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Management of Public, Private and Nonprofit Organizations

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Professorships

Prof. Dr. Silke Boenigk

Portraitaufnahme Professor Dr. Silke Boenigk

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Professor

Chair of Management of Public, Private and Nonprofit Organizations

Address

Universität Hamburg
Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences
Socioeconomics/Business Administrations
Von-Melle-Park 9
20146 Hamburg

Office

VMP9
Room: B229

Office hours

by appointment per email

Contact

Tel: +49 40 42838-7552

Commitment to Refugees

Prof. Dr. Silke Boenigk was a refugee representative at the Universität Hamburg from 2015 to 2018. Today she holds the overall management of the DAAD-funded refugee integration project #UHHilft – University to Help Refugees (INTEGRA and Welcome).

The coordination center for refugees wishing to study is headed by Ms. Jana Hesse and is located in Von-Melle-Park 5.

For questions please contact the #uhhhilft team at: uhhhilft"AT"uni-hamburg.de
phone: +49 40 42838-4547

Coordination Centre #UHHilft - University to Help Refugees
Von-Melle-Park 9, House B
B134 (and adjacent rooms)
D-20146 Hamburg
Germany

CV

  • 10/2008 - today: (W3) Professor of Management of Public, Private & Nonprofit Organizations at the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, Universität Hamburg
  • 02/2009: Habilitation 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 the 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 assistant at and PhD candicate the University of Basel (WWZ)
  • 1992-1996: Study of business administration at the University of Münster

Publications

All publications by Professor Dr. Silke Boenigk can be found in her list of publications (PDF).

Latest Publications:

  • Hesse, L. & Boenigk, S. (2023). Donor inspiration in nonprofit management: Conceptualization and measurement in a peer-to-peer context. Nonprofit Management & Leadership, online first. 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
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.

Services for the Academic Community

  • 2022: 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. Florian Schramm).
  • 02/2021-02/2022: Spokesperson for the field of Business Administration in the Department of Socioeconomics
  • 10/2020-09/2022: Director of the M.Sc. Interdisciplinary Public and Nonprofit Studies Master's Program (alternating every 2 years with Prof. Dr. Rick Vogel)
  • 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 to Help Refugees
  • 09/2015-10/2018: Refugee Commissioner of the University of Hamburg
  • 08/2015-09/2018: Program Director of the M.Sc. 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 Professor Boenigk.

Memberships

  • ARNOVA: Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Actions
  • ISTR: International Society for Third Sector Research
  • ERNOP: The 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.