Department of Management Sciences
PROFILE OF PROF. DR. CHRISTIAN TODE
He studied energy systems technology at Clausthal Technical University. Later working at the R&D department of a utility company, he became increasingly interested in economic issues. He then earned his doctorate in economics at the Institute of Energy Economics at Cologne University (EWI). As a doctoral candidate, Christian Tode worked at EWI in consulting and applied science projects for European utility companies, start-ups and political institutions. After earning his degree, he managed a team of research assistants working on energy trading and digitisation. To prepare for a professorship at an applied science university, he returned to Cologne University as a post-doc and worked at the intersection of economics and business information systems. During this time, he served at H-BRS as a contract lecturer.
Christian Tode earned international experience on two longer stays in Japan. From 2010 until the Tohoku earthquake in March 2011, he stayed in Tokyo on the “Language and Practice” programme of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and learned Japanese while also studying the Japanese culture and business world.
His academic focus will be the micro-economic investigation of digital innovations. He is particularly fascinated by the influence of digital innovations on B2C and B2B interactions.
The Cologne native likes spending his free time with his family or playing the contrabass and Go.
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