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Ali Aslan Gümüsay, Prof. Dr.

Ali Aslan Gümüsay ist Leiter des Forschungsschwerpunktes Innovation, Unternehmertum und Gesellschaft. Zudem ist er Professor für Innovation, Entrepreneurship & Nachhaltigkeit an der LMU München.

Zuvor war er Visiting Researcher an der University of Cambridge, Postdoktorand an der Universität Hamburg und DAAD Prime Fellow an der WU Wien. Er studierte Management an der Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, wo er auch promoviert wurde. Von 2014 bis 2016 war er Lecturer in Management am Magdalen College, University of Oxford. Vor seiner Promotion arbeitete er als Berater bei der Boston Consulting Group.

Beim HIIG koordiniert Ali Gümüsay die Projekte an der Schnittstelle von Wirtschaft, Digitalisierung und Gesellschaft. Zu den Themen bestehender Projekte gehören KI & Arbeit, digitales Organisieren & Offenheit, Plattformen und Ökosysteme sowie digitales Unternehmertum & Nachhaltigkeit. Seine eigene Forschung besteht aus vier Bereichen: (1) Werte, Sinn und Hybridität in unternehmerischen Kontexten; (2) gesellschaftliche Herausforderungen, Nachhaltigkeit und neue Formen des Organisierens; (3) Digitalisierung, Management und Innovation sowie (4) Wissenschaft, Zukünfte und Impact.

Laufende Projekte

  • Entrepreneurship & Innovation

    Task Force: Digital Organizing

    Die Task Force Digital Organizing ist eine Gruppe von Forschern, die sich mit den Auswirkungen digitaler Praktiken auf den Organisationsprozess befasst.
  • Entrepreneurship & Innovation

    Digitale Soziale Innovation & Unternehmertum

    Im Forschungsprojekt „Digitale Soziale Innovation & Unternehmertum” untersuchen wir unternehmerische Organisationen mit einem zentralen gesellschaftlichen Fokus – häufig Sozialunternehmen genannt.

Publikationen

Journal articles and conference proceedings (37)

Stroehle, J., Gümüşay, A. A., Edinger-Schons, L. M., Vogel, A., Ebrahim, A., Rasche, A., King, A., Pucker, K., Barker, R., Reinecke, J., Michelon, G., Cooper, S., Etzion, D., Harji, K., Besharov, M., Mayer, C., Hsieh, N., & van den Terrell, E. (2025). A critical examination of corporate environmental and social impact measurement and valuation. Journal of Management Inquiry, 3-18. Weitere Informationen

Jahajeeah, J. A., Gümüşay, A. A., Salvi, E., von Richthofen, G., & Kekana, L. (2025). Grand Challenges, Decoloniality and Management Scholarship. Research in the Sociology of Organizations, 93, 85-102. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/S0733-558X20250000093006 Weitere Informationen

Edinger-Schons, L.M., Stroehle, J., Gümüsay, A. A. et al. (2025). Monetary impact valuation for sustainable business. Nature Sustainability, 1102–1104. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-025-01630-9 Weitere Informationen

Vogel, A., Nadegger, M., Wolf, B., Gümüşay, A. A., & Vilchez, P. et al. (2025). Impact entrepreneurship: Reimagining entrepreneurial Purpose and research for driving societal impact. Schmalenbach Journal of Business Research. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s41471-025-00221-w Weitere Informationen

Zeller-Lanzl, J., Bohn, S., von Richthofen, G., Körner, M.-F., & Gümüşay, A. A. (2025). Essay 3: Fostering Interdisciplinary Impact Around the Potentialities of (Ir)Responsibility In and Through Digitalization. Schmalenbach Journal of Business Research, 28-45. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s41471-025-00234-5 Weitere Informationen

Gümüşay, A. A., & Reinecke, J. (2024). Imagining Desirable Futures: A call for prospective theorizing with speculative rigour. Organization Theory, 5(1). DOI: 10.1177/26317877241235939 Weitere Informationen

Theissen, M. H., Theissen, H. H., & Gümüsay, A. A. (2024). Self-transcendent leadership: A meta-perspective. European Management Review. DOI: 10.1111/emre.12640 Weitere Informationen

Gümüşay, A.A., Meyer, R.E., & Höllerer, M. A. (2024). Committed Actors, Institutional Complexity, and Pathways to Compromise: The Emergence of Islamic Banking in Germany. Journal of Management Studies. DOI: 10.1111/joms.13061 Weitere Informationen

