Maricia Aline Mende
Maricia Aline Mende worked as a research assistant in the research program Knowledge & Society in the research project Organizational Creativity and Resilience: Exploring the Future of Educational Technology (ORC).
She holds a bachelor’s degree in Library and Information Science and Literature. Currently, she is doing her master’s degree in Information Science at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.
Before working at the HIIG she was a student assistant at the Einstein Center Digital Future chair for Information Management at the Institute of Library and Information Science (HU Berlin), where she was involved in teaching as well as in different research projects.
Journal articles and conference proceedings
Deacon, B., Laufer, M., Mende, M. A., Tschache, T., & Schäfer, L. O. (2025). Resisting digital change at the university: An exploration into triggers and organisational countermeasures. European Journal of Higher Education, 1–24. DOI: 10.1080/21568235.2025.2512735 Publication details
Laufer, M., Deacon, B., Mende, M.A., & Schaefer, L.O. (2024). Leading with Trust: How University Leaders can Foster Innovation with Educational Technology through Organizational Trust. Innovative Higher Education. DOI: 10.1007/s10755-024-09733-5 Publication details
Other publications
Laufer, M., Kuper, F., Mende, M. A., Schäfer, L. O., Tschache T., & Deacon, B. (2023). Organizing Digital Change at the University. The Practitioners’ Field Guide for Implementing Educational Technology. HIIG Impact Publication Series. Publication details
Laufer, M., Mende, M., & Sievering, M. (2023). EdTech: The secret to its implementation. Digital society blog. Publication details
Lectures and presentations (4)
Resisting Digital Change at Higher Education Institutions: Identifying Triggers and Countermeasures
Crisis Talk: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Resilience and Edtech at the University
Ein Diskurs über Verantwortung – Krise, Resilienz und EdTech an Hochschulen
Talk at University:Future Festival 2023

Position
Former Student Assistant: Knowledge & Society
