Jan Moellmann pursues the doctorate at the Chair of Corporate Sustainability to gain expertise in the field of sustainable entrepreneurship generally and sustainability performance measurement in sustainable ventures more specifically.
If we want to transition markets, society and the environment into a more sustainable future, we need to be able to distinguish credible, positive impact-generating ventures from those which might intend to be (perceived as) sustainable, but actually do harm planet and/or people. Thus, sustainability performance measurement is needed for pushing forward sustainable development
As an external PhD student, he is simultaneously working at the sustainable start up Africa GreenTec as a director for finance. This gives him a unique access to researching a sustainable venture in-depth as well as into the sustainable entrepreneurship sector in Germany at large.
Current projects:
The role of stakeholder expectations in sustainability performance measurement in sustainable ventures: a) single case study at Africa GreenTec; b) longitudinal multiple case study
| 24.09.1992: | Born in Leer, Germany |
| 2013-2016: | Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany B.Sc. Engineering Management Focus: Manufacturing, Supply Chain Management, Organizational Behavior & Leadership |
| 2017-2018: | Georgia Institute of Technology, USA M.Sc. Industrial Engineering Focus: Sustainable Systems Engineering, Operations Research |
| 2016-2019: | Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany M.Sc. Engineering Management Focus: Sustainable Manufacturing & Supply Chain Systems, Organizational Behavior & Leadership |
| Since 10/2019 | Technical University of Munich, Germany TUM School of Management, Chair of Corporate Sustainability Ph.D. Management |
| 10/2018 - present | Director, Finance, Hainburg (Frankfurt am Main), Germany Africa GreenTec AG |
| 01/2018 – 08/2018 | Graduate Research Assistant (for Prof. Dr. Valerie Thomas), Atlanta, Georgia, USA Georgia Institute of Technology: Institute for Sustainable Systems Engineering |
| 11/2016 – 06/2017 | Student Assistant, Braunschweig, Germany Institute of Automotive Management and Industrial Production Chair of Production and Logistics |
| 08/2016 – 10/2016 | Internship in Production Planning, Wolfsburg, Germany Volkswagen AG |
| 08/2015 – 06/2016 | Internship and Part-time Job on voluntary basis in Sales and Marketing, Frankfurt, Germany bettervest GmbH |
Moellmann, J., & Thomas, V. M. (2019). Social enterprise factory location and allocation model: Small scale manufacturing for East Africa. Socio-Economic Planning Sciences. doi:10.1016/j.seps.2019.02.009 [Link to the paper]
| 05/2017 | German Association of Engineers (VDI): Award for the best bachelor’s degree in engineering management at TU Braunschweig |
| 08/2017 – present | Fulbright Scholarship |
Areas of interest
- Sustainability performance measurement in sustainable ventures (and the role of stakeholders in sustainability performance measurement)
- Sustainability performance scaling in sustainable ventures
- Sustainability performance accounting, controlling and monetizing in sustainable ventures