We are happy to announce that Mahnoor Shahid, a member of our team at the Chair of Sustainability and Innovation in Digital Ecosystems, has had her paper accepted at the Intelligent Systems Conference 2026. Her work, titled...

We are proud to announce that DaWeNa-Hub has published a new portrait of Prof. Hannes Rothe. He is professor at the University of Duisburg-Essen, leading the chair for “Sustainability and Innovation in Digital Ecosystems” and...

We are pleased to welcome the new Cohort 2025 of the MSc in Sustainable Innopreneurship. By joining this program, our students are not only beginning a degree—they are taking their first steps toward creating real-world impact. L...

We are delighted to recap an exciting highlight from this year’s innovation calendar: Generio took the stage at Heilbronn Slush’D 2025, delivering a compelling presence at one of Europe’s most dynamic startup gatherings. The...

We are excited to highlight a major milestone for Medirion, one of the rising innovators in AI-powered medical technology. Out of more than 120 applications, Medirion has been selected as one of just five winning startups in this...

Entdecken, Mitgestalten & Vernetzen – gemeinsam für eine zirkuläre Zukunft! Wir freuen uns sehr, dass mit Circular Valley, ein führender Accelerator für Startups der Kreislaufwirtschaft, zu uns ins PlaceBeyondBytes kommt. Die...

Team SUST is proud to announce the publication of a significant book chapter in the newly released volume, "Digitale Gesundheit in Deutschland – Wo stehen wir und wo müssen wir hinkommen?" (Digital Health in Germany – Where We...

A strategic meeting took place on 24 October at The Place Beyond Bytes Startup Incubator, led by Professor Dr. Hannes Rothe, bringing together representatives from two leading European university alliances to explore new avenues...

New publication at HICSS Conference by A. Komysheva, Prof. L. Wessel and Prof. H. Rothe.

The Ruhr region is rapidly transforming its identity, shifting from its historic foundation in steel to become a powerful Startup Factory for deep tech.

We invite ambitious Bachelor and Master students to apply for the "Digital Startup Camp" in Summer 2026.

The Master-level course has been updated: it will now be offered under the title “Digital Ideation and Entrepreneurial Design (DiEd)”, replacing the previous course “Sustainable Digital Entrepreneurship” for IS students. This...