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Economic outlook for the Lake Constance regionThurgau Economic Institute (TWI) invites you to the Thurgau Forecast Forum 2022 on 3 November 2022 at 5.30 p.m. at the Unternehmerzentrum Lilienberg in Ermatingen, Switzerland.

Thanks to the collaboration with the International Office, the Department of Economics welcomed many Students and Researchers who are in danger or have fled Ukraine over the summer semester 2022 and winter semester 2022/23.

Since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the University of Konstanz has been trying to help Ukrainians with various forms of support. One of these services is the Tutorial for Ukrainian Students which is offered by the Department of Economics.

As part of the project "Ukraine Digital - Ensuring Academic Success in Times of Crisis" - approved, supported, and funded by the German Academic Exchange Service, DAAD - the module "Advanced Corporate Finance Digitally Delivered" will be offered at the Kyiv National Economic University (KNEU) in the winter semester 2022/23.

An employee referral programme introduced in an experiment involving Konstanz economist Professor Nick Zubanov reduces staff turnover by 15%.

On July, 2, around 140 graduates convened for their graduation ceremony with guests and professors. Eight of them received an award of excellence.

Mehr als 100 Schüler*innen kamen vergangene Woche mit ihren Lehrpersonen zum Schülertag „Economics Goes School“. Die Veranstaltung war die erste einer Kooperation zwischen Universität Konstanz und HTWG. Professor*innen und Student*innen der beiden Institutionen gestalten sie gemeinsam, um wirtschaftspolitische Themen in den Schulen der Region Bodensee bekannter zu machen.

Over the course of the summer semester 2022, the virtual BA-seminar #FinancialInnovations in the #DigitalAge (SFIDA) took place. The jointly offered seminar was hosted by Prof. Dr. Axel Kind and Prof. Dr. Stephan Schumann in cooperation with Prof. Dr. Iryna Ivanets from the Kyiv National Economic University (KNEU).

"We must unite and look beyond citizenship for the sake of the higher goal of peace and freedom" say Nick Zubanov (born in Russia) and Oksana Melnyk (born in Ukraine)