Gullmark, P., Høyvarde Clausen, T., Gümüşay, A.A., & Alsos, G., A. (2024). Public entrepreneurial opportunities: How institutional logics shape public servants‘ opportunity evaluation. Public Administration Review.. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/puar.13920 Weitere Informationen

Gümüsay, A. A., Bohné, T. & Davenport, T. (2023). AI and the Future of Management Decision-Making. Management and Business Review, 1-16. Weitere Informationen

Gümüşay, A. A. (2023). Management Scholars of the World, Unite! Organization Studies, 44(8), 1377-1380. Weitere Informationen

Bohn, S., & Gümüşay, A. A. (2023). Growing Institutional Complexity and Field Transition: Towards Constellation Complexity in the German Energy Field. Journal of Management Studies. DOI: http://doi.org/10.1111/joms.13004 Weitere Informationen

Bohn, S., Gümüşay, A. A., von Richthofen, G., & Reischauer, G. (2023). Digital organising. Internet Policy Review – Concepts of the digital society, 12(4), 1-15. Weitere Informationen

Smith, B., Gümüşay, A. A., & Townsend D. M. (2023). Bridging worlds: The intersection of religion and entrepreneurship as meaningful heterodoxy. Journal of Business Venturing Insights, 20(1), 1-8. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbvi.2023.e00406. Weitere Informationen

von Richthofen, G., & Gümüşay, A. A. (2023). Impact Without Imposition: What Role for Northern Academics in the Global South? Stanford Social Innovation Review. DOI: https://doi.org/10.48558/B761-2W21 Weitere Informationen

Köhne, S., Ulich, A., & Gümüşay, A. (2022). Digitale Weiterbildung in KMU: Ein Dreiphasenmodell zur Implementierung einer bedarfsgerechten Strategie. Zeitschrift Führung + Organisation, 1(91), 35-41. Weitere Informationen

Adler, P. S., Adly, A., Armanios, D. E., Battilana, J., Bodrožić, Z., […], Gümüşay, A. A., et al. (2022). Authoritarianism, Populism, and the Global Retreat of Democracy: A Curated Discussion. Journal of Management Inquiry, 32(1), 3–20. Weitere Informationen

Gümüşay, A. A., Raynard, M., Etter, M., Albu, O. & Roulet, T. (2022). Digital Technology and Voice: How Platforms Shape Institutional Processes Through Visibilization. Research in the Sociology of Organizations, 83, 57-85. Weitere Informationen

Gümüşay, A.A., & Amis, J.M. (2021). Contextual Expertise and the Development of Organization and Management Theory. European Management Review, 18(1), 9–24. DOI: doi.org/10.1111/emre.12434 Weitere Informationen

Scheidgen, K., Gümüşay, A.A., Günzel-Jensen, F., Krlev, G., & Wolf, M. (2021). Crises and entrepreneurial opportunities: digital social innovation in response to physical distancing. Journal of Business Venturing Insights, 15. Weitere Informationen

Gümüşay, A.A. (2021). Crossing boundaries: connecting religion and paradox for leadership and organisation research. Interdisciplinary Dialogues on Organizational Paradox: Learning from Belief and Science, 73a, 95-112. DOI: 10.1108/S0733-558X2021000073a007 Weitere Informationen

Gümüşay, A.A., & Reinecke, J. (2021). Researching (for) desirable futures: How can we theorize what does not exist? Journal of Management Studies. Weitere Informationen

Gümüşay, A. A. (2021). Unity in diversity: Leadership, Organization & Conflict Management. Konfliktdynamik, 10(4), 290–294. Weitere Informationen

Gümüsay, A. A., & Reinecke, J. (2021). Researching for Desirable Futures: From Real Utopias to Imagining Alternatives. Journal of Management Studies, 59(1), 236-242. Weitere Informationen

Gümüşay, A.A., Smets, M., & Morris, T. (2020). ‚God at Work‘: Engaging Central and Incompatible Institutional Logics through Elastic Hybridity. Academy of Management Journal, Vol. 63(1), 124 - 154. DOI: 10.5465/amj.2016.0481 Weitere Informationen

Gümüşay, A.A. (2020). The Plurality and Prevalence of the Religious Institutional Logic. Business & Society, 59:5, 855-880. DOI: 10.1177/0007650317745634 Weitere Informationen

