Basic research & application orientation
With our research projects, we want to be a source of inspiration for the scientific community as well as for companies and political decision-makers.
Collaborative Research Centres
We are involved in two Collaborative Research Centres, including as spokesperson for the first SFB in business administration.
Overview of current research projects in the economic sciences
ImKomBi - Wissenschaftliche Begleitung der Implementation des Fachnetzwerks Kommunales Bildungsmanagement
Das Projekt ImKomBi - Wissenschaftliche Begleitung der Implementation des Fachnetzwerks kommunales Bildungsmanagement - baut auf dem Vorgängerprojekt ImTransRegio auf und führt dessen Arbeit in einem neuen Förderprogramm fort. Gemeinsam mit Prof. em. Dr. Dieter Euler von der Universität St. Gallen und Prof. em. Dr. Peter F. E. Sloane von der ...
Duration: 02/2024 - 08/2028
Funded by: BMBF
HowToDIGITAL - Digitale Kompetenzen und Entwicklung digitaler Tools für die stationäre und ambulante Versorgung
In den vergangenen Jahren wurde eine Vielzahl von digitalen Lösungen zur Verbesserung der ambulanten und stationären Versorgung eingeführt. Im Vordergrund stehen dabei datengetriebene Innovationen, welche die medizinische Routine vereinfachen können. Beispiele dafür sind die Auswertung radiologischer Bilddaten durch Künstliche Intelligenz oder die ...
Duration: 01/2024 - 12/2026
Funded by: Innovationsausschuss beim Gemeinsamen Bundesausschuss
DynOpt-San
The aim of the project is to support the energy-efficient refurbishment of apartment buildings in neighborhoods with digital tools. Among other things, we are developing an AI-based energy manager that can predict and control the demand and supply of energy in the context of integrated solar heat pump systems across several apartments and ...
Duration: 01/2024 - 12/2026
Funded by: BMWK
HeatTransPlan
The decarbonisation of industrial process heat is a challenge of the energy transition. In the predominantly fossil-fuel heated temperature range up to 200 °C, which accounts for about 40 % of the process heat demand, there is a barely tapped potential for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the use of waste heat through heat recovery and heat ...
Duration: 01/2024 - 12/2026
Funded by: BMWK
Contact: Prof. Dr. Oliver Müller, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Henning Meschede, Dr.-Ing. Florian Schlosser
SHAPE : Gestaltung von Dienstleistungsentwicklungsprozessen und lnnovationspartnerschaften mit Unternehmen
Value creation is increasingly happening in complex ecosystems - especially in the German economy, which is predominantly shaped by SMEs. In order to be successful in the long term, companies need to establish customized, data-driven service systems around their products and services. The BMBF-funded research project SHAPE (“Service Orchestration - ...
Duration: 01/2024 - 12/2026
Funded by: BMBF
Contact: Dr. Christian Bartelheimer, Prof. Dr. Daniel Beverungen, Jannika Marie Schäfer, M.Sc. (Management)
NFLRPA - Roleplay Initiative Non-Formal Learning through Role-Playing Activities
The ERASMUS+ project 'NFLRPA - Roleplay Initiative Non-Formal Learning through Role-Playing Activities' focuses on non-formal learning for young people.The project will run for 36 months, with English being the project language. In the NFLRPA project, the partners are developing and evaluating a youth development approach for role-playing. A ...
Duration: 01/2024 - 12/2026
Funded by: EU
E-Stories - Digital Storytelling
The ERASMUS+ project 'Digital Storytelling in Supporting Immigrant University Students' focuses on the development, testing and evaluation of an online course in the form of a MOOC to promote storytelling in digital formats, taking into account migration and immigration, diversity and cultural aspects as well as language learning challenges. This ...
Duration: 12/2023 - 12/2026
Funded by: EU
STEM for inclusive schools
In the ERASMUS+ project “STEM for inclusive schools”, we aim to empower STEM professionals to create new opportunities for learning and teaching STEM subjects through the use of digital technology, and to see this as an effective initiative for addressing the challenges of active participation in the STEM field.The aim of the project is to empower ...
Duration: 09/2023 - 09/2026
Funded by: EU
DC2HEAT - Data Centre HEat Recovery with AI-Technologies
The DC2HEAT project aims to create an AI lighthouse for the use of waste heat from data centers using Frankfurt as an example. DC2HEAT is intended to help ensure that the dynamically growing data center infrastructure can be operated in a climate-friendly manner. The aim is to avoid the use of fossil fuels to supply heat in Frankfurt and other ...
Duration: 08/2023 - 07/2026
Funded by: BMUV
Contact: Dr. Gunnar Schomaker, Prof. Dr. Oliver Müller, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Henning Meschede
NeMo.bil – System of cooperating vehicles for individualised public transport
Programme line: New vehicle and system technologiesIn the joint project "NeMo.bil", an innovative, swarm-like mobility system is being developed and prototyped. This enables a new form of sustainable and demand-oriented passenger and goods transport in rural areas. To this end, a new systemic approach is being pursued that combines swarms of ...
Duration: 07/2023 - 06/2026
Funded by: BMWK
Contact: Dr.-Ing. Thorsten Marten, Dr. Christoph Weskamp
