Tobias Michael Palm started his PhD program at Kühne Logistics University in September 2026 under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Marianne Jahre.
Tobias joined Kühne Logistics University in April 2026 as a Research Associate in Prof. Dr. Hanno Friedrich's KRITIS Group. As a researcher, he mainly works with qualitative methods such as interviews and case-study-research. He is particularly interested in how organizations cope with shock events.
Before joining KLU, Tobias was self-employed as a project manager in Hamburg. Before that, he spent two years as an Associate at Boston Consulting Group in the Hamburg office and two years as Fellow with Teach First Deutschland at a disadvantaged school in Hamburg. Earlier, he studied economics, international management, and law at the University of St. Gallen, the London School of Economics, and Bucerius Law School.
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Selected Professional Experience
| 2019 - present | Researcher and Management Consultant, Hamburg, Germany |
| 2017 - 2019 | Associate, Boston Consulting Group, Hamburg, Germany |
| 2014 - 2016 | Fellow, Teach First Deutschland gGmbH, Hamburg, Germany |
| 2014 | Intern, Hamburg Institute of International Economics gGmbH, Hamburg, Germany |
| 2013 | Intern, Arkwright Consulting AG, Hamburg, Germany |
Selected Academic Education
| 2026 - present | PhD Candidate, Kühne Logistics University, Hamburg, Germany |
| 2023 - 2024 | Master of Law and Business, Bucerius Law School, Hamburg, Germany Practical deployment at Hogan Lovells LLP |
| 2016 - 2017 | Master of Science, International Management, London School of Economics, London, United Kingdom Study abroad at Yale SOM |
| 2010 - 2013 | Bachelor of Arts, Economics, University of St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland Study abroad at USC Marshall |
