Faculty Involved in Research at Wittenborg

Ronald Tuninga, PhD, is Rector at Wittenborg and an internationally recognised academic leader in business and management education. He brings extensive experience from senior leadership positions across Europe, Africa, the Middle East and the Americas, as well as a distinguished career as professor, researcher and consultant. In addition to his role at Wittenborg, he is… read more.

Professor Ad Kil, PhD, is the Vice President Applied Research at Wittenborg. He is also Professor of Professional Research Didactics and Director of Executive PhD Programmes at Nyenrode Business University, the Netherlands, and Chendu, China, and Professor of Research at the Nordic International Management Institute, China. He is a former HRD professor at Nottingham Law… read more.

Kriszta Kaspers-Rostas, MSc, completed her bachelor's studies at the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration in Finance and Banking at the Babes-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. In the second year of her bachelor's studies, she was an Erasmus student at Windesheim University of Applied Sciences studying International Business and Languages. During this… read more.

Gilbert Silvius, PhD, is an experienced lecturer, researcher and consultant, with a focus on project management and information management. He has over 20 years’ experience in organisational change and IT projects and is a member of the international enable2change network. Gilbert has published over a 100 academic papers and several books, and supervises academic research at… read more.

Alexander Bauer, PhD, has more than a decade of international sales and management experience. Before he joined academia in 2014, he worked as an International Sales Manager – leading global sales teams, conducting negotiations on a global level with customers and suppliers in North and South America, Europe and Asia. He studied Business Management with a major in Marketing… read more.

Amy M. Abdou, MA, MA, Senior Lecturer, teaches at Wittenborg University of Applied Sciences and IES Study Abroad. She is also a PhD candidate in the department of Science Business Innovation at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam. Amy’s research focuses the impact of subsidised social entrepreneurship on migrant communities in Amsterdam Zuidoost. She is frequently invited to… read more.

Aydan Holtrigter, MA, MBA, Research Centre Manager, holds two Master of Arts degrees: one in International Relations and Diplomacy from Baku State University (Azerbaijan) and another in International Security Studies from the University of Bergamo (Italy). She also earned an MBA with distinction from Wittenborg. With nearly five years' experience in the major events industry,… read more.

Amal Abi Orm, MBA, is a Finance Administrator at Wittenborg. She holds master’s degrees in Finance and Business Administration from Wittenborg and the Modern University for Business & Science, respectively. She began her professional career two decades ago in Lebanon as an Executive Assistant and Accountant and has since advanced through roles in administration and… read more.

Jian Liu, PhD, Erasmus+ Project Administrator & Researcher, has a strong academic background in Business Administration, with a specialised focus on the digital innovation ecosystem and entrepreneurship. He obtained his PhD at the University of Twente, where his research examines entrepreneurial team resilience amid adversity.

Leo Dana, PhD, Senior Lecturer, started at Wittenborg in 2019. Previously, he was an employee of McGill University and Concordia in Montreal, Canada, and deputy director of the IB MBA at Nanyang, Singapore. He is also Professor at Montpellier Business School, France, and a member of the Entrepreneurship & Innovation chair, which is part of LabEx Entrepreneurship -… read more.