Chair of Organization and International Management
Chair of Organization and International Management
Chair of Organization and International Management 
Portrait: Christian M. Huber, M.Sc.
Christian M. Huber, M.Sc.
Research Associate

Current Research Interests

  • Critical Management Studies, esp. Critical University Studies

  • Inequality & discrimination

  • Sustainable organization

Publications

  • Donner, E. K., & Huber, C. M. (2025). Research data management in German academia from a multiple logic perspective. M@n@gement, 28(2), 72–87. https://doi.org/10.37725/mgmt.2024.9700

  • Cardone, P., Tümpel, M., & Huber, C. M. (2021). Temporary employment, permanent stigma? Perceptions of temporary agency workers across low- and high-skilled jobs. Qualitative Sociology Review, 17(3), 6–33. https://doi.org/10.18778/1733-8077.17.3.01

Conference Contributions

  • Huber, C. M. (2026, July 9–11). The ‘Neoliberal University’: A Problematizing Review [Conference presentation]. 42nd European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS) Colloquium, Bergamo, Italy.

  • Huber, C. M. (2026, March 18–20). The ‘Neoliberal University’: A Problematizing Review [Conference presentation]. 85th VHB Conference, Göttingen, Germany.

  • Huber, C. M. (2025, June 18–20). Unpacking the neoliberal university: Insights from critical university studies [Conference presentation]. 14th International Critical Management Studies (ICMS) Conference, Manchester, UK.

  • Huber, C. M. (2025, March 13–14). Unpacking the neoliberal university: Insights from critical university studies [Conference presentation]. 49th WK ORG Workshop, Witten, Germany.

  • Huber, C. M. (2025). The neoliberal university in Germany: A systematic review. In D.R. Bhuju, N.M. Sujakhu, & D.R. Subedi (Eds.), Proceedings of the 30th Annual Conference, International Sustainable Development Research Society (p. 677). https://media.isdrs.org/2025/07/Proceedings_30th-ISDRS-Conference-2024_Kathmandu-3.pdf

  • Huber, C. M. (2024, June 10–14). The neoliberal university in Germany: A systematic review [Conference presentation]. 30th International Sustainable Development Research Society (ISDRS) Conference, Kathmandu, Nepal.

  • Huber, C. M., & Sauer, H. (2023, June 20–22). Sufficiency within neoliberal academia: Squaring the circle? [Conference presentation]. 13th International Critical Management Studies (ICMS) Conference, Nottingham, UK.

  • Donner, E. K., & Huber, C. M. (2023). Institutionalization of Research Data Management in Higher Education Institutions – Linking the Micro, Meso, and Macro Levels. In Conference Proceedings of the 35th Australian & New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM) Conference (pp. 94–114). https://www.anzam.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/BC8905_ANZAM-Papers-and-Abstracts-Conference-Solutions_JAN-2023.pdf

  • Donner, E. K., & Huber, C. M. (2022, December 05–07). Institutionalization of Research Data Management in Higher Education Institutions – Linking the Micro, Meso, and Macro Levels [Conference presentation]. 35th Australian & New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM) Conference, Queensland, Australia.

  • Donner, E. K., & Huber, C. M. (2022, June 15–17). The institutionalization of research data management: A micro-meso-macro link [Conference presentation]. European Academy of Management (EURAM) Conference 2022, Winterthur, Switzerland.

  • Donner, E. K., & Huber, C. M. (2021, September 23–24). Cultural change in research data handling – How should higher education institutions deal with this? [Conference presentation]. 45th WK ORG Workshop, Lüneburg, Germany.

  • Huber, C. M., & Sauer, H. (2021). The lack of sufficiency among management researchers through the institutionalization of air travel. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2021(1). https://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2021.15861abstract

  • Huber, C. M., & Sauer, H. (2021, July 30–August 3). The lack of sufficiency among management researchers through the institutionalization of air travel [Conference presentation]. 81st Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, A Virtual Experience.

  • Huber, C. M., Schell, E., & Tümpel, M. (2021). Accentuation or leveling? Gender implications at higher education institutions in Germany during Covid-19. In C. Johansson, & V. Mauerhofer (Eds.), Proceedings of the 27th Annual Conference, International Sustainable Development Research Society (pp. 1360–1361). http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-43604

  • Huber, C. M., Schell, E., & Tümpel, M. (2021, July 13–15). Accentuation or leveling? Gender implications at higher education institutions in Germany during Covid-19 [Conference presentation]. 27th International Sustainable Development Research Society (ISDRS) Conference, Östersund, Sweden.

