12 Sept 2025

Distinction for Prof. Malte Sandner

Prof. Malte Sandner of the Faculty of Business Administration is a new research fellow at the Federal Institute for Population Research (BiB). More information is available in this news item.

14 May 2025

“Kleine Maßnahmen, große Wirkung?”

Robert Jäckle’s presentation at the University:Future Festival on the topic “Mit Verhaltensökonimik zum Studienerfolg” is available online.

8 May 2025

Television and radio interview with Prof. Sabine Fromm

Leading up to the StMFH’s Bavarian Demography Conference in Nuremberg on 8 May 2025, Prof. Sabine Fromm was interviewed by the BR24 television team. The interview was broadcast on television on 8 May at 5.30 pm and was also broadcast on BR24 radio. An article was also published online at BR24.de. In addition, a radio interview with BR2 took place on the day of the event that was planned for broadcast that day at 6.15 pm on the programme, “IQ - Wissenschaft schnell erzählt” on BR2.

28 Mar 2025

Results from the second public survey from the “Heimatprojekt Bayern” are available.

The report describing the results of the second public survey about regional ties that was conducted as part of the “Heimatprojekt Bayern” project which is led by Prof. Sabine Fromm and funded by the Bavarian State Ministry for Finance and Home Affairs (StMFH). The report and more information about the project is available on the project websitehttp://www.heimatprojekt-bayern.de.

14 Mar 2025

Final report of Robert Jäckle’s SvStud project

The final report of the SvStud project, which was led by KoSIMA member, Robert Jäckle, and funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) has been published. Detailed information and a list of publications that resulted from the (S)VStud are available on the project website under the Research section.

25 Feb 2025

New project to strengthen secondary school students’ professional orientation

Prof. Sabine Fromm and Prof. Raphael Verstege have initiated a new project, supported by funds from the Freie Wähler parliamentary group, within the framework of their work for the Ohm’s Smart People | Smart Production Technology Transfer Center. The project is being carried out in close cooperation with schools and the Nürnberger Land local education authority and includes an investigation of the efficacy of career guidance measures.

20 Feb 2025

Interview with Sabine Fromm in the Nuremberg papers

Sabine Fromm spoke about “Heimat” and the research being done in the “Heimatprojekt” with the local newspapers in Nuremberg. You can read the article in full here. 

10 Feb 2025

Sabine Fromm presented results from a survey at the Klinikum Nürnberg

What are working conditions in the surgical ward? Sabine Fromm investigated this question for the Klinikum Nürnberg. She presented the results to the leadership at the clinic on 10 February.

22 Jan 2025

Hans-Dieter Gerner and Robert Jäckle report on their analyses of the practical semester

KoSIMA members, Hans-Dieter Gerner and Robert Jäckle, reported on their analyses of the practical semester in the Ohm-Journal. Details can be found in the Ohm-Journal on page 68 and in this working paper.

9 Oct 2024

Nuremberg papers report on the “Heimatprojekt Bayern”

The second public survey in the “Heimatprojekt Bayern” received attention in the media. On 9 October 2024, an article about the research project appeared in the Nürnberger Nachrichten and in the Nürnberger Zeitung.

2 Oct 2024

Short film about “Heimatprojekt Bayern”

The film shows strikingly how social cohesion in rural areas of Bavaria is experienced and provides insight into the research being done in the “Heimat” project led by Prof. Sabine Fromm. The film is available online.

13 Sept 2024

Press release (in German) about public survey

On 14 September 2024 the second public survey in the “Heimatprojekt Bayern” project will begin. The survey is focused on the topics of belonging and connection to where people live. The Bavarian State Ministry of Finance and Home Affairs issued a press release about the survey on 13 September 2024. You can read the article here.

18 July 2024

KoSIMA is part of the new technology transfer center in Lauf

In 2025 a new technology transfer center (“Technologietransferzentrum” = TTZ) will be established in the Nürnberger Land that will focus on the topic “Smart People | Smart Production”. Prof. Sabine Fromm and Prof. Raphael Verstege will be responsible for the area “Smart People” in the new TTZ. More information is available in this news item.

8 Dec 2023

New publication: Defaults and Effortful Tasks

This article, authored by Robert Jäckle (with Lars Behlen and Oliver Himmler), was published in the renowned journal Experimental Economics. You can read the article online.

17 Nov 2023

KoSIMA supports the collaboration between the Ohm’s LEONARDO - Center for Creativity and Innovation and the BBW Mittelfranken

The LEONARDO center is collaborating with the Berufsbildungswerk Bezirk Mittelfranken - Hören Sprache Lernen (BBW) in the project titled, “Digitale Medien für Menschen mit multiplen Förderbedarfen”. Prof. Sabine Fromm is providing academic supervising and advising to the project.

7 Nov 2023

Social cohesion is stronger than widely believed.

The results of the first public survey in the “Heimatprojekt Bayern” project show a positive picture of social cohesion in rural areas of Bavaria. The detailed report and a short version are available (in German) on the website of the “Heimatprojekt”.

10 Sept 2023

The effects of digital teaching on learning success

Lars Behlen, Hans-Dieter Gerner, and Robert Jäckle will analyse the effects of online teaching on learning success in a project supported by the Staedtler Foundation for one year. More information about the project is online.

25 May 2023

Ohm Happiness Report has been published 

The economics group of the BW Faculty produced the Ohm Happiness Report for the occasion of the conferral of ermeritus status on their colleague Karlheinz Ruckriegel. The article reports on student life and satisfaction of students at the Ohm. It shows, for example, that returning to lecture halls after the pandemic was associated with greater life satisfaction at the Ohm or that the expected starting salary has a positive correlation with students’ sense of happiness. More results can be found here.

7 May 2023

The “Heimatprojekt Bayern” in the local paper, Nürnberger Nachrichten

Press coverate of the first survey conducted as part of the “Heimatprojekt Bayern” is growing. The Nürnberger Nachrichten newspaper also reported on the research project led by Prof. Sabine Fromm.

Here is a link to the article. 

17 Apr 2023

You live in Nuremberg? A survey began on 17 April about the living arrangements of people with low incomes.

On behalf of the City of Nuremberg, the Technische Hochschule Nürnberg Georg Simon Ohm is conducting a study to gain a better understanding of the living arrangements in low-income households. The study is led by Prof. Sabine Fromm and Prof. Frank Ebinger.

Survey teams comprising project staff and students visited various places in Nuremberg to gather diverse opinions.

More information is available on the project website.

Details about the project is also available on this KoSIMA website.

6 Apr 2023

New working paper published by KoSIMA member, Robert Jäckle (with Raphael Brade and Oliver Himmler)

Information about the paper is on Twitter and you can read the working paper titled, “Relative Performance Feedback and Long-Term Tasks – Experimental Evidence from Higher Education” in the CESifo Network.