Researchers who would like to present a paper at the “4^th Research on Innovation, Science and Entrepreneurship Workshop” are invited to submit it until 30 September 2021.

In a new statement, the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina presents an analysis of the economic and sociopolitical situation in Germany in the face of novel challenges posed by the pandemic and derives possible courses of action to cope with the upcoming structural change. Dietmar Harhoff contributed as an expert and addressed questions pertaining to the structural change and economic growth as well as the performance of public organizations.

On 9 July 2021 this year’s Alumni Conference was held on the topic “New Directions in the European Union’s Innovation Policy?”. In two panels with four keynotes, the participants discussed questions of competition and IP policy of the European Union from an interdisciplinary perspective.

Cristiane Stülp has become the first woman to successfully complete her training at the Institute’s IT department. The 25-year-old Brazilian is thus a role model for many young women who would like to develop their talents and interests in areas of the professional world that traditionally have a male connotation. She tells us her story and confirms in the interview how important it is for women in this context to have the necessary support in their private environment.