ESMT Berlin is regularly featured in national and international media outlets. In our newsroom, we showcase selected highlights that present the exceptional achievements of our faculty, including their research activities, and offer valuable contributions to discussions in business, academia, and broader societal debates.
As corporate budgets tighten and employer sponsorship declines, senior leaders are increasingly bypassing traditional Executive MBAs in favor of shorter, targeted non-degree programs that offer immediate return on investment.
In politik&kommunikation, Carolin Albrecht, founding managing director of the Berlin Global Dialogue, discussed how the summit brings together political and business leaders from across regions and creates space for candid dialogue on shifting global power dynamics and new alliances.
In Handelsblatt, Jovana Panić, head of alumni relations at ESMT, explained how ESMT is taking a data-driven, entrepreneurial approach to alumni engagement and focusing its offerings on clear value for alumni.
ESMT Berlin leads by example in its latest Sustainability Report, showcasing a 49% drop in emissions—powered by Berlin’s largest rooftop solar grid—and proving how business schools must measure their own impact to drive real climate leadership.
September 30, 2026
In memory of Dr. Ihno Schneevoigt
We are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Dr. Ihno Schneevoigt on September 18, 2026. Dr. Schneevoigt was a founding father and an honorary member of the Friends of ESMT. As Chief Human Resources Officer of Allianz, one of ESMT’s founding donors, he helped shape ESMT from its founding in 2002. We remember Dr. Schneevoigt with gratitude and extend our sincere condolences to his family and friends.
In the Table Media CEO.Table, David Ronayne, assistant professor of economics at ESMT Berlin, explains why profitable and legally sound deals can still be perceived as exploitative when one party holds substantially greater bargaining power.
Michael Weber, professor of finance at ESMT and head of the European Expectations Center, was named as one of Berlins top 100 scientists by Tagesspiegel.
In WirtschaftsWoche, Ulf Schaefer, senior lecturer in strategy at ESMT Berlin, explains how collective misconduct can become normalized in organizations as employees gradually shift their moral boundaries under pressure.
The ECB is launching a blockchain-based infrastructure for instant, 24/7 security transactions, sharply lowering corporate financing costs. As ESMT experts highlight in CEO.Table, this is a strategic shift for CEOs: embracing it unlocks faster liquidity and lower costs, while ignoring it leaves money on the table.
In BILD, Jörg Rocholl, president of ESMT Berlin, warned against reopening the pension package and underscored the importance of the proposed capital-funded pension.
In the Capital Reformtalk, Jörg Rocholl, president of ESMT Berlin and member of Germany’s Pension Commission, discussed the structural reforms needed to strengthen Germany’s competitiveness and secure future prosperity.
In an interview with MDR, Rebecca Schaumberg, associate professor of organizational behavior at ESMT Berlin, discusses her recent research on bias in psychological studies.
In an interview with The Pioneer, Jörg Rocholl, President of ESMT Berlin, discusses why Germany needs to pursue reforms with greater resolve, particularly in response to demographic change and the challenges facing the pension system.
ESMT Berlin has launched ESMT Berlin 2030: Empower to Excel, setting its direction for the years ahead. The people-first strategy builds on ESMT’s mission and purpose and introduces updated values to guide us as we empower people to create a better tomorrow.
Deutschlandfunk Nova picked up research from, Rebecca Schaumberg, assistant professor of organizational behavior at ESMT Berlin, suggesting that widely held assumptions about how accurately people judge others’ reactions to their behaviour may rest on a methodological flaw in earlier studies.
