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
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
Contact: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Henning Meschede, Prof. Dr. Oliver Müller, Dr. Gunnar Schomaker
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
Contact: Dr.-Ing. Thorsten Marten, Dr.-Ing. Frank Schafmeister, Dr. Christoph Weskamp
TRR 266; TP B05: Transparenz und Finanzmärkte
Kosi and Sievers focus on the financial markets and investigate how corporate transparency affects decision-making by capital providers. A specific focus is the role of intangible assets and green bonds as well as the role of institutional investors in processing information. The project uses equity and debt market settings as well as settings with ...
Duration: 07/2023 - 06/2027
TRR 266; TP B02: Transparenz nicht kapitalmarktorientierter Unternehmen
Gassen and Kosi investigate the role of transparency in private firm settings. Motivated by findings of the first funding round, the project now focuses on the heterogeneity of private firms along their business lifecycle and posits that the role of private firm transparency likely varies along this dimension. In particular, the project studies the ...
Duration: 07/2023 - 06/2027
TRR 266; Project B01: Investment Effects of Multidimensional Tax Regulation
Duration: 07/2023 - 06/2027
