Start-ups im Bereich erneuerbarer Energien gelten als zentraler Motor der Energiewende. Im Jahr 2024 flossen 1,2 Milliarden Euro Risikokapital in deutsche Energie-Start-ups und damit mehr als in jedes andere Technologiefeld. Doch welche Faktoren bestimmen den Erfolg unternehmerischer Initiativen in diesem Bereich, auf welche Hürden stoßen sie und wie lassen sich Investitionen gezielt in messbare Klimawirkung übersetzen? Das haben Prof. Dr. David Bendig und Linda Brüss, Leiter und wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin des Instituts für Entrepreneurship der Universität Münster, gemeinsam mit Dr. Florian Degen, Bereichsleiter für Strategie- und Unternehmensentwicklung an der Fraunhofer FFB, untersucht. 

Das Wissenschaftsfestival „SchlauRaum“ hat Münster Anfang Juli in einen lebendigen Campus verwandelt. Unter dem Motto „Wieso? Weshalb? Gesund?“ rückte die Großveranstaltung das Thema Gesundheit in den Fokus. Auch die Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät war dabei: Prof. Dr. Vitali Gretschko, Inhaber des Lehrstuhls für Nachhaltiges Marktdesign, hielt im voll besetzten Open-Air-Hörsaal einen Vortrag zur Fragestellung "Würden Sie Ihre Niere bei eBay versteigern?". Johannes Ponge vom Lehrstuhl für Wirtschaftsinformatik und Logistik zeigte im Pavillon „One Health“ Simulationen zu Krankheitsausbrüchen.

The “SchlauRaum” science festival transformed Münster into a lively campus at the beginning of July. Under the motto "Why? How? Healthy?", the major event focused on the topic of health. The School of Business and Economics also participated: Prof. Dr. Vitali Gretschko, holder of the Chair of Sustainable Market Design, gave a lecture on the question “Would you auction your kidney on eBay?” in the packed open-air lecture hall. Johannes Ponge from the Chair of Information Systems and Logistics presented simulations of disease outbreaks in the “One Health” pavilion.

New team members regularly start at our department – whether as resarch assistants, postdocs, or professors. Over the past few months, we’ve welcomed several new faces:

Daria Stumkat has been a Research Assistant at the Chair for Digital Innovation and the Public Sector and part of the Flow Factory since May. She completed both her Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Information Systems at the University of Münster. Her research interests lie at the intersection of sustainability, AI, and strategy.

Celine Poppe also began her doctoral studies in May at the Chair for Digital Innovation and the Public Sector. She holds Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Public Administration and is now part of the research project “Public Sector Innovation and eGovernance”.

Timo Strohmann joined the Chair for Information Systems and Business Process Management and the Flow Factory as a Postdoc in May. His work focuses on design-oriented research and the collaboration between humans and AI.

Fumi Kurihara has been a Postdoc at the Chair for Information Systems and Business Process Management and the Flow Factory since June. She studied International Liberal Studies (BA) and International Affairs (MA), and completed her PhD in Management at the University of St. Gallen.

Tobias Zimmermann and Helene Müller began their doctoral studies in July at the Chair for Information Systems and Business Process Management and the Flow Factory. Both earned their Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Information Systems at the University of Münster.

We warmly welcome all new colleagues and look forward to working together!

On Wednesday, July 2, 2025, it was that time of year again: The annual summer party of the Information Systems department invited students, faculty, and staff to the Leonardo Campus. Starting at 4 p.m., the square was transformed into a lively festival area—characterized by a boisterous atmosphere, summer flair, and a varied program.

Whether it was a bouncy castle, ice cream, Aperol, beer pong, or exciting raffles—entertainment was provided in every respect. The numerous guests took advantage of the offerings with great enthusiasm: there was jumping, laughing, and celebrating into the evening.

Despite the changeable weather, the 2025 WI Summer Party was a complete success and once again provided an excellent opportunity to bring the summer semester to a close together in a relaxed atmosphere. We would like to thank everyone involved and are already looking forward to next year!

The team at the ERCIS Competence Centre for Crisis Management is delighted that the EU project DRIVER+ has won the Security Innovation Award 2025 in the category ‘Best Open Source Innovation’.

The award recognises visionaries who make a significant contribution to protecting our society and its citizens with innovative solutions. At the same time, the innovation award offers the opportunity to highlight and promote outstanding developments from EU-funded security research projects.

The DRIVER+ (Driving Innovation in Crisis Management for European Resilience) project, which was completed in 2020, aimed to address current and future challenges in crisis management, particularly in light of increasing natural disasters and terrorist threats. The focus was on developing and introducing innovative solutions tailored to the operational needs of practitioners in the field of crisis management.

One of the most important results of the project is the Trial Guidance Methodology (TGM) – a structured, practice-oriented approach for systematically testing and evaluating crisis management solutions under realistic conditions. The methodology was developed jointly by the DRIVER+ consortium and is now actively maintained and further developed by the ERCIS Competence Centre for Crisis Management. It continues to support innovation efforts across Europe and beyond.

Over several years, the DRIVER+ consortium has built up an international network of experts from research institutions, public authorities and industry to improve Europe's resilience to increasingly complex crises. The project placed crisis management practitioners at the centre of the innovation cycle and enabled them to take a leading role in evaluating technologies and procedures in realistic test environments.

The award at SRE2025 is a valuable endorsement of this practice-oriented philosophy and the lasting impact of DRIVER+ far beyond the official conclusion of the project. The TGM has since been used in numerous research projects (e.g. STAMINA, CARE-FLOW) and by practice organisations such as the Fire Service Institute of North Rhine-Westphalia.

Links to this announcement:

Access the methodology: tgm.ercis.org

Learn more about the DRIVER+ project: DRIVER+ website

In June, it was time for this year's WiWi-Cup, the Faculty of Business and Economics' internal football tournament. As always, the teams were highly motivated. After exciting matches in the preliminary and final rounds, some of which were decided only by penalty shootouts, the team "Münsteraner Börsenballett" secured the victory at the MLP-AlumniUM-WiWi-Cup 2025 – marking their third consecutive win.

Im Juni war es Zeit für den diesjährigen WiWi-Cup, das fakultätsinterne Fußballturnier der Wirtschaftswissenschaftlichen Fakultät. Wie gewohnt traten die Mannschaften hoch motiviert an. Nach spannenden Spielen in den Vor- und Finalrunden, von denen einige erst im 9-Meter-Schießen entschieden werden konnten, konnte sich das Team Münsteraner Börsenballett den Sieg beim MLP-AlumniUM-WiWi-Cup 2025 sichern - und das bereits zum dritten Mal in Folge.

In early July, Professor Dr. Verena Rieger, Representative for the Promotion of Early Career Researchers, and the School's PhD student representatives extended an invitation to welcome new doctoral candidates and celebrate the end of the semester together with other PhD students and postdocs.