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The new mentoring program at the Faculty of Economics and Business has been established for female doctoral candidates who are in the early phase of their dissertation. The mentors are mainly professors from German universities who work in the same field / subject area as their mentees. During the 18-month duration of the mentoring program, there are regular (digital) meetings between mentees...[more]

On October 26, UBS Nobel Perspectives live! was held with four Nobel Laureates in Economics Robert Engle, Christopher Pissarides, Michael Spence and Joseph Stiglitz at Goethe University's Westend Campus. Around 300 students were there live to discuss the future of Europe and the climate crisis. The recording of this high-profile event is available here. In 2017, UBS launched Nobel...[more]

Goethe University is making further appointments available in cooperation with the Workers’ Samaritan Federation (ASB) and the City of Frankfurt’s health department: Wednesday, October 13, 2021, 9:00 am to 2:00 pm: Campus Westend (at sculpture Body of Knowledge, Theodor-W.-Adorno Platz)Tuesday, October 26, 2021, 9:00 am to 2:00 pm: Campus Westend (at sculpture...[more]

In an article published in the Review of Accounting Studies, Prof. Dr. Martin Nienhaus and Christopher Oehler from Goethe-University and Christoph Mauritz from Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster report on the results of a study on the role of auditors in the preparation of corporate financial reports. Using the latest methods for automated text analysis and a dataset of nearly 4 million...[more]

Alexander Meyer-Gohde has received the funding approval for a research project on macroeconomic models from German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG). The DFG will fund the project titled „Numerical diagnostics and improvements for the solution of linear dynamic macroeconomic models“ over the next three years with an amount of 250,000 euros. Meyer-Gohde has held the...[more]

Goethe University has achieved outstanding results in the renowned ShanghaiRanking (Global Ranking of Academic Subjects). The Faculty of Economics and Business is particularly pleased of the outcome in the following subjects: Finance (3rd place among German universities), Business Administration, and Economics (both 7th place among German universities). Professor Maik Schmeling (Chair of...[more]

Dear students, We would like to inform you about the current status of the curriculum planning in the Faculty of Economics and Business for the winter semester 2021/22. We intend to go back to the lecture hall. This means that the current plans are to take this goal into account and to offer face-to-face teaching in the courses (with very few exceptions) in the winter semester...[more]