Lambert T. Koch

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Lambert T. Koch is a German economist and university professor who has published extensively. [1] Since 2008, Koch has served as rector (head) of the University of Wuppertal. [2] [3] [4]

Life

Lambert Tobias Koch was born during the tail end of the "Wirtschaftswunder" years at Hering, a small town in the hills east of Darmstadt. His father was a Catholic Theology professor [5] and, for more than twenty years, head of the Cathedral School at Würzburg. [6] Koch spent his childhood in Würzburg. [2] [7]

After completing his school education at the "Tilmann-Riemenschneider-Gymnasium" (secondary school), Koch spent two years serving in the army, becoming a reserve officer. Moving on to university, he studied Economics at -Mainz and Würzburg. Having completed his first degree he remained at Würzburg to start work on his doctorate. In 1990, reunification opened up new possibilities for young people from both sides of what had become, since 1961, an increasingly impermeable border between two versions of Germany: Koch was able to transfer to the University of Jena where he completed both his doctorate and his habilitation, opening the way to a career in the universities sector. [7] [8]

In 1999, Koch accepted a teaching chair in Economics with a particular focus on development and business start-ups at the University of Wuppertal. [9] He remained in the post till 2008. He held a parallel post as director (head) of the university's "Institute for Start-up and Innovation Research". [10] He accepted guest professorships at Cleveland (Ohio), Klagenfurt (Carinthia) and Košice (Slovakia). [2] The second and third of these have involved regular visits. [2] [11] Between October 2005 and June 2008 Koch also served as Dean of the Economics Faculty.Wuppertal. [7] (The Economics Faculty has subsequently been rebranded as the "Schumpeter School of Business and Economics". [7] )

On 1 September 2008, Koch was installed as University Rector) at Wuppertal in succession to the sociologist-jurist Volker Ronge. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ "Univ.-Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Lambert T. Koch – Publikationen" (PDF). Bergische Universität Wuppertal. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Peter Pionke. "Prof. Lambert T. Koch: Der ‚bodenständige Überflieger' geht". Die Bergische Universität muss sich auf einen schweren Verlust einstellen. Prof. Dr. Lambert T. Koch verlässt im Oktober 2022 auf eigenen Wunsch die Wuppertaler Hochschule. Der 55jährige will seinen Vertrag aus persönlichen Gründen nicht verlängern. Damit verliert die Bergische Metropole - so der Deutsche Hochschulverband (DHV) - den "Rektor des Jahrzehnts". Die Stadtzeitung Wuppertal. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  3. ↑ "Univ.-Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Lambert T. Koch (Rektor)". Zur Person. Bergische Universität Wuppertal. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  4. ↑ "Lambert T. Koch ausgezeichnet". Rektor des Jahres .... Deutsche Wissenschaftler sind mit ihren Hochschulleitungen insgesamt zufrieden. Das zeigt das aktuelle Rektoren-Ranking des DHV. Deutscher Hochschulverband (Forschung und Lehre), Bonn. 26 February 2019. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  5. 1 2 "Wirtschaftswissenschaftler Prof. Dr. Lambert T. Koch soll neuer Rektor werden". Der 42jährige Wirtschaftswissenschaftler Prof. Dr. Lambert T. Koch soll neuer Rektor der Bergischen Universität Wuppertal und damit Nachfolger von Prof. Dr. Dr.h.c. Volker Ronge werden. Bergische Universität Wuppertal. 2008. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  6. ↑ "Langjähriger Direktor der Domschule Würzburg verstorben". Trauer um Professor Dr. Dr. Günter Koch. Diözese Würzburg. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  7. 1 2 3 4 Peter Pionke. "Ich bleibe nicht Rektor, bis man mich davonjagt". Seit Prof. Dr. Lambert T. Koch Rektor ist, ging es mit der Bergischen Universität stetig bergauf. Eine wahre Erfolgsgeschichte. (Interview). Die Stadtzeitung Wuppertal. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  8. ↑ "Honorarprofessur an Lambert T. Koch". Universität Klagenfurt. 24 May 2019. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  9. ↑ "Univ.-Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Lambert T. Koch – Kurzlebenslauf" (PDF). Bergische Universität Wuppertal. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  10. ↑ "Prof. Dr. Lambert T. Koch". Wuppertal Marketing GmbH. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  11. ↑ "Honorarprofessur der Uni Klagenfurt für Rektor Lambert T. Koch". Lambert T. Koch, Rektor der Bergischen Universität Wuppertal, ist am Donnerstag an der Universität Klagenfurt, Österreich, der Ehrentitel eines Honorarprofessors verliehen worden. Die Verleihung fand im Rahmen der Feierlichkeiten zu „20 Jahre Institut für Innovationsmanagement und Unternehmensgründung“ statt. Bergische Universität Wuppertal. 28 May 2019. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
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