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Prof. Dr. Carsten Knaut

Dr. rer. pol.
Faculty of Business, Economics and Law

Schmalenbach School of Business and Economics

Prof. Dr. Carsten Knaut

Campus Südstadt
Claudiusstraße 1
50678 Köln
Room D2.Z 03 Mailing address


  • Phone: +49 221-8275-5259

Teaching disciplines

  • Human Resources Management (HRM), on B. Sc. and M. Sc. level - Humanity Centered Organizations: In the field of tension between people, organisations and technology
  • International Human Resources Management
  • Future of work and agile working methods - Complexity, job satisfaction, motivation theory, servant leadership

Research fields

  • Digital competences - Focuses: Complex Problem Solving (CPS), Agile working methods, failure
  • Organisational networks - Focuses: Self-organisation, power, social inclusion
  • Humor - Focuses: Ability to reflect, perspective-taking, self-deprecation
  • International Talent Service Desk (ITSD, 2026-2028)
    The International Talent Service Desk (ITSD) is a regional transformation project establishing a digital and personal one-stop service for companies and international professionals in the Cologne/Bonn region. Funded under the EFRE/JTF Programme NRW (Regio.NRW – Transformation), the project is centrally coordinated by CologneBusiness (KölnBusiness) and implemented in cooperation with more than 20 regional partners from business, public administration, academia, and labour market institutions. The scientific design, evaluation, and continuous development of the ITSD are carried out at TH Köln, focusing on digital work, AI-supported services, and international talent integration.
  • HR-Radar SME 2025
    Preparation of a study to analyze trends in human resources management in SMEs (50–500 employees). Human resources management in SMEs has been little researched to date and is often less professional than in large companies. The study aims to provide insights into the maturity of HR work and derive specific recommendations for action for SMEs. The goal is to develop a practice-oriented model for professional human resources management in small and medium-sized enterprises. Cooperation partners: Personio SE & Co. KG (client), WorkFive GmbH Translated with DeepL.com (free version)
    HR-Radar KMU 2025 (Project page)
  • Fields of action for digital inclusion in public administration (HaDiInk) (2024)
    Commissioned research on behalf of the Landschaftsverband Rheinland (LVR)
  • New Work & Transformation Expert (certificate course)
  • Change 4.0 Structure - Dialogue-oriented prototyping for smart further education (2020 - 2021)
    Research project funded by the Stifterverband and the Daimler Fund "Smart Qualified". The project "Change 4.0structure-Dialogue-oriented Prototyping for Smart Further Qualification" addresses the challenges of structural change (Change) and will offer an innovative structuring aid (structure) for the digital challenges (4.0) for employees in the region through demand-oriented offer formats. This goal is to be achieved by identifying needs and forms of provision in a reciprocal dialogue-oriented development relationship with selected target groups and developing and testing prototypes in the form of learning nuggets for later learning paths.
    Change 4.0 Structure Project Page
2021 Coroplast Fritz Müller GmbH & Co. KG
Member of the Advisory Board Digitalisation
2018-2019 Zentis GmbH & Co. KG
Head of Business Processes & Digital Transformation
2012-2018 QIAGEN N.V.
Associate Director, Global HR Digital Transformation and Projects
2007 bis 2012 arvato services | Bertelsmann AG
Senior IT Consultant in IT Management at arvato AG

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