Team
- Prof. Dr. Rolf van Dick (Chair of Social Psychology)
- Office Administration
- Research Assistants and Lecturers
- PhD-Students
- Visiting Researchers / Humboldt Fellows
- Associated & former Members
- Dr. Anna Lisa Aydin
- Dr. Constanze Beierlein
- Prof. Fabian Bernhard
- Dr. Eva Bracht
- Dr. Aljoscha Dreisöner
- Dr. phil. Nikolai W. Egold
- Prof. Jordi EscartÃn
- Prof. Steffen Giessner
- Prof. S. Alex Haslam
- Prof. Dr. Kerschreiter Rudolf
- Dr. Shuang Liang
- Dr. Lucas Monzani
- RA Matthias Rohrmann
- Prof. Sebastian C. Schuh
- Prof. van Zyl
- Student assistants
- Gallery
Prof. Dr. Dr. Fabian Bernhard
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Prof. Dr. Dr. Fabian Bernhard
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Prof. Dr. Dr. Fabian Bernhard is a Full Professor of Management and Psychology at EDHEC Business School in Paris, Lille, Nice and London. He holds a PhD in business studies (Dr. rer. pol, summa cum laude) and a PhD in psychology (Dr. rer. nat., summa cum laude). He is a research fellow for family business at the University of Mannheim and for psychology at the University of Frankfurt in Germany.
Raised in a multigenerational entrepreneurial family, Prof. Bernhard brings both personal experience and academic expertise to his field. Prior to his academic career, he worked in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) at a leading financial advisory firm in New York. In his academic work he specializes in the emotional dynamics in businesses, the preparation of next-generation leaders, and the psychological attachment to family firms. His research has been widely published in academic journals, practitioner outlets, and public media.
Fabian Bernhard is a recipient of several honors and awards for his work on family businesses, such as the best dissertation honorable mention from the Family Firm Institute at Harvard University. Since 2014 he has been serving on the editorial boards of the Family Business Review (FBR) and the Journal of Family Business Strategy (JFBS). Since 2017 he has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Family Firm Institute (FFI) in Boston.