Fraunhofer Center for International Management and Knowledge Economy IMWProfessional Development
Marie-Luise Kanbach (née Arlt) graduated from Leipzig University with a Master's degree in 2017 and joined the Innovation Financing Unit as a research associate. Before joining the unit permanently, she had already worked there as a research assistant for two years. Her academic qualifications include a degree in economics (B.Sc.), a degree in economics and business education (B.Sc.) and a degree in business management (M.Sc.) with a focus on financing. Whilst at university, Ms Kanbach also focused particularly on the areas of innovation management and entrepreneurship and has already gained practical experiences in this area. Ms Kanbach spent some time in the USA and Russia, which allowed her to increase her expertise in her chosen field and to gain valuable experiences. As a research associate, she leads projects in the area of opening up innovation processes and, in this context, researches the previously unexploited potentials of crowdsourcing and other open innovation mechanisms for the transfer of applied research into the market.
In addition, together with Anna Pohle and Dr. Juliane Welz, she chairs the IMW Science Colloquium.