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

Since 2023: BMBF: Platform for Social Innovations

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

Bauer, K. (2023). Fueling Effectual Behavior in Public Leaders? The Role of Imaginativeness and Environmental Dynamism. Presentation at the 2023 Academy of Management Annual Meeting. Boston, MA, USA. 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. Presentation at the 2023 Academy of Management Annual Meeting. Boston, MA, USA. 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. Presentation at the 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. Presentation at the 2023 Eu-SPRI Annual Conference, Brighton, UK.

Bauer, K. (2023). Flexibler in der öffentlichen Verwaltung: Wie Sie innovative, Bürger*innennahe Projekte umsetzen können. Presentation at the 23. Deutschlandforum des DStGB Innovators Club (23rd German Forum of the German Association of Towns and Municipalities).

Bauer, K. (2022). How Public Leaders Can Foster Their Entrepreneurial Behavior at Times of Uncertainty. Presentation at the 2022 Academy of Management Annual Meeting. Seattle, WA, USA (hybrid). Academy of Management Proceedings, Volume 2022, No. 1.

Bauer, K. (2022). How Public Leaders Can Profit From Entrepreneurial Behavior In Crises. Presentation at the 2022 Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference, Waco, TX, USA. Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research 2022. [to be published]

Bauer, K., Flatten T.C., & Schmidt, C.V.H. (2022). How Crisis-Ridden Public Leaders Can Fuel Their Entrepreneurial Behavior by Involving Citizens. Presentation at the 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. Presentation at the 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. Paper display at the 2020 Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference, Knoxville, TN, USA. Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research 2020.

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