Research
Interview with Prof. Sebastian Müller: “I’m sceptical that the recovery on the markets will come soon”
The coronavirus has brought stock markets around the world to their knees. Share prices have taken a nose dive, investors are unsettled and no improvement is yet in sight. Sebastian …
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The impact of the Corona crisis on the trade sector
The Corona crisis and the associated restrictions on public life are giving the trades sector in Germany a hard time. On the one hand, the measures taken have led to …
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Study: Effects of the Corona pandemic on pensions
The corona pandemic will place a much greater burden on contributors in the future, while the level of security for pensioners will rise. This is the conclusion of current calculations …
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“Panic buying harms us all”
The scramble for toilet paper and pasta is leaving supermarket shelves empty. The coronavirus pandemic is having a huge impact on people’s purchasing behaviour, notes Alexander Hübner. The businesseconomist who …
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New discussion paper: “Plastics in the environment – Perspectives from the Social Sciences“
(c) Volodymyr Hryshchenko In recent years, the subject of plastics has been increasingly discussed in society. The Federal Ministry of Education and Research has therefore launched the research initiative “Plastics …
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Interview with Dr. Alexandra Mittermaier: “We are witnessing great solidarity”
Dr. Alexandra Mittermaier Almost 23,000 people have actively participated in the #WirVersusVirus Hackathon sponsored by the German government. Around 1,500 projects were worked on. Initiatives like this fall into the …
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“The Corona crisis creates a momentum of the new”
The current Corona crisis is causing offices in Germany to empty and forcing many companies to switch to remote work and virtual meetings on very short notice. As a result, …
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“The Corona crisis gives a significant push to digitization”
“New technical solutions are often adopted only hesitantly – but in a crisis, new paths must be taken quickly. New habits established on that occasion often remain in place once …
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“Short-term decisions can have a long-term impact on our world”
AI against covid-19: Christoph Lütge discusses a new ethics consortium The weapons deployed in the fight against the covid-19 pandemic also include artificial intelligence. AI might be able to …
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“We need to rethink our optimisation principles”
Prof Johannes Fottner worked as an engineer in the economy for many years, before he accepted the Chair of Materials Handling, Material Flow and Logistics at the Technical University of …
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