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Prof. Dr. Caren Sureth-Sloane was admitted as a full member of the North-Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences, Humanities and the Arts (AWK NRW) back in 2013. Since the beginning of this year, Caren Sureth-Sloane has also been represented on the presidium there as deputy secretary of the Class for Engineering and Economic Sciences. Caren Sureth-Sloane is especially looking forward to the interdisciplinary dialog between the different faculties.…

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On December 08th, 2021, Henning Giese successfully defended his dissertation "The Effect of Management Structure and Manager Liability on Tax Avoidance" at the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt and, thus, successfully completed his Ph.D.. We congratulate Henning Giese and wish him all the best for the future. Congratulations!

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The poster “Investment Effects of Taxation ‐ Changes in Transfer Pricing Regulations and Corporate Investment Decisions”, presenting Reyhaneh Safaei’s research in the field of the collaborate research center TRR 266 „Accounting for Transparency“ has been awarded.

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On Friday, November 12, 2021, the University of Graz awarded Professor Dr. Caren Sureth-Sloane the title of Doctor Honoris Causa, after previous approval of the University Senate. The award, presented by Rector Martin Polaschek – following the suggestion of the Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences –  is in recognition of her outstanding scientific achievements in the field of accounting and her close cooperation with the University…

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On September 20th, 2021, Yuchen Wu successfully defended her dissertation "Tax, trust and transparency" at Vienna University of Economics and Business and, thus, successfully completed her Ph.D.. Yuchen Wu has received her doctorate degree within the Doctoral Program in International Business Taxation (DIBT) at Vienna University of Economics and Business and was supervised by Prof. Dr. Caren Sureth-Sloane. We congratulate Yuchen Wu and wish…

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On July 6th, Prof. Dr. Caren Sureth-Sloane was elected as a full member of the Senate by the General Assembly of the German Research Foundation (DFG). The official press release of the Paderborn University can be found here.

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UGO Award for Se­basti­an Müller

On the “Tag der Exzellenz” meeting on April 14th Sebastian Müller received the UGO Award for his  bachelor thesis „Eine ethische Beurteilung legaler Steuerausweichhandlungen“. Each year the association “Unternehmensgruppe Ostwestfalen” initiates the UGO-Award for excellent bachelor and master theses. A substantial selection criterion for the award is, in how far the findings of the theses are beneficial and relevant for the local companies. Con…

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Dr. Thomas Hoppe has received the Esche Schümann Commichau Foundation's Award for his dissertation on "The Impact of Tax Complexity on Multinational Corporations".  Congratulations on this outstanding achievement, Thomas!

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