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Professor Marc Goerigk, holder of the Chair of Business Decisions and Data Science at the University of Passau, tops the list of the best researchers under the age of 40 in the field of business administration in the ranking of the German business magazine “WirtschaftsWoche”. In his research, he develops mathematical models to find the best possible decision.
Professor Marc Goerigk from the University of Passau has long been well-established in his field. The current ranking by “WirtschaftsWoche” is now likely to bring the researcher to the attention of a wider public: The 39-year-old has taken the top spot in the list of the most research-active business administration professors under the age of 40 from all German-speaking countries. The ranking is based on a system that awards points for the quality and quantity of academic publications. More than 3000 authors were evaluated.
“I am thrilled to receive this award. It's a great recognition of my work,” says a delighted Professor Goerigk. His research focuses on uncertainties in the decision-making process. Traditional business planning methods attempt to find the best possible decisions when all problem parameters are fully known. “However, this is rarely the case in practice,” says Goerigk. He is investigating how good decisions can be found, “even if things turn out differently than expected.”
From mathematics to business administration
In doing so, he was helped by his training as a mathematician at the University of Göttingen, where he subsequently completed his doctorate in applied mathematics. He is now less passionate about specific applications and more about abstract optimisation problems. He develops methods to find the best solution out of many alternatives. "This is precisely the aim of decision-making processes in companies. In this respect, the transition from mathematics to business administration is fluid," says Professor Goerigk, explaining his career path.
Since spring 2023, the Berlin native has held the Chair of Business Decisions and Data Science at the School of Business, Economics and Information Systems at the University of Passau. His chair was created as part of the Hightech Agenda of the Free State of Bavaria. He previously worked at TU Kaiserslautern, Lancaster University Management School and the University of Siegen. “I am very happy to have found a new home here in Passau. It's a fantastic city to live in with short distances on campus. I also really appreciate the collegial environment,” says Goerigk.
School of Business, Economics and Information Systems scores top result
The School of Business, Economics and Information Systems at the University of Passau is also proud of the ranking result: "I am very pleased that Marc Goerigk, a professor from our faculty, is at the top of the list. He conducts his research here in an excellent environment," explains the Faculty's Dean, Professor Stefan Bauernschuster.
The entire faculty also achieved a top result in the "WirtschaftsWoche" ranking. It has made it into the top group of the 25 universities with the strongest research in business studies in German-speaking countries. The Swiss University of St. Gallen leads this ranking. Professor Bauernschuster classifies the result as follows: "The fact that we have managed to make it into this top group with our small faculty is a huge success. This is because the assessment adds up all publication points and therefore favours locations with a large number of researchers in the field of business administration." If the publication points per researcher were counted, the University of Passau would even be among the top ten. "The strong performance shows that Passau offers researchers outstanding conditions and has therefore also developed into an excellent place to study economics," says a delighted Dean Professor Bauernschuster. After all, the latest research findings are also reflected in the teaching, which has also been honoured several times.
This text was machine-translated from German.
Professor Marc Goerigk
Chair of Business Decisions and Data Science
University of Passau
E-Mail: marc.goerigk@uni-passau.de
https://www.wiwi.uni-passau.de/en/decisions
https://www.digital.uni-passau.de/en/beitraege/2024/portrait-of-marc-goerigk Report on Professor Marc Goerigk in the Digital Research Magazine
https://www.wiwo.de/politik/konjunktur/bwl-ranking-die-drei-top-optimierer/30127... Ranking of the German business magazine WirtschaftsWoche
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