Stephanie Birkner

Stephanie Birkner is a Professor and Program Director for Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Leadership at Bremerhaven University of Applied Sciences in Germany. Her office is located at An der Geeste 25, 27570 Bremerhaven.

Her research spans entrepreneurship, innovation, and leadership with critical focus on digital business modeling ambiguities, gender dynamics in entrepreneurial intentions, and sustainable development integration in vocational education. She investigates how purpose-driven frameworks operate in digital ecosystems and examines socio-psychological factors like parental entrepreneurship influence and gender identity constructs among business students.

Recent publications (2021-2022) reveal interdisciplinary patterns connecting business strategy with psychological and sustainability dimensions. Key trends include analyzing entrepreneurial intention formation through dominance theory, deconstructing masculinity/femininity impacts on career choices, and developing purpose-centric digital business models within complex ecosystems.

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Dr. Birkner leads the BBNE Lobby project advancing Education for Sustainable Development in vocational systems, connecting stakeholders to build sustainable training structures. Her program direction role involves strategic oversight of the Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Leadership curriculum while maintaining active research output.