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Photo (Paderborn University): 28-year-old doctoral candidate Jyri is currently at our faculty for his Erasmus research semester. He comes from the University of Eastern Finland and is researching sustainability in the fashion industry with Prof Dr Martin Kesternich at PARSEC.

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 participants of the Faculty Research Workshop 2025.

Re­search in dia­logue: Fac­ulty work­shop of the Fac­ulty of Busi­ness Ad­min­is­tra­tion and Eco­nom­ics brings to­geth­er re­search­ers

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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Photo (Paderborn University, garage33): Prof Dr Rüdiger Kabst is delighted with the award.

"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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Photo: 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).

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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Symbolfoto (Universität Paderborn, Besim Mazhiqi): Das CEWS-Ranking bestätigt die erfolgreich umgesetzten Maßnahmen zur Gleichstellung an der Universität Paderborn.

Gleich­s­tel­lung im Fok­us: Uni­versität Pader­born mit Top-Plat­zier­ungen im CEWS-Rank­ing 2025

Die Universität Paderborn hat im aktuellen CEWS-Ranking zur Gleichstellung in der Wissenschaft in mehreren Bereichen Spitzenpositionen erreicht. In vier der sechs Analysekategorien ist die Universität Paderborn in der „Top-Gruppe“ zu finden und macht damit auch in der Gesamtbewertung einen erheblichen Sprung. Das Ranking, das vom „Center of Excellence Women and Science“ (CEWS) erstellt wird, beurteilt die Gleichstellungsleistung deutscher…

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Speed, trans­par­ency, trans­form­a­tion

In the press: Prof Dr Caren Sureth-Sloane talks in the FAZ about the role of business administration in change What can business administration contribute to overcoming current economic challenges - and what do companies expect from science? These questions are the focus of an interview in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung in which Prof Dr Caren Sureth-Sloane, Professor of Business Administration, in particular Business Taxation at Paderborn…

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