Christian Mahringer is Interim Professor of Organizational Behavior and Human Resources at the TUM School of Management. Before joining TUM, he worked at the Chair of Management and Organization at the University of Stuttgart, first as a doctoral researcher and, since 2019, as a postdoctoral researcher. From 2021 to 2025, he was also a project leader and fellow of the WIN-Program at the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities. He completed his doctorate in Business Administration at the University of Stuttgart in 2019 with highest distinction and received his habilitation and venia legendi in Business Administration from the University of Stuttgart in 2026.
During his academic career, Christian Mahringer has conducted research stays at Warwick Business School, University of Warwick, and at the University of Zurich. His research examines how organizations change and innovate, with a particular focus on the transformation of work routines through digital technologies. A second focus of his work concerns methodological advances enabled by digital technologies, including the analysis of digital trace data and its connection with qualitative methods.
His research has been published in leading scientific journals in management and organization studies, including the Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Management Studies, Organization Studies, Organization Theory, and Strategic Organization. He also regularly collaborates with industry firms and has published various articles for practitioners.
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