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Heiko von der Gracht (2011)

Heiko Andreas von der Gracht (born November 30, 1978 in Aachen ) is a German economist , futurologist and non-fiction author . Von der Gracht has been Professor of Future Research at Steinbeis University Berlin since 2018 .

Life

Von der Gracht was born in Aachen in 1978, grew up in Jülich and attended the Zitadelle high school there (Abitur 1998). Between 1999 and 2004 von der Gracht obtained degrees in industrial engineering from the Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences , as an engineer from Fontys University of Applied Sciences Venlo , and a Master of Science degree from the University of Plymouth in England. From 2005 to 2008 he was a research assistant at the EBS University of Economics and Law , where he received his doctorate in 2008 on the subject of futurology.

In 2009 he founded the Center for Future Research and Knowledge Management at the EBS University of Economics and Law, which he developed into an independent university institute in the following years. One focus of the institute was the scientific foundation of futurology methods.

In 2013 von der Gracht switched to KPMG AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft as a futurologist and head of the think tank for future management .

From 2015 to 2017 von der Gracht was a habilitand at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg , where he received his habilitation from the Faculty of Law and Economics in 2017 with the cumulative thesis Fostering Strategic Foresight in Theory and Practice and subsequently worked as a private lecturer was.

Since December 2018 he has held the chair for futurology at the Steinbeis University in Berlin. This is only the second professorship for futurology in Germany. Daniel Barben previously held the VDI endowed professorship for futurology at RWTH Aachen from 2010 to 2013 , but this was not replaced.

research

Research articles published by von der Gracht in specialist journals in various sub-disciplines of business administration , etc. a. logistics, general management , technology, innovation and entrepreneurship or sustainability management. In addition to technology foresight, his main research interests include strategic early education and strategic management . In his empirical research he often uses the Delphi method . Based on the pioneering work of futurologist Theodore J. Gordon in the Millennium Project , von der Gracht developed the expert survey software "Real-time Delphi".

In the Handelsblatt Business Economics Ranking 2014, which has analyzed the research performance of more than 2,300 business economists in Germany, Austria and German-speaking Switzerland since 2005, von der Gracht achieved place 50 (category: all age groups) and place 32 in the ranking of researchers under 40 years of age.

At the beginning of 2018 he founded the international journal Futures & Foresight Science together with Professors George Wright from the University of Strathclyde and George Cairns from the Queensland University of Technology , of which he has been Associate Editor since then.

Publications (selection)

Non-fiction

  • The energy challenge: The energy driver's license for tomorrow's decision-makers . With Michael Salcher and Nikolaus Graf Kerssenbrock. Redline Verlag 2015, ISBN 978-3-86881-600-6
  • The Energy Challenge: A License for Navigating the Future . With Michael Salcher and Nikolaus Graf Kerssenbrock. Redline Verlag 2015, ISBN 978-3-86881-627-3
  • How we'll move tomorrow 88 innovations for mobility . With Christoph Markmann and Bernadette Förster. Redline Verlag 2015, ISBN 978-3-86881-595-5
  • Survive: This is how managers will remain successful in the future . Redline Verlag 2013, ISBN 978-3-86881-511-5
  • Future of the logistics service industry in Germany 2025 . With Enno Däneke, Pero Mićić , Inga-Lena Darkow and Christopher Jahns . Deutscher Verkehrs-Verlag 2008, ISBN 978-3-87154-378-4

scientific publications

  • The future of logistics: scenarios for 2025 . Dissertation . Gabler 2008, ISBN 978-3-8349-1082-0
  • Consensus Measurement in Delphi Studies - Review and Implications for Future Quality Assurance . In: Technological Forecasting & Social Change . 79, No. 8, 2012, pp. 1525-1536, doi: 10.1016 / j.techfore.2012.04.013 .
  • with Inga-Lena Darkow: Scenarios for the Logistics Service Industry: A Delphi-based analysis for 2025 In: International Journal of Production Economics. 127, No. 1, 2010, pp. 46-59, doi: 10.1016 / j.ijpe.2010.04.013 .
  • with Tobias Gnatzy, Johannes Warth, Inga-Lena Darkow: Validating an Innovative Real-Time Delphi Approach - A methodological comparison between real-time and conventional Delphi studies . In: Technological Forecasting & Social Change . 78, No. 9, 2011, pp. 1681–1694, doi: 10.1016 / j.techfore.2011.04.006 .
  • with Robert Vennemann, Inga-Lena Darkow: Corporate Foresight and Innovation Management: A Portfolio - Approach in Evaluating Organizational Development . In: Futures - The journal of policy, planning and futures studies . 42, No. 4, 2010, pp. 380-393, doi: 10.1016 / j.futures.2009.11.023 .
  • with Jay E. Gary: The Future of the Foresight Professionals: Results from a Delphi Study . In: Futures - The journal of policy, planning and futures studies . 71, 2015, pp. 132–145, doi: 10.1016 / j.futures.2015.03.005 .
  • with Victor A. Bañuls, Murray Turoff, Andrzej MJ Skulimowski, Theodore J. Gordon: Foresight Support Systems: The future role of ICT for foresight . In: Technological Forecasting & Social Change . 97, 2015, pp. 1–6, doi: 10.1016 / j.techfore.2014.08.010 .

Web links

Commons : Heiko Andreas von der Gracht  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The future of logistics: scenarios for 2025 , Gabler, Wiesbaden 2008, ISBN 978-3-8349-1082-0 .
  2. ↑ BrainNet donates center for future research (press release). BrainNet Management Consultants GmbH, May 7, 2009, accessed January 1, 2019 .
  3. ↑ EBS decides to reorganize the Supply Chain Management Institute (SMI) (press release). EBS University of Economics and Law i. Gr., February 6, 2012, accessed January 1, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Dr. Heiko von der Gracht heads future research at incore (press release). KPMG AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft, July 2, 2013, accessed on January 1, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Portrait "Strategischer Fantast" In: UNICUM , No. 3/2017, supplement perspective: Wechsel, pp. 4–9, accessed on January 3, 2019.
  6. ↑ Chair for Supply Chain Management at the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg
  7. ↑ Future research, economic research and leadership (press release). School of International Business and Entrepreneurship (SIBE) GmbH, December 19, 2018, accessed on January 1, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Chair for Future Research (press release). Institute for Political Science - RWTH Aachen University, 2014, accessed on January 1, 2019 .
  9. ↑ Heiko von der Gracht website of the researchgate (English)
  10. ^ New Frontiers in Delphi Research: Experiences with Real-Time Delphi in Foresight (with Theodore J. Gordon, Jerome C. Glenn, Tobias Gnatzy, Inga-Lena Darkow). In: Conference Proceedings of World Future 2011, pp. 129–160, July 10, 2011, accessed on January 2, 2019 via researchgate.
  11. ^ Website of the Handelsblatt BWL Ranking Top 100: Handelsblatt BWL Ranking 2014 - Best Research Achievement, January 14, 2015, accessed on January 2, 2019.
  12. ↑ Website of the Handelsblatt BWL Ranking Top 100: Handelsblatt BWL Ranking 2014 - researchers under 40, January 14, 2015, accessed on January 2, 2019.
  13. ↑ Futures & Foresight Science website of the journal (English)
  14. ↑ Launch of the new journal “Futures & Foresight Science”. Future Orientation, February 25, 2018, accessed on January 1, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Gracht, Heiko Andreas from the
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German economist
DATE OF BIRTH November 30, 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH Aachen