Katrin Bauer

• Since July 2022: Senior Researcher I Social Research Center at TU Dortmund University, Germany
• 2019 - now (prosp. 2022): PhD in Business Administration I TU Dortmund University, Germany
• 2019 - 2022: Research Associate I Professorship of Technology Management / TIE Institute at TU Dortmund University, Germany
• 2018: Transatlantic Ruhr Fellow I Summer Program Rutgers University + Internship New York University, New York, NY, USA
• 2016 - 2017: Head of Accreditations for the World Championships (indoor handball) and Project Manager Beach Handball I German Handball Federation [alongside studies]
• 2015 - 2018: Parliamentary Secretary I Social Democratic Party of Germany [alongside studies]
• 2015: Research Assistant I Internationalization I International Office at TU Dortmund University, Germany
• 2014 - 2018: Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Industrial Engineering I TU Dortmund University, Germany
• 2014: Research Assistant I Marketing I Office of University Marketing at TU Dortmund University, Germany
• 2012: Research Assistant I Management I Westminster College, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
• 2011 - 2012: Study abroad I Westminster College, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
• 2009 - 2014: Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Industrial Engineering I TU Dortmund University, Germany
• 2003 - 2009: Strategy Project Manager I Salzgitter Corporation, Germany
• 1998 - 2004: Magistra Artium (M.A.) in East Asian Economics, Chinese, Business Administration I Ruhr University Bochum, Germany

From 2025: EU Horizon/Marie Curie Doctoral Networks: Data2Action

Since 2023: BMBF: Platform for Social Innovations

Since 2022-2023: ESF: European Social Innovation Alliance (ESIA)

Bauer, K. (2024). Taking the Barrier View to Approach Challenges in Urban Contexts: A Framework Towards Public Sector Social Innovation Orientation. 2024 International Social Innovation Research Conference, Bern, CH.
[Best Paper Award]

Bauer, K., Zirngiebl, M., Kaletka, C., Dederichs, A., Kopp, R. & Krüger, D. (2024). HEIs in the German SI Ecosystem: Tackling social innovation(s) in all three missions? 2024 International Social Innovation Research Conference, Bern, CH.

Bauer, K., & Kier, A.S. (2024). To Brave Challenges: Imaginativeness, Environmental Dynamism and Public Leaders’ Effectual Behavior. 2024 Academy of Management Proceedings.

Bauer, K. (2023). Fueling Effectual Behavior in Public Leaders? The Role of Imaginativeness and Environmental Dynamism. Academy of Management Proceedings, Volume 2023, No. 1.

Bauer, K. & Schmidt, C.V.H. (2023). Harnessing Challenges: How Public Leaders’ Challenge Self-Efficacy Actuates Their Imaginativeness. Academy of Management Proceedings, Volume 2023, No. 1.

Bauer, K., Flatten T.C., & Schmidt, C.V.H. (2023). How Public Leaders’ Crisis Leader Efficacy Nurtures Their Imaginativeness. 2023 Public Management Research Conference, Utrecht, NL.

Bauer, K. (2023). Sparking From Barriers: A Cross-Disciplinary Conceptual-Empirical Approach Towards Public Sector Social Innovation Orientation. 2023 Eu-SPRI Annual Conference, Brighton, UK.

Bauer, K. (2023). Flexibler in der öffentlichen Verwaltung (German title). Presentation to German Mayors at the 23rd Deutschlandforum of the Innovators Club (Association of German Towns and Municipalities).

Bauer, K. (2022). How Public Leaders Can Foster Their Entrepreneurial Behavior at Times of Uncertainty. Academy of Management Proceedings, Volume 2022, Issue 101 Jan 2022.

Bauer, K. (2022). How Public Leaders Can Profit From Entrepreneurial Behavior In Crises. Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research 2022. [Print ISBN-13: 978-0910897006]

Bauer, K., Flatten T.C., & Schmidt, C.V.H. (2022). How Crisis-Ridden Public Leaders Can Fuel Their Entrepreneurial Behavior by Involving Citizens. 2022 Public Management Research Conference, Phoenix, AZ, USA.

Bauer, K., Flatten T.C., & Schmidt, C.V.H. (2022). How Imaginative Public Leaders Can Leverage on Entrepreneurial Behavior to Cope with Uncertainty. 2022 Public Management Research Conference, Phoenix, AZ, USA.

Bauer, K., Flatten T.C., & Kindermann, B. (2020). Public Chiefs, Be Entrepreneurial: How Imaginative Public Managers Take Advantage Of Effectuation. Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research 2020. [Print ISBN-13: 978-0910897464]

Bauer, K. (2019). Personal and organizational antecedents of innovation and digitalization in the public sector (— an approach to bridge public sector and business concepts). Poster Presentation. 2019 Transatlantic Sync, Mountain View, CA, USA.

• Since 2022: Academy of Management I Divisions: Entrepreneurship (ENT) + Public & Non-Profit (PNP)
• Since 2022: Public Management Research Association