Professors and Lecturers

Prof. Luisa Andreu
Research Field(s):
- Service Marketing
- Social Media
- Tourism Marketing
- Consumer Behaviour

Prof. em. Dr. phil. Heinz-Jürgen Axt
Research Field(s):
- European Integration
- EU Enlargement
- EU Structural Politics
- South-East Europe, Eastern Mediterranean Sea (Greece, Turkey, Cyprus), South Europe

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr. Christian Berg
Research Field(s):
- Sustainability and Global Change
- Corporate Sustainability and CSR

Dr. Dermot Breslin
Research Field(s):
- Entrepreneurial Learning
- Evolutionary Approaches in Organisation Studies
- Group Behaviour and Creativity

Dr. Julia Frisch
Research Field(s):
- Cross-border Cooperation in Organisations
- Culture Awareness Trainings
- E-Learning and Media in an Intercultural Context
- Commemorative Cultures and Partizipation in European Borderlands
- Trade Unions and Industrial Relations in Europe

Univ.-Prof. Dr. Andrea Gröppel-Klein
Academic Director
Institut für Konsum- und Verhaltensforschung
Chair of Marketing
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Andrea Gröppel-Klein is Chair of Marketing and Director of the Institute of Consumer & Behavioural Research at Saarland University (founded by Werner Kroeber-Riel, 1969) since 2006. She received her award-winning PhD at the University of Paderborn …

Prof. JUDr. Daniela Heid, Ph.D.
Research Field(s):
- European Law
- Public Service Law (TVöD, Beamtenrecht)
- Czech Law
- National and International Police Law

Prof. Dr. Christopher Hossfeld
Research Field(s):
- Corporate Finance
- Financial Accounting
- Financial Statement Analysis
- Group Financial Statements
- International Accounting
- Accounting Harmonisation

HDR Karine Picot-Coupey
Research Field(s):
- Retail Internationalisation
- New Retail Format Adoption in Retailing
- Omni-channel Retailing

Univ.-Prof. Dr. Bastian Popp
Academic Director
Institut für Handel und Internationales Marketing
Chair of Retail Management
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Bastian Popp studied Business Administration at the University of Bayreuth, Germany. Subsequently, he worked as research assistant at the Department of Services Management of Prof. Dr. Herbert Woratschek, a follower of the distinguished retailing …

Dr. Silvia Scheinert
Research Field(s):
- Freelance Trainer for Specialist Language and Communication in Science and Business
- Academic and Business Presentations Training
- Technical Language Training in Science and Technology
- Certified Translator En-Dt-En, registered with the Oberlandesgericht Dresden

Dr. Anja Spilski
Research Field(s):
- Marketing Management and Communication
- Branding and Brand Management
- Advertising
- Consumer Psychology and Consumer Behaviour

Univ.-Prof. Dr. Volker Stein
Research Field(s):
- Strategic Human Resource Management
- Monetary Valuation of Human Capital
- HRM for the Care and Healthcare Sector
- Risk Governance

Prof. Dr. Dirk Temme
Research Field(s):
- Construct Measurement
- Structural Equation Modelling
- Missing Data Handling
- Survey Research

Prof. Darach Turley
Research Field(s):
- Consumer Behaviour
- Marketing Research
- Marketing and Ethics

Prof. Dr. Jan Wenzelburger
Research Field(s):
- Financial Economics
- Overlapping generation models
- Theory of learning
- Banking, in particular macroeconomics of banking
- Financial Markets

Prof. Dr. Emmanuel Zilberberg
Research Field(s):
- Management Accounting and Pricing
- Pedagogical Innovation
- Digital Interactions
Selected Former Professors

Univ.-Prof. Dr. Ansgar Belke †
University of Duisburg-Essen
Research Field(s):
- International Macroeconomics
- Money and Exchange Rates
- European Integration
- Econometrics

Univ.-Prof. Dr. Christian Scholz †
Saarland University
Research Field(s):
- Research Into the World of Employment
- „Players Without a Guaranteed Regular Place – Darwiportunism in the New Working World“
- „Generation Z“
- „Cheating Work-Life Blending“
Professors and Lecturers

