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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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This summer term Assistant Professor Elisa Casi-Eberhard from NHH Norwegian School of Economics Bergen is visiting professor at Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Dr. h.c. Caren Sureth-Sloane's chair. Elisa received her PhD from the University of Mannheim in 2020 and she has been visiting scholar at the Questrom School of Business (Boston University) in 2019. Her research focuses on the determinants and consequences of corporate disclosure and how tax policies…

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Dr. Thomas Hoppe receives the award for excellent dissertations of the Paderborner Hochschulkreis (PHK). We congratulate him very much on this outstanding achievement in his dissertation "The Impact of Tax Complexity on Multinational Corporations".

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Dr. Thomas Hoppe receives the Presidential Award for excellent Dissertations from 2019/2020 for his dissertation on "The Impact of Tax Complexity on Multinational Corporations". The award is presented by the Commission for Research and Young Academics. During the New Year's Reception 2021 of the Paderborn University, Dr. Thomas Hoppe has been honored for his outstanding achievement. The entire team congratulates Thomas on this outstanding…

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