Faculty and Staff

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Faculty and Staff

Rene Belderbos

Professor of International Corporate Strategy (parttime UM), Professor of Strategy (KU Leuven)
Interests: Innovation and International Business
Email: r.belderbos@maastrichtuniversity.nl
Personal Page: www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/ra-belderbos
Personal webpage:  http://feb.kuleuven.be/rene.belderbos

Peter Bollen

Senior Coordinating Lecturer
Interests: Management science, business engineering, and conceptual information modelling.
Email: p.bollen@maastrichtuniversity.nl
Personal Page: www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/pwl-bollen

Iwan Bos

Associate professor
Interests: Competition Policy, Game Theory, Oligopoly Theory, Managerial Economics, Market Competition and Collusion.
Email: i.bos@maastrichtuniversity.nl
Personal Page: www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/am-bos
Personal webpage: https://sites.google.com/view/iwanbos

Roman Briker

Assistant professor
Interests: AI in Organizations, Leadership/Status/Power, Time (management) in Organizations, Open Science 
Email: r.briker@maastrichtuniversity.nl
Personal Pages: www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/r-briker; https://www.romanbriker.de/; https://www.linkedin.com/in/roman-briker-607265a1/  

Martin Carree

Professor of Industrial Organisation
Interests: Applied econometrics, competition, entrepreneurship and innovation
Email: m.carree@maastrichtuniversity.nl
Personal Page: www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/ma-carree

Caroline Da Silva

Lecturer/teacher
Interests: Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Email: caroline.dasilva@maastrichtuniversity.nl
Personal Page: www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/c-da-silva
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carolinedslva/

Abel Diaz Gonzalez

Assistant professor
Interests: Social Entrepreneurship, Sustainable Business Models, Entrepreneurial Ecosystems, Academic Entrepreneurship
Email: abel.diazgonzalez@maastrichtuniversity.nl
Personal Page: www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/aa-diaz-gonzalez
LinkedIn page: https://www.linkedin.com/in/abelaland/

Bas van Diepen

Senior lecturer
Interests: sports management, valuing HR; HR in business,  Global studies, Professionalising integral business consulting, Curriculum design in business studies
Email: b.vandiepen@maastrichtuniversity.nl
Personal Page: www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/sjb-van-diepen

Sarah Edris

Assistant professor
Interests: Innovation and International Business
Email: s.edris@maastrichtuniversity.nl
Personal Page: www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/sa-edris

Jildou van Egmond

Lecturer/teacher
Interests: HR, L&D, change management
Email: jildou.egmond@maastrichtuniversity.nl
Personal Pages: www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/jf-van-egmond
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jildou-van-egmond-691112175/

Marc van Ekert

Lecturer/teacher 
Email: m.vanekert@maastrichtuniversity.nl
Personal Page: www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/ma-van-ekert

João Fontes Duarte

Assistant professor
Interests: Organizational learning, strategic decision making, search, innovation
Email: j.fontesduarte@maastrichtuniversity.nl
Personal Page: www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/jp-fontes-duarte

César Garnier

Lecturer/teacher
Interests: Leadership, Management, Strategy, Creativity and Design.
Email: cesar.garnier@maastrichtuniversity.nl
Personal Page: www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/cp-garnier
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/cesar-garnier 

Hannes Günter

Associate professor
Interests: Voice behavior and employee silence; work team effectiveness; temporal dynamics at work.
Email: h.guenter@maastrichtuniversity.nl
Personal Page: www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/h-günter

Yolande Hobbs

Lecturer/teacher
Email: yolande.hobbs@maastrichtuniversity.nl
Personal Page: www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/yh-hobbs

Anna Huppertz

Lecturer/teacher
Interests: Emotional labor, self-determination, well-being, motivation, organizational learning, hybrid work arrangements
Email: anna.huppertz@maastrichtuniversity.nl
Personal Page: www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/av-huppertz

Jolien Huybrechts

Associate professor
Interests: Family businesses, female entrepreneurship, board of directors, sustainability
Email: j.huybrechts@maastrichtuniversity.nl
Personal Page: www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/j-huybrechts

Stavros Ipektsidis

Lecturer/teacher
Interests: Information Management, Business Intelligence, Business Development, Strategic management and competitive analysis, Regulatory environment and policies affecting businesses in Europe and Political risk analysis and management for firms operating in Europe
Email: s.ipektsidis@maastrichtuniversity.nl  
Personal Page: www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/s-ipektsidis

