Are you ready to develop the entrepreneurial mindset needed to navigate today's dynamic job market? The Series of Open Entrepreneurship Courses is your gateway to hands-on experience, interdisciplinary collaboration and cutting-edge knowledge. As part of this initiative, the Technology Entrepreneurship module at Ruhr University Bochum (RUB) offers five UNIC students...

The coordinator of the European University Alliance UNIC was a guest in Bochum. The focus was on strengthening cooperation. Ruhr-Universität Bochum has been part of the European university alliance UNIC - European University of Cities in Post-Industrial Transition since 2020. A four-person delegation from Erasmus University Rotterdam visited Bochum from...

Together with Dr. Chad Baum from Aarhus University and Dr. Nathalie Sick from University of Technology Sydney, Prof. Dr. Stefanie Bröring published a new article on drivers of interdisciplinary knowledge areas in Technovation. They used the mixed-methods approach of group concept mapping to explore the drivers and barriers for emerging interdisciplinary...

In November, Prof. Dr. Stefanie Bröring's Chair for Entrepreneurship and Innovative Business Models welcomed Junior Professor Dr. Daniela Gimenez Jimenez from TU Dortmund University for a guest lecture in the “Foundations of Entrepreneurship” module. Her lecture, “Opportunity Recognition in Entrepreneurship: How the Institutional Context Influences Entrepreneurial Activities”, provided valuable insights...

The PDMA Global Student Innovation Challenge 2025 offers students the unique opportunity to submit their innovative ideas that they have developed in special innovation or entrepreneurship courses as part of their bachelor's or master's degree program. Students can win travel grants to the PDMA conference in the USA, prize money...

Ruhr University Bochum has joined the Cluster for Industrial Biotechnology (CLIB). The network promotes sustainable innovations and supports researchers and startups in translating research results into practice. “This is the only way to achieve economic transformation in North Rhine-Westphalia,” emphasizes Prof. Dr. Stefanie Bröring, member of the CLIB advisory board....

We are pleased to welcome Dr. Matthias Nachtmann, Digital Farming – Sustainability Business Development Lead at BASF SE in Ludwigshafen, to the CEIT Practitioner Series, organized by the Chair for Entrepreneurship and Innovative Business Models, led by Prof. Dr. Stefanie Bröring. BASF SE is a globally leading company in the...

DÖRKEN Digital Ventures supports the search for the latest trends in construction and promotes active participation in shaping change in the industry. Together with Vonovia - one of Germany's leading housing companies - they are organising the first hackathon for students from the fields of civil engineering and architecture. The...

We are pleased to welcome Dr. Bastian Bach, Head of Sustainable Development at GRILLO-Werke AG in Duisburg, to the first event of the CEIT Practitioner Series, organised by the Chair for Entrepreurship and Innovative Business Models of Prof. Dr Stefanie Bröring. GRILLO-Werke AG is a leading manufacturer of zinc and...

In the article "Opportunity recognition in the tension field of knowledge and learning: The case of converging industries", Dr. Simon Ohlert and Prof. Dr. Stefanie Bröring from the Chair of Entrepreneurship and Innovative Business Models, together with Prof. Dr. Natalie Laibach (Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences) and Prof. Dr. Rainer...

As part of the HIGH-TECH.NRW Demo Day #5 on November 21, 2024, Prof. Dr. Stefanie Bröring (Chair for Entrepreneurship and Innovative Business Models) will participate in a panel discussion on the topic of "De-Risking Deep-Tech" with a focus on semiconductor technologies. Further panel participants include: Dr. Bernd Burchard – Elmos...

The article “Technology strategies in converging technology systems: Evidence from printed electronics”, which was published by Prof. Dr. Stefanie Bröring together with Dr. Annika Wambsganss (TU Berlin), Prof. Dr. Sören Salomo (TU Berlin) and Dr. Nathalie Sick (UTS Sydney) in the Journal of Product Innovation Management (VHB, A), has now...

The boundaries between traditional disciplines are increasingly breaking down and new scientific fields are emerging. Researchers from the Chair for Entrepreneurship and Innovative Business Models at Ruhr University Bochum and the Fraunhofer Institute for Scientific-Technical Trend Analysis have investigated the mechanisms behind this development. They integrated findings from classical evolutionary...

In July, the Chair for Entrepreneurship and Innovative Business Models of Prof. Dr. Stefanie Bröring met with the Chair for Industrial Sales and Service Engineering (ISSE) of Prof. Dr. Jens Pöppelbuss of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering to discuss current research topics. The exchange focused on the interconnections between digitalization,...

