Grant-funded research projects
Grant-funded and international research has become increasingly important at the faculty in recent years. The following grant-funded research projects research projects are in process (selection; sorted by the funding organisations).
Further information about the research activities of the according Chairs you will find on their websites in the section "Research". The research topics by faculty member you will find here.
German Research Foundation (DFG), Bonn (DFG Collaborative Research Centres and Research Projects)
SFB 990 - Ecological and Socioeconomic Functions of Tropical Lowland Rainforest Transformation Systems (Sumatra, Indonesia)
- Apl. Prof. Dr. Jann Lay is head of project C04 "Mitigating trade-offs between economic and ecological functions and services through certification".
- Prof. Dr. Krisztina Kis-Katos is head of project C10 "Localized environmental and land use policies, palm oil conversion and deforestation ".
- Prof. Dr. Thomas Kneib, Chair of Statistics, is head of project "INF" "Research Data Management and Integrative Statistical Analysis" together with the director of the Göttingen State and University Library, Wolfram Horstmann, and the CEO of the central IT centre ("Gesellschaft für wissenschaftliche Datenverarbeitung mbH Göttingen"), Ramin Yahyapour.
Project leaders:
Prof. Dr. Jann Lay (Apl. Prof.) as well as Prof. Dr. Krisztina Kis-Katos and Prof. Dr. Thomas Kneib
Sponsor: German Research Foundation (DFG)
Funding period: 2012-2015 (first period), 2015-2019 (second period) and 2019-2023 (third period)
For further information please visit the website of the SFB 990.
Autonomy and control in digital work contexts of high reliability organizations: Hospitals and Airports Compared (ANDROMEDA)
The goal of the DFG project ANDROMEDA at the Universities of Göttingen and Hohenheim is to analyze the perception of autonomy and control by employees in digital work contexts of high-reliability organizations using the example of hospitals and airports. These are particularly affected by digitalization steps such as in patient administration (hospital) and passenger and cargo handling (airport) through mobile smartphone applications. Jobs in these areas have special characteristics such as a high level of technology, highly specialized teams, high physical and mental stress, rapidly changing work intensity, and the processing and use of large amounts of data. Furthermore, employees often come into contact with critical decision-making situations where small mistakes can have serious consequences. In such contexts, the perception of autonomy and control is essential for individual work actions and team collaboration. The results of the research project are therefore significant for the discussion of autonomy and control and the effects of digitization steps on employees and their cooperation, especially in high reliability organizations, as well as for digital work design in the logistics and service sector in general.
Sponsor:
German Research Foundation (DFG) as part of the Priority Program 2267 "Digitization of Working Environments" (DdA)
Coordinators:
- Prof. Dr. Caroline Ruiner, Chair of Sociology, Universtiy of Hohenheim
- Prof. Dr. Matthias Klumpp, Chair of Production and Logistics (interim professor), Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Göttingen
Funding period: 2020-2023
Received funding: 430,000 euros in total, of which 210,000 euros are allocated to the faculty
Federal Ministries, Berlin/ Bonn
Measuring the Doing-Using-Interacting Mode of SMEs in Structurally Weak Regions ("DUI.REG - Messung des Doing-Using-Interacting-Modus von KMU in strukturschwachen Regionen")
The research project aims to record the innovation activities of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) more precisely so that structural policy measures can be better tailored to them.
Sponsor:
Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
Coordinator:
Prof. Dr. Kilian Bizer, Chair of Economic Policy and SME Research
Additional partners:
- Prof. Dr. Uwe Cantner, Chair of Microeconomics, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
- Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Rolf Sternberg, Institute for Economic and Cultural Geography, Leibniz Universität Hannover
- Dr. Jörg Thomae, Institute for Small Business Economics at the University of Göttingen (ifh)
Funding period: 2022-2025
Received funding (Göttingen): 300.000 Euro
Process-oriented economic evaluation and selection of IT security measures (ProBITS)
How can companies properly evaluate measures to increase their IT security? The joint project "Process-oriented economic evaluation and selection of IT security measures" (ProBITS) is developing an innovative approach that will enable a process-oriented evaluation of IT security measures (ITSM) in the future. In addition to a multi-criteria decision model, the aim is to develop a process model for the introduction and implementation of ITSM and to expand an existing process modelling language to include interactions between ITSM and corporate processes. Finally, an IT tool will enable the efficient evaluation and selection of ITSM. The project thus makes a significant contribution to increasing IT security in general and in particular for SMEs by taking specific company requirements into account.
