Sude Pekşen

Winter Semester

• Project seminar 'Methodological Approach in Business and Higher Education Research' (Bachelor of Business and Economics, Module 11)

Summer Semester

• Seminar 'Diversity Management in Organisations' (Bachelor of Business and Economics, Module 11)
• Exercise 'Diversity and Inclusion Management' (Bachelor of Business and Economics,  Module 8a–d)

DiveHack
Diversity Competence Through PBL and Hackathons | since 2025

APIKS – Country Study Lithuania
The Academic Profession in the Knowledge-Based Society | 2016 – 2023

STARK
Students as Actors of Change | 2022 – 2023

2025

Mergner, J., Pekşen, S., & Leišytė, L. (2025). Intersectionality at German universities: Teaching staff as change agents with higher education didactic workshops. Social Inclusion, 14, Article 9829. https://doi.org/10.17645/si.9829

Rose, A.-L., Papaioannou, P., Pekşen, S., Stolz, K., & Leišytė, L. (2025). Innovating business education through flipped classroom in Germany: liminal spaces and experiential learning. In M. A. Eklund & K. Graham (Eds.), Flipping the classroom with experiential and community-engaged learning in business: High-impact teaching practices in business education, volume 2 (pp. 209–224). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781035321629.00023

2023

Stephenson, G. K., Pekşen, S., Reznik, N., Manatos, M. J., & Chen, R. J.-C. (2023). Internationalisation activities: The influence of governance and management models in Argentina, Canada, Lithuania, Portugal, and Taiwan. In A. Çalıkoğlu, G. A. Jones, & Y. Kim (Eds.), Internationalization and the academic profession: Comparative perspectives (pp. 37–65). Cham: Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-26995-0_3

2022

Flander, A., Kočar, S., Ćulum Ilić, B., Leišytė, L., Pekşen, S., & Rončević, N. (2022). Impact of internationalisation strategies on academics' international research activities: Case study of the three HE peripheries: Slovenia, Croatia and Lithuania. In M. Klemenčič (Ed.), From actors to reforms in European higher education: A Festschrift for Pavel Zgaga (pp. 313–336). Cham: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-09400-2_22

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

Leišytė, L., Pekşen, S., Rose, A.-L., & Želvys, R. (2022). The teaching-research nexus in the Lithuanian higher education compared to other European higher education systems. In F. Huang, T. Aarrevaara, & U. Teichler (Eds.), Teaching and research in the knowledge-based society: Historical and comparative perspectives (pp. 137–160). Cham: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-04439-7_8

2021

Leišytė, L., Rose, A.-L., Želvys, R., & Pekşen, S. (2021). The role of universities in the knowledge-based society in Lithuania. In T. Aarrevaara, M. Finkelstein, G. A. Jones, & J. Jung (Eds.), Universities in the knowledge society: The nexus of national systems of innovation and higher education (pp. 203–219). Cham: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-76579-8_12

Pekşen, S., & Leišytė, L. (2021). Germany: Policies for internationalization. International Higher Education, (106), 15–16. https://doi.org/10.36197/IHE.2021.106.07

Pekşen, S., & Leišytė, L. (2021, April 24). Mixing soft and hard power approaches to international HE. University World News. https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=20210420113433272

Peksen, S., Queirós, A., Flander, A., Leišytė, L., & Tenhunen, V. (2021). The determinants of external engagement of hard scientists: A study of generational and country differences in Europe. Higher Education Policy, 34(1), 18–41. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41307-020-00214-w

Želvys, R., Leišytė, L., Pekşen, S., Bružienė, R., & Rose, A.-L. (2021). From collegiality to managerialism in Lithuanian higher education. Acta Paedagogica Vilnensia, 46, 27–42. https://doi.org/10.15388/ActPaed.2021.46.2

2020

Leišytė, L., & Peksen, S. (2020). Nationale Evaluationssysteme für For­schung in Hochschulen – Gender Bias im europäischen Vergleich. In I. M. Welpe, J. Stumpf-Wollersheim, N. Folger, & M. Prenzel (Eds.), Leistungsbewertung in wis­sen­schaft­lichen Institutionen und Universitäten: Eine mehrdimensionale Perspektive (pp. 13–41). Berlin: De Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110689884-002

2019

Peksen, S., & Zeeman, N. (2019). Higher education system reform in Germany. In B. Broucker, K. De Wit, J. C. Verhoeven, & L. Leišytė (Eds.), Higher education system reform: An in­ter­na­tio­nal comparison after twenty years of Bologna (pp. 37–52). Leiden: Brill Sense. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004400115_003