Gümüşay, A. A., & Dobusch, L. (2020). This Is Not (Digital) Business as Usual – The universality of having to operate with limited in-person experiences is reducing the stigma often associated with online interactions. MIT Sloan Management Review. Weitere Informationen

Gümüşay, A. A., Claus, L., & Amis, J. (2020). Engaging with Grand Challenges: An Institutional Logics Perspective. Sage Journals - Organization Theory. DOI: 10.1177/2631787720960487 Weitere Informationen

Gümüşay, A.A., & Smets, M. (2020). New Hybrid Forms and Their Liability of Novelty. emerald insight. Weitere Informationen

Gümüşay, A.A., Smets, M., & Morris, T. (2020). Creating Space for Religious Diversity at Work. Harvard Business Review. Weitere Informationen

Bohn, S., Friederici, N., & Gümüşay, A. A. (2020). Too big to fail us? Platforms as systemically relevant. Internet Policy Review. Weitere Informationen

Friederici, N., Meier, P., & Gümüşay, A. A. (2020). An opportunity for inclusion? Digital platform innovation in times of crisis. Pioneers Post. Weitere Informationen

Gümüşay, Ali Aslan (2019). Embracing religions in moral theories of leadership. Academy of Management Journal, 33(3), 292 - 306. DOI: 10.5465/amp.2017.0130 Weitere Informationen

Gümüşay, Ali Aslan; Bohné, Thomas (2018). Individual and organizational inhibitors to the development of entrepreneurial competencies in universities. Research Policy, 47(2), 363 - 378. DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2017.11.008 Weitere Informationen

Gümüşay, Ali Aslan (2018). Commentary: Sharing is caring: From material to socio-material sharing. Academy of Management Discoveries, 4(3), 376 - 377. DOI: 10.5465/amd.2018.0083 Weitere Informationen

Gümüşay, Ali Aslan (2017). Unpacking entrepreneurial opportunities – an institutional logics perspective. Innovation: Organization & Management, 20(3), 209 - 222. DOI: 10.1080/14479338.2017.1404430 Weitere Informationen

Gümüşay, Ali Aslan (2015). Entrepreneurship from an Islamic Perspective. Journal of Business Ethics, 130(1), 199 - 208. DOI: 10.1007/s10551-014-2223-7 Weitere Informationen

Edited works (1)

Gümüşay, A.A., Marti, E., Trittin-Ulbrich, H., Wickert, C. (2022). Organizing for Societal Grand Challenges. In A.A. Gümüşay, E. Marti., H. Trittin-Ulbrich, & C. Wickert, Research in the Sociology of Organizations, 79. Bingley: Emerald Publishing Limited. DOI: 10.1108/S0733-558X20220000079002 Weitere Informationen

Book contributions and chapters (5)

Ohliger, U., Winter, J., von Richthofen, G., Gümüşay, A. A., & Hünsche, M. (2025). Menschengerechte Arbeitswelt und ressourceneffizientes Wirtschaftswachstum durch KI – Potenziale für den nachhaltigen Technologieeinsatz. In N. Fabisch, R. Schmidpeter, G. Schuster, & A. Sihn-Weber (Eds.), Menschenwürdige Arbeit und Wirtschaftswachstum. Globale Ziele für nachhaltige Entwicklung. (pp. 1-13). Berlin / Heidelberg, Germany: Springer Gabler. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-68327-9_1-1 Weitere Informationen

Gümüşay, A., Marti, E., Trittin-Ulbrich, H., & Wickert, C. (2022). How Organizing matters for Societal Grand Challenges. In A.A. Gümüsay, E. Marti, H. Trittin-Ulbrich & C. Wickert, Organizing for Societal Grand Challenges, Research in the Sociology of Organizations (79) (pp. 1-14). Bingley: Emerald Publishing Limited. DOI: 10.1108/S0733-558X20220000079002 Weitere Informationen

Gümüşay, A. A. (2022). Sustainable business, grand challenges & diverse forms of organizing. In S. Neckel, P. Degens & S. Lenz, Kapitalismus und Nachhaltigkeit, Zukünfte der Nachhaltigkeit (pp. 273–284). Frankfurt am Main: Campus Verlag. Weitere Informationen

