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UNIPRENEURS honors Prof. Denise Fischer-Kreer for her outstanding commitment to entrepreneurship at universities
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Do Grasslands in More Diverse Landscapes Suffer Less from Drought?
During the heatwave of 2018, meadows and pastures also suffered from the drought. Are grasslands in diverse landscapes more resilient to yield losses than those in monotonous regions? Researchers at the University of Bonn led by Marco Ferro and Prof. Dr. Jan Börner from the Institute for Food and Resource Economics (ILR) investigated the influence of landscape diversity on the drought tolerance of grasslands as part of Collaborative Research Center 1502 DETECT.
UNIPRENEURS honors Denise Fischer-Kreer
Prof. Dr. Denise Fischer-Kreer received an award from UNIPRENEURS for her exceptional dedication to spin-offs and entrepreneurship. The professor for Entrepreneurial Behaviour at the Institute of Entrepreneurship, University of Bonn, was honored for her work promoting entrepreneurship within higher education and research in Germany, along with 19 other professors. The award ceremony took place in Berlin.
Ilona Grunwald Kadow appointed Max Planck Fellow
Professor Ilona C. Grunwald Kadow from the University of Bonn has been appointed Max Planck Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Neurobiology of Behavior – caesar (MPINB). Over the next five years, she will establish a research group investigating how interactions between the brain and the body influence behavior. The appointment will further strengthen cooperation between the two Bonn-based institutions.
Benjamin Born Wins 2026 Carl Menger Award
Benjamin Born, a professor in the ECONtribute Cluster of Excellence at the University of Bonn, has been honored with the 2026 Carl Menger Award. Worth €20,000, it is presented by the Verein für Socialpolitik (German Economic Association, VfS) for innovative international research work in the fields of monetary macroeconomics, monetary policy and currency policy.

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