2018

Friedrich, J. D., Hachmeister, C. D., Nickel, S., Peksen, S., Roessler, I., & Ulrich, S. (2018). Frauen in Informatik: Welchen Einfluss haben inhaltliche Gestaltung, Flexibilisierung und Anwendungsbezug der Studiengänge auf den Frauenanteil? Gütersloh: Centrum für Hochschulentwicklung.
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Peksen, S. (2018). Wie weiblich ist digitale Hochschullehre? Geschlechterspezifische Unterschiede in der Digitalisierung der Hochschullehre. Gütersloh: Centrum für Hochschulentwicklung.
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Peksen, S., & Roessler, I. (2018). Wie wichtig ist Studentinnen die inhaltliche Gestaltung des Informatikstudiums? Eine Auswertung unter Berücksichtigung von Berufserfahrung und weiteren Attributen. Gütersloh: Centrum für Hochschulentwicklung. Online available

Peksen, S., & Roessler, I. (2018). Wie wichtig ist Studentinnen Flexibilisierung im Informatikstudium? Eine Auswertung unter Berücksichtigung von Berufserfahrung und weiteren Attributen. Gütersloh: Centrum für Hochschulentwicklung. Online available

Peksen, S., & Roessler, I. (2018). Wie wichtig sind Studentinnen digitale Tools und digitale Lehre im Informatikstudium? Eine Auswertung unter Berücksichtigung von Berufserfahrung und weiteren Attributen. Gütersloh: Centrum für Hochschulentwicklung. Online available

Peksen, S., & Roessler, I. (2018). Wie wichtig sind Studentinnen Praxis- und Arbeitsmarktbezug im Informatikstudium? Eine Auswertung unter Berücksichtigung von Berufserfahrung und weiteren Attributen. Gütersloh: Centrum für Hochschulentwicklung. Online available

Roessler, I., & Peksen, S. (2018). Wie wichtig ist Informatikstudentinnen die inhaltliche Gestaltung des Informatikstudiums? Eine Auswertung unter Berücksichtigung von: Geschlecht, Herkunft, Vorerfahrung, Hochschultyp. Gütersloh: Centrum für Hochschulentwicklung. Online available

Roessler, I., & Peksen, S. (2018). Wie wichtig ist Informatikstudentinnen eine Flexibilisierung des Studiums? Eine Auswertung unter Berücksichtigung von Geschlecht, Herkunft, Vorerfahrung, Hochschultyp. Gütersloh: CHE Centrum für Hochschulentwicklung. Online available

Roessler, I., & Peksen, S. (2018). Wie wichtig sind Informatikstudentinnen digitale Tools und digitale Lehre in der Lehre? Eine Auswertung unter Berücksichtigung von Geschlecht, Herkunft, Vorerfahrung, Hochschultyp. Gütersloh: Centrum für Hochschulentwicklung. Online available

Roessler, I., & Peksen, S. (2018). Wie wichtig sind Informatikstudentinnen Praxis- und Arbeitsmarktbezug im Studium? Eine Auswertung unter Berücksichtigung von Geschlecht, Herkunft, Vorerfahrung, Hochschultyp. Gütersloh: Centrum für Hochschulentwicklung. Online available

2024

Leišytė, L., Rose, A.-L., Pekşen, S., & Bieling, N. (2024). External engagement of academics: Exploring gender patterns in the Baltic Sea region. Presentation at the APIKS Conference 'Academy after knowledge society and the future of academic profession', Espoo, Finland, October 25.

Pekşen, S. (2024). A multilevel exploration of digital student recruitment at German universities. Poster presentation at the CHER 36^th Annual Conference 2024 (Consortium of Higher Education Researchers), Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg, September 5.

Leišytė, L., Pekşen, S., & Rose, A.-L. (2024). Managerial control and professional autonomy of academic staff in Balkan and Baltic countries. Presentation at the APIKS Hiroshima 2024 International Conference, Hiroshima, Japan, February 3.

2023

Rose, A.-L., Pekşen, S., & Leišytė, L. (2023). Interdisciplinarity and academics' sense of belonging. Presentation at the APIKS Conference 2023, Krems, Austria, September 2.

Pekşen, S. (2023). The influence of digital student recruitment in German universities on study choice in computer science. Presentation at the ICHEM Conference 'The Future of Higher Education: Competition, Collaboration and the Global Good', Bath, United Kingdom, June 20.

Leišytė, L., Rose, A.-L., Pekşen, S., Stolz, K., & Papaioannou, P. (2023). Students as actors of change: Student perceptions and student agency in the post-COVID digital transformation of academic teaching. Paper presentation at the EURAM Conference 2023 'Transforming Business for Good', Trinity Business School, Dublin, Ireland, June 15.

Pekşen, S. (2023). Digital student recruitment in higher education: Exploring the role of digital marketing strategies in enhancing inclusion and diversity in Germany. Presentation at the 13^th EUREDOCS Conference 'Higher education between selection and discrimination, elitism and universalism. Organizational and identity issues', Lausanne, Switzerland, June 15.

Leišytė, L., Pekşen, S., Rose, A.-L., & Želvys, R. (2023). Academic work and productivity – The impact of gendered work division on research publications for early career academics across European countries. Presentation at the APIKS Conference 'The academic profession moving forward: gender equality and early career researchers', Arica, Chile, January 24.