Prof. Luisa Andreu
Research Field(s):
- Service Marketing
- Social Media
- Tourism Marketing
- Consumer Behaviour

Prof. em. Dr. phil. Heinz-Jürgen Axt
Research Field(s):
- European Integration
- EU Enlargement
- EU Structural Politics
- South-East Europe, Eastern Mediterranean Sea (Greece, Turkey, Cyprus), South Europe

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr. Christian Berg
Research Field(s):
- Sustainability and Global Change
- Corporate Sustainability and CSR

Dr. Dermot Breslin
Research Field(s):
- Entrepreneurial Learning
- Evolutionary Approaches in Organisation Studies
- Group Behaviour and Creativity

Dr. Julia Frisch
Research Field(s):
- Cross-border Cooperation in Organisations
- Culture Awareness Trainings
- E-Learning and Media in an Intercultural Context
- Commemorative Cultures and Partizipation in European Borderlands
- Trade Unions and Industrial Relations in Europe

Univ.-Prof. Dr. Andrea Gröppel-Klein
Academic Director
Institut für Konsum- und Verhaltensforschung
Chair of Marketing
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Andrea Gröppel-Klein is Chair of Marketing and Director of the Institute of Consumer & Behavioural Research at Saarland University (founded by Werner Kroeber-Riel, 1969) since 2006. She received her award-winning PhD at the University of Paderborn …

Prof. JUDr. Daniela Heid, Ph.D.
Research Field(s):
- European Law
- Public Service Law (TVöD, Beamtenrecht)
- Czech Law
- National and International Police Law

Prof. Dr. Christopher Hossfeld
Research Field(s):
- Corporate Finance
- Financial Accounting
- Financial Statement Analysis
- Group Financial Statements
- International Accounting
- Accounting Harmonisation

HDR Karine Picot-Coupey
Research Field(s):
- Retail Internationalisation
- New Retail Format Adoption in Retailing
- Omni-channel Retailing

Univ.-Prof. Dr. Bastian Popp
Academic Director
Institut für Handel und Internationales Marketing
Chair of Retail Management
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Bastian Popp studied Business Administration at the University of Bayreuth, Germany. Subsequently, he worked as research assistant at the Department of Services Management of Prof. Dr. Herbert Woratschek, a follower of the distinguished retailing …

Dr. Silvia Scheinert
Research Field(s):
- Freelance Trainer for Specialist Language and Communication in Science and Business
- Academic and Business Presentations Training
- Technical Language Training in Science and Technology
- Certified Translator En-Dt-En, registered with the Oberlandesgericht Dresden

Dr. Anja Spilski
Research Field(s):
- Marketing Management and Communication
- Branding and Brand Management
- Advertising
- Consumer Psychology and Consumer Behaviour

Univ.-Prof. Dr. Volker Stein
Research Field(s):
- Strategic Human Resource Management
- Monetary Valuation of Human Capital
- HRM for the Care and Healthcare Sector
- Risk Governance

Prof. Dr. Dirk Temme
Research Field(s):
- Construct Measurement
- Structural Equation Modelling
- Missing Data Handling
- Survey Research

Prof. Darach Turley
Research Field(s):
- Consumer Behaviour
- Marketing Research
- Marketing and Ethics

Prof. Dr. Jan Wenzelburger
Research Field(s):
- Financial Economics
- Overlapping generation models
- Theory of learning
- Banking, in particular macroeconomics of banking
- Financial Markets

Prof. Dr. Emmanuel Zilberberg
Research Field(s):
- Management Accounting and Pricing
- Pedagogical Innovation
- Digital Interactions
Selected Former Professors

Univ.-Prof. Dr. Ansgar Belke †
University of Duisburg-Essen
Research Field(s):
- International Macroeconomics
- Money and Exchange Rates
- European Integration
- Econometrics

Univ.-Prof. Dr. Christian Scholz †
Saarland University
Research Field(s):
- Research Into the World of Employment
- „Players Without a Guaranteed Regular Place – Darwiportunism in the New Working World“
- „Generation Z“
- „Cheating Work-Life Blending“