I am a Professor of Human Resource Management and Organization in the Public Sector at the Harz University of Applied Sciences, Germany. My research focuses on the motivation of public employees, what makes leadership in the public sector successful, how citizens interact with public administrations, and how public organizations manage performance.
PhD in Public Management, 2016
University of Potsdam (Germany)
MA Public Administration, 2011
University of Potsdam (Germany)
BA Public Policy and Management, 2008
University of Konstanz (Germany)
How can the digital transformation of the public sector succeed?
Which implicit conceptions about typical or ideal characteristics of citizens do public employees have?
What is effective leadership in the public sector and what effects does it have?
What motivates public employees in their daily work?
How can public administrations’ performance be managed and how are performance information used?
How do citizens interact with public administrations and how do they form an opinion about the administration?
My open science activities
Application and teaching of innovative research methods.
I am teaching research-oriented and introductory courses on public management for bachelor and master students at the University of Hamburg.
I regularly teach the following courses at the University of Hamburg:
Furthermore, I teach the course “Human Resource Management” of the master’s programm Nonprofit-Management & Governance at the University of Muenster.