Deans
The deans are responsible for the strategic leadership of the department. They are elected by the department council and prepare and execute the council's resolutions. As such, they decide on human and material resources within the framework of the department's strategic plan and represent the department's interests to the university rectorate. In addition, the deans are responsible for the organization of studies and examinations.
The roles inlude the Dean and two Vice Deans, one of whom serves as the Dean of Studies. The deans are supported in their work by the Deans' Office.
Our current team of deans:
Prof. Dr. Christiane Pott (Dean)
Christiane Pott has been Professor of International Accounting and Auditing at the TU Dortmund University since 2013. She received her doctorate from the University of Münster, where she also completed her habilitation in business administration. Research and teaching stays have taken her to the University of Southern California in Los Angeles and the London School of Economics, among others. Her research focuses on auditing, international accounting, and sustainability reporting. In addition to her research, she is strongly committed to equality: she was an advisor to the central equal opportunities officer at TU Dortmund University for the field of science and a member of the equal opportunities commission. She is also a member of the examination board for the auditor's exam at the Chamber of Public Accountants (WPK) in the business administration/economics examination module.
Prof. Dr. Manuel Wiesche (Vice Dean Studies)
Manuel Wiesche has been working at TU Dortmund University since 2019 and is Professor of Digital Transformation. He completed his doctorate at the TU Munich and was habilitated with the venia legendi in business administration at the TUM School of Management. In his research and teaching, he focusses on business informatics, in particular digital platform ecosystems, the management of IT projects and digital service innovations. He is co-initiator of the consecutive degree programme in Information Systems, which will start in the winter semester 2024/2025, and a founding member of the interdisciplinary Ruhr School of Design Thinking.
Prof. Galina Zudenkova, Ph.D. (Vide Dean Finance)
Galina Zudenkova joined the TU Dortmund University in 2019 and is Professor of Public Economics. She studied mathematics at the RUDN University in Moscow, received her PhD in Economics at the University Carlos III of Madrid, was a research fellow at the New York University, and a Junior Professor at the University of Mannheim. Her research focuses on political economy, public economics and microeconomics. She is involved in doctoral training at the Ruhr Graduate School (RGS) in political economy and is part of the DFG-funded Research Training Group "Regional Disparities and Economic Policy".