Welcome to CEIT
Center for Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Transformation
About Us
In times of economic upheaval, it is important to develop new business fields through innovation, business creation and start-ups, but also to ensure economic sustainability of traditionally successful companies and institutions. Overall economic challenges such as crisis management, transformation of the energy system, digital transformation or the increasing number of new businesses are regionally reflected in many different ways.
The Faculty of Management and Economics of the Ruhr-Universität Bochum established the CEIT to develop future perspectives in a regionally networked manner and to unite those who are interested in the topics of entrepreneurship, innovation and transformation. The CEIT, with its combination of management and economic expertise, intends to serve as a connecting element and catalyst for economically profound projects in research and practice.
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Our working areas
The CEIT’s fields of activity are defined by the following functions:
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Basic function
The CEIT conducts research in the fields of entrepreneurship, innovation and transformation and initiates projects in cooperation with other members of the faculty.
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Initiator function
The CEIT makes it easier for students, graduates and researchers to take the step into founding a company.
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Transfer function
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Transformation function
The CEIT accompanies entrepreneurs and companies throughout the entire life cycle in order to increase resilience of different operational functions (sales, financing, risk management, etc.).
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Catalytic function
The CEIT defines itself as a catalyst for the pooling of competences for research-focused innovative projects and initiates inter- and transdisciplinary projects at the RUB and within the University Alliance Ruhr. Furthermore, it supports the identification of projects with a potential for commercialisation and spin-offs.
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Guide function
The CEIT informs people inside and outside the university about activities at the RUB in the areas of entrepreneurship, innovation and transformation and, if necessary, refers them to other contact persons. For this purpose, a signpost has been set up on the website.
Professors of CEIT
- Business model innovations
- Entrepreneurial Opportunity Recognition
- Technology dynamics and transformation
Students & Entrepreneurs
Certificate in Entrepreneurship
Micro Credential:
Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Matchmaking
For Students
Teaching Offers
For Entrepreneurs
Entrepreneurship
Educational offers on the topic
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Publications
Moretti, D., Laibach, N., & Bröring, S. (2025). Accelerating the bioeconomy and the innovation process with the emergent concept of biofoundries. In Handbook on the Bioeconomy (pp. 120-138). Edward Elgar Publishing.
Baaden, P., Bröring, S., Rennings, M., & Shapira, P. (2026). Researcher positions and the emergence of interdisciplinary scientific fields–The case of synthetic biology. Research Policy, 55(3), 105395.
Yström, A., Plantec, Q., Ferrary, M., Miller, K., Rennings, M., & Sarpong, D. (2025). From science management to innovation management: New forms of science-industry relations and knowledge transfer. Technovation, 145, 103257.
Krenz, A. and Strulik, H. (2025). Male excess mortality during the epidemiological
transition: theory and evidence from India, Journal of Population Economics, 38-67, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00148-025-01124-0.
Waßenhoven, A., Rennings, M., & Bröring, S. (2025). Unraveling the Interplay Between Strategic Adaptation and Organizational Identity. In Academy of Management Proceedings (Vol. 2025, No. 1, p. 22764). Valhalla, NY 10595: Academy of Management.
Kamrath, C., Wensing, J., De Steur, H., & Bröring, S. (2025). Explaining the Intention to Consume 3D-Printed Food via the Food Technology Acceptance Model and Trust Dynamics. International Journal of Consumer Studies, 49, e70081.
Ecosystem & Companies
Worldfactory Start-Up Center
Partnernetzwerk
Interested in working at CEIT?
Centre for Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Transformation (CEIT)
Dr. Vivian Peuker-Steinhäuser
Suttner-Nobel Allee 4
(ehm. Opelring 1)
44803 Bochum
Phone: 0234 32-25099
E-Mail: ceit@rub.de