Prof. Dr. Natascha Kupka
Business Law, especially Insolvency Law
24149 Kiel
Room: C03-3.12
Natascha Kupka holds a professorship in Business and Insolvency Law at the Faculty of Business.
She is a legal scholar, a certified mediator, and a trained facilitator in Nonviolent Communication according to Marshall B. Rosenberg.
Her teaching areas include business law, insolvency law, and restructuring law.
She is responsible for the interdisciplinary elective module Sustainable Corporate Culture and, within the Human Resources specialization, for the module Systemic Coaching, Mentoring, and Other Leadership Techniques. This module covers topics such as sustainable negotiation, de-escalation strategies and conflict prevention, alternative dispute resolution (including mediation), and self-competence.
Information about individual courses can be found in the module database.
Prof. Dr. Natascha Kupka is the contact person for sustainability initiatives at the Faculty of Business and for Sustainable Corporate Culture within the research focus on Sustainable Value Creation at Kiel University of Applied Sciences.
- Professor of Business and Insolvency Law at Kiel University of Applied Sciences
Certified mediator
- Trainer in Nonviolent Communication according to Marshall B. Rosenberg
- Partner at the law firm Brinkmann & Partner PartG (Head of the Münster/NRW office)
- Attorney and certified specialist in insolvency law at Brinkmann & Partner PartG, Attorneys, Tax Advisors, and Auditors
- Court-appointed trustee and insolvency administrator by the local courts of Münster, Lingen, Nordhorn, and Meppen
- Attorney at the law firm Dr. Beckstein & Kollegen, Nuremberg; court-appointed trustee and insolvency administrator (Local Court of Nuremberg)
- Doctorate in law (Dr. jur.)
- Legal trainee in the district of the Higher Regional Court of Hamm
- Research assistant at the Chair of Professor Dr. Hans Schulte-Nölke, Chair of Civil Law, European Private Law, Comparative Law, German and European Legal History, University of Bielefeld
- Research assistant at the Chair of Professor Dr. Wolfgang Grunsky
- Student assistant at the Chair of Professor Dr. Wolfgang Grunsky, Chair of Civil Law, Civil Procedure, and Labor Law, University of Bielefeld
- Studied law at the University of Bielefeld
Prof. Dr. Natascha Kupka works on the following focus areas:
Restructuring and insolvency law
Dynamics, processes, and emotions before and during negotiations
Self-reflection, self- and emotional competencies in leadership
Conflict prevention
Practical Transfer
Purpose-driven Companies / Business Succession
Supporting a practical company in becoming a purpose-driven company
Requirements for corporate culture and value adjustments in business succession
Practical Project Holstein Kiel "Gradual Sustainable Action"
Developing codes of conduct based on DFL criteria on the topic "Gradual Sustainable Action"
Creating guidelines for establishing a sustainable corporate culture in this area
Practical Project "A Compass for Future-Oriented Business – The Common Good Economy in Practice – An Event for Students and Companies from the Region"
Introduction to the goals and fundamentals of the Common Good Economy as a joint kickoff with participating entrepreneurs and students
In-depth introduction to all topic areas of the CGE Matrix 5.0
Application of the CGE Matrix to companies
Company visits by students
Joint final presentation of the focus common good reports
Putting People at the Center of Economic Action
Mondays, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM – by prior appointment via email and by arrangement.
During the IdW period and lecture-free times, office hours by appointment.