Contact:
Room Number: 2558
Email: alexandra.abler@tum.de
Short Bio
Work experience
- 2 years as BCG consultant with focus on Greentech, Machinery and Automation (GMA) + initiator for DE&I at the Industrial Goods practice area
- 4 years at GROB-Werke business development for battery cells, fuel cells and electrical motor development
Educational background
- MSc. in Economics and Innovation from Bocconi University, Milan
- MSc. in Innovation & Entrepreneurship from Copenhagen Business School
- BSc. in Global Business Management from University of Augsburg
Research Interests
- (Gender) diversity in the boardroom
- Executive risk-taking and innovation outcomes
- AI influence on executives and boards
- Visibility and self-promotion in academia
Currently working on
- Experiments with executives on feedback manipulation and subsequent behavioral adjustments to risk-taking
- Meta-analysis on board room diversity
- Linguistic analysis of scholar’s self-presentation
- … more topics around (gender) diversity in academia & business
Academic Record
Publications
Abler, A. J., Born, N., & Welpe, I. M. (2025, September 25). Geschlechterungleichheit: Wer von Sichtbarkeit profitiert. Forschung & Lehre. https://www.forschung-und-lehre.de/karriere/wer-von-sichtbarkeit-profitiert-7302
Abler, A. J., Born, N., & Welpe, I. M. (2025, Oktober 7). Mehr Sichtbarkeit, weniger Unterstützung? Forschung & Lehre, 9/2025. Wissenschaftsmanagement Online. https://www.wissenschaftsmanagement-online.de/beitrag/mehr-sichtbarkeit-weniger-unterst-tzung-17886
HoPo. (2025, September 26). HoPo-Presseschau. redaktion24.info. https://www.redaktion24.info/hopoMail/2025-09-26_rxl.html
Abler, A., Ebert, A., Drewes, H., Hoxha, E., & Otto, J. M. (2023). Analyzing youth unemployment and brain drain in southern Italy. In The Strategic Management of Place at Work: Why, What, How and Where (pp. 137-158). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland.
Conference Presentations
2026
Abler, A.; Born. N. (2026). The price of visibility: good for society, but bad for female scientists. Paper accepted for presentation at the Academy of Management Conference (AOM 2026), Philadelphia, USA.
Abler, A. J., Ahrens, F. K., Born, N. M., Dwivedi, P., Thatcher, J.; Briker, R. (2026). Do’s and Don'ts in the Academic Career: Navigating Visibility Across Gender, Stages & Channels [Professional Development Workshop]. Academy of Management Conference, Philadelphia, USA.
Abler, A.; Born. N. (2026). The price of visibility: good for society, but bad for female scientists. Paper accepted for presentation at the European Academy of Management Conference (EURAM 2026), Kristiansand, Norway.
Freisinger, E.; Abler, A.; Ahrens, F.K., & Unfried, M. (2026). Risk It Again: How Feedback Shapes Executives’ Innovation Decisions. Paper accepted for presentation at the European Academy of Management Conference (EURAM 2026), Kristiansand, Norway.
Freisinger, E.; Abler, A.; Ahrens, F.K., & Unfried, M. (2026). Risk It Again: How Feedback Shapes Executives’ Innovation Decisions. Paper accepted for presentation at the Innovation and Product Development Management Conference (IPDMC 2026), Stockholm, Sweden.
2025
Abler, A. J., Ahrens, F. K., Kappelhoff, S. L., Born, N. M., De Masi, S., Zhang, A. Y., Dwivedi, P., Welpe, I. M., Treffers, T., & Mors, M. L. (2025, July). Do’s and Don'ts for Visibility in the Scientific Career – Learning from Women Scholars [Professional Development Workshop]. Academy of Management Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Freisinger, E.; Abler, A.; Ahrens, F.K., & Unfried, M. (2025, July). Risk taking among female executives: effects of feedback on innovation decisions [Paper Development Workshop]. Academy of Management Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Abler, A.; Born. N. (2025, March). The price of visibility: good for society, but bad for female scientists. [Paper Presentation] Breaking BAIS Conference, Munich, Germany.
Abler, A.; Born. N. (2025, February). The price of visibility: good for society, but bad for female scientists. In Abstract Book of the 8th International Conference on Future of Women (FOW 2025) (p. 15). TIIKM Publishing. ISBN 978-624-5746-56-9
Further Accepted Conferences:
IPLS 2026 Crete: 9th Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Leadership Symposium, Theme: Leadership, Human Flourishing and Wellbeing’ (Link)
EIASM 2026 Valencia: Workshop on Top Management Teams and Business Strategy Research (Link)
ICEM 2025 Valencia: Entrepreneurship in times of transformation (Link)
Sounds interesting and you want to know more or collaborate? Send me an email: alexandra.abler@tum.de