Laura Hoth

Research assistant

Member of the   working group Human Geography with a focus on economic geography

Research interests:

- Event management
- Business events
- Climate change/ climate adaptation
- Sustainability

Laura Hoth has been a research assistant at Osnabrück University since April 2023. As part of the project "Climate-adapted events through resilient value chains - a pilot project in Bad Essen" (project sponsor: Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection), she is working on the significance of climate change and its consequences for the event industry.
She completed her Bachelor's degree in Business Administration and Management with a focus on Business Events at Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences. This was followed by a Master's degree in Business Management with a focus on marketing and change management, also at Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences. During her Master's degree, Laura Hoth was already involved in the "Climate-adapted Events" project and can look back on a large number of projects in the field of event management.

Laura Hoth

Laura Hoth
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Institute of Geography
Osnabrück University
Seminarstraße 19 a/b
49074 Osnabrück

Room: 02/309

Phone: +49 541 969-4280

 laura.hoth@uni-osnabrueck.de

Werner, K., Griese, K. M., & Hoth, L. (2024). The Acceptance of Climate Adaptation Measures in the Event Industry: A Conceptual and Empirical Overview. Event Management. 28(1), pp. 105-127(23).  Link

Hoth, L. (2024). Climate adaptation reduces risks for events. Knowledge High N.  Link

26.11.2024 "Climate impact adaptation in the event industry - initial results from a research project with the BMUV", project presentation at the conference of the Science Working Group at the trade fair, Hanover.
19.11.2024 "Climate-adapted events through resilient value chains - a pilot project in Bad Essen", project presentation as part of the niedersachsencamp, Osnabrück.
14.11.2024 "The importance of trust for risk management at events: an analysis of event technology", scientific lecture at the AK Industriegeographie, Wiesbaden-Naurod.
27.06.2024 "Connecting strategies for addressing climate change mitigation and adaptation within the context of events and tourism: A Case Study of Bad Essen, Germany", scientific presentation at the ngm conference, Copenhagen (Denmark).
13.06.2024 "Extreme weather at events - an analysis of communication strategies in the event of a crisis", Scientific presentation at the Event Education Symposium, Hanover.
13.06.2024 "The effects of climate change on regional events: a VR simulation game for teaching climate adaptation skills in event training and further education", lecture at the Event Education Symposium, Hanover, together with Prof. Dr. Kim Werner (Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences).
06.06.2024 "Student perspectives on VR-based business simulation games in event management: Using virtual reality to communicate the impact of climate change on the event industry", scientific lecture at the conference The INC, Amsterdam (Netherlands), together with Prof. Dr. Kim Werner (Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences).
03.06.2024 KlimaEvent: A project of Osnabrück University and Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences using the example of the municipality of Bad Essen", project presentation at the Academy in Rural Areas, Verden.
10.05.2024 "Linking climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies in events and tourism: A Case Study of Bad Essen, Germany", Scientific presentation at the INVTUR conference, Aveiro (Portugal).
27.10.2023 "Die Akzeptanz von Klimaanpassungsmaßnahmen in der Veranstaltungsbranche: Ein empirischer Überblick am Beispiel der Gemeinde Bad Essen", Scientific presentation at the Scientific Conference Event Research, Berlin, together with Prof. Dr. Kai-Michael Griese (Hochschule Osnabrück).

Climate-adapted events through resilient value chains - a pilot project in Bad Essen (KlimaEvent)
Funding: Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV)
Duration: 04/2023 - 03/2026
 Link

Block seminars:

Crisis communication at events (winter semester 2024/2025, Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences)

Organization of major events (winter semester 2021/2022)

Excursions:

Event tourism. Major events in the context of city tourism using the example of the city of Hamburg (summer semester 2022, Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences)