Steinbeis Transfer Center PuMaX
Holzhofallee 38
64295 Darmstadt
Germany
64295 Darmstadt
Germany
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Management:
- Rolf Demir, B.Sc.
- Dr.-Ing. Bernhard Minge
- Prof. Dr. Werner Stork
On the one hand, PuMaX stands for a human-centered approach and methodology in public management (in the sense of public governance, public management, and public behavior) within the Darmstadt approach to a resilient and inquisitive society of responsibility.
Prof. Dr. Werner Stork, Dr.-Ing. Bendhard Minge, Rolf Demir
On the other hand, PuMaX stands for systematic networking, cooperation, and collaboration among the key spheres of action — academia, government/politics, civil society, business, and nature — and is guided, among other things, by the Quintuple Helix approach to innovation and development.
Services
- Consulting, Teaching, and Knowledge Transfer
- Systemic-synergistic concepts for organization, management, leadership, human resource development, and learning in organizations and regions
- Innovation and development based on the Quintuple Helix approach
Key Areas
- Interdisciplinary, transdisciplinary, and participatory projects
- Factors contributing to successful cooperation and collaboration in transformative developments
- Human-centered design of organizations and public institutions
Project Examples
- ALLE im digitalen Wandel
- DA_RuN
- PuMa and PuMaX degree program
Media
Steinbeis Transfer Magazine
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PuMaX: People-centred approaches to transformation and collaboration (Transfer online/2026)
The Steinbeis Transfer Centre PuMaX brings together academia, public administration and politics, civil society, business and the natural world, based on a resilient, responsible society and the Quintuple Helix approach. Prof. Dr Werner Stork, Dr-Ing Bernhard Minge and Rolf Demir bring together expertise in management, technology and AI for consultancy, teaching and knowledge transfer, with a focus on human-centred organisation, leadership, learning and collaborative transformation processes.