 At the University, Gehrmann is the managing director of the Steinbeis institutes' “Global Consulting and Government” and “Renewable Energy, Technology and Management” with branches and contact person in Cairo, Tripoli, Tehran, Moscow, Astana, Shanghai and Singapore.Because of the manifold executed consultations referring “concepts in job-related qualification” – with special reference to emerging markets – the new topic “Tools for interactive multimedia-based teaching and learning methods in digital age” became more and more important.The current major research area is, since 2012, the analysis and evaluation of “Technology-Leap-Frogging” with special reference to the issue “Consequences and effects of High-Tech-Implementation in emerging countries”.