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HEINZ-THEO

WAGNER

ALBRECHT It is hugely important for people to feel were given theoretical and methodological CURRENT POSITION

input, and were put together in cohorts of
inspired by other people they can relate to
Director Research Office
students with quite diverse backgrounds
and to tackle exciting and relevant topics.
TUM Campus Heilbronn
to allow networks to form. This was accom-
Accordingly, the aim of the DCR program
SÖLLNER was to create a demanding research environ- panied by a continuous dialogue between gGmbH
supervisors and PhD students.
ment characterized by collaboration and
Research Professor of Digital
Innovation Management
openness regarding research perspectives,
Director of CROSS – Center
methodologies as well as the academic and
cultural background of members. Doctoral In a way, the program was a multi-layered for Research on Service Sciences
experiment with quite some unknown com-
at the Neu-Ulm University
candidates could and should focus on their ponents at the beginning: professors from of Applied Sciences (HNU)
research and were pretty much freed up different institutions and backgrounds with
from administrative and teaching loads, no prior project history work together to
create something new, PhD students from
all over the world who contribute different
experiences, and form quite heterogeneous
networks, as well as diverse theoretical
perspectives and methodologies applied to
investigate the phenomena connected with
Dynamic Capabilities and Relationships.
The DCR program was a bold attempt to
make a statement about inclusivity – inclu-
sivity of research approaches and methods,
and people with diverse backgrounds and “ The DCR program
interests. The DCR program created the was a bold attempt
fertile ground on which innovative scientific
research questions and insights as well as to make a statement
people could grow. I was happy to be part of about inclusivity. ”
it, and hope that this program will be an
inspiration for future activities.

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