Gümüşay, A.A., & Smets, M. (2021). New hybrid forms and their liability of novelty. In M. L. Besharov, & B. C. Mitzinneck (Eds.), Organizational Hybridity: Perspectives, Processes, Promises, Research in the Sociology of Organizations, Vol. 69 (pp. 167-187). Bingley, United Kingdom: Emerald Publishing Limited. DOI: 10.1108/S0733-558X20200000069008 Weitere Informationen

von Richthofen, G., Gümüsay, A. A., & Send, H. (2021). Künstliche Intelligenz und die Zukunft von Arbeit. In R. Altenburger & R. Schmidpeter (Eds.), CSR und Künstliche Intelligenz (pp. 353-366). Berlin, Heidelberg, Germany: Springer Gabler. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-63223-9_19 Weitere Informationen

Other publications (13)

Fecher, B., Gümüsay, A. A., Bohn, S. & A. Jobin (2023). Resilience without accountability holds back transformative change. LSE Impact Blog. Weitere Informationen

Fecher, B., Gümüşay, A. A., Bohn, S., & Jobin, A. (2023). Resilience without accountability holds back transformative change. LSE Impact Blog. Weitere Informationen

Siebold, N., Gümüşay, A., & von Richthofen, G. (2022). Der Einsatz von KI zum Wohl der Gesellschaft: Versprechen & Gefahren für Start-ups. Digital Society Blog. Weitere Informationen

Siebold, N., Gümüşay, A. A. , & v. Richthofen, G. (2022). The promises and perils of applying AI for social good in entrepreneurship. LSE Business Review. Weitere Informationen

Gümüşay, A. (2022). Eine andere Form der Geldwäsche. Andere Zeiten. Weitere Informationen

Krlev, G., Scheidgen, K., Günzel-Jensen, F., Wolf, M., & Gümüşay, A.A (2022). Did COVID lockdowns harm entrepreneurship? Not exactly. LSE Business Review. Weitere Informationen

Siebold, N., Gümüşay, A., & von Richthofen, G. (2022). Der Einsatz von KI zum Wohl der Gesellschaft: Versprechen & Gefahren für Start-ups. Digital society blog. Weitere Informationen

Gümüsay, A., Köhne, S., Schildhauer, T., Krzywdzinski, M., & Send, H. (2022). Why Big Brother should not be watching you at work. I by IMD. Weitere Informationen

Siebold, N., Gümüşay, A. A. , & v. Richthofen, G. (2022). The promises and perils of applying AI for social good in entrepreneurship. HIIG Impact Publication Series. Weitere Informationen

Spanuth, A., & Gümüşay, A.A. (2021). Three ways social entrepreneurs work in conflict regions. Pioneers Post. Weitere Informationen

Interview with Ali Aslan Gümüşay (2021). Open Science can lead to “Feed Forward” mechanisms in research. The ZBW – Leibniz Information Centre for Economics. Weitere Informationen

Interview mit Ali Alsan Gümüşay (2021). „Eigene Werte nicht verstecken“. profil. Weitere Informationen

Gümüşay, A.A. (2020). Werte schaffen in der Krise. Süddeutsche Zeitung. Weitere Informationen

Aktivitäten

Lectures and presentations (33)

31.10.2025 · Ali Aslan Gümüşay

Entrepreneurship futures: A short talk about (almost) everything

Seminarreihe der Fakultät für Wirtschafts- und Verwaltungswissenschaften der Anadolu-Universität. IIBF, Anadolu Üniversitesi. IIBF Seminarraum, Eskişehir, Türkiye.

28.07.2025 · Sonja Köhne, Ali Aslan Gümüşay, Georg von Richthofen, Hendrik Send

Shaping Organizational Futures: How Workers Respond to Artificial Intelligence

85th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (AOM 2025). AOM. Bella Center Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.

10.06.2025 · Ali Aslan Gümüşay

Desirable futures and prospective theorising

2025: Futures of Technologies – Mutual Shaping of Socio-Technical Transformations. Finland Futures Research Centre, Finland Futures Academy, University of Turku, VTT Technical Research Centre. Finland Futures Research Centre, Turku, Finland.

10.10.2024 · Ali Aslan Gümüşay

The Responsible Business Salon #2: ‚Future Imaginaries‘

The Responsible Business Salon #2: 'Future Imaginaries'. Kings College London. Melbourne House, London, Great Britain.

09.10.2024 · Ali Aslan Gümüşay

Desirable Futures and Prospective Theorizing

IGP 10th Year Anniversary Lecture. UCL Institute for Global Prosperity. Chandler House (UCL), London, Great Britain.

