With the newly established Research Communities of the University Alliance Ruhr (UA Ruhr), the consortium is providing a significant impetus for cross-campus research on key issues of the future. In total, three new areas—“Education,” “Sustainability,” and “Diversity”—have been established to strengthen collaboration among the participating universities, consolidate research on key...
Prof. Dr. Thorsten Knauer Elected Chair of the WK COREP at the VHB
Prof. Dr. Thorsten Knauer, holder of the Chair of Business Administration, specializing in Controlling, was elected Chair of the Scientific Commission on Controlling, Accounting, and Auditing (COREP) during the 85th Annual Conference of the Association of University Professors of Business Administration (VHB). He succeeds Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Jochen Zimmermann...
Seed funding awarded for an initiative on just energy transition
WUN university network promotes new research project The research initiative AFFINITY-FORSIDES – Africa-Focused Initiative for Just Energy Transition has received seed funding from the Worldwide Universities Network (WUN). The project is led by Dr. Elkhan Richard Sadik-Zada, a member of the Chair of Development Research at the Faculty of Management...