People & Contact
Managing Director

Dr. Verena Komander
coordinates the program and is your first point of contact for questions regarding the research training group.
Spokespersons
Professor Jan Krämer
Professor Jan Krämer
researches the regulation of the Platform Economy
Professor Jan Krämer has held the Chair of Internet and Telecommunications Business of the University of Passau since 2014 and is a Research Fellow at the Centre on Regulation in Europe (CERRE), a Brussels-based think tank.
Twitter: @kraemer_
Professor Andreas König
Professor Andreas König
researches organisational change and executives’ personalities and communications
Professor Andreas König has held the Chair of Strategic Management, Innovation and Entrepreneurship of the Faculty of Business, Economics and Information Systems, University of Passau, since 2013. His research output is published in leading international journals such as Administrative Science Quarterly, the Academy of Management Review and Research Policy.
Principal Investigators
Professor Stefan Bauernschuster
Professor Stefan Bauernschuster
researches empirical evaluation of political measures
Professor Stefan Bauernschuster has held the Chair of Public Economics of the University of Passau since 2013. Moreover, he is a research professor at the ifo Institute in Munich, CESifo Affiliate and a member of the Social Policy Committee of the German Economic Association.
Twitter: @SBauernschuster
Professor Jan H. Schumann
Professor Jan H. Schumann
researches B2C relationships
Professor Jan H. Schumann has held the Chair of Marketing and Innovation of the University of Passau since 2012. Since July 2013, he has also worked a director of the Institute of Market and Economic Research.
Professor Michael Grimm
Professor Michael Grimm
researches technological change in developing countries
Professor Michael Grimm has held the Chair of Development Economics of the University of Passau since 2012. Prior to this, he held the posts of Professor of Applied Development Economics at Erasmus University Rotterdam, Visiting Professor at Paris School of Economics and Advisor for the World Bank in Washington, D.C. (United States).
Professor Carolin Haeussler
Professor Carolin Haeussler
researches co-operation and innovation
Professor Carolin Haeussler has held the Chair of Organisation, Technology Management and Entrepreneurship since 2011 and has been bringing researchers from all over the world to Passau with the International Centre for Economics and Business Studies.
Twitter: @CaroHaeussler
Professor Hannah Schmid-Petri
Professor Hannah Schmid-Petri
researches public debates – both online and offline
Professor Hannah Schmid-Petri is the holder of the Chair of Science Communication at the University of Passau and leads the Fraunhofer 'Science Communication' research group, which is based at the Fraunhofer Cluster of Excellence 'Integrated Energy Systems' CINES. She analyses public discussions on political issues such as digitalisation and climate change.
Professor Thomas Widjaja
Professor Thomas Widjaja
researches secondary data use
Professor Thomas Widjaja has held the Chair of Business Information Systems since 2016. Previously, he gained his doctoral and postdoctoral degrees at TU Darmstadt.