Forschungszentren & Labore - Faculty of Business Administration and Economics

Places of knowledge exchange

A future-oriented research landscape, characterised by six dynamic departments, unfolds in our faculty across the breadth of economics. Our research centres and laboratories create space for encounters, experiments and knowledge exchange.

Research centres

Paderborn Research Centre for Sustainable Economy" (PARSEC)

The Faculty is expanding its sustainability activities with the Paderborn Research Centre for Sustainable Economy (PARSEC). It understands "sustainable economy" as long-term orientated economic development with special consideration of social, environmental and cultural phenomena.

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Laboratories

Business and Economic Research Laboratory (BaER-Lab)

Visit us in our experimental laboratory for research into economic issues. With its 35 computer workstations and a database of around 2700 test subjects, the BaER-Lab is one of the largest economic experimental laboratories in the German-speaking world.

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ERP laboratory

With its state-of-the-art computer workstations and conference area, the ERP Lab provides both students and researchers with a creative, state-of-the-art workspace that can be used for meetings, project work, presentations, colloquia and other teaching events.

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Social and Data-intensive Computing (soda.lab)

Utilise the technical infrastructure, such as hardware, software, experimental environments and data for excellent data-intensive research and teaching projects. New methods of data science, social computing and operations research can be applied and researched in an inspiring environment.

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Become part of the research!

In principle, anyone can take part in the experiments, regardless of age, subject or profession. As a rule, no special prior knowledge is required. A laboratory experiment is a one- to two-hour event in which the participants registered for this experiment make decisions within the framework of a clearly defined specific economic situation. All participants receive a real payout. The payouts depend on the respective experiment and the decisions made by you and the other participants. The average payout in the experiment is usually based on the remuneration for a student job in higher education.

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News

02.09.2024 | Auszeichnungen, Dean’s Research Award

The digital transformation of city centres

Dr Christian Bartelheimer receives award for his research on the future of local retail At a time when more and more consumers are opting for the convenience of online shopping, many European city centres are struggling to survive. Shop closures and declining footfall not only have an economic impact, but also a social one: City centres are losing their vibrancy, diversity and attractiveness. This development is threatening the quality of life…

12.07.2024 | WIWI Veranstaltungen

Fascinating journey through the Sahel: "Festival of Amazement"

Workshops, debates and live music: until Saturday, 13 July, the "Highdigenous Live! The Festival of Amazement" is taking place on the campus. Under the motto "Marvelling together, expanding perspectives, overcoming boundaries", the festival invites visitors on a fascinating journey through music, architecture, education and work in the Sahel region. The event is sponsored by the Cultural Office of the City of Paderborn and the LWL Cultural…

07.06.2024 | Press release, Auszeichnungen, UGO-Preis

Honouring outstanding theses

On 6 June, the UGO prizes for outstanding Bachelor's and Master's theses from the Faculty of Business Administration and Economics were awarded at Gräflicher Park Bad Driburg. Max Nolting's thesis on "ChatGPT as a social mood meter - approaches to the use of AI chatbots for sentiment analysis in social media", supervised by Prof Dr Matthias Trier, was selected by the committee as the best Bachelor's thesis. Two winners of the Master's theses were…

08.04.2024 | Press release, Auszeichnungen

Awards for outstanding achievements in research into tax complexity

We are proud to announce that members of our Department of Taxation, Accounting and Finance were recently honoured twice by the renowned journal European Accounting Review. The paper "The Tax Complexity Index - A Survey-Based Country Measure of Tax Code and Framework Complexity", authored by Prof. Dr Caren Sureth-Sloan, Dr Thomas Hoppe, Prof. Dr Debbi Schanz and Dr Susann Sturm received the EAR Best Paper Award 2023. The researchers are…

Graduates in the lecture theatre. — Photo (Besim Mazhiqi): On 18 November, around 170 graduates from the various degree programmes of the Faculty of Business Administration and Economics at Paderborn University gathered for a festive event in the packed Audimax.

20.11.2023 | Events, Festivity, Business Administration and Economics, WIWI Veranstaltungen

We congratulate our graduates

On 18 November, around 170 graduates from the various degree programmes offered by the Faculty of Business Administration and Economics at Paderborn University gathered for a festive event in the packed Audimax.

01.08.2023 | Auszeichnungen, Lehrpreis

Lehrpreis 2022 geht an Dr. Juliane Fuge und Christopher Günther

Am 12. Juli freute sich die Fakultät, gleich zwei Preise für besonderes Engagement in der Lehre für das Jahr 2022 vergeben zu können.

Foto (Dawin Meckel/OSTKREUZ): Prof. Dr. Rüdiger Kabst (links) mit den anderen „HR-Heros“ bei der Ehrung des Personalmagazin als Big Five der 40 führenden HR-Köpfe in Deutschland.

07.07.2023 | Fakultät Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Auszeichnungen

Prof. Dr. Rüdiger Kabst ist einer der „Big Five“ der führenden Köpfe im Personalwesen

„Der Entrepreneur“ wurde zum achten Mal in Folge als einer der „40 führenden HR-Köpfe“ vom Personalmagazin ausgezeichnet In der vergangenen Woche zeichnete das Personalmagazin Prof. Dr. Rüdiger Kabst, Inhaber der Professur für International Business und wissenschaftlicher Leiter des Paderborner Gründungsinkubators garage33, zum achten Mal in Folge als einen der „40 führenden HR-Köpfe“ in Deutschland aus. Damit wurde er in diesem Jahr in die…

Foto (Universität Paderborn): Prof. Dr. Guido Schryen, Dekan der Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, und Prof. Dr. Birgitt Riegraf, Präsidentin der Universität Paderborn, gratulieren Prof. Dr. Elke Eller zu ihren außerordentlichen Leistungen und zur Aufnahme in die Hall of Fame.

06.07.2023 | Fakultät Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Auszeichnungen

Hall of Fame: Aufnahme von Prof. Dr. Elke Eller als Alumna der Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaften an der Universität Paderborn

Prof. Dr. Elke Eller, Professorin für Strategisches Management an der Hochschule Worms sowie Mitglied in den Aufsichtsräten der K+S Group und der thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG, wurde als Pionierin und Wegbereiterin des modernen Personalmanagements in die Hall of Fame der Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaften aufgenommen. Prof. Dr Eller absolvierte ihr VWL-Studium an der Goethe Universität Frankfurt. Später promovierte sie an der Fakultät für…

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Places of knowledge exchange

Research centres

Paderborn Research Centre for Sustainable Economy" (PARSEC)

Research Centre for Risk Management (CeRiMa)

Centre for Tax and Accounting Research (CETAR)

Centre for Vocational Education and Training (CeVet)

Centre for International Economics (CIE)

Laboratories