Bachelor's and master's students studying information systems (IS) at KIT can apply for a scholarship. The scholarship will start on October 1st, 2026 and will run for 12 months.

ECIS

The Institute for Information Systems (WIN) will participate at the European Conference on Information Systems taking place in Milan (Italy) in June 2026. Congratulations to all participating authors! 

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We are pleased to announce that as of April 1, 2026, Professor Dr. Maximilian Förster has started his position as Junior Professor and Head of the Research Group Information Systems IV - Digital Platform & Services at the Institute for Information Systems (WIN) at KIT. The junior professorship is financed by IBM in addition to its engagement within the Karlsruhe Digital Service Research & Innovation Hub (KSRI).

Stadt Karlsruhe, Monika Müller-Gmelin

Karlsruhe’s Mayor for Science, Gabriele Luczak-Schwarz, is calling on people in and around Karlsruhe to sign up for the citizen panel Wir forschen digital: Wir forschen digital is a great way to get involved in research without any barriers. Give it a try—whether you’d like to participate once a year or on a regular basis. Every contribution matters.” With Wir forschen digital, you can participate in studies on digital technologies and experience current research firsthand. After registering on the online portal, you’ll receive regular invitations to exciting studies: You can participate on your own schedule. Every participation is financially compensated. Share your perspective with us and become part of the future! 

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The research of the Institute for Applied Informatics and Formal Description Methods (AIFB) and the Institute for Information Systems (WIN) is represented at the ACM CHI conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, the leading international conference for human-computer interaction (HCI), with a total of 9 full papers, 3 posters, and 2 workshops. CHI 2026 will take place from April 13 to 17, 2026, in Barcelona. Congratulations to all authors!

Karlsruher Institut für Technologie

From March 17th, 2026, to March 21st, 2026, Knowledge Week on the role of Artificial Intelligence at work will take place at TRIANGEL located at Kronenplatz in Karlsruhe. The two research groups united in the project MenschKI! of the Institute for Information Systems (WIN) are the scientific partners of the event. Anyone interested is cordially invited.

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The international PhD workshop offers a research-intensive forum for doctoral students in the field of innovation economics. The focus is on how scientific findings contribute to social and economic impacts through innovation and diffusion.

The workshop will take place at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and is organized in cooperation with the ZEW – Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research, the Technical University of Munich, the Technical University of Berlin, the University of Hohenheim, and the University of Strasbourg. It combines the discussion of ongoing research work by doctoral students with a structured academic exchange involving experienced scientists.

We are pleased to announce that as of February 2, 2026, Professor Dr. Philipp Staudt has started his position as Junior Professor and Head of the Research Group Information Systems II - Digital Energy Markets at the Institute for Information Systems (WIN) at KIT.

We are delighted to welcome Professor Philipp Staudt as a faculty member und wish him every success in his professional endeavours.

The year 2025 is coming to an end - time for a review of the year. Whether inaugural lectures, collaborations with partners, Dialogtag or graduation celebrations - we look back with pleasure and at the same time look forward to further highlights in the coming year 2026!

On behalf of the KIT Department of Business and Economics, we wish all students and staff a relaxing Christmas holiday and, above all, a happy and healthy start to the new year 2026. We look forward to many events with you and exciting research projects and are curious to see what 2026 will bring.

The International Relations Office is closed from 22.12.2025 to 02.01.2026.

The WiWi Examination Office will be closed from 24.12.25 to 02.01.26 inclusive.

We will be available again from 05.01.2026.
We wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

The DFG has approved a second funding period for the "Financial Markets and Frictions" research group headed by Prof. Marliese Uhrig-Homburg (FBV). The consortium of six universities and WU Vienna is jointly supported by the DFG and the Austrian Science Fund (FWF). In the new phase, the team is expanding its program to include demand-based asset pricing for the analysis of market dynamics.

We are delighted that the KD2School research training group has been awarded DFG funding for a further five years. In cooperation with the Universities of Bremen and Oldenburg, KIT is researching the design of biosignal-adaptive systems for decision-making processes in economic contexts as well as in private and professional life. "Biosignals open up new ways of understanding decision-making processes in a context-sensitive manner and designing adaptive systems in a human-centered way. We achieve this through a consistently interdisciplinary approach combining psychology, neuroscience, economics, business informatics and computer science (..)," explains Professor Alexander Mädche from the Institute of Information Systems at KIT.

Prof. Marion Weissenberger-Eibl is "Top of the Table 2025". The editors of Table.Briefings consider the Professor of Innovation and Technology Management to be one of the key figures on the German science scene in the consulting category. Weissenberger-Eibl is also Director of the Fraunhofer ISI. Congratulations!

In the KIT topic highlight March, everything revolves around spin-offs and transfer. We spoke to students and graduates who have founded a start-up. Find out more about innovative ideas in a wide range of areas and what tips the founders have, if you are considering founding.

February 11 was International Day of Women and Girls in Science. We took this day as an opportunity to ask female professors from the KIT Department of Business and Economics why they ended up in science and what they particularly like about it. You can look forward to exciting stories about women in science!

Christine Heinrich

Do you need something to read for cozy evenings? In 2022, the KIT Department of Business and Economics celebrated its 50th anniversary. On the occasion of this anniversary, a comprehensive chronicle of the department's history was compiled.