Andreas Scheel
Freie Universität Berlin
International Summer and Winter University
(FUBiS)
Andreas Scheel, Dipl.-Kfm. (MBA), studied International Management at ESCE, Paris and Berlin School of Economics and Law. From 2011 to 2014, he served as Project Manager for the setup of the Carl Benz Academy in Peking, Los Angeles, and Berlin; at the same time, he worked as General Management (MBA) Programme Coordinator at the Berlin University for Professional Studies. From 2014 until 2020, Andreas Scheel worked as a Research Assistant at the Chair of Innovation Management at Freie Universität Berlin. Besides his teaching activities in the Information Systems' Master Programme (e.g., "Strategic Innovation and Technology Management") and the MA programme course "Futures Studies", Andreas worked with the BMBF (German Ministry of Education and Research) funded Consortium "Advanced-UV for Life" involved in the conception and the setting up of a "Product and Idea Laboratory". His research interests, which he is also pursuing in his PhD project at the London South Bank University, are particularly linked to Strategic Management, Innovation Management and Social Media. In 2020, he started a University Spinoff named IdeaLab.Systems. In his position as CEO and Founder of this startup, he and his team are developing and launching AI-based support systems for (digital) innovation and creativity processes. Andreas always tries to combine theory and practice by transferring cutting-edge knowledge from his research activities to teaching and vice versa. Due to his broad teaching experience over the past fifteen years, Andreas got acquainted with up-to-date lecturing tools such as virtual realities, gamification approaches, and AI-based ideation techniques. The variety of his lectures in international collaborations, with institutions from the US, Great Britain, and China, lasts from marketing courses (e.g., "Berlin Valley – An Introduction to Global Startup Marketing") and Leadership Competencies (also in corporate teaching schemes) to sustainability-driven lectures such as "The Circular Economy" or "Green Business" where he combines ethical foundations with a strategic business perspective and foresight techniques.
Current FUBiS courses:
- Global Challenges - Sustainable Futures (FUBiS Term III 2025)
- Since 2024
Harz University of Applied Sciences – Faculty of Business Studies: Permanent Lecturer (LfbA – Lehrkraft für besondere Aufgaben)
- 2023
Research Assistant + Project Manager - Project Manager at Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg – Chair of Entrepreneurship
- Since 2020
Co-Founder + Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at AI-Based StartUp Project IdeaLab.Systems
- 2014 - 2020
Research Assistant + Project Manager at Freie Universität Berlin – Chair of Innovation Management
- 2011 - 2014
Research Assistant at Berlin School for Professional Studies (DUW) + Project Manager at Carl Benz Academy (Beijing, Los Angeles, Berlin)
- The Circular Economy & Green Business in Times of Artificial Intelligence (seminar): FU BEST Programme, 2024, Freie Universität Berlin.
- Berlin Valley: An Introduction to Global Startup Marketing, Winter 2023/2024, IES Abroad Berlin.
- The Golden Triangle: Innovation, Sustainability & Entrepreneurship, Winter 2021/2022, Technology and Innovation Master’s Programme, Harz University of Applied Sciences.
- Innovation Management and Technological Foresight (workshop + fieldtrip): General Management MBA, Mar 2015, Woodbury University Los Angeles. Strategy, Organization & Leadership (blended learning): General Management MBA, Winter 2013/2014, Carl Benz Academy Beijing.
- Challenges in Innovation Research and Foresight Techniques (seminar): Master in Future Studies, Winter 14/15, 15/16, 16/17, Freie Universität Berlin.
- Strategic Innovation and Technology Management: Master in Information Systems, Winter 14/15, Freie Universität Berlin.
- Strategic Innovation and Technology Management
- Social Media Data Analytics and Lead User Identification
- Social Network Analysis and its Use for Open Innovation
- Machine Learning and Artificial Creativity
- Generative AI as Decision-Support Systems in Innovation Processes
- Scheel, A., Nicolai, A. (2023): Verstetigung von innovativen Lehr- und Lernformaten in der Entrepreneurship Education durch den Einsatz von Gamifizierung und User-Centricity. G-Forum, Darmstadt, Germany.
- Rothe, H., Scheel, A., Krause, S., Blotenberg, C., Conde, D., Penninger, A. (2021): Bio- & HealthTech Startups in Berlin – Deep Tech Futures Report 2021. Digital Entrepreneurship Hub.
- Eppinger, E., Scheel A. (2021): Diffusions- und Adoptionsbarrieren bei internetbasierten Geschäftsmodellen: Herausforderungen und Handlungsempfehlungen für Unternehmen in der Printmedien-Branche. In: Schallmo, D., Rusnjak, A., Anzengruber, J., Werani, T., Jünger, M. (eds.): Digitale Transformation von Geschäftsmodellen – Grundlagen, Instrumente und Best Practices, Springer Verlag, Wiesbaden.
- Abdelaty, H., Scheel A. (2019): How Open Is Innovation in German Enterprises? A Longitudinal Study Based on The German Innovation Survey. World Open Innovation Conference, Rome, Italy.
- Scheel, A., Abdelaty, H. (2019): The downfall of user-centred innovation? Evidence for a shift in perception of external sources of innovation. Open and User Innovation Conference, Utrecht, Netherlands.
- Scheel, A., Hanke, S. (2018): Social Media as Innovation Laboratory – Data kraken or useful tool for managing innovation. Proceedings of R&D Management Conference, Milano, Italy.
- Scheel, A. (2012): Social Media and e-learning – Linking usage habits of Social Media Tools and the effectiveness of e-learning in China and Germany. E-LEADER Conference, Berlin, Germany.