Prof. Dr. Kathrin M. Möslein, Vice President Outreach
Prof. Dr. Kathrin M. Möslein

Phone: +49 9131 85-29313 or -26600
Phone: +49 911 5302 95284 (chair)
kathrin.moeslein@fau.de
Website: Chair of Innovation and Value Creation
Secretary to the Vice Presidents
Sandra Kappius
- Schlossplatz 4, Room 1.033, 91054 Erlangen
- Phone: +49 9131 85-29313
- Fax: +49 9131 85-22188
- praesidium-assistenz@fau.de
Professor Möslein’s expertise lies in the areas of innovation and start-up activities, digitalisation initiatives, knowledge and technology transfer, and outreach and partnership programmes. She is also responsible for stakeholder involvement and science communication.
Curriculum vitae
Kathrin M. Möslein (born in 1966) studied computer science and business studies at Technische Universität München (TUM), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich. After completing her doctoral degree and habilitation in business administration at TUM, she became Chair of Strategic Management and Organisation at Leipzig Graduate School of Management. She has been Chair of Innovation and Value Creation at FAU since 2007. Her research focuses on strategic innovation, cooperation and management, and information systems. In collaboration with Fraunhofer IIS-SCS, she founded the JOSEPHS research platform as an open innovation lab in Nuremberg city center.
She has also held various other roles, including as associate director of the Advanced Institute of Management Research (AIM) at the London Business School, as dean of research at FAU’s School of Business, Economics and Society, as a member of the Business School Panel of the UK Research Excellence Framework (UK REF), as vice president of the European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management (EIASM) and as vice president of the European Academy of Management (EURAM), which appointed her as its first German fellow in 2015. She is currently president of the European Academy of Management (EURAM), a member of the German Rectors’ Conference’s Standing Committee on Transfer and Cooperation, a member of the Board at Leipziger Stiftung für Innovation und Technologietransfer, a member of the Strategy Committee of the Bavarian Research and Innovation Agency (BayFIA) and a research professor and academic director of the Center for Leading Innovation and Cooperation (CLIC) at the Leipzig Graduate School of Management.
Prof. Möslein has been Vice President at FAU since 2 December 2016. Her term of office ends on 31 March 2024.