Jens Kaus

Jens Kaus, Ph.D., is a Senior Lecturer at BI Norwegian Business School. His research and teaching focus on sustainable entrepreneurship, strategy, and business model innovation, with a particular interest in how context and place shape entrepreneurial activity in rural and peripheral regions.

Previously, Jens was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Maine Business School at the University of Maine, where he supported the development of a 10-year policy roadmap for Maine’s Outdoor Recreation Economy through research, teaching, and outreach activities. He also held an Adjunct Faculty appointment at the University of Southern Maine and previously held a Visiting PhD Scholar appointment at the University of Michigan’s Erb Institute for Global Sustainable Enterprise.

Jens completed his PhD in Sustainable Entrepreneurship at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands, where his research focused on the intersection of entrepreneurship, sustainability, and context. His doctoral work explored the nuanced social dynamics and contextual factors that drive the emergence and development of sustainable entrepreneurial ecosystems, with an emphasis on non-metropolitan regions.

Before pursuing his PhD, Jens contributed to entrepreneurial initiatives in Munich and San Francisco, collaborating with public and private partners to support and enhance innovative business endeavors. He holds an MA in Globalisation, Business, and Development from the Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex in the UK and a BA in International Business and Social Sciences from Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences in Germany.