Prof. Dr. rer. pol. Steffen Koolmann

since 2018
Honorary Professorship for Economics and Society at Alanus University

since 2018
Chairman of the Executive Board Sozialtherapeutische Gemeinschaften Weckelweiler e. V.

since 2011
Professorship for Economics and Society at Alanus University

2010 – 2013
Managing Director of Alanus Hochschule gGmbH

2009 – 2013
Vice President at Alanus University

since 2008
Head of the Institute for Educational Economics at Alanus University

2008 – 2011
Junior Professorship for Economics/NfPO Management at Alanus University

since 2005
Work as a self-employed entrepreneur, founding of the “Institut für Sozialwirtschaftliche Unternehmensführung (ISU)” [www.isu-institut.de]

2003 – 2004
Chancellor of Alanus University and Commercial Managing Director of Alanus Hochschule gGmbH
Head of the Institute of Economics and Social Sciences at Alanus University

2000 – 2002
Head of Human Resources and Organization (authorized signatory) at GLS Gemeinschaftsbank, Bochum

1992 – 2000
Executive Board Member of Rudolf Steiner – Schulverein Nürnberg e.V.

1991 – 1992
University Assistant at J.W. Goethe University Frankfurt/Main

1986 – 1991
Research Associate at the Institute for Market and Planning, J.W. Goethe University Frankfurt/Main

1991
Doctorate (Dr. rer. pol.)

1981 – 1986
Studied Economics at J.W. Goethe University in Frankfurt/Main, graduating with a degree in Economics (Dipl.-Volkswirt)

1980 – 1981
Studied Industrial Engineering at the Technical University in Darmstadt

Academic consulting/expert activities

Expert for Bank für Sozialwirtschaft

Koolmann, Steffen; Petersen, Lars; Ehrler, Petra (eds.): Waldorf Parents in Germany. Status, Motives, Attitudes, Ideas for the Future. Weinheim: Beltz Juventa, 2018.

Koolmann, Steffen: Waldorf schools and their future challenges – an organizational structural perspective, in: RoSE Journal, issue Vol. VII / No. 1 (July 2016) (together with Joseph E. Nörling and Florian Boukal)

Koolmann, Steffen; Nörling, Joseph E.: Shaping the Future of Waldorf Schools. Results of an empirical study on culture, management and development. Wiesbaden: Springer VS, 2015; Download (abstract)

Koolmann, Steffen: The macroeconomic significance of foundations. In: Andrick, Bernd/Gantenbrink, Matthias/Hellmig, Gerd/Janitzki, Axel/Muscheler, Karlheinz/Schewe, Markus (eds.): The Foundation. Annual volume on foundation studies, 8th year 2014, Frankfurt (Main): Lang (Academic Research), 2014

Koolmann, Steffen: Learning from projects – after project implementation is before project implementation. In: StiftungsWelt, 01/2013, pp. 78 – 79

Project management in the not-for-profit sector: Handbook for non-profit organizations, ed. by Rolf Kaestner, Steffen Koolmann, Thor Möller

Saving the world real quick? Civil society as a space for shaping between the individual, community and the political system (together with Florian Boukal), in: info3, 10/2012

The consolidated annual financial statements of German Waldorf schools and Rudolf Steiner schools 2010 – Socio-economic reflection of an educational mission, in: Berichtsheft des Bundes der Freien Waldorfschulen, Stuttgart 2012

Are you still donating or are you already gifting? The little Christmas test, in: Erziehungskunst “special” (40 years Freunde der Erziehungskunst), 11/2010

“Not-for-profit” projects in triangular relationships (together with Rolf Kaestner and Thor Möller), in projektmanagement aktuell, 5/2011

The consolidated annual financial statements of German Waldorf schools and Rudolf Steiner schools 2008 – Socio-economic reflection of an educational mission, in: Berichtsheft des Bundes der Freien Waldorfschulen, Stuttgart 2010

Consolidated annual financial statements 2008 of Freie Waldorf and Rudolf Steiner schools in Germany (with contributions by T. Rohloff – internal research report for the Federation of Free Waldorf Schools)

Waldorf schools build – A (brief) socio-economic perspective, in: Mensch + Architektur, issue 69/70

Consolidated annual financial statements 2007 of Freie Waldorf and Rudolf Steiner schools in Germany (with contributions by J. Ramin – internal research report for the Federation of Free Waldorf Schools)

On student, teacher and university student mobility in Freie Waldorf schools in Germany and their teacher education institutions (with contributions by J. Ramin) (self-published)

On the economic situation of Freie Waldorf schools in Germany 2006 (self-published)

Consolidated annual financial statements 2006 of Freie Waldorf and Rudolf Steiner schools in Germany (with contributions by J. Ramin – internal research report for the Federation of Free Waldorf Schools)

Compensation or investment? On structuring parental contributions at Waldorf schools, in: Erziehungskunst, issue 4/2007

Aging processes in social institutions, in: Infobrief der Hannoverschen Kassen, 12/2004

From the one-person start-up to the university corporation: A plea for the university as an enterprise, in: die Drei, 3/2004

Organization, leadership and responsibility in NPO enterprises using Waldorf schools as an example, unpublished commissioned study, 2003

Models guiding technological development. The example of the automobile Frankfurt/New York: Campus-Verlag, 1992

Biotechnology: Economic aspects and perspectives Cologne: TÜV-Verlag Rheinland, 1986

The macroeconomic significance of foundations: 8th Foundation Law Conference, Ruhr University Bochum

The socio-economic quality of gifting: Future conference on gifting in the 21st century, Alanus University

Economics and art: Research symposium on eurythmy therapy, Alanus University
Social threefolding in Waldorf schools – burden or pleasure? Executive Board retreat, Blote Vogel School, Witten

Responsible economic action: Witten/Herdecke University

In crisis: Is educational diversity at risk? – Independently run schools in competition: State Parliament of Lower Saxony/Working Group of Independent Schools in Lower Saxony

The independent school – in the field of tension between pedagogical institution and economic enterprise: Seminar for association boards of independently run schools, Mühlheim/Ruhr

Economic perspectives of Waldorf schools in Germany: Federal Executive Directors’ Conference of Freie Waldorfschulen
Successful NfPO – collaboration in the field of tension between full-time and voluntary work German Association of Foundations, Frankfurt/Main

Biographical impulse and entrepreneurial spirit: Lecture series at Alanus University

The Waldorf school – an economic enterprise Executive Board retreat, Blote Vogel School, Witten

The development of students and teachers at German Waldorf schools – Report on statistical evaluations General Assembly of the Federation of Free Waldorf Schools in Germany, Stuttgart

The consolidated annual financial statements 2006 of German Waldorf schools General Assembly of the Federation of Free Waldorf Schools in Germany, Elmshorn