Sponsor:
Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
Network coordination:
Prof. Dr. Simon Trang, Chair of Information Security and Compliance ('Juniorprofessur') (since 1 April 2023: Research Group on Information Security and Compliance)
Further faculty representatives:
Dr. Ilja Nastjuk und Tizian Matschak, M.Sc., both Chair of Information Security and Compliance ('Juniorprofessur') (since 1 April 2023: Research Group on Information Security and Compliance)
Additional partners:
- Chair of Business Information Management (Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg)
- msu solutions GmbH
- Rezeptprüfstelle (Prescription Testing Centre) Duderstadt GmbH
- Various associated partners
Funding period: 2021-2024
Received funding (Göttingen): 485.696 Euro
EVA-KI: Establishing a platform for the development and validation of AI solutions in the clinical routine
How can artificial intelligence (AI) improve medical care in the long term? With the project "Establishing a platform for the development and validation of AI solutions in the clinical routine", the Federal Ministry of Health (BMG) is funding a new project on the use of artificial intelligence as a future key technology in healthcare: More information
Sponsor:
Federal Ministry of Health as part of the funding line "Digital innovations for improving patient-centered care in the healthcare system
Coordinator:
Dr. Anirban Mukhopadhyay, TU Darmstadt
Faculty representative:
Prof. Dr. Manuel Trenz, Chair of Interorganizational Information Systems
Additional partners:
- Dr. Daniel Pinto dos Santos, University Hospital Cologne
- PD Dr. Felix Nensa, University Hospital Essen
- Smart Reporting GmbH
Funding period: 2020-2023
Received funding: 1,7 millions EUR
"KISK": Competence-oriented and job-specific IT security for staff in hospitals
Cyber attacks on hospitals pose an increasing threat to data security and health care in German hospitals. In the joint project "Competence-oriented and job-specific IT security for employees in hospitals" (KISK: Kompetenzorientierte und stellenspezifische IT-Sicherheit für MitarbeiterInnen in Krankenhäusern), an employee-oriented concept for more cyber security in German hospitals is being developed under the leadership of the University of Göttingen (Prof. Trang, Assistant Professor for Information Security and Compliance as well as Prof. Trenz, Chair of Interorganisational Information Systems) together with the University Medical Center Göttingen, the University of Hohenheim and thirteen German hospitals.
Sponsor:
Bundesministerium für Gesundheit (BMG)
Coordinator:
Prof. Dr. Simon Trang, Chair of Information Security and Compliance ('Juniorprofessur') (since 1 April 2023: Research Group on Information Security and Compliance)
Faculty representatives:
- Prof. Dr. Simon Trang, Chair of Information Security and Compliance ('Juniorprofessur') (since 1 April 2023: Research Group on Information Security and Compliance)
- Prof. Dr. Manuel Trenz, Chair of Interorganizational Information Systems
Additional partners:
- University Medical Center Göttingen
- University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart
Funding period: 2021-2024
Received funding (Total/ Göttingen): 610.000 / 488.000 Euro
ITS.kompetent: Determining IT Security (ITS) Qualification Needs Using Competence Measurement and Profile Matching
The joint project "ITS.kompetent: Determining IT Security (ITS) Qualification Needs Using Competence Measurement and Profile Matching" aims to develop the online tool "ITS.kompetent". ITS.kompetent makes it possible to determine SME-specific ITS qualification needs by means of profile matching and the subsequent selection of ITS training offers that are a perfect fit. With the help of ITS.kompetent, SMEs gain transparency with regard to questions like: What ITS competencies are needed for which employees? Where are the job-specific and company-wide ITS qualification needs? How can the missing competencies be effectively built up? In this way, ITS.kompetent fills an important gap in order to inform SMEs about potential dangers and to sustainably increase the ITS level in SMEs.
Sponsor:
Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi)
Network coordination:
Prof. Dr. Simon Trang, Chair of Information Security and Compliance ('Juniorprofessur') (since 1 April 2023: Research Group on Information Security and Compliance)
Further faculty representatives:
- Prof. Dr. Lutz M. Kolbe, Chair of Information Management
- Kerstin Masuch, Chair of Information Security and Compliance ('Juniorprofessur') (since 1 April 2023: Research Group on Information Security and Compliance)
Additional partners:
Universität Hohenheim
Funding period: 2021-2024
Received funding (Göttingen): 678.989,61 Euro
Flexibility Management and Provision of Control Energy for Heavy Goods Vehicles in Port (FRESH)
The project investigates how electric "Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs)", which take over container transport at the port, can provide their battery capacities as operating reserve to the energy grid. In addition to the technical aspects, the economic efficiency of such a use is also to be investigated.
