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For her research project on ‚Engineering frugal innovations for sustainable future and higher societal impact‘, Dr. Nivedita Agarwal  has been awarded with the prestigious Schöller fellowship 2020 award. Her research project aims to establish the linkage between frugality and sustainability and inve... Continue

On 26th February 2020, Ohm Professional School (OPS) had its first Indo-German Networking event on the topic of ‘efficiency versus Jugaad innovation’ . The event was organized and hosted by Prof. Dr. Helen Rogers. Dr. Nivedita Agarwal was invited as one of the guest speakers to share her experiences... Continue

Since spring 2017, the teams around Alexander Brem, Head of the Chair of Technology Management and Christoph Alexiou, Head of the Section for Experimental Oncology and Nanomedicine (SEON), have been working together on a project. The aim of the cooperation is to bring a contrast agent for magnetic r... Continue

Dr. Nivedita Agarwal will be co-chairing the "Frugal Innovation and Digitalization" track at R&D Management conference 2020 in Glasgow with Dr. Rajnish Tiwari and Dr. Suchit Ahuja. The conference takes place at the University of Strathclyde and has the title "Innovation across Boundaries: Histor... Continue

On December 5, 2019, the Podcast „IQ – Wissenschaft und Forschung“ ("IQ - Science and Research") of the Bayrischer Rundfunk (Bavarian Broadcasting Corporation, BR) broadcasted „Schlichte Technik - Produkte, die so einfach sind wie möglich“ ("Simple technology - products that are as simple as possibl... Continue

For the article "How to manage creativity time? Results from a social psychological time model lab experiment on individual creative and routine performance“, Alexander Brem and Verena Utikal were awarded 3rd place in the Best Paper Award "Innovation Management". The three finalists were selected fr... Continue

On 6th of November 2019, AUSSENWIRTSCHAFT AUSTRIA organized the ‘Africa Day’ event in Vienna. The event was funded by go-international, an initiative powered by the Austrian Federal Ministry for Digital and Economic Affairs and the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber. Africa Day was focused on encoura... Continue

Dipl.-Vw. & Dipl.-Kfm. Carsten Guderian, lecturer at the Chair of Technology Management, was invited to give a lecture at the International Trade Fair for Ideas, Inventions and New Products (iENA).
In addition to his scientific work on patent analysis and patent evaluation at the FAU, Carsten G... Continue

Grino Water Solutions has won the 1st place at the Award of HOCHSPRUNG, the Entrepreneurship Network of Bavarian Universities. The HOCHSPRUNG Award supports the start-up dynamics at Bavarian universities. 36 start-ups from all over Bavaria had applied for the prize, which awarded innovative projects... Continue

This year's annual conference of the innovation association quer.kraft (German only) took place at the beginning of October in the premises of the youth hostel of Nuremberg Castle. A total of 130 participants from 46 different organisations were present to exchange and network on interesting questio... Continue