Sem Jans

Researcher
Interests: the sociology of science and technology, theories of co-production, commodification of knowledge, science & public policy, and inter-organizational cooperation
Email: sem.jans@maastrichtuniversity.nl
Personal Page: www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/s-jans

Bas Janssens

Lecturer/teacher
Interests: 
Email: b.janssens@maastrichtuniversity.nl
Personal Page: www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/scm-janssens

Simon de Jong

Professor of Organization Studies
Interests: Organizational Behaviour, Teamwork, Organizational Design, Leadership, HRM and Performance, Change, Future of Work
Email: s.dejong@maastrichtuniversity.nl
UM Page: www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/sb-de-jong

Jermain Kaminski

Assistant professor
Interests: (Technology) entrepreneurship, strategy, data-driven decision making, machine learning
Email: j.kaminski@maastrichtuniversity.nl
Personal Page: www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/jc-kaminski

Simon Kleinert

Assistant professor
Interests: Entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial finance, digital platforms, AI & strategy, sustainability & ESG
Email: s.kleinert@maastrichtuniversity.nl
Personal Page: www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/sm-kleinert
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-simon-kleinert-846012109/

Juliette Koning

Professor of Business in Society & Head of the OSE Department
Interests: Inter-organisational collaboration, transnational entrepreneurship, qualitative research, Global South
Email: j.koning@maastrichtuniversity.nl
Personal Page: www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/jbm-koning

Wilko Letterie

Professor in Strategic Management
Interests: Corporate strategy, innovation, pricing dynamics 
Email: w.letterie@maastrichtuniversity.nl
Personal Page: www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/wa-letterie
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/wilko-letterie-5122b93/

Boris Lokshin

Associate professor
Interests: topics at the intersection of fields of strategic management, innovation, and entrepreneurship
Email: b.lokshin@maastrichtuniversity.nl
Personal Page: www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/b-lokshin

Catarina Marques Santos

Assistant professor
Interests: Team dynamics, the temporal aspects of teamwork, team cognition, team leadership, hybrid work settings, and human-AI collaboration.  
Email: c.marquesdossantos@maastrichtuniversity.nl 
Personal Pages: 
www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/c-marques-dos-santos 
https://www.linkedin.com/in/catarinamsantos/ 
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=pQtnp2sAAAAJ&hl=en

Afsaneh Moradi

Lecturer/teacher
Interests: Entrepreneurship, Public Sector Consultancy, Innovation, Sustainability studies
Email: a.moradi@maastrichtuniversity.nl
Personal Page: www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/moradi

Irina Nikolova

Assistant professor
Interests: Employment behavior and communication; Individual and team well-being and performance, and sustainable HRM; Leadership and followership, Organizational change and workplace dynamics, Organizational climate and learning at work, Work and organizational design, Digitalization and smart cities.
Email: i.nikolova@maastrichtuniversity.nl
Personal Page: www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/id-nikolova

Sergio Paramo Ortiz

Lecturer/teacher
Interests: Social Entrepreneurship, Social Innovation, Social Enterprises
Email: sergio.paramoortiz@maastrichtuniversity.nl
Personal Page: www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/s-paramo-ortiz

Gerard Pfann

Professor of Econometrics of Markets and Organizations
Interests: 
Email: g.pfann@maastrichtuniversity.nl
Personal Page: www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/ga-pfann

Carla do Rosário Costa

Lecturer/teacher
Interests: entrepreneurship, innovation
Email: c.costa@maastrichtuniversity.nl 
Personal Page: www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/cm-do-rosário-costa

Désirée Schumacher

Lecturer/teacher
Interests: Organizational changes, uncertainty/job insecurity, employee well-being and performance
Email: d.schumacher@maastrichtuniversity.nl
Personal Page: www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/dat-schumacher

Erasmus Swanzy

Lecturer/teacher
Interests: Psychosocial working conditions, organizational leadership, organizational integrity, employee performance, and employee wellbeing.
Email: erasmus.swanzy@maastrichtuniversity.nl
Personal Page: www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/ek-swanzy

Van Anh Vuong

Assistant professor
Interests: 
Email: v.vuong@maastrichtuniversity.nl
Personal Page: www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/va-vuong

Sonja Zaar

Assistant professor
Interests: leadership development, leader identity, cognitive schemas, meaning-making, learning from experiences
Email: s.zaar@maastrichtuniversity.nl
Personal Page: www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/smr-zaar

