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Dr. Steffen Roth

Current Affiliations

Former Affiliations

  • Academic Fellow, Open Society Institute and Soros Foundations Network AFP International Scholar, 2010-11.
  • Research Associate, Department of Business and Administration Studies, Bern University of Applied Sciences: organizational theory, innovation management, open innovation, crowdsourcing, 2007-10.
  • Étudiant libre at the Faculté de Sciences Économiques et Sociales, Université de Genéve, 2008-09.
  • Research Assistant and PhD-student at the Chair for Innovation Research, Chemnitz University of Technology: project ‘Sustainable Modernization’, evaluation of management tools and intangibles, 2007-10.
  • Research Assistant at the CRC 457 ‘Non-hierarchical Regional Production Networks’, Chemnitz University of Technology: project ‘Organizational aspects of the development and control of production networks’, research on the management of industrial networks, consultancy research, and corporate communication, 2004-07.
  • Research Assistant at the Chair for Work, Labor, Organization, University of Trier: Project “Corporate Networks in History”, social network analysis (UCI-Net), business history, 2002-04.
  • Student Assistant at the Chair for Innovation Research, Chemnitz University of Technology: industrial districts, regionalization, globalization, network theory, and social systems theory, 2000-02.
  • Student Assistant at the Chair for General Psychology, Chemnitz University of Technology: thinking and problem solving, 1998-2000.
  • Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of the Newspaper ‘R.Kant’: journalism and corporate wording, 1998-2000. Partner: Volker Tzschucke.
  • Member of the student’s representatives, of the faculty council of the Faculty of Humanities and of the university council of the Chemnitz University of Technology, Head of the student’s representatives of the Faculty of Humanities, 1997/1999-2000.

Educational Background

  • Étudiant au Doctorat (Doctoral Student), Département de Sociologie, Université de Genève, 2009-
  • Dr. rer. pol. in Innovation Management (Mentor: Prof. Manfred Moldaschl), Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Chemnitz University of Technology, 2010. 
  • Certificate studies ‘East Asia Studies’ (Focus: China) at the University of Trier, 2003-04.
  • Diploma in Sociology (Dipl.-Soz.), Faculty of Humanities, Chemnitz University of Technology, 1996-2002.

Memberships and Contributions

  • Associate Editor of the International Journal of Information Systems and Social Change as well as Founding Editor of the IJISSC Yearbook of the Next Society, US.
  • Founder of the Series of International Conference(s) on Indicators and Concepts of Innovation (ICICI 2008 in Bern, ICICI 2009 in Prague, ICICI 2010 in Stuttgart, ICICI 2011 in Vienna, Friedrichshafen ICICI 2012). 
  • Member of the Board of Editors, International Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development, DE.
  • Member of the Board of Editors, International Journal of Transition and Innovation Systems, HR.
  • Member of the Board of Reviewers, International Black Sea University Journal, Tbilisi, GE.
  • Guest Editor, International Journal of Innovation and Regional Development, Thessaloniki, GR.
  • Member of the International Sociological Association, Madrid, ES.
  • Member of the International Institute of Sociology, Uppsala, SE.
  • Member of the Swiss Sociological Association, Genève, CH.
  • Associate Member, Forschungskolleg ‘Gesellschaft und Kontingenz’, DE.
  • Reviewer for Organization and the AOM.

Awards and Experiences

  • Member of the selection committee for DAAD Study Scholarships, Yerevan, 2010.
  • Member of the end-users panel for the FP7 project ‘Value Isobars: The Landscape and Isobars of European Values in Relation to Science and New Technology’, University of Oslo, as of 2010.
  • More than 50 award-winning ideas and concepts in crowdsourcing projects launched by the Atizo AG and 3M Austria, as of 2008.
  • Innovation expert, think tank ‘Challenges for pensions funds in the era of the financial crisis’, Brainstore AG, Biel, 2009.
  • Innovation expert, creative team ‘DB Bordgastronomie’, Brainstore AG, Biel, 2009.
  • Innovation expert in the ‘Boosting African R&D: growing stronger, going global’ think tank at the ‘Science with Africa’ Conference 2008 of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UN-ECA), Addis Ababa, 2008.
  • Awarded 2nd & 3rd prize, business-plan competition of the Saxonian entrepreneurship network SAXEED, 2005.
  • Awarded 2nd & 5th prize, marketing competition of the Chemnitz City Marketing, 2001.
  • Visiting teacher at the Volgograd College of Education, 2001.
  • Literary award of the Brechthaus Berlin, 2001.
  • Journalistic workshop of the C.R.O.U.S. Toulouse, 2000.
  • Various experiences as journalist for print- and online media, ad-writer, and business consultant.

Trainings

  • Trainings in scientific writing at the Yerevan State University (active), 2010-11.
  • Trainings in scientific writing at the Ecole Supérieure de Commerce et de Management Tours (passive) and at the Bern University of Applied Sciences (active), 2008.
  • Training in writing a competitive international research proposal (passive) at the Université de Lausanne, 2008.
  • Advanced consulting skills training (passive) at the Bern University of Applied Sciences, 2007.
  • Consultants training program for students (active), Chemnitz University of Technology.
  • Trainings (passive) in communication, systemic consulting, and management constellations at the Chemnitz University of Technology, 2005-06.
  • Training (passive) in conflict management at the University of Trier, 2004.

Teaching Experiences

  • Please confer to the link ‘Teaching‘

Awarded Bids

  • Independent bid for a research project on cluster marketing, awarded CHF 160000, Competitive Research Initiative of the Bern University of Applied Sciences, 2008.
  • Independent bid for travel grants for PhD-students from CEE countries to visit the ICICI 2008, awarded CHF 5000, Swiss National Science Foundation, 2008.
  • Supported the bid of Prof. Dr. Manfred Moldaschl on ‘Business elements in the new payment policy. Quantitative and qualitative investigation into the extent and effects of contingent compensation’ at the Chemnitz University of Technology, awarded € 188000, Hans-Böckler Foundation, Germany, 2006.

Language skills

  • German (mother tongue)
  • English (Cambridge Certificate of Advanced English)
  • French (Attestation de l’évaluation des connaissances en langue française au niveau CEF B1 de l’Ecole Club Migros Neuchâtel-Fribourg)
  • Armenian (basic knowledge).
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