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Prof. Jörg Becker as opponent at the University of Turku
Prof. Jörg Becker was invited as opponent for the doctoral defense of Tapio Versäläinen at the University of Turku, Finland. Versäläinen's dissertation is titled “Forecasting Future Events with Publicly Accessible Online Data – A Study on Finnish Parliamentary Elections from 2015 to 2023” and was supervised by Prof. Reima Suomi.
Design Thinking Seminar with Georgia College & State University
Last week, students from the J. Whitney Bunting College of Business & Technology (Georgia College & State University) visited the Department of Information Systems at the University of Münster to take part in the second part of the international Design Thinking seminar.
Transdev Mobility Hackathon 2025
From May 16 to 18, 2025, the first Transdev Mobility Hackathon took place at the Leonardo campus of the University of Münster. The event was organized by the Innovation and New Markets team in collaboration with Operations Planning and HR at Transdev – part of the Rethmann Group and the second-largest rail and bus company in Germany. 19 students from over 13 countries worked together to develop practical solutions for optimizing school bus routes.
Visiting International Guest Professor - Prof. Isabel Ramos
In the summer term, we are once again welcoming international guest professors at our department. One of them is Prof. Isabel Ramos from the University of Minho, Portugal. She arrived in April and will stay until May 31. During her stay, Isabel Ramos will teach the bachelor seminar “AI and Attention in the Organization”.
Kick-offs of the project seminars in the summer semester 2025
Exciting project seminars for bachelor's and master’s students are once again taking place at the Institute of Information Systems this summer semester.
The following project seminars have already started in the bachelor's program:
Farewell and Inaugural Lecture by Prof. Jörg Becker
On May 2, 2025, the farewell lecture of Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Jörg Becker took place in lecture hall Leo 1 at the Leonardo Campus. Numerous colleagues from across the School of Business and Economics, long-time companions, former and current doctoral students from three decades, as well as his family, attended the event.
CURATE Bootcamp in Košice: Successful kick-off for the EU-funded Ulysseus project
The first Bootcamp as part of the EU-funded CURATE project took place in Košice on 7 and 8 April. The event was hosted by the Technical University of Košice (TUKE), which is working with five other partner universities in the Ulysseus network to set up an innovative, student-centred incubator programme.
Jan vom Brocke becomes new President of the global Association for Information Systems
Prof. Dr. Jan vom Brocke von der Universität Münster ist von den Mitgliedern der Association for Information Systems (AIS), dem Weltverband für Forschung und Lehre in der Wirtschaftsinformatik, zum nächsten Präsidenten gewählt worden.
Kick-off of the 2025 Design Thinking Seminar
The 2025 Design Thinking Seminar successfully launched with its first virtual session. Students from the University of Münster and Georgia College met online for the first time, laying the foundation for a transatlantic, interdisciplinary academic collaboration.
Podcast Episode on „AI-supported Decision-making“
Prof. Benedikt Berger as a guest on “Born & Kepler”
In the latest episode of the “Born & Kepler” podcast, Andreas Deptolla speaks with Prof. Benedikt Berger (Junior Professorship for Digital Transformation and Society) about the real-world challenges and opportunities of using artificial intelligence (AI) in business and society.