2022

Pekşen, S., & Leišytė, L. (2022): Work satisfaction among academics: Despite or due to Lithuania's new public management reforms?. Presentation at the 5^th APIKS Conference 'General Work Situation and the Working Conditions in Academia', University of Aveiro, Portugal, March 3.

2021

Rose, A.-L., Leišytė, L., & Peksen, S. (2021). The work satisfaction of academics: Reflections against the background of NPM reforms in Lithuania. Presentation at the 43^rd EAIR Forum 2021 'Transformation Fast and Slow: Quality, Trust and Digitalisation in Higher Education', Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany, September 10.

Peksen, S. (2021). Digital divide and divided higher education marketing in Germany. Presentation at the American Sociological Association (ASA) 2021 Virtual Annual Meeting, August 7. https://www.asanet.org/annual-meeting-2021

2020

Rose, A.-L., Peksen, S., Leišytė, L., & Želvys, R. (2020). Academic mobility in Lithuanian higher education. Presentation at the 4^th APIKS conference 'Internationalization in Higher Education', Istanbul, Turkey, December 7.

Leišytė, L., & Peksen, S. (2020). (Un)Equal opportunities at universities – Gender differences in the perception of universities' institutional structure. Poster presentation at the EMBL Conference 'Gender Roles and their Impact in Academia' organised by the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), October 14-15.

Leišytė, L., Želvys, R., Bružienė, R., Rose, A.-L., & Peksen, S. (2020). Managerialism in Lithuanian higher education. Presentation at the 3^rd APIKS conference 'Management and Governance of Higher Education', Vilnius, Lithuania, August 21.

Peksen, S. (2020). Your choice?! Eine wissenssoziologische Perspektive auf Geschlechterungleichheiten bei digital vermittelten Informationen für die Studienwahl. Presentation at the Annual Early Career Researchers Network (HoFoNa) of the German Society for Higher Education Research (GfHf), Hamburg, Germany, August 5.

2019

Peksen, S. (2019). Information sources and access to German computer sciences programmes: The role of gender, age and social networks. Presentation at the SRHE Annual Conference (Society for Research into Higher Education), Newport, Wales, United Kingdom, December 11.

Peksen, S. (2019). The impact of digitalisation on access in computer science study programmes at German higher education institutions with gender implications. Poster presentation at the 14^th Annual Conference of the German Association for Higher Education Research (Gesell­schaft für Hochschulforschung, GfHf), Magdeburg, Germany, March 21.

Peksen, S. (2019). Digitalisierung des Hochschulzugangs – Digitale und klassische Informationsquellen bei der Studienwahl von Informatikstudierenden. Invited talk at the conference 'Integration digitaler Kompetenzen unter Gender- und Diversity-Aspekten', Hannover, Germany, March 18.

Leišytė, L., Peksen, S., Želvys, R., & Rose, A.-L. (2019). Humboldt revisited – teaching and research at Lithuanian universities. Presentation at the APIKS project conference 'An International and Comparative Study of Academics’ Teaching and Research – Activities in the Knowledge Society: Main findings from the APIKS project', Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan, March 4.

Peksen, S. (2019). Flexibilisierung des Informatikstudiums. Presentation at the conference 'If in doubt – do IT: Frauen in Informatik', final conference of the project 'FRUIT-Frauen in IT', Berlin, Germany, January 24.

2018

Peksen, S. (2018). Impact of digitalisation on higher education access: Gender implications. Poster presentation at the conference 'Women in the Digital Future: Breaking through Stereotypes', München, Germany, December 7.

Peksen, S., Hachmeister, C.-D., & Roessler, I. (2018). Students' perception of digitalisation in German computer sciences programmes. Presentation at HEIR Conference, Dublin, Ireland, September 20.

Roessler, I., Hachmeister, C.-D., & Peksen, S. (2018). Does course design matter? Preferences of female and male students regarding different aspects of course design. Presentation at the EAIR 40th Annual Forum, Budapest, Hungary, August 27.

Hachmeister, C.-D., Peksen, S., & Roessler, I. (2018). The impact of digitalisation on computer sciences programmes in Germany: Gender implications. Presentation at EARLI SIG 4 Conference, Gießen, Germany, August 29.

Peksen, S. (2018). Das Projekt FRUIT – Frauen in IT. Invited talk at the 67^th Conference of Equal Opportunity Officers of Baden-Wuerttemberg, Bad Boll, Germany, July 13.

Peksen, S., Rose, A.-L., & Leišytė, L. (2018). Third mission activities at Lithuanian higher education institutions. Poster presentation at the 13^th Annual Conference of the German Association for Higher Education Research (Gesell­schaft für Hochschulforschung, GfHf), Speyer, Germany, April 12.

2017

Peksen, S. (2017). FRUIT: Frauenanteile in Informatik steigern. Poster presentation at the Meeting of the Diversity Network (Diversity-Netzwerktreffen) 2017, Göttingen, Germany, September 14. Download:  Online available