Dear Students,

First of all, we would like to sincerely thank you for your interest in the project seminars that we introduced as a new offering in the major Management. It is therefore all the more regrettable that we must inform you that the project seminars from the Chair for Transformation of Work and the Chair for Strategic Management cannot be offered in the winter semester 26/27. The reason is an exceptional situation: Prof. Dr. Julia Backmann is leaving the university, and Prof. Dr. Verena Rieger is going on maternity leave. We ask for your understanding.

As part of the Paper Development Workshop in Bern, which brought together selected PhD researchers working on human–AI collaboration in organizational contexts, ChanCe researcher Letizia Tschetsche presented her ongoing research on generative AI (GenAI) in knowledge work.

Focusing on reputation-sensitive, cross-functional settings such as corporate communication, where teams take on quality assurance roles for corporate communication, her work examines how generative AI is embedded in everyday workflows and how it reconfigures professional roles and interactions.

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.