Chair for Strategy and Organization

TUM CSO is working with leading organizations and startups in Germany and abroad. Through our cooperations and partnership program, we onboard new partners and we work on projects that apply scientific research towards solving complex challenges in corporate and business.

Currently, TUM CSO is part of the following initiatives.

• TUM Blockchain Research Cluster
• Arbeitsgemeinschaft Industrieller Forschung (AIF)
• Innovative Frauen im Fokus (gefördert vom Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung)
• Diversity & Women in Leadership Initiative
• Center for Digital Technology and Management (CDTM)

If you are interested in learning more about our work, you can refer to the following overview or send us a message.

Opportunities for Cooperation

1. Interactive Industry-Science Exchange

In 2025 we launched two new and interactive exchange formats where industry partners from small and large companies meet experts from science to discuss the most pressing issues of our world surrounding AI, disruption, strategy and other business challenges. See below and join now:

The AI Leadership Roundtable Dialogue offers a wide range of added value for future-oriented companies. Meet once every quarter for one afternoon to exchange ideas and network with industry peers to discuss shared challenges around AI industry applications and leading your organisation in the new normal.

AI Pioneers: Educating the Leaders of Tomorrow. The AI Pioneers Program will empower and educate (future) business leaders in the transformative power of AI. As a sponsor, you can play a key role in shaping your next generation of AI innovators while showcasing your brand’s leadership in the AI space alongside leading international AI scholars and AI industry leaders.

2. Industry Cooperations and Joint Research Projects

We conduct mid- to long-term joint research projects with practice partners. Our cooperation projects are structured through interdisciplinary and Applied Research frameworks to address pressing contemporary industry and business challenges.

You can find selected reference projects in the following:

• Fiedler, M., Heidegger, L., Treffers, T., Welpe, I.M. (2023). Entrepreneurship Performance Deutscher Hochschulen 2023. Chair for Strategy and Organization (TUM). https://www.entrepreneurshipranking.com/german-entrepreneurship-ranking
• Brellochs LL.M., M., Daghles, N., Neuhaus, M., Reger, G., Selzner, H., Treffers, T., Uhlemann, K., Schöllhorn, P., Welpe, I.M. (2023). Noerr Studie zur Konzerntransformation. Noerr Partnergesellschaft & Technische Universität München. https://www.noerr.com/de/insights/studie-konzerntransformation
• Schneider, F., Breuer, P., Treffers, T., Heidegger, L., Welpe, I.M. (2022), Gender diversity in German and French startups. Chair for Strategy and Organization (TUM) & Roland Berger Foundation for European Management. https://www.rolandberger.com/en/Insights/Publications/Gender-diversity-in-German-and-French-startups.html

3. Guest lectures

If you want to get in touch informally with our students, you can engage as a guest lecturer in one of our seminars. For additional information, contact us here.

4. Dissertation cooperations

If you have a promising strategic research proposal and would like to join forces with us to advance your knowledge on a new topic, we offer dissertation cooperations for a minimum duration of 1 year. If you have an idea or a proposal that you would like to submit, you can contact us here.

5. Project Studies for Student Teams

We offer the opportunity to conduct project studies in cooperation with industry partners. A student team works practice-oriented on a chosen topic of an industry partner. For more information on project studies, klick the following:

6. Bachelor and Master Thesis

We offer the opportunity to write Bachelor & Master theses in cooperation with industry partners. The goal of final theses is to find practical solutions via scientific research that answers to an open need for our industry partners. You can find more information on final theses (Bachelor & Master) here.

7. Newsletter

Subscribers are informed about the news and events of the Chair for Strategy and Organization at the Technische Universität München (Prof. Dr. Isabell M. Welpe).

Registrations to the newsletter can be made here.

Additional Questions?

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