IBS 3MT Com­pet­i­tion 2026 Fi­nal­ists

Six finalists were selected from this summer's English VI participants. Winners in the categories Exposé (written work) and 3MT (multimedia presentation) were then determined by a jury composed of Prof. Urska Kosi, Prof. Kirsten Thommes und Junior Prof. of International Business Sylvia Hubner-Benz. 

From left to right: finalist Mykhailo Teleshko, finalist Sanja Lara Miksic, winner Jule Seifert, finalist Faruk Ucarsu und winner Anna Reeh. Not pictured: finalist Dennis Philipp.

Special thanks go to the Universitaetsgesellschaft Paderborn for sponsoring this year’s winners’ and finalists’ prizes.

2026 Fi­nal­ists

3MT win­ner Ju­le Seifert

Irrational decisions: The impact of loss aversion and overconfidence on retail investor behaviour in financial markets

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3MT fi­nal­ist Den­nis Phil­ipp

Born or built? – Assessing the impact of social environments on aspirations for international entrepreneurship

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3MT fi­nal­ist Mykhailo Teleshko

The impact of shift patterns on work motivation in the railway industry

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Ex­posé win­ner Anna Reeh

Female entrepreneurship and funding call framing: How gender and cultural background shape visibility decisions

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Ex­­­­­posé fi­n­al­ist Sanja Lara Miksic

Cultural power dynamics in IFRS adoption: How global institutional forces influence standards in developing countries

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Ex­­­­­posé fi­n­al­ist Faruk Ucarsu

Teaching judgement or outsourcing it: Generative AI and opportunity-evaluation skills in entrepreneurship education

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