The sCUBE is the Cube 5 Startup Lab where creative entrepreneurial potential can be discovered. sCUBE sensitizes and inspires for a startup mindset. It provides opportunities to experiment with creativity and try out start-up ideas for ITS, cybersecurity and future communication technologies (5G/6G). The focus is on early immersion in...

On July 11, 2024, the incubator Cube 5 is organizing a matchmaking event for founders who are looking for employees and co-founders. The aim is to bring together people interested in founding a company from different specialist areas in order to build a strong team with individual skills and thus...

In June, another doctoral thesis was successfully completed at the Chair of Entrepreneurship and Innovative Business Models under Prof. Dr. Stefanie Bröring. In his dissertation, Simon Ohlert investigated how entrepreneurs recognise opportunities at the intersection of, yet, non-related knowledge fields.

The state government of North Rhine-Westphalia has appointed the Bioeconomy Council NRW, of which Prof. Dr. Stefanie Bröring from the Chair of Entrepreneurship and Innovative Business Models at Ruhr University Bochum is a member. The independent committee of 15 experts is to develop a bioeconomy strategy for the federal state...

In the article "On the emergence of interdisciplinary scientific fields: (how) does it relate to science convergence?" Philipp Baaden, Dr. Michael Rennings and Prof. Dr. Stefanie Bröring from the Chair of Entrepreneurship and Innovative Business Models together with Dr. Marcus John from Fraunhofer INT integrate findings from science convergence literature...

On 07.05.2024, Prof. Dr. Stefanie Bröring took part in the panel discussion on "What do we need/can we do to implement an innovation ecosystem for the biological transformation for industries?" at the 3rd Bio4MatPro Annual Meeting. Prof. Bröring's Chair of Entrepreneurship and Innovative Business Models is involved in two joint...

In April, the first two doctoral theses at the Chair of Entrepreneurship and Innovative Business Models under Prof. Dr. Stefanie Bröring were successfully completed. Lucia Brandt examined external corporate venturing of incumbent companies in the sustainability transition. Anna Waßenhoven explored the identification, development and implementation of Key Enabling Technologies driving...

On April 16, 2024, Prof. Dr. Stefanie Bröring will give a presentation on circular business models for a sustainable BioEconomy at the German Biotechnology Days.

The article by Lora Tsvetanova, Dr. Michael Rennings and Prof. Dr. Stefanie Bröring, published in the journal Technology Analysis & Strategic Management, explores the dynamics between a focal Technological Innovation System (TIS), its neighboring TISs, and various sectors within a value chain framework. Through the analysis of patent allocations within...

On 25.03.24, Prof. Dr. Stefanie Bröring will give a presentation on the perception of actors in the innovation system of precision agriculture at the Esposito Family Centre for Innovation & Entrepreneurship at the University of the Fraser Valley in Vancouver, Canada, as part of her research semester.

In the article "Profiting from innovation when digital business ecosystems emerge: A control point perspective", Dr. Michael Rennings and Prof. Dr. Stefanie Bröring from the Chair of Entrepreneurship and Innovative Business Models, together with their co-authors, examine the effects of digital change on industrial sectors. They focus on changes in...

Anna Waßenhoven, research assistant and PhD student at the Chair of Entrepreneurship and Innovative Business Models of Prof. Dr. Stefanie Bröring, is among the top 3 candidates for the "Förderpreis der Agrarwirtschaft". The prize is awarded annually to innovative ideas and projects that make a significant contribution to the further...

The study by Anna Waßenhoven, Dr. Michael Rennings, Dr. Natalie Laibach, and Prof. Dr. Stefanie Bröring, published in Technological Forecasting and Social Change, explores the concept of Key Enabling Technologies (KETs) within policy strategies, highlighting their role in driving industrial transitions. The research employs patent indicators to distinguish KETs from...

Together with Annika Wambsganss (UTS Sydney/TU Berlin), Dr. Nathalie Sick (UTS Sydney) and Prof. Dr. Soren Salomo (TU Berlin), Prof. Dr. Stefanie Bröring has published a new publication on technology strategies in converging technology systems in the Journal of Product Innovation Management (JPIM). Converging technology systems represent a highly complex...

On Aug. 22, 2023, Dr. Vivian Peuker-Steinhäuser will present the module "Start-up Creation" at the TdiL23-Transfer und Entrepreneurship in the RUB Makerspace.

On May 08, 2023, the Chair of Entrepreneurship and Innovative Business Models, together with Rentenbank and Tech Quartier, organized the Demo Day of the Idea Camp in the Makerspace at RUB. Eight teams presented their results to the jury, which consisted of Prof. Dr. Stefanie Bröring, Dr. Christian Bock, Dr....