I like to share my knowledge and experience with people at the front line in organizations who try to make a change and I regularly support change initiatives that aim to contribute to a more sustainable society. Feel free to reach out to explore collaboration opportunities.

Selected cooperations and projects with partners outside universities

  • 2024: Co-Development of a Leadership Program “Leadership for the Future” (with Anneke Sools), University of Twente Center for Professional Learning and Development (Enschede)
  • 2022: Development of the Sustainable Leadership Masterclass for Glacier (Vienna)
  • since 2022: Accompanying groups of employee activists who want to initiate changes towards more sustainability within their companies and organizations (e.g., Thinkubator, Shifttanks) [pro bono]
  • since 2022: Scientific Advisor, Climate Ranger Academy, Glacier (Vienna); support in setting up a course for changemakers in the field of climate protection
  • since 2021: Mentor at Thinkubator (Vienna); support for start-up teams to generate ideas for sustainable food systems
  • 2021-2022: Cooperation with respACT (Vienna) in the ‘digi4SDG’ project with the aim of exploring the potential of ‘digitalisation and sustainability (SDGs) in SMEs’
  • 2020-2021: Analysis of possible changes in the supply chain for ADAMAH BioHof KG, to integrate more organic farmers into the ‘Biokistl’ supply system
  • 2016: Review of ONR 192500 – Motives, barriers and recommendations for the certification process; empirical study on voluntary CSR certification by Austrian businesses commissioned by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management (Scholz & Kump, 2016)

Selected talks and lectures for a broader audience

  • The green handprint at work. Lecture and workshop at the Re-Nature Festival (2025).
  • From footprint to handprint – How your actions can matter for sustainability. Lecture and discussion as part of the Greencie Sustainability Week (2024).
  • How sustainability can mobilize. Lecture and discussion as part of the EWE AG Sustainability Week (2023)
  • Research for impact. Lecture at the “TUM Researcher” Program 2024, TUM School of Management
  • Insider activism: Initiating organizational change towards sustainability ‘from below’. Lectures for Future Vienna (2022)
  • Innovative sustainable business models – an overview. Invited lecture at the Best-Practice Event ‘Sustainable Design of Plastic Products’, Biomass Institute, Ansbach University of Applied Sciences, Germany. (2021)
  • How to mobilize managers for change towards sustainability? – Lectures for Future Vienna (2020, 2021), Glacier Academy (2022, 2023)
  • Organizational change towards environmental sustainability: Why should firms change and how can they do it? – Lectures for Future Vienna (2020)
  • Wise decisions in a complex world – Vienna Global Leaders Forum (2019)
  • Intuition as an essential leadership tool – Executive Academy at the TUM School of Management (2018)