Alexa Böckel

Education and Academic Training

• Since 2021 PhD Candidate, Leuphana University Lüneburg
• 2018 - 2021 M.Sc. Sustainability Science, Leuphana University Lüneburg
• 2019 - 2020 Semester abroad, Utrecht University
• 2014 - 2018 B.Sc. Environmental Sciences, Leuphana University Lüneburg
• 2013 - 2018 B.A. Business Administration Leuphana University Lüneburg

Professional Experience

• Since June 2023 Researcher at Wuppertal Institute
• Since 2022 Scholarship holder Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt
• 2022 - 2023 Research Assistant, Technical University Dresden
• 2021 - 2022 Research Associate, Centre for Sustainability Management, Leuphana University Lüneburg

Dissertation Project

• Entrepreneurship in the Circular Economy

Research Focus

• Instruments and political measures for a Circular Economy
• Sustainable Entrepreneurship
• Reusable packaging systems

Research Methods

• Qualitative Interview
• Ethnographic observations
• Systematic Literature Reviews
• Engaged Scholarship

Memberships

• Förderkreis Gründungs-Forschung e.V. Arbeitskreise Social Entrepreneurship und Sustainable Entrepreneurship
• Academy of Management, ONE Division
• Verband der Hochschullehrerinnen und Hochschullehrer für Betriebswirtschaft e.V.
• European Council for Small Business and Entrepreneurship
• Mission Council SoTecIn Factory

Reviewer

• Journal of Business Economics
• Sustainable Production and Consumption Journal
• Management Review Quarterly
• Journal of Social Entrepreneurship
• Editor "Myths of the Circular Economy"