The Department of Business and Economics at JGU is one of the strongest research institutions in Germany, making it the center of scientific research in Rhineland-Palatinate. It is closely networked with regional, national and international partners from science and industry. The research activity becomes visible in publications, lecture series and working papers.
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Study: Economics as a school subject leads to more entrepreneurship
Economics as a school subject leads to more entrepreneurial activity in later professional life, as shown by a recent study by the ifo Institute and Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU). According to the study, the probability of entrepreneurial activity increases by four percentage points if economics was a mandatory subject at school. “Economics education at…
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2nd BAM Junior Workshop, Ideas Market and Lecture Series
JGU Mainz is hosting the 2nd BAM Workshop from Wednesday, September 24, 2025, to Friday, September 26, 2025. BAM – Bridging Accounting Research Methodologies – is a Research Network and community dedicated to supporting and empowering early career researchers in the field of accounting. The 2nd BAM Workshop program includes seminar-style presentations from network members,…
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New Leibniz Professor at JGU Mainz: Karolin Kirschenmann joins the Economics Department with a focus on Empirical Banking
Prof. Dr. Karolin Kirschenmann has been the new Professor of Economics with a focus on Empirical Banking at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz since March 5, 2025. The joint appointment with ZEW – Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research Mannheim was made as part of the Leibniz Association’s Leibniz Professorship Program. Kirschenmann continues to work at…
The Department of Business and Economics at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) and the Faculty of Economics and Business at Goethe University Frankfurt (GU) established a joint ethics commission on December 7, 2016.
Since February 2014 the research unit “Interdisciplinary Public Policy – IPP” at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz works on questions regarding the interaction of public institutions with the socioeconomic environment they act in. Several faculty members of the Department of Business and Economics are part of this research unit.
