About us

Short vita

Prof. Dr. Christian Schachtner has been Professor of Information Systems with a specialization in digitalization in administration in the Faculty of Design Computer Science Media since July 2023. He was first appointed as Professor of Public Management at the distance learning institute of the IU International Higher Education Institution in 2020, where he also took on the role of course director and module coordinator for sustainability management. He has been Vice-President for Education and Sustainability at Hochschule RheinMain since March 1, 2025.

In his role as Vice-President for Education and Sustainability, Prof. Dr. Schachtner is dedicated to maintaining and improving the study environment and further developing study concepts. He also promotes the sustainability goals of the university in line with the sustainability strategy adopted in 2024 and supports the Sustainability Office in comprehensively anchoring sustainability in all areas of the university.

Originally from Bavaria, the law and economics graduate obtained an interdisciplinary doctorate at the Chair of General Business Administration with a specialization in Organization and Human Resources at the Faculty of Economics at the University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt under Prof. Dr. Max Ringlstetter on competence transformation in the public sector in cooperation with Prof. Dr. Ulrich Bartosch (Professorship of Education). He also completed studies in administrative management at the University of Applied Sciences for the Civil Service in Hof, in public law at the Friedrich Alexander University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, in European studies at the Berlin School of Economics and Law and postgraduate studies in adult education at the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt.

His most recent academic appointment was as Chief Digital Officer of the City of Kempten. Other academic appointments include the City of Bamberg, where he was Head of the Scientific Staff Unit Process Management and Agility and Team Leader Digital Transformation, the Organization and Procurement Department of the District Office of Fürth and Head of Department in the Office for Student Affairs at Ingolstadt Technical University.