Maria Riniker

Profile

Maria Riniker Doktorandin

  • Address Berner Fachhochschule
    Business School
    Institut Innovation and Entrepreneurship
    Brückenstrasse 73
    3005 Bern

Activities

  • Participation in SNSF project (200963): "A Mixed-Methods Inquiry into Social Entrepreneurs’ Crowdfunding Campaigns: How do Social Entrepreneurs Persuade Backers Through Verbal and Visual Communication?"

  • Crowdfunding Campaigns

  • Social Entrepreneurship

CV

  • Maria Riniker is a PhD student at the Bern University of Applied Sciences and the University of Bern. Her research interests include social entrepreneurship and the success factors of crowdfunding campaigns.
  • 01/2022 PhD student Bern University of Applied Sciences
  • 01/2020-07/2021 Chief Communication Officer SWISSTRAFFIC Inc.
  • 03/2018-12/2019 Executive Assistant to CEO SWISSTRAFFIC Inc.
  • 05/2016-06/2017 Student assistant, networks, and consulting Foundation "Haus der kleinen Forscher" (Little Scientists’ House)
  • 02/2013-03/2016 Marketing, communications and fundraising staff member Swiss Cancer League
  • 2017-2019 MA Social and Communication Sciences University of Lucerne
  • 2016-2017 Master program in social sciences Humboldt University of Berlin
  • 2012-2015 BA Social and Communication Sciences University of Lucerne

Projects

  • SNSF Project (200963): "A Mixed-Methods Inquiry into Social Entrepreneurs’ Crowdfunding Campaigns: How do Social Entrepreneurs Persuade Backers Through Verbal and Visual Communication?"

Language skills and intercultural knowledge

  • German - Native or bilingual proficiency
  • English - Professional working proficiency
  • French - Limited working proficiency
  • Germany
  • Ireland
  • France