Prof. Dr. Silke Boenigk

• 10/2008–today: (W3) Professor of Management of Public, Private and Nonprofit Organizations at the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, University of Hamburg
• 02/2009: 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)
• 02/2002: Doctorate at the University of Basel with overall grade 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 publications by Prof. Dr. Silke Boenigk can be found in her list of publications (PDF).

Latest publications:

• 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 unter: 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 unter: 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
• Boenigk, S., Kreimer, A., Becker, A., Alkire, L., Fisk & R., Kabadayi, S. (2021). Transformative Service Initiatives: Enabling Access and Overcoming Barriers for People Experiencing Vulnerability. Journal of Service Research, 24(4), 542-562. DOI: 10.1177/10946705211013386
• Finsterwalder, J., Kabadayi, S, Fisk, R., and Boenigk, S. (2020). Creating Hospitable Service Systems for Refugees During a Pandemic: Leveraging Resources for Service Inclusion. Journal of Service Theory and Practice, 31(2), 247-263. DOI: 10.1108/JSTP-07-2020-0175
• Boenigk, S., Fisk, R., Kabadayi, S., Alkire, L., Cheung, L., Corus, C., Finsterwalder, J., Kreimer, A., Luca, N., Omeira, M., Paul, P., Santos, M. F., Smidt, N. (2021). Rethinking Service Systems and Public Policy: A Transformative Refugee Service Experience Framework. Journal of Public Policy and Marketing, 40(2), 165-183. DOI: 10.1177/0743915620962815
• Schubert, P. & Boenigk, S. (2021). Pressure, Cost Accounting, and Resource Allocations: Experimental Evidence on Nonprofit Financial Decision Making. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 50(6), 1216-1238. DOI: 10.1177/08997640211003218

• Since 10/2024: Director of the MSc Interdisciplinary Public and Nonprofit Studies Master’s program (alternating every two years with Prof. Dr. Rick Vogel), first time 05/2025
• 2022–05/2024: 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)
• 02/2021–02/2022: Spokesperson for the field of Business Administration in the Department of Socioeconomics
• 10/2020–09/2022: 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 10/2018: Scientific project management DAAD/#UHHhilft–University Help for Refugees
• 09/2015–10/2018: refugee representative of the University of Hamburg
• 08/2015–09/2018: 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