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Students research ethical challenges faced by entrepreneurs on Chios

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What ethical dilemmas do entrepreneurs have to overcome? Viadrina students were able to find out on the Greek island of Chios at a cosmetics company, a herb exporter and a wedding planner, among others. Together with students from Aegean University, they took part in an ERUA travel seminar entitled "Researching Responsibility: Ethical Dilemmas in Organisational Life". After the research stay on Chios in November 2025, a conference to evaluate the results took place on 9 December as part of the return visit to the Viadrina.

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German Employer Award for Education 2025

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On Tuesday, 25 November, the European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder) will receive the German Employer Award for Education 2025 for its outstanding commitment to promoting democracy. The award goes to a seminar on the topic of "Democracy in crisis?" by Lilo Meier, Elisa Lehrer and Dr Anna Rößner. The economists' interdisciplinary and interactive course programme invites students to take a critical look at the challenges facing democracies at the interface between business, politics and society. The seminar is part of the Faculty Learning Community (FLC) "Shaping Democratic Spaces: University between Neutrality and Social Responsibility", in which the lecturers exchange ideas about the university as a democratic space with other university members at Viadrina's Center for Teaching and Learning.

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Lilo Meier receives EGOS That’s Interesting Award

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Research Associate at the Chair of People, Work and Management awarded for her work on the digital platform economy.

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Study on remuneration in music streaming published

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Funded by the Federal Commissioner for Culture and Media, it provides the first in-depth analysis of the German music streaming market.

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Thinking Allowed: BBC in conversation with Prof .Dr. Jana Costas

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Research podcast explores the experience and meaning of work

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Prof. Dr. Jana Costas awarded Kurt Rothschild Prize for ethnography on cleaning staff

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The prize by the Karl Renner Institute recognizes research with impact that goes beyond academia

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Ethnography "Dramas of Dignity" wins prize for responsible management research

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Book by Prof. Dr. Jana Costas honoured with Responsible Research in Management Award 2024

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The New Yorker reviews Prof. Dr. Jana Costas' book Secrecy at Work

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The publication examines the importance of company secrets

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Prof. Dr. Jana Costas awarded the book prize of the European Group for Organisational Studies (EGOS)

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Work on the dignity of cleaning staff is best monograph 2023

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