12.07.2024 · Ali Aslan Gümüşay

Neue Ansätze in der Social Entrepreneurship Lehre für den Umgang mit Komplexität

FutureSEE Transferbrücke. Hybrid: HNEE + online, Eberswalde, Germany.

04.07.2024 · Ali Aslan Gümüşay

Shaping sustainable futures: An impact entrepreneurship perspective

40th EGOS Colloquium 2024: "Crossroads for Organizations: Time, Space and People". EGOS. University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy.

28.05.2024 · Ali Aslan Gümüşay, Georg von Richthofen

How can academics from the Global North have an impact without imposing their idea(l)s on people in the Global South?

re:publica24. STATION Berlin, Berlin, Germany.

27.05.2024 · Ali Aslan Gümüşay, Leonhard Dobusch, Laura Marie Edinger-Schons, Maja Göpel

Engaged scholarship: Academics that care enough to take a stance

re:publica24. STATION Berlin, Berlin, Germany.

14.05.2024 · Ali Aslan Gümüşay

Einführen in Vielfalt: Organisationen richtig führen

Entrepreneurship Perspektiven der Münchener Hochschulen Ringvorlesung. Ludwig-Maximilian-Universität, Munich, Germany.

26.03.2024 · Ali Aslan Gümüşay

Islam and Entrepreneurship

Islam and Entrepreneurship. Malaysian Islamic Economic Development Foundation. YaPEIM Main Hall, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

18.03.2024 · Ali Aslan Gümüşay

Researching Religion and Business

Islamic Finance and Economy Research Seminar Series. Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU), Education City, Qatar.

07.07.2023 · Sonja Köhne, Georg von Richthofen, Ali Aslan Gümüşay, Hendrik Send

Artificial Intelligence and Work Representation

39th EGOS Colloquium 2023: "Organizing for the Good Life: Between Legacy and Imagination". EGOS. University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy.

09.05.2023 · Ali Aslan Gümüşay

Munich Postdoc Day 2023. Insights into Leadership

Munich Postdoc Day 2023. Insights into Leadership. TUM Vorhoelzer Forum. TUM Vorhoelzer Forum, Munich, Germany.

22.03.2023 · Ali Aslan Gümüşay

Innovation & Entrepreneurship Seminar: A Research Potpourri – Innovative Templates, Circular Forms of Organizing, and Futures

Innovation & Entrepreneurship Seminar. Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition. Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition, Munich, Germany.

22.03.2023 · Ali Aslan Gümüşay

Innovation & Entrepreneurship Seminar: A Research Potpourri – Innovative Templates, Circular Forms of Organizing, and Futures

Innovation & Entrepreneurship Seminar. Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition. Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition, Munich, Germany.

15.03.2023 · Stephan Bohn, Ali Aslan Gümüşay

Growing Institutional Complexity – Field Transitioning Processes Towards Constellation Complexity.

47. Workshop der WK ORG. Johannes Kepler University Linz, Linz, Austria.

16.01.2023 · Ali Aslan Gümüşay

Digitale Zukünfte

Digital Future Challenge 2022/23: Halbfinale. Initiative D21, Deloitte-Stiftung. Deloitte Greenhouse, Berlin, Germany.

10.11.2022 · Ali Aslan Gümüsay

Internationale Fachkonferenz 2022: Creative Ways into Desirable Futures. Kompetenzzentrum Kultur- und Kreativwirtschaft des Bundes. online, online, Germany.

07.07.2022 · Stephan Bohn, Ali Aslan Gümüsay

38th EGOS Colloquium: Digital organizing in open-source IoT companies. The mutual relationship between datafication and connectification.

38th EGOS Colloquium: Organizing: The Beauty of Imperfection. Wirtschaftsuniversität, Vienna, Austria.

08.04.2022 · Ali Aslan Gümüsay

Vom digitalen Wandel zur digitalen Wende

Die digitale Transformation gestalten - Fachtagung im Rahmen des 75jährigen Jubiläums der Universität Speyer. Universität Speyer, Speyer, Germany.

01.04.2022 · Ali Aslan Gümüsay

Class XIV: Organizations, Institutions and War

Organizing in Times of Crisis - Collaborative Open Courses for Master Programs in Business Administration, Management and Organization Studies. Virtual, Virtual, Germany.

03.11.2020 · Ali Aslan Gümüşay

KI und Politik: Zukunftstechnologie »Made in Germany«?

KI und Politik: Zukunftstechnologie »Made in Germany«?. Körber Foundation, Online, Germany.

