Jennifer Strauß, M. A.

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Lebenslauf

Jennifer Strauß has been an external doctoral candidate at the Chair of Business Administration, specialising in Information Management, at the FernUniversität in Hagen since December 2025.

As part of her doctoral studies, she is investigating issues relating to digital transformation in the healthcare sector. Her research focuses on the measurability of technical and non-technical debt in hospital IT management and its impact on efficiency and strategic decision-making processes. In addition to her research activities, she assists with the supervision of seminar papers and theses.

After training as a medical laboratory assistant (MTLA) she worked in microbiology for several years. She then completed alongside their work a bachelor's degree in business psychology and a master's degree in economics. She has extensive professional experience in IT management and consulting, which she now contributes to and further develops in her research.

Her scientific interests include digital transformation, IT management and change management in public administration and healthcare.

Professional career  
Since 09.2024 Public sector consultant (SVA, IT services)
04.2023 – 08.2024 IT Application Manager (ITZBund, civil service)
02.2022 – 03.2023 IT Project & Application Manager (YUGA Consulting, Management Consultancy)
07.2021 – 01.2022 Working student in project management (YUGA Consulting, management consultancy)
02.2021 – 06.2021 Working student in project management (KJUBeX GmbH, shipping industry)
08.2015 – 01.2021 MTLA in microbiology
Education  
Since 12.2025 External doctoral candidates (FernUniverstiät Hagen)
01.2022 – 01.2023 Master of Arts in Economics (IU International University)
09.2020 – 12.2021 B.Sc. Business Psychology (IU International University)
08.2012 – 07.2015 Training as an MTLA (HELIOS Klinikum Wuppertal)