Sponsor:
Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy
Coordinator:
HHLA Container-Terminal Altenwerder GmbH
Faculty representatives:
Smart Mobility Research Group (SMRG), Chair of Information Management (Prof. Dr. Lutz M. Kolbe)
Additional partners:
- HHLA Container-Terminal Altenwerder GmbH
- Next Kraftwerke GmbH, OFFIS e.V.
Funding period: 2019-2021
Received funding (SMRG): 230.000 EUR
D-TRAS - Digital Platform for Traffic Safety-Risk Prediction in Rural Areas
In the new research project D-TRAS - Digital Platform for Traffic Safety-Risk Prediction in Rural Areas, researchers of our Faculty investigate the feasibility of combining vehicle sensor data with safety-relevant data to innovate the prediction of traffic risks. The aim is to provide a traffic risk prediction service for road users running on a digital platform considering the contextual information provided. Collected dynamic sensor data from a driver’s vehicle, smartphone, or wearables will be aggregated into safety-relevant information and transmitted to a digital platform operated in the cloud where it is enriched with data from other users and data marketplaces. A trained AI model will then be used to predict spatiotemporal traffic safety risks. Thereby, road users can be warned when approaching a traffic risk to improve road safety. In addition, options for feedback and evaluation will be provided to improve prediction quality: More information
Sponsor:
Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy
Coordinator:
Virtual Vehicle Research GmbH
Faculty representatives:
- Smart Mobility Research Group (SMRG), Chair of Information Management (Prof. Dr. Lutz M. Kolbe)
- Prof. Dr. Simon Trang, Chair of Information Security and Compliance ('Juniorprofessur') (ISC) (since 1 April 2023: Research Group on Information Security and Compliance)
Additional partners:
- Virtual Vehicle Research GmbH
- Caruso GmbH
- Motobit GmbH
- NEXT Data Service AG
Funding period: 2021-2024
Received funding (SMRG & ISC): 426.056,96 EUR
European Union, Brussels
Scaling up the WHO-PEN package for diabetes and hypertension in eSwatini: a nation-wide cluster-randomised evaluation of three strategies in eSwatini (WHO-PEN@Scale)
Diabetes and hypertension have become a significant global burden, especially in low and middle income countries. The Smart Mobility Research Group (SMRG) of the Chair of Information Management is part of the WHO-PEN@Scale project, which pursues the idea of community-based care to relieve overburdened hospitals and increase the number of people diagnosed and treated: more information
Sponsor:
Commission of the European Union, Framework Programme for Research and Innovation "Horizon 2020" (Grant Agreement No. 825823)
Coordinators:
Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
Faculty representative:
Smart Mobility Research Group (SMRG) of the Chair of Information Management (Prof. Dr. Lutz M. Kolbe)
Additional partners:
- Clinton Health Access Initiative, Boston, USA
- Diabetes eSwatini - International Diabetes Federation, Swaziland, Africa
- Folkehelseinstituttet Oslo, Norway
- Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH), Basel, Switzerland
- hting Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development, The Netherlands
- Swaziland Business Coalition on HIV and AIDS (SWABCHA), Swaziland, Africa
- University of eSwatini, Swaziland, Africa
Funding period: 2019-2023
Received funding (SMRG): 320.000 Euro
Foundations and Institutions
interprof HOME - Development and testing of an interprofessional patient-centred care concept for patients living at home
Against the background of the often inadequate coordination between nursing services, general practitioners, therapists and family caregivers for the provision of care to home-care patients, the aim of the interdisciplinary research project interprof HOME is to develop and test a demand-oriented, interprofessional patient-centered care concept to avoid hospital admissions and to improve the quality of life for home-care patients.
Sponsor:
Innovationsausschuss des Gemeinsamen Bundesausschusses (Innovation Committee of the Federal Joint Committee) (G-BA)
Coordinator:
Prof. Dr. Eva Hummers, Institute of General Medicine, University Medical Center Göttingen
Faculty representatives:
Prof. Dr. Indre Maurer und Dr. Clarissa E. Weber, Chair of Organization and Corporate Development
Additional partners:
- Göttingen University Medical Centre
- Law firm Dr. Ruppel mbH (Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft Dr. Ruppel mbH)
- University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf
- University of Cologne
- University of Lübeck
Funding period: 2021-2024
Received funding: 2.29 million Euro