Lisa Mahajan

With a Diploma degree in International Management and several years of work experience in different countries (USA, Italy, Philippines, India), Lisa Mahajan established a solid background in working with public and private institutions (profit and non-profit). She is currently working as a lecturer and project manager at the Institute of International Management with experience in coordinating and participating in a large number of EU-funded projects (Erasmus+, LLL, Tempus etc.) Her scientific emphasis is put on entrepreneurship and skill-matching between high education institutions and the labor market. She teaches “Project: International Business Development and Community Work” in the Bachelor program and "Business Lab" in the Master program bringing together companies and students to work on real-life business cases and simulating start-up experiences. She is a permanent jury member for the European Youth Awards.
Selected international research projects:

INSPIRE- Introducing Social Entrepreneurship in Indonesian Higher Education
WINGS- Elevating Women Entrepreneurship Initiatives for Generating Sustainable Impact and Networks (Coordinator)
I SEE YOU- Initiative to foster Social Entrepreneurship Experience for Youth (Coordinator)
INSPIRE- Introducing Social Entrepreneurship in Indonesian Higher Education (Coordinator)
BlendedAIM- Blended Academic International Mobility for students
LOGIC - Implementing the lifelong learning Concept in Southern Neighbouring Area: Responding to the changing needs of dynamic resources
IDEAL- Innovation and Development of Academic-Industry Partnerships through Efficient Research Administration in Lebanon
Selected articles and publications:

Schmalzer T., Wenzel R., Mahajan L., Penz E. (2015). Global Entrepreneurship Monitor 2014: Bericht zur Lage des Unternehmertums in Österreich. Graz: FH JOANNEUM Gesellschaft mbH
Schmalzer T., Frech B., Wenzel R., Mahajan L. (2013). Global Entrepreneurship Monitor 2012: Bericht zur Lage des Unternehmertums in Österreich. Graz: FH JOANNEUM Gesellschaft mbH
Klucznik- Törö A., Mahajan L., Castello V., Guerrero J. (2015). How to boost female entrepreneurship in Europe? ICERI 2015: 8th International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation, Seville.
Beinhauer R., Mahajan L. (2014). Introducing Competences pre-defined by stakeholders into curriculum development. Student centred and output based teaching; from stakeholder input to assessment criteria. ICERI 2014: 7th International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation, Seville
Castello V., Mahajan L., Borbásné Szabó I., Camacho I., Vettraino L., Gabor M., Blackburn C. (2014). Enhancing Competences dynamic alignment between job and Education. Contributions and Evidences from the SMART project. ICERI 2014: 7th International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation, Seville.
Castello V., Mahajan L., Flores E., Gabor M., Neusch G., Borbásné Szabó I., Guerrero J., Vettraino L., Luna J.M., Blackburn C., Ramos F.J (2014). The Skill Match Challenge. Evidences from the SMART Project. ICERI 2014: 7th International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation, Seville.
Castello V., Flores E., Gabor M., Guerrero J., Guspini M., Luna J.M., Mahajan L., McGartland K., Ramos F.J., Szabo I. (2014). Promoting dynamic skills matching challenges and evidences from the SAMRT project. INTED 2014: 8th International Technology, Education and Development Conference, Valencia.
Castello V., Guerrero J., Guspini M., Mahajan L., Beinhauer R., Gabor M., Szabo I., Flores E. (2013). Enhancing Competences dynamic alignment between job and Education. Challenges and Evidences from the SMART project. 6th International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation, Seville.
Selected conference participations:

OSCD- UNESCAP conference on Corporate Responsibility in Bangkok (November 2nd- 3rd 2009)
5th Sustainability Summit: Asia 2010 in New Delhi (November 30th- December 1st 2010)
OEAD- National Agency for Lifelong Learning conference on “Europa 2020: New Skills for New Jobs” in Vienna (June 25th 2013)
ICERI 2014- 7th International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation in Seville (17-19 November 2014)