We are happy to welcome Simona Töpfer as a new research assistant and doctoral candidate at the Chair for Transformation of Work 🎉
Simona completed her Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration at the University of Göttingen and recently finished her Master’s degree in Business Administration with a major in Marketing and a minor in Entrepreneurship at the University of Münster. During her studies, she gained international experience through semesters abroad in the United States and Sweden.
From May 14–16, Sebastian Hohenberg and Maximilian Prell participated in the 2026 AMA Marketing Strategy Consortium in Atlanta.
The conference brought together researchers from different universities and career stages to discuss current developments and future directions in marketing strategy research. Across the various sessions and informal discussions, a wide range of topics was explored, including AI and machine learning in marketing, digital consumer behavior, and emerging research methods.🔍
We would like to thank Felix Hoch for his contributions to the Chair of Transformation of Work and the ChanCe since 2022.
🎓 Research & academic contribution
As an Assistant Professor, Felix contributed to our research, teaching, and academic environment. His research focuses on leadership and diversity in changing work contexts, with a particular emphasis on gender diversity, innovation in digital environments, and the transformation towards new work models such as the four-day workweek.
Today, we would like to present one of our latest papers, published in the Organizational Science: Time-Varying Effects of Political Dissimilarity on Social Interactions at Work During U.S. Elections by Max Reinwald, Rouven Kanitz, Peter Bamberger, Julia Backmann, Martin Hoegl. 🌟
ChanCe congratulates Professor Sebastian Hohenberg on being named co-recipient of the 2025 Varadarajan Award for Early Career Contributions to Marketing Strategy Research, awarded by the American Marketing Association’s (AMA) Marketing Strategy Special Interest Group. The Varadarajan Award is among the most prestigious recognitions in marketing strategy and honors scholars whose work has made an exceptional contribution to research and practice. Recipients are selected based on influence, research excellence, and research leadership.
Right now, Felix Hoch, one of our assistant professors, is at the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting in Economic Sciences. There, he has the opportunity to attend exciting presentations by various Nobel Prize winners, as well as lectures and panel discussions. 💡
Some highlights so far:🌟
We were once again represented at the Academy of Management (AoM) Conference this year – this time in Copenhagen, Denmark. 🇩🇰
Here we had the opportunity to present our latest research findings, exchange ideas with other scientists from around the world, and gather lots of new inspiration for future research. Our team presented the following contributions at the conference:
Today, we would like to present one of our latest papers, which was recently published in the Journal of Organizational Behaviour: Team virtuality and innovation: A meta-analysis of the moderating role of team design by Matthias Michael Weiss together with our researcher Matthias Felix Sinnemann. 🌟
We are proud to announce that Prof. Dr. Sebastian Hohenberg is one of the new associate editors of the renowned Journal of Marketing Research (JMR) published by the American Marketing Association. You can find more information in the full article published by the Faculty of Business & Economics at the University of Münster here.