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Foto (Universität Paderborn): Prof. Dr. Stefan Betz verabschiedet sich mit der Vorlesung „Paderborn - hin und zurück“.

Hin und zurück – und für im­mer ver­bunden

Verabschiedung von Prof. Dr. Stefan Betz Es ist 23:55 Uhr, und in einem Büro der Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaften brennt noch Licht. Studierende eilen mit ihrer Abschlussarbeit durch den Flur, tränenüberströmt, auf der Suche nach jemandem, der sie fristgerecht entgegennehmen kann. Und tatsächlich: Prof. Dr. Stefan Betz ist noch da. Wie so oft. Es sind genau solche Geschichten, die Stefan Betz in seiner Abschiedsvorlesung erzählt – mit…

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Present your own re­search in just three minutes

Students from the Faculty of Business Administration and Economics present their research in a Three Minute Thesis Competition The "International Business Studies Three Minute Thesis Competition (3MT)" took place in the summer semester 2025. The competition was part of the English course of the sixth semester ("English VI") of the Bachelor's degree programme "International Business Studies". The students had to creatively present their own…

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Jyri Hof­frén in a re­search semester at the Fac­ulty of Busi­ness Ad­min­is­tra­tion and Eco­nom­ics

Rethinking sustainability - from Finland to Paderborn Jyri Hoffrén laughs when asked about his age: "I am 28 years young - at this age, you really can't say that you're old, right?" The doctoral candidate from Finland is a guest at Paderborn University as part of an Erasmus semester to give new impetus to his research into sustainable consumer behaviour. Born in Kuopio, he is now a researcher at the University of Eastern Finland, lives in…

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The regular Faculty of Business Administration and Economics workshop organised by Paderborn University took place on 3 July 2025 at PARSEC in Paderborn. The event, which has been held for a number of years, promotes the exchange of research work within the entire Faculty of Business Administration and Economics. It is a particularly good opportunity for junior researchers to present their current work and discuss it with members from the various…

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"Big Five": Spe­cial HR award for Pader­born Uni­ver­sity pro­fess­or

Personalmagazin" has honoured Prof. Dr. Rüdiger Kabst, Chair of Entrepreneurship at Paderborn University and Scientific Director of the university's own start-up centre garage33, in the special category "Big Five" in its news list of the "40 leading HR minds". This category honours leaders who have already been included five or more times in the biennial list of leading HR minds from management, consulting and science. The award focuses on all…

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Pader­born Uni­ver­sity pro­fess­or elec­ted to the DFG Ex­ec­ut­ive Com­mit­tee

Prof. Dr Dr h.c. Dr. h.c. Caren Sureth-Sloane from the Faculty of Business Administration and Economics at Paderborn University is the new Vice President of the German Research Foundation (DFG) - the largest research funding organisation and central self-governing institution of science in Germany. The Paderborn professor was elected to the Executive Committee by the General Assembly on Wednesday, 2 July and will take up her four-year term of…

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