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.