Ukrainian management researcher Olga Goncharova will continue her work at the University of Passau as DAAD Guest Professor with the Chair of Professor Carolin Häussler – among other tasks, she will act as mentor for German-Ukrainian student teams.
Stefan Bauernschuster, Professor of Public Economics at the University of Passau, has received a thank-you email from the Executive Office of US President Joe Biden. The reason: In their current report, the US president's economic advisors cite findings of his study about the impact of childcare on women's participation in the labour market.
How to reduce emissions in the transport sector while maintaining our mobility? "SynphOnie", a research cluster funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) that includes a team of researchers from the University of Passau headed by Professor Tobias Harks, is developing a mathematical model of transport flows to help make transport planning both needs-based and sustainable.
What does society need to transition away from a fossil-fuel-driven economy to one that is bio-based? To study the societal impulse and impact of the global bioeconomy, ecological economist Dr Terese Venus is setting up the University’s largest junior research group to date. The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) is funding the project with 2.3 million euros.
From "ell", "bow" and "socius" to "elbow society", more commonly known as dog-eat-dog society: using computer-assisted models, a new ERC-funded research group at the University of Passau under the supervision of Professor Johann-Mattis List has set out to explore a topic that linguists know little about. The European Research Council (ERC) is supporting the project with two million euros.
Drawing on an analysis of exceptionally rich historical data, economists from the University of Passau have shown that the birth control and family planning clinics of US-American women rights advocate Margaret Sanger succeeded not only in reducing birth rates but also had a massive impact on health at the beginning of the 20th century. In so doing, they have provided new insights into the causes and the dynamics of the demographic transition in the US.
The CRISPR/Cas genome editing technique has sparked a revolution in medical procedures involving genetic modification. This poses a number of legal, ethical and biomedical challenges. To address these, a team of researchers headed by the legal scholar Professor Hans-Georg Dederer has launched a new, interdisciplinary BMBF cluster project at the University of Passau, which has been awarded a grant of 1.2 million euros by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). The team includes researchers from Hannover Medical School as well as ethicists at the University of Bonn.
Dr. Edward Asiedu experienced poverty in his childhood in Ghana. Now he is researching ways to ensure that poor children do not become poor parents. With the support of a fellowship, he is now developing a blueprint for actions at the University of Passau as first visiting professor of the Passau International Centre of Advanced and Interdisciplinary Studies (PICAIS). On Wednesday, 13 July, he will be sharing highlights from his research at a symposium about digitalisation in Africa.
Dr. João De Deus Vidal Jr. from Brazil was nearly forced to give up his research due to the financial crisis in his home country. However, the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation then awarded him one of their prestigious international climate protection fellowships for postdoctoral researchers, giving him an opportunity to spend a research visit with Professor Christine Schmitt who holds the Chair of Physical Geography with a focus on Human-Environment Research at the University of Passau.
Coordinated by the University of Passau, the interdisciplinary research cluster "ForDaySec – Security in everyday digitalisation" is investigating new types of technical procedures that provide cybersecurity to private households, small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and the public administration. The Bavarian State Ministry of Science and the Arts has awarded the cluster a grant worth EUR 3.3 million for a four-year period.
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