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Chris­ti­an Huber

Associate Professor

Subjects
Decision-making Organisation Management Auditing Accounting Qualitative methods

Primary research areas

The role of quantification in organizing

How do numbers shape our world, through performance measurement and indicators? How do people react to being measured and how do they influence measurement?

Carbon emission accounting, sustainability & nature

Exploring control systems for “net-zero” and “nature-positive” goals – what counts as Nature, and how measurement enables or constrains stewardship? How can we engage with Scope 3 – the carbon emissions of an organization’s supply chain?

Risk management & management control

Studying how risk management interacts with other management control systems, as part of a more general exploration of risk as a logic of organizing.

I want to understand how numbers shape our world in times of risk and uncertainty

My research deals with the impact of numbers on organizations and society. I want to understand how numbers such as performance measures of employees, the calculation of carbon emissions, or quantified risks in healthcare influence managers, employees, and organizations. I am especially interested in those things which are difficult to quantify because those numbers will never be able to truly and fully represent what they seek to depict. But such numbers are still used to organize – leading to complex dynamics.

Numbers usually stand for stability and objectivity. But how should this work in times of risk, uncertainty, and poly-crisis? How do numbers shape how we understand a changing and emerging world? And how might numbers actually help us find meaningful actions when the future is unclear and the stability of facts is shaking?

Outside activities

Teaching at Helmut Schmidt university, Hamburg , 2009–2019

Teaching at the excutive education program “Führung in der medizin” at the centre for postgraduate education.
Helmut Schmidt university

Grading on feedback on final course exams on risk management at EURO FH, Germany

I grade and give feedback on written projects which students produce based on teaching materials written by me.
EURO-FH