Professor Sibylle Heilbrunn

Prof. Dr. Sibylle Heilbrunn is Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities at the Kinneret College on the Sea of Galilee. Heilbrunn is an organizational sociologist, specializing at the intersection of migration, multiculturalism and entrepreneurship. She is on editorial boards of leading entrepreneurship and management journals such as Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior and Research and European Journal of International Business. She holds a Visiting Professorship at the International School of Management in Dortmund Germany and is research fellow at the Institute for the Research of the Kibbutz and the Cooperative Idea at the University of Haifa and a fellow at the LEMEX Chair in Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Heilbrunn has received a number of awards for outstanding scientific work such as two best papers awards (ICSB 2017, EUROMED 2015) and the 2018 price of the Kibbutz Foundation. Additionally, Heilbrunn is reviewing for various leading journals and publishing companies in the field of management and entrepreneurship. Heilbrunn has published many scientific articles and book chapters and is involved in a number of international research projects, she is serving as external expert in a ERASMUS bilateral program of France and Germany. In her role as Dean of Faculty, Heilbrunn is responsible for initiating and implementing innovative projects with the faculty and across the college.