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Lina Tönnes

Lina Tönnes started working as a research assistant at the Professorship of Higher Education in October 2023 and is conducting her doctoral thesis at the Department of Business and Economics at TU Dortmund University.

Further information on Lina Tönnes

Lina Tönnes studied economics at TU Dortmund University, majoring in marketing as well as technology and innovation management. She spent her semester studying abroad at Karlstad University in Sweden. During her studies, she gained work experience across multiple industries, such as transport and communication, where she developed expertise in marketing, organisation and innovation management. Additionally, she worked as a student assistant at the Professorship of Higher Education at TU Dortmund University. After graduating, Lina Tönnes worked in different positions, including project assistant at TU Dortmund University and management consultant in the areas of digitalisation, innovation and customer processes. Her latest position was head of customer business development at a strategy consultancy.

Current and previous courses

  • Seminar “Diversity Management in Organisationen” (Bachelor of Business and Economics)
  • Exercise “Wissenschaftliches Arbeiten” for the seminar “Diversity Management in Organisationen” (Bachelor of Business and Economics)
  • Project seminar “Methodische Vorgehensweise in der Unternehmens- und Hochschulforschung” (Bachelor of Business and Economics)
  • Seminar “Die Rolle der Hochschule in Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft” (Bachelor of Business and Economics)
  • Exercise in the Entrepreneurship V module “Organization of Innovation and Applying Different Approaches to Organizing Innovation” (Master of Business and Economics)
  • Exercise for the lecture “Professional Organizations and Their Management” (Bachelor of Business and Economics)
  • Supervision of theses
  • AI in Administration
  • Change Management
  • Innovation Management

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Leišytė, L., Pekşen, S., & Tönnes, L. (2022). The influence of university’s HRM practices on female academics’ progression to management positions. Journal of East European Management Studies, 27(4), 662–685. https://doi.org/10.5771/0949-6181-2022-4-662

Tönnes, L. (2026). AI-driven transformation of administrative processes in higher education marketing departments. Poster presentation at the 21st Annual Conference of the German Society for Higher Education Research (GfHf), Paderborn University, Germany, March 19.