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Shap­ing the fu­ture with our own re­search

Paderborn University students honoured at the Excellence Forum 2025 From artificial intelligence in the world of finance to sustainable packaging systems and consumer behaviour on social media: 21 outstanding students presented their individual research ideas at this year's Excellence Forum. They are all taking part in the Excellence Programme, which offers committed students the opportunity to work intensively on a topic of their choice - and…

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Hans-Joachim Watzke back at Pader­born Uni­ver­sity

On 11 June 2025, Paderborn University welcomed a prominent returnee: Hans-Joachim Watzke, Managing Director of Borussia Dortmund, 1st Vice President of the German Football Association (DFB) and Chairman of the Supervisory Board of DFL GmbH, was a guest speaker as part of Prof. Dr. Kirsten Thommes' "Organisational Behaviour" module.

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Photo (Philipp Steinhoff): from left: Prof. Dr Kirsten Thommes, Lisa Bohle, Thomas Koch, Madhi Rahali, Prof. Dr Matthias Trier, Luisa Rehrmann, Melanie Cramer, Dr Talea Hellweg, Prof. Dr Lena Steinhoff

UGO Prize: Award for out­stand­ing theses

Making excellent academic work by students visible - that is the aim of the UGO awards, which were presented on 22 May at Gräflicher Park in Bad Driburg. The Unternehmergruppe Ostwestfalen e. V., together with Paderborn University, honours particularly successful Bachelor's and Master's theses from the Faculty of Business Administration and Economics. In the Bachelor's thesis category, Luisa Rehrmann impressed the jury with her research on…

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Photo (Thorsten Hennig): Dr Andreas Leimbach from the SolarKapital Foundation presented the Horst Gräfer Prize for the first time last year on Economics Day 2024.

Ap­ply now: The Horst Gräfer Prize 2025 - For cour­age, per­sever­ance and un­con­ven­tion­al ways of life

With the Horst Gräfer Prize, the Paderborner Hochschulkreis e. V., the Heidloff Family Foundation and the SolarKapital Foundation are once again honouring exceptional personalities who pursue their dreams despite all adversity.

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"Teach­ing for Fu­ture": Pader­born Uni­ver­sity dis­cusses sus­tain­able teach­ing

New impulses in the field of sustainability - at Paderborn University's 13th "Teaching Day" on Tuesday, 3 June, participants discussed "Teaching for Future - Sustainable Teaching and Teaching about Sustainability" in various formats. The "Teaching Day" has been held annually since 2012 and is organised by the Office of Educational Innovation and University Didactics. Prof Dr Beate Flath, Vice President for Teaching, Studies and Quality…

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In­spir­a­tion, dia­logue and new per­spect­ives: "Wun­der­tüte Nach­haltigkeit" brings com­pan­ies in OWL to­geth­er

How can companies shape sustainable transformation in concrete terms? This question was the focus of the event "Wundertüte Nachhaltigkeit", which took place on 13 May 2025 at the Paderborn Research Center for Sustainable Economy (PARSEC) at Paderborn University. Around 46 participants from business, science and society took the opportunity to learn about new approaches, network and take away ideas for a sustainable future for their companies.

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