In 2009 Karin Schnitker was appointed to the University of Applied Sciences Osnabrück as Professor of Business Management in the Agricultural and Food Industry. In addition to various management positions, she has also been spokeswoman for the university's Senate since March 2015. Her teaching and research focus lies in strategic and agile corporate management as well as entre-/intrapreneurship and the internationalisation of companies. She also heads the founding circle of the Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences G.E.N. and is a founding member of the German Society for Innovative and Future-Oriented Agriculture and Food Management as a new umbrella organisation for start-ups and innovation in the sector. She is also a senior consultant for agile leadership (conception and implementation of agile strategy, innovation and organisational development processes) in Die Coachinggesellschaft mbH, Münster.