Crowdfunding in Higher Education Institutions: Theory and Best Practices

Regina Lenart-Gansiniec is an Associate Professor at Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland. As a scientist, she conducts research within strategic management, focused on organizational learning and knowledge management, and crowdsourcing. Her interest as well as the research projects granted by National Science Centre in Poland and European Commission include higher education. She is reviewer and member of the Editorial Board of many recognized scientific journals and scientific conferences in Poland and in the world (Scopus, Web of Science). She is the Editor-in-Chief of "International Journal of Contemporary Management". Regina is a member of European Group for Organizational Studies, and International Society for Professional Innovation Management.
Karsten Wenzlaff is the founder of the Institute of Communications for Social Media (ikosom), a Berlin-based research facility for new forms of electronic technology in Germany. His research focuses on alternative finance, FinTech and crowdfunding, in particularly civic crowdfunding and corporate crowdfunding. He teaches undergraduates and conducts his research at the Chair for Digital Markets at the University of Hamburg (Germany). He is also a research affiliate with the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance at the Judge Business School (UK) and the European Centre for Alternative Finance at the University of Utrecht (Netherlands).
Sebastian Spaeth holds the Chair of Management & Digital Markets at the University of Hamburg (Germany). He teaches courses in general business administration, strategy, knowledge and innovation management. Together with his team, he conducts research in the field of technology and innovation management, with a focus on cross-company and collaborative innovation. His research interests also include the digitalisation of our economy and our private lives with all its challenges and implications.

Regina Lenart-Gansiniec 是波蘭克拉科夫雅蓋隆大學的副教授。作為一名科學家，她在戰略管理領域進行研究，專注於組織學習、知識管理和群眾外包。她的興趣以及由波蘭國家科學中心和歐洲委員會資助的研究項目包括高等教育。她是許多知名科學期刊和科學會議的審稿人及編輯委員會成員，這些期刊和會議在波蘭及全球（Scopus, Web of Science）均有影響力。她是《國際當代管理期刊》的主編。Regina 是歐洲組織研究小組和國際專業創新管理學會的成員。

Karsten Wenzlaff 是社交媒體通訊研究所（ikosom）的創始人，該研究所位於德國柏林，專注於新型電子技術的研究。他的研究重點是替代金融、FinTech 和群眾募資，特別是公民群眾募資和企業群眾募資。他在德國漢堡大學的數位市場講座教授本科生並進行研究。他同時也是劍橋大學商學院替代金融中心（UK）和烏特勒支大學替代金融歐洲中心（荷蘭）的研究夥伴。

Sebastian Spaeth 擔任德國漢堡大學管理與數位市場講座的教授。他教授一般商業管理、策略、知識與創新管理等課程。與他的團隊一起，他在技術與創新管理領域進行研究，專注於跨公司和協作創新。他的研究興趣還包括我們經濟和私生活的數位化及其所帶來的挑戰和影響。