A Cup with the President – Episode 24: Prof. Dr. Lisa Handke

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April 28, 2025

Visiting Prof. Dr. Lisa Handke, Professorship for Business Psychology

Each semester, FAU President Prof. Dr. Joachim Hornegger visits professors in their institutes. He visits them there to talk about their research, to discover what is close to their heart and to get to know them better.

Our series introduces you to the researchers and gives an impression of the President’s meeting with them.

In episode 24, the President visits Prof. Dr. Lisa Handke. She holds the Professorship for Business Psychology at FAU.

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Lisa Handke focuses on virtual collaboration. She researches how and under which circumstances teams and their members adapt their behavior to suit the requirements of a virtual working environment and what support they receive.

Lisa Handke standing in front of a whiteboard that says: A Cup with the president.
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She is convinced that the future of work should and will offer ever greater flexibility due to virtual collaboration. What she often misses in discussions is consideration of the necessary structures, particularly at the team level.

Lisa Handke explains something to Hornegger.
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Before Lisa Handke came to FAU, she was at Freie Universität Berlin.

Hornegger and Lisa Handke holding up their arms in front of the building of the School of Business, Economics and Society.
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She always wanted to learn to play the piano, write a book and hike over the Alps.

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