  • Huber, C. M., & Sauer, H. (2020, May 20–23). Take a look in the mirror: Questioning scientific sufficiency [Conference presentation]. 15th Organization Studies Workshop, Chania, Greece.

  • Huber, C. M., & Bucher, J. (2020). Drink the jungle: Business shamans and their unconventional coaching methods. In S. Hüsig (Ed.), Book of Abstracts - ARTEM OCC 2020 Edition (pp. 170–173). https://artemocc2020.sciencesconf.org/data/book_artemocc2020_en.pdf

Education and Training

  • 2022: Saxon Higher Education Didactics Certificate, Centre for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education Saxony

  • 2018: Master of Science (M.Sc.), Management and Organization Studies, Chemnitz University of Technology

  • 2016: Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Business Administration and Economics, Chemnitz University of Technology

  • 2009: Abitur, Gymnasium Eschenbach

Work Experience

  • since Jun 2019: Research Associate, Chair of Organization and International Management, Chemnitz University of Technology

  • since Jul 2019: Lecturer, TUCed – An-Institut für Transfer und Weiterbildung GmbH

  • Aug 2018 – May 2019: Parliamentary Group Assistant, Parliamentary Group "DIE LINKE" at the Chemnitz City Council

  • Nov 2013 – Aug 2018: Student Assistant, Chair of Innovation Research and Technology Management, Chemnitz University of Technology

  • Oct 2015 – Jul 2018: Student Assistant, Chair of Organization and International Management, Chemnitz University of Technology

  • Apr 2015 – Mar 2016: Student Assistant, Research Project “Expansionslernprojekt Nachhaltigkeitsbeauftragte/r (ELP NHB)“, Chair of Innovation Research and Technology Management, Chemnitz University of Technology

Academic Self-Administration

  • since March 2025: Member, Study Commission of the Master Program "Business & Economics"

  • since Apr 2022: Equal Opportunity Commissioner, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration

  • since Apr 2022: Member, Faculty Council of the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration

  • since Jun 2019: Advisory Member, Study Commission of the Master Program "Management and Organization Studies"

Teaching Portfolio

Master

  • Organizational Behavior – Unit: Power & Micropolitics (Lecture) (German) (Winter 20/21, 21/22, 23/24 & 24/25)
  • Lecture Series Strategic Management – Unit: Institutional logics (Lecture) (German) (Winter 21/22)
  • Modern Organizational Theories (Tutorial) (German) (Summer 21, 22, 23 & 24)
  • Understanding Organizations: Theories and Applications (Tutorial) (English) (Summer 25 & 26)
  • Managing Global Networks and Cooperations (Tutorial) (English) (Summer 20)
  • Organization and Strategy Research (Seminar) (English) (Winter 21/22, 22/23, 23/24 & 24/25)
  • Current Issues in Organization and Strategy in the Global Context (Seminar) (English) (Winter 19/20 & 20/21)
  • New concepts of Leadership (Seminar) (English) (Winter 19/20)
  • Supervision of Master Theses (German/English)
  • Students Project
    • Sensemaking und organizational change (Summer 26 – Winter 26/27) (German)
    • Alienation and disempowerment in the gig economy (Summer 25 – Winter 25/26) (German)
    • Organizational strategies in (de)stigmatized industries (Summer 22 – Winter 22/23) (English)
    • Organizational learning in SME (Summer 22 – Winter 22/23) (German)
    • Sustainability management at Siemens Energy in the context of institutional logics (Summer 21 – Winter 21/22) (German)
    • Sufficiency among management researchers (Summer 20 – Winter 20/21) (English)
    • Women in leadership positions (Summer 19 – Winter 19/20) (German)
  • Inter|Ventio (Business Simulation) (German/English) (Summer 19, 21, 22, 24 & 26; Winter 19/20, 22/23, 23/24 & 24/25)

Bachelor

  • Seminars (German)
    • Sensemaking und organizational change (Summer 26)
    • Gender in a global context (Summer 24)
    • Resistance in Organizations (Winter 21/22 & 22/23, Summer 23)
    • Effects of the Corona Pandemic on sustainability in organizations (Summer 21)
  • Supervision of Bachelor Theses (German/English)

Awards

  • 2022: Teaching Prize for Teaching Young Scientists of Chemnitz University of Technology

Memberships

  • EGOS - European Group for Organizational Studies
  • Academy of Management (CMS & OMT)
  • German Academic Association of Business Research (Scientific Commission 'Organization')
  • Rosa Luxemburg Foundation
  • Chemnitz Economic Society