On February 11, 2026, the final presentation of the PEIM module took place. The students presented the results of their real-life challenges at Fresenius Kabi.

On February 9, 2026, the final presentation of the PEIM module took place. The students presented their results from the transfer challenges for technologies developed at TU Darmstadt.

Sascha Fey successfully defended his dissertation entitled “Overcoming Adversities in Innovation Projects with Innovation Resilience Behaviour” on February 2, 2026.

The article “The Influence of Sustainability Orientation on Portfolio Innovativeness in Manufacturing and Service Firms” by Jadena Bechtel, Tobias Röth and Alexander Kock has been published in the renowned Journal of Product Innovation Management (JPIM).

A guest in Bremen.

TIME Research Colloquium in Bremen: Three days full of research, dialogue and culture – from innovation management to the Bremen Town Musicians.

Visit in Sehlendorf.

Three days full of research and exchange: at Kiel University's doctoral seminar at the Dr Otto Bagge-Kolleg.

The TIM department was represented with a total of three papers at the 32nd Innovation and Product Development Management Conference (IPDMC) in Porto. Particularly pleasing: Doreen Gehl and Alexander Kock were honoured with the Christer Karlsson Overall Best Paper Award for their paper “How Purpose Shapes Innovation Portfolios: Thriving in Times of Dynamic Change”.

The article “Bridging the Expertise Gap: The Role of Generative AI in Supporting Project Planning Tasks for Novices and Professionals” by Bennjamin Hettrich, Niklas Krings and Alexander Kock has been published in the renowned Creativity and Innovation Management (CIM) journal.