Dr. Felix Wendenburg, M.B.A.

Felix Wendenburg is a lawyer and BM® mediator. After studying law at Bucerius Law School and Boston College Law School and completing an MBA specialising in change management consulting at Berlin School of Law, Felix Wendenburg worked at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law in Hamburg and wrote his doctoral thesis on the issue of the protection of the weaker party in mediation (awarded the Otto Hahn Medal of the Max Planck Society and the Mediation Science Prize of the Centrale für Mediation).

Felix Wendenburg was Academic Director of the master's degree programme in Mediation and Conflict Management at the European University Viadrina from 2011 to 2020 and, as part of his work for the Institute for Conflict Management, accompanied the Round Table Mediation and Conflict Management of the German Economy as a researcher from 2008 to 2020. Felix Wendenburg draws insights from the moderation of design and change processes in the economy (business mediation, change support, dialogue processes), which can be both scientifically reflected and practically applied in transfer projects.

Research focus

• Business mediation (in particular corporate and team conflicts)
• Negotiation management
• Change management