Prof. Dr. Markus Beckmann



Academic and Professional Career

  • Since 11/2012: Chair of Corporate Sustainability Management at FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg
  • 2017-2020: Dean of Research at the Faculty of Business Administration
  • 07/2011-07/2012: Director of the Centre for Sustainability Management (CSM) at Leuphana University Lüneburg
  • 11/2009-10/2012: Junior Professor of Social Entrepreneurship at the Centre for Sustainability Management, Leuphana University Lüneburg & Director of the Social Change Hub (SCHub)
  • 07/2009-11/2009: Research Fellow at the Chair of Business Ethics, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
  • 07/2009: PhD (Dr. rer. pol.) at the Chair of Business Ethics, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
  • 06/2003-12/2005: Project Work at the Wittenberg Centre for Global Ethics, Lutherstadt Wittenberg
  • 10/1997-04/2003: Languages, Business, and Cultural Area Studies at the University of Passau, Universidad de Málaga, and the University of Washington (Seattle, USA), with a degree in Diplom-Kulturwirt (University of Passau)

Courses at FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg

  • Branchen- und themenspezifisches Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement
  • Business Ethics & Corporate Social Responsibility
  • Current Issues in Sustainability Management
  • Einführung in das Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement
  • Introduction to Sustainability Management
  • Grundlagen der Wirtschafts- und Unternehmensethik
  • Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement in klein- und mittelständischen Unternehmen
  • Technological Impact Entrepreneurship for Sustainable Development
  • Sustainability Management: Issues, Concepts & Tools
  • Sustainability Management & Corporate Functions

Completed Doctorates

  • Roya Akhavan
  • Michael Garkisch
  • Jens Heidingsfelder
  • Laura-Therese Heinl
  • Rüdiger Hein
  • Peter Wehnert
  • Anica Zeyen (Leuphana University Lüneburg)