20.03.2020 · Ali Aslan Gümüsay

Engaging Grand Challenges through a Transformative Institutional Logics Perspective

VHB Conference 2020. VHB, Goethe Universität, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

04.07.2019 · Ali Aslan Gümüsay

Enlightening the Future: The Challenge for Organizations

EGOS Colloquium. European Group for Organizational Studies. University of Edinburgh Business School, Edinburgh, UK.

10.08.2018 · Ali Aslan Gümüsay

78th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management. Academy of Management. Academy of Management, Chicago, USA.

02.07.2018 · Ali Aslan Gümüsay

EGOS Colloquium

Surprise in and around Organizations: Journeys to the Unexpected. European Group for Organizational Studies. Estonian Business School, Tallin, Estland.

06.07.2017 · Ali Aslan Gümüsay

EGOS Colloquium

The Good Organization. 33rd EGOS Colloquium. European Group for Organizational Studies. Copenhagen Business School, Kopenhagen, Dänemark.

05.08.2016 · Ali Aslan Gümüsay

Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management

Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management. Academy of Management. Academy of Management, Anaheim, USA.

02.07.2016 · Ali Aslan Gümüsay

Organizations and the Examined Life: Reason, Reflexivity and Responsibility

31st EGOS Colloquium. European Group for Organizational Studies. ALBA Graduate Business School, Athen, Griechenland.

07.08.2015 · Ali Aslan Gümüsay

Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management

Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management. Academy of Management. Academy of Management, Vancouver, Kanada.

05.07.2013 · Ali Aslan Gümüsay

Bridging Continents, Cultures and Worldviews

29th EGOS Colloquium. European Group for Organizational Studies. HEC Montréal, Montréal, Kanada.

03.08.2012 · Ali Aslan Gümüsay

The Informal Economy

80th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management. Academy Of Management. Academy Of Management, Boston, USA.

Panels (13)

28.07.2025 · Ali Aslan Gümüşay, Jonas Spengler, Chris Marquis, Michael Y. Lee, Jonas Friedrich Juliane Reinicke, Costanza Sartoris, Mette Morsing, Martin Parker, Jerry Davis, Ana Maria Peredo, Meredith Lehman

Real utopias for organizational governance

The 85th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management. Academy of Management. Bella Center, Copenhagen, Denmark.

26.07.2025 · Ali Aslan Gümüşay, Jelena Spanjol, Esther Salvi, Viktoria Unger, Maija Renko, Pablo Munoz, Helen Haugh, Joel Gehman, Claudia Doblinger

Impact and entrepreneurship: Collaborative pathways for better futures

The 85th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management. Academy of Management. Bella Center, Copenhagen, Denmark.

13.03.2025 · Ali Aslan Gümüşay

Organisation und Demokratie. Wissenschaft, Politik und Praxis im Austausch

49. Workshop der Wissenschaftlichen Kommission Organisation im VHB. VHB. Universität Witten/Herdecke, Witten, Germany.

11.08.2024 · Ali Aslan Gümüşay

Impact Scholars, Unite! Building Bridges Across Communities Interested in Creating Impact

84th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (AOM 2024). AOM, Chicago, USA.

26.04.2024 · Ali Aslan Gümüşay

What could possibly go wrong? Inputs and discussion about impact, unforeseen consequences and error culture with a focus on design for sustainability and social impact.

Design als Wagnis – Risiken und Wirkungen der Gestaltung. DGTF, Lucerne, Switzerland.

27.02.2023 · Ali Aslan Gümüşay

#D21TALK – Resilienz im digitalen Wandel

#D21TALK – Fachkongress digitale Gesellschaft 2023. Initiative D21 e. V.. Amplifier Berlin, Berlin, Germany.

07.08.2022 · Ali Aslan Gümüsay, Juliane Reinecke, Tor Hernes

Theorizing Desirable Futures

38th EGOS Colloquium: Organizing: The Beauty of Imperfection. WU, Vienna, Vienna, Austria.

07.08.2022 · Stephan Bohn, Ali Aslan Gümüsay

Digital organizing & strategizing in open-source IoT companies. The mutual relationship between datafication and connectification.

38th EGOS Colloquium: Organizing: The Beauty of Imperfection. WU, Vienna, Vienna, Austria.

18.05.2022 · Ali Aslan Gümüsay

ZVEI Panel “Quo vadis Künstliche Intelligenz?

