Prof Erik G. Hansen

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Visiting Academic Fellow

Prof. Dr. Erik G. Hansen, born 1978, is Full Professor and Head of the Institute of Integrated Quality Design (IQD) at Johannes Kepler University (JKU) Linz, Austria and Visiting Professor at the Centre for Sustainability Management (CSM), Leuphana University of Lüneburg, Germany. His research focuses on the management of circular, green-tech, and sustainability-oriented innovations at the level of products, product-service systems, and business models as well as management systems in support of these processes.

He is founder and scientific programme manager of the MBA Sustainable Business & Circular Economy at LIMAK Austrian Business School and teaches innovation in the MBA Sustainability Management at Leuphana University Lüneburg, Germany. He is also a frequent speaker in industry events.

As part of acatech – National Academy of Science and Engineering, Erik was appointed member of the steering committee of Circular Economy Initiative Deutschland and Scientific Head of the Working Group on “Circular Business Models”. He is member of the circular economy advisory board of DIN German Institute for Standardization. He served as a mentor in the Schmidt-MacArthur Fellowship programme of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation (EMF). He is a member of the editorial board of Business Strategy and the Environment.

Previously, Erik was a Visiting Scholar at Doughty Centre for Corporate Responsibility at Cranfield University, UK. He gained his doctoral degree at Technische Universität München, Germany. Erik is married and has two children. More information: http://www.jku.at/iqd.

Academic and Professional Background:

since 10/2015	Full Professor and Head of the Institute for Integrated Quality Design (IQD), Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria
since 08/2015	Visiting Professor, Centre for Sustainability Management (CSM), Leuphana University Lüneburg, Germany
11/2013 - 07/2015	Visiting Professor of Energy Transition Management, Innovation Incubator, Leuphana University Lüneburg, Germany
06/2010 - 10/2013	Research Associate and Habilitand at the Centre for Sustainability Management (CSM), Leuphana University Lüneburg, Germany
02/2010 - 09/2010	Visiting Researcher at the Doughty Centre for Corporate Responsibility (Prof. David Grayson), School of Management, Cranfield University, UK
03/2010 - 06/2010	Postdoctoral Researcher, Chair for Information Systems I - Innovation & Value Creation (Prof. Kathrin Möslein), Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany
03/2010	PhD graduation (Dr. rer. pol.) at the Institute for Information, Organization & Management, Technische Universität München, Germany
07/2006 - 12/2009	Research Associate, Institute for Information, Organization & Management, (Prof. Ralf Reichwald), Technische Universität München, Germany
07/2005 - 12/2005	Master thesis at the German-Chinese Institute (Chinesisch-Deutsches Hochschulkolleg CDHK), Tongji University, Shanghai, China
07/2003 - 07/2004	Exchange Student, Pontifícia Universidade Católica (PUC), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
10/2001 - 03/2002	Management internship at Merck Ltd., Bangkok, Thailand
1998 - 2006	Studies in Management Information Systems (“Wirtschaftsinformatik”), Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany (Degree: German Diploma) with
1998 - 2005	Various projects and internships in the IT sector (T-Systems, Hurst+Vogler CrossMedia) and the chemical/pharmaceutics industry (Merck KGaA).

Contact Details

T: +44(0)1223 766141

E: egh36@cam.ac.uk

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