Prof. Dr. Silke Boenigk

• October 2008–present: (W3) Professor of Management of Public, Private and Nonprofit Organizations within the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, University of Hamburg
• February 2009: Habilitation (postdoctoral qualification) at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland
• Summer 2007: guest researcher, Center on Philanthropy, IUPUI, USA
• 2006–2008: senior assistant at the University of Fribourg and the University of Mannheim at the Chair of Public & Nonprofit Management (Prof. Dr. Bernd Helmig)
• 2002–2006: lecturer at Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Institute for Business and Regional Economics (IBR)
• February 2002: doctorate at the University of Basel with overall grade of summa cum laude. Topic: “Customer churn and customer win-back processes”
• 1996–2002: research associate and PhD candidate at the University of Basel (WWZ)
• 1992–1996: business administration studies at the University of Münster

All of Prof. Dr. Silke Boenigk's publications can be found in her list of publications (PDF).

Latest publications:

• Boenigk, S., Knaus, A., Hesse, L., Saltzmann, C., Neukirchen, T (2025). Unpacking the Non-Donor Segment: Reasons for Non-Support and Five Attitudinal Clusters Based on Data From the German Donation Monitor. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly (NVSQ). Online at: DOI: 10.1177/08997640251344941
• Alkire, L., Hesse, L., Raki, A., Boenigk, S., Kabadayi, S., Fisk, R. P., & Mora, A. (2025). From Theory to Practice: A Collaborative Approach to Social Impact Measurement and Communication. European Journal of Marketing. Online first: DOI: 10.1108/EJM-04-2024-0321
• Hesse, L. & Boenigk, S. (2024). What Makes Peer Fundraisers Successful? Examining Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Success in the Context of Peer-to-Peer Nonprofit–Business Collaboration. Nonprofit Management & Leadership. Online at: DOI. 10.1002/nml.21630
• Geib, N. & Boenigk, S. (2024). Nonprofit Talent Recruitment: An Online Experiment on New Ways of Working and Leadership Development Opportunities. Nonprofit Management & Leadership. Online at: DOI: 10.1002/nml.21626
• Hesse, L. & Boenigk, S. (2023). Donor Inspiration in Nonprofit Management: Conceptualization and Measurement in a Peer-to-Peer Context. Nonprofit Management & Leadership, 34(2), 241–265. DOI: 0.1002/nml.21566
• Saltzmann, C. & Boenigk, S. (2022). Blood Donor's Usage Intentions of Donation Appointment-Scheduling Systems During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond. Journal of Philanthropy and Marketing, 27(3), 1–15. DOI: 10.1002/nvsm.1756
• Geib, N., & Boenigk, S. (2022). Improving Nonprofit Succession Management for Leadership Continuity: A Shared Leadership Approach. Nonprofit Management & Leadership, 33(1), 1–15. DOI: 10.1002/nml.21508
• Saltzmann, C. & Boenigk, S. (2022). On Consciousness of the Decision to Discontinue Blood Donation: Intention to Return and Effective Recovery Activities. Transfusion Medicine, 32(3), 193–209. DOI: 10.1111/tme.12859
• Schubert, P., Ressler, R. W., Paarlberg, L., Boenigk, S. (2022). The Evolution of the Nonprofit Research Field: An Emerging Scholar Perspective, Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 52(1), 102–129. DOI: 10.1177/08997640221078824

• Since October 2024: Director of the MSc Interdisciplinary Public and Nonprofit Studies master’s program (alternating every two years with Prof. Dr. Rick Vogel)
• 2022–May 2024: member of the newly convened Advisory Board of ROSI – Research Office for Social Innovation der WiSO Fakultät
• 2022–2024: main member of the Faculty Council for Economics and Social Sciences (together with Prof. Dr. Dirk Gilbert)
• February 2021–February 2022: Spokesperson for the field of Business Administration in the Department of Socioeconomics
• October 2020–September 2022: Director of the MSc Interdisciplinary Public and Nonprofit Studies master’s program
• 2019–2020: member of the ARNOVA Travel Grant Committee
• Editorial Board member NML (Nonprofit Management and Leadership)
• Since October 2018: scientific project management DAAD/#UHHhilft–University Help for Refugees
• September 2015–October 2018: refugee representative of the University of Hamburg
• August 2015–September 2018: Program Director of the MSc Interdisciplinary Public and Nonprofit Studies master’s program
• 2012–2015: Vice Dean for Academic Affairs of the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences

List of doctorates (PDF) supervised by Prof. Dr. Boenigk.

• ARNOVA: Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action
• ISTR: International Society for Third-Sector Research
• ERNOP: European Research Network on Philanthropy
• WKÖ/VHB – The German Academic Association of Business Research. Chairwoman of the WKÖ (Section – Center of Excellence for Public Business Administration): 2009–2012