TEAM

The EuFBC Seminar series is a joint initiative of the European Family Business Centers conducting Research in the field of Family Business. In this page, we present the operational team, the scientific committee, and the organizing committee (in alphabetical order).

OPERATIONAL TEAM

Massimo
Baù

Senior Associate Professor

Jönköping International Business School

Centre for Family Enterpreneurship 
and Ownership (CeFEO)

Mara
Brumana

Assistant Professor

University of Bergamo

Center for Young and 
Family Enterprise (CYFE)

Josh
Hsueh

Assistant Professor

Jönköping International Business School

Centre for Family Enterpreneurship 
and Ownership (CeFEO)


SCIENTIFIC COMMITEE

Jan-Philipp
Ahrens

Assistant Professor 
Group Leader

Universität Mannheim

Institut für Mittelstandsforschung (IFM), Interdisciplinary Res. Group Family Firms

Massimo 
Baù

Senior Associate Professor 
Center Director

Jönköping International Business School

Centre for Family Enterpreneurship 
and Ownership

Andrea 
Calabrò

Professor
Center Director

Ipag University

Entrepreneurship & Family Business Center

Cristina
Cruz

Professor
Center Director

IE

IE Center for Families in Business

Alfredo 
De Massis

Professor
Center Director

Free Univerisity of Bozen-Bolzano

Centre for Family Business Management

Allan
Discua Cruz

Senior Lecturer
Center Director

Lancaster Universtity Management School

Centre for Family Business

Anne 
Heider

Center Co-Director

Witten/Herdecke University

Witten Institute for Family Business (WIFU) 

Nadine Kammerlander

Professor
Center Director

WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management

Institute of Family Business and Mittelstand

Josip
Kotlar

Associate Professor
Center Director

Politecnico di Milano

Innovation & Strategy, Family Business Group 

Rania 
Labaki

Associate Professor
Center Director

EDHEC Business School

EDHEC Family Business 
Research Centre

Nava
Michael-Tsabari

Center Director

Tel Aviv University

The Raya Strauss Center for
Family Firm Research 

Tommaso
Minola

Associate Professor
Center Director

University of Bergamo

Center for Young 
and Family Enterprise

Maria José
Parada

Associate Professor
Center Director

ESADE Ramon Llull University

The Global Family Business 
Family Initiative

Reinhard
Prügl

Professor
Center Director

Zeppelin University

Friedrichshafener Institut für Familienunternehmen

Miruna
Radu-Levebvre

Professor
Chair

Audencia Business School

Chair for Family
Entrepreneurship & Society

Carlo
Salvato

Professor

Bocconi University

Department of Management and Technology

Salvatore
Sciascia

Professor
Center Co-Director

Università Cattaneo – LIUC

Family Business Lab

Philipp
Sieger

Professor
Co-Director IMU-U

University of Bern

Department of Management and Entrepreneurship

Judith
van Helvert

Associate Professor
Center Director

Windesheim University of Applied Sciences

Dutch Centre of Expertise in
Family Business 

Wim
Voordeckers

Professor
Center Director

Hasselt University

Research Center for Entrepreneurship 
and Family Firms

Matthias 
Waldkirch

Assistant Professor
Center Director

EBS University

Entrepreneurship &
Family Firm Institute


ORGANIZING COMMITEE

Julia
De Groote

Assistant Professor

WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management

Institute of Family Business and Mittelstand

Phuong Anh
Duong

Doctoral Student

Hasselt University

Research Center for Entrepreneurship 
and Family Firms

Bingbing
Ge

Teaching Fellow

Lancaster Universtity Management School

Centre for Family
Business

Baris 
Istipliler

Doctoral Student

Universität Mannheim

Institut für Mittelstandsforschung (IFM), Interdisciplinary Res. Group Family Firms

Laura
Jimenez

Doctoral Student

IE

IE Center for Families in Business
 

Luciana
de Lima

Visiting Research Fellow

ESADE Ramon Llull University

The Global Family Business 
Family Initiative

Barbara 
Maggi

Doctoral Student

Università Cattaneo – LIUC

FABULA
Family Business Lab

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Luca 
Manelli

Doctoral Student 

Politecnico di Milano

Innovation & Strategy, Family Business Group 

Issam
Mejiri

Assistant Professor

Ipag University

Entrepreneurship &
Family Business Center

Jeanette
Ostertag

Doctoral Student 

EBS University

Entrepreneurship & 
Family Firm Institute

Fabio
Quarato

Lecturer

Bocconi University

Department of Management and Technology

Raina 
Homai

Research Analyst

Audencia Business School

Chair for Family 
Entrepreneurship & Society

Natalie 
Rauschendorfer

Doctoral Student

Zeppelin University

Friedrichshafener Institut für Familienunternehmen

Frederik
Riar

Assistant Professor

University of Bern

Department of Management and Entrepreneurship

Paola 
Rovelli

Assistant Professor

Free Univerisity of Bozen-Bolzano

Centre for Family Business
Management

Rosemarie Steenbeek

Doctoral Student

Windesheim University of Applied Sciences

Dutch Centre of Expertise in
Family Business