org

Educational Background:

• Business Education at Gutenberg University Mainz
• PhD at Open Universiteit Nederlands

Professional Career:

• Project manager with focal point of support education and digitalisation at the school and university of the Deutsche Telekom Foundation
• Academic Staff in the area educational technology /OU NL
• Concept and consultation e-learning, such as at the M.I.T Friedrichsdorf

Research Focus and Specialisation:

• Digital didactics and digitalisation in the vocational training
• Professionalisation of the teaching and training personnel
• Didactic and pedagogical potential of digital educational games

Phone: +49 (0)621 490890-14
E-Mail: verena.schuhmann@hdwm.org

Study Advisory Team

You can contact the Study Advisory by email (studieninfo@hdwm.org) or phone (+49 (0)621 490890-90).

Phone: +4962149089059

email: sophia.schulz@hdwm.org
email equal opportunity team: gleichstellung@hdwm.org

Academic Staff
Equal Opportunity Commissioner
Chairman Friends of HdWM Mannheim e.V.

Educational Background

• Studied at Friedrich-Schiller University, Jena (Master of Arts Social Theory)

Professional Career:

• Scientific assistant at Organisationsberatungsinstitut Thüringen e.V.
• Social education worker/social worker at Ludwigshafener Verein für Jugendhilfe e.V.

Research Focus and Specialisation:

• Social work esp. child and youth welfare
• Social policy
• Critical disability studies

Phone: +49 (0)621 49089061
E-Mail: amina.singh-mehta@hdwm.org

Professor for Social Work

Educational Background:

• Studies in Social Pedagogy at the TH Cologne, master’s studies in the Netherlands
• PhD at Swansea University (UK)

Professional Career:

• Practical experience in Great Britain as social worker in child welfare and in public health care
• Academic staff at Cardiff University and Oxford University (UK) as well as publication of her work in highly renowned journals (British Journal of General Practice und Health Service Delivery Research)

Research Focus and Specialisation:

• Qualitative studies of chronic conditions in geriatrics and oncology
• Application of mixed methods (qualitative and quantitative)
• Especially experienced in people with complex health conditions and how they transition through different support processes and experience them

Phone: +4962149089048
E-Mail: frank.staeudner@hdwm.org

Professor for Science Theory and Research Methods

Educational Background:

• University of Karlsruhe (TH)
• PhD at Friedrich-Schiller University Jena

Professional Career:

• CEO Akademie für wissenschaftliche Weiterbildung, Heidelberg University of Education
• Head of Communication and Public Relations, Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft (7 years)
• Head of Public Relations and Public Affairs, Leibniz Association (7 years)

Research Focus and Specialisation:

• Epistemological principles of management studies
• Economic ethics and political representation of interests
• Science communication

E-Mail: bibliothek@hdwm.org

Head of Library

Assistant Equal Opportunity Commissioner

email equal opportunity team: gleichstellung@hdwm.org

Normann Stassen Library

The Normann Stassen Library supplies all members of HdWM with literature for their studies, lectures, research, and further education.
The library offers an inviting environment to study thanks to its individual workspaces, the group work room, as well as two rest areas. Along with the modern and user-friendly IT infrastructure, the library is the ideal place for exam preparations.
For current opening hours, important news or changes about the library, as well as online research platforms, please visit our online library catalogue (OPAC) or in the Campus Portal.

Phone: +4962149089047
E-Mail: henrike.tyll@hdwm.org

Academic Staff, Head of Student Wellbeing and Support Service

Career inclusive

We are always happy to lend an ear to students with handicaps, e.g. bodily, chronic or mental illnesses.
Discrete, confidential, individual and unbureaucratic, the team is there to assist students to overcome hinderances that may keep them from successfully completing their course of study. Along with longer time to work on exams, they can also arrange coaching through a cooperation agreement with the Karlsruhe Institute (KI). Also, financial support through the Deutschlandstipendium are awarded specifically to students with MS, dyslexia, reading and writing disabilities, trauma, depression, learning disabilities, or similar conditions.
Of course, the information will not be disclosed to third parties – what is discussed remains strictly between the students and the Student Wellbeing and Support Service team.

Educational Background:

• University of Mannheim

Professional Career:

• University of Mannheim, academic staff
• IBM, several managing positions in sales and consulting, e.g. Head of E-Business Hosting Central Europe, Head of S/390 Solutions Central Europe
• Freelance consultant for career, communication, and sales; several clients worldwide e.g. AOK, BASF, Commerzbank, Dräger, Fraport, Genre, Immoscout, Nokia etc.

Research Focus and Specialisation:

• Communication, digital communication
• Management, leadership
• Sales

Phone: +49 (0)621 490890-07
E-Mail: it-support@hdwm.org

IT Service & Support

E-Mail: Ruediger.Walter@ib.de

Phone: +49 621 490890 04
E-Mail: carsten.wawra@hdwm.org

E-Mail: guenter.welter@lecturer.hdwm.org

Educational Background:

• Studies and PhD University of Trier

Professional Career:

• Academic Staff University of Trier
• Organisation/controlling in an international pharma company
• More than 25 years professor/chair of study programmes at the Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University, Mannheim

Research Focus and Specialisation:

• Business informatics
• Financing and investment
• Cost and activity accounting

Phone: +4962149089026
E-Mail: thomas.willmann@hdwm.org

Educational Background:

• University of Konstanz
• Malik Management Centre St. Gallen

Professional Career:

• Director of the Schwäbisch Hall Group, Germany
• Director of the Malik Management Centre St. Gallen, Switzerland
• Working life coach and consultant 

Research Focus and Specialisation:

• Corporate governance and -development
• Personnel management and -development
• Self-development

E-Mail: ulrich.zeitel@lecturer.hdwm.org

Educational Background:

• Studies of law at the universities of Mannheim, Bonn and Lausanne (Switzerland)
• Dr. jur. at the University of Mannheim

Professional Career:

• CEO (1988–2004) and sole CEO (09/2004 until today) of the FORUM Institute for Management GmbH, Heidelberg,
• Executive Vice-President Springer Business & Media
• Member of the steering committee of Klett AG, Stuttgart

Research Focus and Specialisation:

• Several scientific publications about Eastern-European topics
• International civil law

Phone: +49 (0)621 490890-55
E-Mail: magdalena.zetzsche@hdwm.org

You can reach out to the Student Service Office in person or via phone (+4962149089040) during the following office hours:

Mon-Thur: 7:45 am - 1 pm
Fri: closed

You can contact the Student Service anytime via email: 
studienbuero@hdwm.org

Please note that office hours may change on short notice. Changes of the normal office hours are published in the news in the Campus Portal.

Phone: +4962149089019
E-Mail: andreas.zimber@hdwm.org

Professor for Psychology
Chair of Study Programme MSc Business Psychology

Educational Background:

• Heidelberg University (certified psychologist)
• University of Kaiserslautern (MA Human Resource Development)
• PhD at Heidelberg University

Professional Career:

• 1994-2000 academic staff at the Central Institute of Mental Health
• 2000-2008 freelance human resource and organisation developer
• 2008-2016 professor for business psychology and vice-dean for the faculty of applied psychology at the SRH University Heidelberg

Research Focus and Specialisation:

• Leadership and health, role of company management for health and safety at work
• Changes in the working world, multitasking, stress, recuperation, and health
• Psychological changes in later life