Research
Volkswagen Foundation - European Challenges Grant (Hesse)
The Chair of Economic and Social History is at the center of an international research cooperation funded by the Volkswagen Foundation. From April 2022 to March 2026, the Chair is taking the lead in the project "Historical Tensions between International Business and National Taxation: A Challenge for Europe today", which is being carried out as part of the Volkswagen Foundation's "European Challenges" program. As part of this project, Prof. Dr. Jan-Otmar Hesse is cooperating with three internationally renowned academics at research-intensive European universities: Prof. Antonie Doležalová (Charles University Prague/Czech Republic); Prof. Neil Forbes (Coventry University in Coventry/UK); Prof. Ben Wubs (Erasmus University Rotterdam/Netherlands).