Rick Pingel

Research interests

• Science-Industry Cooperations
• Success Factors of Living Labs
• Mobility Transformation
• Innovative Mobility Services & Business Models

Research projects

Coordination, and in charge of publicly- and industry-funded research projects, amongst others:

• 5G Living-Lab in the mobility region Braunschweig-Wolfsburg
  Funding: Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure
• Scale-up Hub | SME Hub 2022
  Funding: European Institute of Innovation and Technology
• 5GTurbo | 5G Technologies for urban mobility
  Funding: European Institute of Innovation and Technology
• ReTraSON | Regionales Transformationsnetzwerk SüdOstNiedersachsen zur Entwicklung einer regionalen Transformationsstrategie in der Fahrzeug- und Zulieferindustrie
  Funding: das Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz (BMWK)

Publications

Peer-reviewed journals

Hartmann, Katharina; Pingel, Rick; Woisetschläger, David M. (2025): Forschungsruine oder Innovationstreiber? Erfolgsfaktoren von Reallaboren. PERSONALquarterly, Vol. 77, 2/2025.

Peer-reviewed conference papers

Pingel, Rick; Macdonald, Emma K., Woisetschläger, David M. & Backhaus, Christof (2025): The Role of Various Forms of Innovation Intermediaries in Facilitating University-Business Collaboration. In Proceedings of the 85th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Copenhagen, Denmark

Pingel, Rick; Woisetschläger, David M.; Backhaus, Christof & Seegebarth, Barbara (2024): Capitalizing on Thought-World-Differences in University-Business-Collaboration – A Study on Collaboration Success. In Proceedings of the 31st IPDMC: Innovation and Product Development Management Conference, Dublin, Ireland.

Pingel, Rick; Woisetschläger, David M.; Backhaus, Christof & Seegebarth, Barbara (2023): Exploring the Role and Dimensionality of Thought World Differences in Explaining the Motivation of University-Business-Collaboration. In Proceedings of the 2023 JPIM Research Forum, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.

Pingel, Rick; Seegebarth, Barbara; Woisetschläger, David M. & Backhaus, Christof (2021): A Fresh Perspective on Academic Engagement: Exploring the Role of Partner- and Task-related Factors on Academic Engagement. In Proceedings of the 2022 AMA Winter Academic Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States.

Articles in Books

Behne, J., Pingel, R., Schaupensteiner, N., Land, B., Woisetschläger, D.M. (2025). Kooperation für den Wandel: Erfolgsfaktoren der Geschäftsmodellinnovation für KMU in der Automobilbranche – eine explorative Analyse in Südostniedersachsen. In: Proff, H. (eds) New Players in Mobility. Springer Gabler, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-46485-1_5

Woisetschläger, David M.; Pingel, Rick; Seegebarth, Barbara (2023): Kooperationen zwischen Wissenschaft und Praxis auf dem Prüfstand – die Rolle von partner- und projektbezogenen Faktoren. In: von der Oelsnitz, D., Wagner, U. (Hrsg.): Marketing – Eine Bilanz: Erfolgsfaktorenforschung – Internet-Marketing – Internationales Marketing – Digitalisierung. Springer Gabler Wiesbaden, S. 53-78.