Silvia Föhr

Silvia Föhr holds the Chair of Human Resource Management at the University of Leipzig. She graduated in Economics from the University of Hanover, earned her doctorate from Freie Universität Berlin with research on "Economic Analysis of Organizations," and completed her habilitation in "Organization and Equilibrium" at the University of Würzburg. Since 1997, she has led the Chair of Human Resource Management at Leipzig, including a teaching/research stay at Georgetown University.

• Education:
  • Diplomökonomin (B.Sc.), University of Hannover (1981-1986)
  • Dr. rer. pol., Freie Universität Berlin (1986-1991)
  • Dr. rer. pol. habil., University of Würzburg (1991-1996)
• Research Interests:
  • Human resource management frameworks under demographic change, sustainability, and digital transformation
  • Intersection of behavioral economics and organizational theory
  • Labor market-oriented gender research
• Teaching:
  • HRM1: Personnel and Organizational Economics (Winter, 10 CP)
  • HRM2: Remuneration Management (Winter, 10 CP)
  • HRM3: Personnel Functions (Summer, 10 CP)
  • Core topics: Information economics, transaction cost theory, principal-agent models, compensation structures, co-determination laws (BetrVG)
• Professional Memberships:
  • Member, Association of Business Economics Professors (since 1996)
  • Member, Verein für Socialpolitik e.V. (since 1997)