Dr. Florian Fahrenbach

Bio

Florian works as a Product Owner Data & Analytics for Hawa Sliding Solutions near Zurich/Switzerland. Previous to that, he worked as a (Junior) Data Analytics & Insights Specialist in the Supply Chain Management Division at Interdiscount and Microspot in Jegenstorf near Bern/Switzerland.

Additionally, he worked as a lecturer at the Institute for Data, Process and Knowledge Management at the Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU Vienna). He taught bachelor courses in the Process and Knowledge Management specialization on Knowledge-based Management and Organizational Learning.

Florian conducted his doctoral research under the supervision of Prof. Alexander Kaiser at WU Vienna. Broadly speaking, his research interests were located in the intersection of information systems research and vocational education and training. He employed the design science research methodology to develop an assessment system for professional competences with the goal to support the validation of prior formal, non-formal and informal learning in the Austrian Skilled Crafts and Trades sector. Florian was awarded a doctorate degree (with honors) at WU Vienna in September 2020 for a thesis entitled Valuing prior learning: designing an artifact to assess professional competences: the case of Austria.

Prior to his doctoral research, Florian obtained a Master’s degree from MEi:CogSci, a full-time English taught highly research-driven interdisciplinary joint master program in Cognitive Science at the University of Vienna and Medical University of Vienna and a bachelor degree in psychology from the University of Vienna. During his studies, Florian was a visiting researcher at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) and the University of Ljubljana (Slovenia). Before enrolling to university he spend one year volunteering in a boarding school in India. Outside academia he likes skiing, climbing and mountaineering. Florian volunteers as a guide for the Swiss Alpine Club.

Short CV | Short Curriculum Vitae

University Webpage | Webpage at Vienna University of Economics and Business

Coaching Network | Contact at Berufungscoaching WaVe

Research

Academic Research | Contributions to academic research

Papers | Some papers I helped to write

Research Gate | Profile on ResearchGate

Orcid | Orcid ID

Teaching

Teaching and Supervision | Experience in academic teaching and supervision

Current Courses | Courses at the Vienna University of Economics and Business

Consulting

Consultancy Experience | Experience in Consulting projects

Dr. Florian Fahrenbach

Bio

Florian works as a Product Owner Data & Analytics for Hawa Sliding Solutions near Zurich/Switzerland. Previous to that, he worked as a (Junior) Data Analytics & Insights Specialist in the Supply Chain Management Division at Interdiscount and Microspot in Jegenstorf near Bern/Switzerland.

Additionally, he worked as a lecturer at the Institute for Data, Process and Knowledge Management at the Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU Vienna). He taught bachelor courses in the Process and Knowledge Management specialization on Knowledge-based Management and Organizational Learning.

Florian conducted his doctoral research under the supervision of Prof. Alexander Kaiser at WU Vienna. Broadly speaking, his research interests were located in the intersection of information systems research and vocational education and training. He employed the design science research methodology to develop an assessment system for professional competences with the goal to support the validation of prior formal, non-formal and informal learning in the Austrian Skilled Crafts and Trades sector. Florian was awarded a doctorate degree (with honors) at WU Vienna in September 2020 for a thesis entitled Valuing prior learning: designing an artifact to assess professional competences: the case of Austria.

Prior to his doctoral research, Florian obtained a Master’s degree from MEi:CogSci, a full-time English taught highly research-driven interdisciplinary joint master program in Cognitive Science at the University of Vienna and Medical University of Vienna and a bachelor degree in psychology from the University of Vienna. During his studies, Florian was a visiting researcher at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) and the University of Ljubljana (Slovenia). Before enrolling to university he spend one year volunteering in a boarding school in India. Outside academia he likes skiing, climbing and mountaineering. Florian volunteers as a guide for the Swiss Alpine Club.

Short CV | Short Curriculum Vitae

University Webpage | Webpage at Vienna University of Economics and Business

Coaching Network | Contact at Berufungscoaching WaVe

Research

Academic Research | Contributions to academic research

Papers | Some papers I helped to write

Research Gate | Profile on ResearchGate

Orcid | Orcid ID

Teaching

Teaching and Supervision | Experience in academic teaching and supervision

Current Courses | Courses at the Vienna University of Economics and Business

Consulting

Consultancy Experience | Experience in Consulting projects