Prof. Dr. Timo Sohl

Professor of Strategy

Office

Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences

Chair of Strategy

Nauklerstr. 47, 1st floor, room 107

timo.sohlspam prevention@uni-tuebingen.de

 

Office hours

Upon appointment. Please send an email to:

strategyspam prevention@wiwi.uni-tuebingen.de

 

Personal webpage

www.timosohl.com

 

Curriculum Vitae

Research interests

  • Corporate strategy
  • Multibusiness firms
  • Firm scope
  • Resource redeployment

Editorial and selected reviewing activities

  • Associate Editor of the Journal of Organization Design, 2025-present.
  • Reviewing for Strategic Management Journal, Organization Science, Academy of Management Discoveries, Global Strategy Journal, Industrial and Corporate Change, Journal of Management Studies, Long Range Planning, and Strategic Organization

Achievements

2025

Listed among the top 5% of scientists in business administration in German speaking countries (based on SJR weights, forschungsmonitoring.org)

2024Publication Impact Award, UPF Barcelona School of Management, Pompeu Fabra University
2020Corporate Strategy IG Best Paper Award, Strategic Management Society (SMS) Annual Conference
2019Best Reviewer Award, Strategic Management Division, Academy of Management (AOM) Annual Meeting
2018Corporate Strategy IG Best Paper Award, Strategic Management Society (SMS) Annual Conference
2014Distinguished Paper Award, Strategic Management Division, Academy of Management (AOM) Annual Meeting

Short biography

Since 2025

Full Professor of Strategy at the School of Business and Economics, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Germany

2023 - 2025

Ramón y Cajal Research Professor, UPF Barcelona School of Management, Pompeu Fabra University, Spain

2023

Director of the Business and Management Strategy Department, UPF Barcelona School of Management, Pompeu Fabra University, Spain

2015 - 2023

Assistant Professor of Strategy, Department of Economics and Business, Pompeu Fabra University, Spain

Fall 2013

Visiting Postdoctoral Researcher, Texas A&M University, USA

2012 - 2014

Postdoctoral Researcher, Strategic Management Department, IESE Business School, Spain

2012

Ph.D. in Management, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland

2007

Diplom-Volkswirt (equiv. M.Sc. in Economics), University of Heidelberg, Germany