After his academic career as a professor of technology and innovation management, Prof. Dr. Cornelius Herstatt left the Hamburg University of Technology on 30 September 2025 after 27 years. Prof. Dr. Moritz Göldner will take over as head of the Institute for Technology and Innovation Management, initially on an interim basis until 2028. He is head of the Data-Driven Innovation working group and has been a junior professor at the TUHH since June 2022. Prof. Herstatt will remain connected to academia as an honorary professor at the University of Auckland (focusing on the circular economy) and, from November 2025, as a visiting professor at Leuphana University Lüneburg, focusing on innovation management and sustainability.
