Building Bridges is developing a digital storytelling platform where girls and FLINTA* of Colour can share their experiences and needs. To make sure the platform truly speaks to its community, we're inviting female mentors and...

Dr. Jonathan Zebhauser Successfully Defends Dissertation on Scaling AI Ventures

Since January 2026, the Chair of Sustainability and Innovation in Digital Ecosystems at the Universität Duisburg-Essen, led by Prof. Dr. Hannes Rothe, has been cooperating with LIG GmbH (https://l-i-g.net/). The collaboration...

What an inspiring three days! The AI for Good Hackathon brought together students from across the Rhine-Ruhr Region to collaborate, create, and explore how artificial intelligence can contribute to solving some of society’s most...

Dr. Tomasz Waliczko from the Chair of Sustainability and Innovation in Digital Ecosystems at the University of Duisburg-Essen attended VivaTech in Paris last weekend. His participation followed an invitation from PSL and provided...

Why Information Systems Is More Important Than Ever

The University of Duisburg-Essen (UDE) is excited to welcome Avneet Kaur from Lehigh University (USA) as a 2026 Ruhr Fellow. Hosted by the Chair of Sustainability and Innovation in Digital Ecosystems, Avneet will participate in an...

The Chair of Sustainability and Innovation in Digital Ecosystems at the University of Duisburg-Essen (UDE) is proud to look back on a highly successful participation in the Aurora Symposium 2026, which concluded yesterday at Vrije...

The EHDS4ALL consortium recently came together for its 9th Consortium Meeting and second annual in-person gathering at Universität Duisburg-Essen (UDE) in Essen. Across a full day of presentations, discussions, and collaborative...

From 18 to 21 May 2026, the University of Duisburg-Essen hosted the Aurora Annual Conference 2026, welcoming researchers, students, and university leaders from across Europe to discuss the future of higher education,...

Over 30 students from across the Aurora Universities recently convened for the Blended Intensive Programme, "Digital Resilience for a Vital Europe."

Marvin Mathis is a research assistant at the Chair of Sustainability and Innovation in Digital Ecosystems and recently participated in the Blended Intensive Programme “Nurturing seizmic Change” at Copenhagen Business School from...