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MBG Managing Director speaks on leadership, a culture of learning from mistakes and business decisions How is business success achieved? What role do setbacks play? And what defines good leadership? Andreas W. Herb, founder and managing director of the MBG GROUP, provided answers to these questions to students at Paderborn University on 8 July 2026. As part of Prof. Dr Kirsten Thommes’s ‘Organisational Behaviour’ module, he spoke openly about…

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Pader­born Uni­ver­sity trains in­ter­na­tion­al STEM tal­ents for the OWL re­gion

To promote the sustainable integration of international students into the labour market, the Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft e. V. supports the “MINTconnect2OWL” initiative, which helps prepare skilled workers in the fields of Mathematics, Computer Science, natural sciences and technology – known as MINT for short – are trained to meet the needs of the local economy. Through this project at Paderborn University, East Westphalia-Lippe…

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At this year’s Faculty Research Workshop organised by the Faculty of Business Administration and Economics at Paderborn University, held in Bad Arolsen from 2 to 3 July 2026, researchers from all departments came together to present their latest research and engage in discussion. This event, which has been established for many years, provides an important platform for faculty-wide exchange on research projects, methods and new academic questions.…

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Post­gradu­ate Schol­ar­ships 2026: Pader­born Uni­ver­sity awards grants to young re­search­ers

At a formal award ceremony, the Executive Board of Paderborn University presented the 2026 Postgraduate Scholarship to five outstanding early-career researchers. The scholarships comprise a monthly grant of 2,000 euros and are awarded for one or three years, depending on the funding stream. Prof. Dr Thomas Tröster, Vice-President for Research and Academic Careers, congratulated the scholarship recipients: “By nurturing talent at an early stage in…

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ChatGPT, Claude and others: Paderborn University, with the support of the Westfalen Foundation, has investigated how generative artificial intelligence (AI) influences human creativity and learning processes as part of the“GenAI4PC”1 research project. To this end, researchers at the Heinz Nixdorf Institute have, amongst other things, developed new demonstrators capable of generating computer games, for example, with minimal human intervention.…

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‘Green Skill­s’ in pub­lic ad­min­is­tra­tion: Why trans­form­at­ive skills are es­sen­tial for sus­tain­ab­il­ity

Researchers at Paderborn University publish findings and recommendations There is now widespread awareness of the urgency of the global transition to a low-carbon economy. However, what is crucial above all is the consistent implementation of appropriate measures. At the ‘Paderborn Research Centre for Sustainable Economy’ (PARSEC) at Paderborn University, a working group funded by the German Committee for Sustainability Research in Future Earth…

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