Khizran Zehra

Lecturer/teacher
Interests: Entrepreneurship, Informal entrepreneurship, Women Entrepreneurship, Qualitative Data Analysis
Email: Khizran.zehra@maastrichtuniversity.nl
Personal Page: www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/k-zehra

Helena Zwart

Researcher 
Interests: forensic psychology, social safety in the healthcare sector and the functioning of the justice system
Email: h.zwart@maastrichtuniversity.nl
Personal Page: www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/h-zwart

PhD Students

Maik Bonn

Supervisors: Anita Van Gils, Juliette Koning, Jolien Huybrechts
Interests: Family businesses, sustainability, social reporting, innovation
Email: maik.bonn@maastrichtuniversity.nl 
Personal Page: www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/m-bonn
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maik-bonn-b963b61b3/

Jörn Degner

Supervisors: René Belderbos, Vincent Molly (KU Leuven), Yannick Bammens (UHasselt) 
Interests: Strategy, Innovation, (Corporate) Venture Capital, Entrepreneurship, Digitalisation, Mittelstand
Email: jorn.degner@maastrichtuniversity.nl ; jorn.degner@kuleuven.be
Personal Page: www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/j-degner
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joerndegner

Türkü Erengin

Supervisors: Simon de Jong, Roman Briker
Interests: Human-AI Interaction, Teams
Email: t.erengin@maastrichtuniversity.nl
Personal Page: www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/t-erengin

Sophie Grässler

Supervisors: Simon de Jong, Hannes Guenter
Interests: Organizational behavior, organizational change, circular economy, sustainability, paradoxes, 
paradox mindset
Email: s.grassler@maastrichtuniversity.nl 
Personal Page: www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/sf-grässler
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/sophie-graessler

Wiebke Heinze

Supervisors: Martin Carree, Jarrod Ormiston (University of Technology Sydney)
Interests: (Social) entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial ecosystems, interactions & emotions
Email: w.heinze@maastrichtuniversity.nl
Personal Page: www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/w-heinze
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wiebkeheinze/

Jandré Jansen van Rensburg

Supervisors: Simon de Jong, Catarina Marques dos Santos
Interests: Organizational behaviour and management, teams, perceived shared mental models in teams
Email: j.jansenvanrensburg@maastrichtuniversity.nl
Personal Page: www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/j-jansen-van-rensburg

Erna Kokić

Supervisors: Simon de Jong, Irina Nikolova, João Fontes Duarte
Interests: Employee well-being and behavior, leadership, gender differences
Email: erna.kokic@maastrichtuniversity.nl
Personal Page: www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/e-kokić
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ernakokic/

Zhichuan Li

Supervisors: Boris Lokshin, Van Anh Vuong
Interests: Strategic heterogeneity of firms, internationalization, innovation
Email: z.li@maastrichtuniversity.nl
Personal Page: www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/z-li

Carla Schmitt

Supervisors: Iwan Bos, Jermain Kaminski
Interests: Strategic decision-making, data science, artificial intelligence, causal inference
Email: carla.schmitt@maastrichtuniversity.nl
Personal Page: www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/c-schmitt
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carla-schmitt/

Timo Walz

Supervisors: Simon de Jong, Julia Kensbock (University of Bremen), Florian Kunze (University of Konstanz)
Interests: workplace loneliness and well-being
Email: t.walz@maastrichtuniversity.nl
Personal Page: www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/t-walz

Sha Wang

Supervisors: Anita Van Gils, Jermain Kaminski, Tim Hilken, Martin Wetzels (EDHEC Business School)
Interests:  Entrepreneurial Strategies and Marketing
Email: sha.wang@maastrichtuniversity.nl
Personal Page: www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/s-wang-0

Eline Wijns

Supervisors: René Belderbos, Boris Lokshin, Bart Leten (KU Leuven & Hasselt University), Mark Vancauteren (Hasselt University & Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek)
Interests: Top Management Teams; gender diversity; migration and international experiences; strategic management; mental health in organizations.
Email: e.wijns@maastrichtuniversity.nl
Personal Page: www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/e-wijns

Administrative Staff

Adela Buttolo

Administrative Manager
Email: a.buttolo@maastrichtuniversity.nl
Personal Page: www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/am-buttolo   

 

Anita Weijzen-Spek

Secretary / Office assistant 
Email: a.weijzen@maastrichtuniversity.nl
Personal Page: www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/ac-weijzen-spek