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Students research ethical challenges faced by entrepreneurs on Chios
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.
View detailsGerman Employer Award for Education 2025
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.
View detailsLilo Meier receives EGOS That’s Interesting Award
Research Associate at the Chair of People, Work and Management awarded for her work on the digital platform economy.
View detailsStudy on remuneration in music streaming published
Funded by the Federal Commissioner for Culture and Media, it provides the first in-depth analysis of the German music streaming market.
View detailsThinking Allowed: BBC in conversation with Prof .Dr. Jana Costas
Research podcast explores the experience and meaning of work
View detailsProf. Dr. Jana Costas awarded Kurt Rothschild Prize for ethnography on cleaning staff
The prize by the Karl Renner Institute recognizes research with impact that goes beyond academia
View detailsEthnography "Dramas of Dignity" wins prize for responsible management research
Book by Prof. Dr. Jana Costas honoured with Responsible Research in Management Award 2024
View detailsThe New Yorker reviews Prof. Dr. Jana Costas' book Secrecy at Work
The publication examines the importance of company secrets
View detailsProf. Dr. Jana Costas awarded the book prize of the European Group for Organisational Studies (EGOS)
Work on the dignity of cleaning staff is best monograph 2023
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