• Science management
• University governance
• Women in top management
• Efficiency and effectiveness of regional economic development

Prof. Dr. Carola Jungwirth has held a Chair of Business Administration at the University of Passau since 2007 (from 2007-2016 with a focus on International Management, since 2020 with a focus on Governance). In teaching, she follows the model of student-centred teaching and uses concepts of problem-based learning and the flipped classroom. Her research is in the field of science management, with a particular focus on the topics of ‘gender equality’ and ‘regional anchoring of universities’. For the University of Passau, she was Dean of Studies (2007-2010) and Dean (2012-2014) of the Faculty of Business and Economics as well as University Women's Representative (2010-2012) and President (2016-2020) of the University. From 2019-2020, she was Vice President for Studies and Teacher Training at the German Rectors' Conference. She is involved in national and international quality circles as well as in further education on the subject of ‘science management’ and holds an honorary supervisory board mandate at the Caritas Association for the Diocese of Passau e. V. Carola Jungwirth studied business administration at the LMU Munich, obtained her doctorate at the TU Bergakademie Freiberg and habilitated at the University of Zurich. She has worked internationally at the Universities of Zurich, Liechtenstein, Corvinus University Budapest, TDU Istanbul, IIT Madras and Western Michigan University.