ZVEI-Jahreskongress 2022. bcc Berlin Congress Center, Berlin, Germany.

12.04.2022 · Ali Aslan Gümüsay

Panel: Theory Elaboration on Religion in Entrepreneurship Research

LIFE Konferenz. LIFE Konferenz, Berlin, Germany.

10.10.2021 · Mehr KI als Verstand – Technik im Dienste des Menschen?

Mehr KI als Verstand – Technik im Dienste des Menschen?

Ali Aslan Gümüsay. Zentrum für Angewandte Kulturwissenschaft und Studium Generale. Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, Karlsruhe, Germany.

08.04.2021 · Ali Aslan Gümüşay

Entrepreneurship and faith: a diversity of religious perpectives

L.I.F.E. Research Conference 2021 – 1st Annual Research Conference on Faith and Entrepreneurship. Miami University, L.I.F.E. Research Lab. Online, Miami, USA.

17.06.2020 · Ali Aslan Gümüşay

Gronen 2020 – All Systems go?! Sustainability in the Digital Age

Gronen 2020 - All Systems go?! Sustainability in the Digital Age. Group for Research on Organizations and the Natural Environment, Online, Portugal.

Moderation of workshops and panels (6)

26.07.2025 · Ali Aslan Gümüşay, Laura Marie Edinger-Schons, Judith Stroehle, Amyn Vogel, Felizia von Schweinitz, Colin Meyer, Florian Hoos, Florian Berg

From values to value? The complexities and potentials of impact valuation

The 85th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management. Academy of Management. Bella Center, Copenhagen, Denmark.

25.07.2025 · Ali Aslan Gümüşay, Marvin Hanisch, Lorino Philippe, Emilio Marti, Juliane Reinecke, Christoph Seckler, Garima Sharma

Prospective, Prescriptive, and Pragmatist Theorizing and Methodology

The 85th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management. Academy of Management. Bella Center, Copenhagen, Denmark.

03.07.2025 · Ali Aslan Gümüşay, Emilio Marti

Creating Desirable Futures: Challenges and Prospects for Organizational Scholars

41st EGOS Colloquium: Creativity that goes a long way. European Group of Organizational Studies. The American College of Greece, Athens, Greece.

08.04.2025 · Ali Aslan Gümüşay

Themenraum: Wissenschaft

Geschichten des Aufbruchs & Gelingens. Forum für Soziale Innovationen und Gemeinwohlorientierte Unternehmen (SIGU). Berliner Congress Center (bcc), Berlin, Germany.

10.08.2024 · Ali Aslan Gümüşay

Organizing for Emerging Digital Technologies: Taking Stock and Moving On

84th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (AOM 2024). AOM, Chicago, USA.

21.02.2024 · Ali Aslan Gümüşay

The Future of Organisation and Management Theory

The Future of OMT and Futures in OMT. Turkish Academy of Management. online, Instanbul, Turkey.

Organisation of events (14)
Research Methods and Strategies for Co-Creating Desirable Futures with Practitioners
41st EGOS Colloquium: Creativity that goes a long way. European Group of Organizational Studies. From 03.07.2025 to 05.07.2025. The American College of Greece, Athens, Greece. Co-Organised by: European Group of Organizational Studies. (International) Weitere Informationen

Ali Aslan Gümüsay

Digitaler Salon: Update Unbekannt?
26.02.2025. Humboldt Institut für Internet und Gesellschaft, Berlin, Germany (National) Weitere Informationen

Lara Kauter, Daniel Pothmann, Nele Buß, Sarah Spitz, Ali Aslan Gümüsay

Organizing for Emerging Digital Technologies: Taking Stock and Moving On
84th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (AOM 2024). From 09.08.2024 to 13.08.2024. AOM, Chicago, USA (International) Weitere Informationen

Ali Aslan Gümüsay

From Metrics to Meaning: Navigating the Depths of Impact Assessment
84th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (AOM 2024). From 09.08.2024 to 13.08.2024. AOM, Chicago, USA (International) Weitere Informationen

Ali Aslan Gümüsay

Impact Entrepreneurship: Bridging Environmental, Social, and Responsible Entrepreneurship
84th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (AOM 2024)e. From 09.08.2024 to 11.08.2024. AOM, Chicago, USA (International) Weitere Informationen

Ali Aslan Gümüsay

Impact Measurement and Valuation Lab
From 06.03.2024 to 08.03.2024. Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, Lüneburg, Germany (National) Weitere Informationen

