A team of economists from the University of Passau has shown how Facebook ads can be used to identify people at risk of developing diabetes.
How will the future labor market look and are European education systems endowing the next generation with the skills they will need to succeed? These questions are at the heart of a new research project at the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt.
What are the links between migrant career prospects and their working abroad in the EU? This was a guiding question of a research project coordinated by the University of Bamberg. The project aimed to develop a long-term approach to supporting migrant worker integration and combating labor shortages in the EU.
In collaboration with business partners, researchers are developing ways to improve mobility in rural regions and expand e-vehicle charging infrastructure.
Successful negotiating skills are important in business—but training this ability is both time-consuming and costly. To remedy this, researchers at HNU have combined speech recognition, artificial intelligence, machine learning and virtual reality to develop a virtual negotiation training.
Affective reactions—or gut feelings—play a key role in consumer decision-making. Researchers at the University of Passau are seeking to understand this process better and help consumers make better decisions.
The internet giants need smart regulation. At Passau University, Information Systems professor Jan Krämer and his team are developing models for this.
Over time, the loss of human expertise caused by AI use can impair the quality of that very AI – in the worst case, insidiously and unnoticed. This is the finding of a new study by researchers from the University of Passau and Arizona State University, which was recently published in the renowned journal Academy of Management Review.
Hof / Germany, February 2026 – A new research project focusing on sustainable thermal insulation and improved room acoustics is now underway at Hof University of Applied Sciences. Under the title “WAVE” (Thermal Insulation and Acoustic Enhancement through the Use of Residual Materials as Fillers in Near-Net-Shape 3D Woven Structures for Textile Panels), the university and regional partners from Upper Franconia have joined forces to develop functional textile insulation solutions based on locally sourced wool. The project, which commenced at the beginning of the year, is scheduled to run for two years and is funded under the German Central Innovation Programme for SMEs (ZIM).
The Commission of Experts for Research and Innovation (EFI) today presented its annual report to the German government. The deputy chair of the commission is innovation expert Professor Carolin Häussler from the University of Passau. In its report, the Commission recommends, among other things, that funds for security and defence be used in a targeted, effective and efficient manner in order to leverage them as a catalyst for innovation. In this way, they can also become a strategic lever for technological progress, resilience and economic competitiveness.
