/ PhD Candidate · AI Strategy

Where research accountability meets business constraints

Molwin holds a foot in both worlds — peer-reviewed findings and the operating realities of small and mid-sized businesses — and builds consulting from that structural position.

Close wide shot of a research desk from above — open notebook with handwritten annotations beside a laptop, a printed journal article with margin notes, cool north-facing daylight raking across the surface, minimal depth of field on the paper texture
Close wide shot of a research desk from above — open notebook with handwritten annotations beside a laptop, a printed journal article with margin notes, cool north-facing daylight raking across the surface, minimal depth of field on the paper texture
— Background & Trajectory

From doctoral inquiry to applied practice

Molwin's doctoral research examines how AI adoption affects operations and decision-making inside small and medium businesses — the constraints that large-enterprise case studies routinely ignore. That specificity is the foundation, not the credential.

The consulting practice grows directly from that research: each engagement identifies where evidence-backed AI use reduces real cost or improves customer-facing outcomes, and where adoption would impose organizational strain that outweighs the gain.

Teaching and writing complete the loop — translating findings into accessible frameworks for practitioners who don't have time to read the journal version.

+ Publications & Research Output

Evidence built from the ground up

Peer-reviewed work focuses on AI integration barriers in SMB contexts — budget ceilings, limited IT capacity, and the organizational readiness gap that most AI frameworks skip.

Teaching & Speaking

Accountable to the room, not just the page

Classroom teaching and conference presentations require the same standard: claims need to hold under direct questioning. Molwin teaches AI strategy at the graduate level and speaks at research and industry events where both audiences show up.