Ali Aslan Gümüsay

Lunch Talk Series I Grand Challenges, Digitalisation & Sustainability
22.06.2022. Humboldt Institut für Internet und Gesellschaft, Berlin, Germany (International) Weitere Informationen

Sarah Spitz, Ali Aslan Gümüsay

The societal relevance of management & impactful research (The societal relevance of management & impactful research)
VHB Conference Symposium & Workshop 2022. From 08.03.2022 to 11.03.2022. Online, Düsseldorf, Germany (National) Weitere Informationen

Ali Aslan Gümüsay

“Commitment versus Compliance: Prioritizing, Compromizing, and the Development of Templates in Situations of Institutional Complexity”
MAN 910 – Area Management Seminar. 17.03.2021. University of Mannheim Business School, Mannheim, Germany (International) Weitere Informationen

Ali Aslan Gümüsay

Doktorand*innen Kolloquium IEG
05.11.2020. Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society, Berlin, Germany (National)

Ali Aslan Gümüsay

Doktorand*innen-Kolloquium IEG
16.07.2020. Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society, Berlin, Germany (National)

Ali Aslan Gümüsay

Grand Challenges and New Forms of Organizing
36th EGOS Colloquium - Organising for a Sustainable Future: Responsibility, Renewal & Resistance. From 02.07.2020 to 03.07.2020. EGOS, Online, Germany (International) Weitere Informationen

Ali Aslan Gümüsay

Entrepreneurship and Innovation for the Common Good
Collaborative Open Course for Master Programs in Business Administration, Management and Organisation Studies. 16.04.2020. Organising in Times of Crisis, Online, Austria (International) Weitere Informationen

Ali Aslan Gümüsay

‘God at Work’: Engaging Central and Incompatible Institutional Logics through Elastic Hybridity
07.01.2020. Universität Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany (National) Weitere Informationen

Ali Aslan Gümüsay

Nominations (14)
Bertelsmann Stiftung: Nachhaltige Wertschöpfung.

Ali Aslan Gümüşay

Ideenlauf Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung.

Ali Aslan Gümüsay

ONE-SIM Outreach Award.

Ali Aslan Gümüsay

IGP Jury des BMWi.

Ali Aslan Gümüsay

Innovation Programme for Business Models and Pioneer Solutions (IGP).

Ali Aslan Gümüsay

Innovation Programme for Business Models and Pioneer Solutions, IGP, BMWi 2021.

Ali Aslan Gümüşay

Brain City Ambassador.

Ali Aslan Gümüsay

Member: DFG Scientific Network "Strategizing in a Digital Economy".

Ali Aslan Gümüsay

Member of DFG Network Digital Strategizing.

Ali Aslan Gümüşay

Board Member: Exhibition at Altonaer Museum.

Ali Aslan Gümüsay

Principal Investigator: DFG Network “Grand Challenges & New Forms of Organizing”.

Ali Aslan Gümüsay

Member of the scientific organizing committee: European Group for Organizational Studies, University Hamburg.

Ali Aslan Gümüsay

Board member: AIWG, University of Frankfurt.

Ali Aslan Gümüsay

Board member: The Concordia Forum.

Ali Aslan Gümüsay

Participation as expert (2)

24.09.2025 · Ali Aslan Gümüşay

Genoaward: Zukunft verwirklichen. Internationals Jahr der Genossenschaften

Genoaward: Zukunft verwirklichen. Internationals Jahr der Genossenschaften. F.A.Z. Institut, Genoverband. F.A.Z. Tower, Frankfurt, Germany.

01.10.2022 · von Richthofen, Georg & Gümüsay, Ali Aslan

Between Benin & Berlin: Research & Impact at the Intersection of Sustainability & Digitalization.

Bits & Bäume. Die Konferenz für Digitalisierung und Nachhaltigkeit. TU Berlin, Berlin, Deutschland.

Presse

Ali Aslan Gümüsay

Position

Forschungsleitung: Innovation, Unternehmertum & Gesellschaft

Forschungsschwerpunkt

Innovation, Unternehmertum und Gesellschaft

Technologien verändern, wie sich Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft entwickeln und in einem global vernetzten digitalen Umfeld agieren. Wir untersuchen, wie verschiedene Formen von Innovation und Unternehmertum systemische gesellschaftliche Herausforderungen adressieren.

Themen: Digitale Transformation, Digitalisierung & Wirtschaft, Nachhaltiges Unternehmertum