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Expanding Digital Teaching at the University
The InnoMA fund supports seven innovative projects at the University of Mannheim to promote digital university teaching. InnoMA is a project funded by “Innovation in der Hochschullehre”, and is aimed at continuously improving education at the University of Mannheim through new and digital forms of ...
Professor Jutta Mata Will Join the Scientific Advisory Board of the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin)
The Scientific Advisory Board consists of twelve internationally recognized researchers.
Using Artificial Intelligence to Optimize Parcel Delivery
In the “GreenPickUp” project, headed by the Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering (IAO), the Institute for Enterprise System (InES) of the University of Mannheim develops an innovative distribution concept for parcel deliveries. The project is funded by the Federal Ministry for the ...
GBP Monitor February: Property tax reform – what is paralysing digitalisation?
The February report of the German Business Panel (GBP) shows that digitalisation, for example in the context of the property tax reform, is not worthwhile for small businesses and companies in Baden-Württemberg.
Mourning the Loss of Professor Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Knut Borchardt
The University of Mannheim mourns the loss of Professor Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Knut Borchardt who passed away on 5 February 2023 at the age of 93. From 1966 until 1967, Borchardt was President of the University of Mannheim.
Application phase for ENGAGE.EU Summer School 2023 has started
Two-week summer programme at the Wirtschaftsuniverstiät Wien from 17–28 July 2023
Support for the Victims of the Earthquakes in Turkey and Syria
We are deeply saddened by the reports from Turkey and Syria. Our thoughts are with all the people who are affected by the devastating earthquakes. We know that many members of our university are deeply worried about their relatives and friends in the affected regions.
New Executive Vice President Now Officially in Office
Since 1 January 2023, Dr. Katrin Schoppa-Bauer is the Executive Vice President of the University of Mannheim. On 8 February, she officially assumed office at a ceremony in the university’s Aula.
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Consumer Behaviour Influenced by Personal Politics, Research Reveals
Following Donald Trump’s electoral victory in 2016, a large number of people changed their brand preferences and shopping behavior, preferring to purchase brands which they perceived shared their political views, research from the University of Mannheim Business School reveals.
Tandem Fellowship for Innovations in Teaching for Professor Hiram Kümper and Viktor Boecking
Professor Hiram Kümper (Professorship of History of the Late Middle Ages and the Early Modern Age) and Viktor Boecking (Mannheim University Library) receive a fellowship of the Stifterverband Baden-Württemberg in the amount of approx. 40,000 euros for a virtual teaching project.