Prof Dr Lena Steinhoff, an economist at Paderborn University, is a new member of the North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences, Humanities and the Arts. The ceremonial admission to the traditional institution took place on Wednesday, 14 May, in the presence of Ina Brandes, Minister for Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia. Prof Steinhoff, whose focus is on business administration (BWL), in particular marketing and digital…
How do ideas become successful innovations? And how do research findings find their way into our everyday lives? On Thursday, 15 May, the new podcast "Wissen2Wirtschaft ...und zurück", a joint project of the Paderborn University and the Paderborn Economic Development Agency, will be launched. The format brings inspiring personalities to the microphone to show how science, business and society in the region work together to shape progress.…
In March, the partners in the BBNE Lobby project met in Paderborn: Neue Effizienz, the German Climate Foundation, Bremerhaven University of Applied Sciences and Paderborn University. The aim of the meeting was to share previous findings and jointly plan the next steps in the project.
The project, funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and the European Social Fund (ESF), aims to strengthen vocational training for…
Publication in "Finance Research Letters"
Economists at Paderborn University have analysed the impact of tariffs announced by Donald Trump during his first presidency on the share prices of more than 1,000 US companies. The results show that this led to a decline in average share prices - in other words, the companies lost value on the stock market. The negative wealth effects occurred regardless of whether the US government imposed tariffs to…
17th Annual Conference of the German Society for Health Economics (dggö) at Paderborn University
How are healthcare systems changing in the face of an ageing society? What challenges are arising - and what solutions are there? Around 400 experts from science and practice came to Paderborn University on 24 and 25 March 2025 for the 17th annual conference of the German Society for Health Economics (dggö ) to discuss these and other questions. The…
Lectures in the fields of sustainability, digitalisation, media studies, music, history and religion - Paderborn University is once again inviting all interested parties to attend various lecture series on socially relevant topics in the 2025 summer semester. Lecturers and researchers from the five faculties, as well as external experts, will deal with a wide range of scientific aspects every week. It is not necessary to register for the events…
