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Call for Applications: Master Thesis or Project Study | Does Access to Electricity Matter? A Field Study on Entrepreneurial Activities in Rural Peru

Requirement At least a moderate level of Spanish is required for applying and work on this project. Your responsibilities This Master Thesis/Project Study will be conducted at the Chair of Corporate Sustainability under the TUM SEED Center research focus. It will be conducted in tandem with two…

Exchanges, Training, and Hands-on Workshops: Pablo, TUM SEED Doctoral Researcher, and prof. Disse at Olderkesi Living Lab in Kenya

The research partnership and collaboration between the TUM SEED Center and its partner universities continue to evolve as many TUM members make their first field research trips to our living labs, around the Global South. This past month, Pablo Sarmiento, SEED doctoral researcher at the TUM’s School…

Michelle in Peru: A Visit to our PUCP Partners & Living Lab in Cusco

In December 2021, Michelle Zombory, project coordinator at our TUM SEED Center, visited our SEED team in Peru, Lima at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. After a visit to the campus and a meeting with professor Eduardo Ismodes, scientific director of PUCP SEED Center, Michelle t, together…

Stakeholders' Engagement: The KNUST SEED Team Meeting the Yeboakrom Local Community

The KNUST SEED team in Ghana kicked off their local Living Lab implementation with a stakeholders' involvement workshop, where the community was formally introduced to the SSED project. Stakeholders were drawn from the Municipal Assembly, Local Business Operators, Agro Industry Players, Traditional…

20KW Solar Power Plant For !KHAROXAS Community in Namibia

In early August 2021, NUST staff commissioned a 20-kilowatt power plant as part of the Sustainable Energies, Entrepreneurship and Development (SEED) Project Solar Living Lab. The power plant is located in !Kharoxas, about 60KM outside of Windhoek and will benefit the members of the !Khomanin San…

Kenya: The SEED center at JKUAT Breaks Ground for Mini-Grid Installation in Olderkesi

After several months of consultations and co-creation with the Olderkesi community members, Narok County government and other stakeholders, the Sustainable Energies, Entrepreneurship and Development (SEED) Project has finally broken ground.  This gives a green light for the installation of a 12 Kwp…

Living Labs' Cooperation : Dhirendra, TUM SEED Researcher, in Western India

A fundamental focus of our SEED program is research collaboration with living labs. Our doctoral researchers, together with our partners, both contribute to and employ our existing living labs to advance their research topics.  Dhirendra Mishra, our doctoral candidate specialised in frugal…

Apply Now to Join Global Entrepreneurship Summer School for an Impact Journey

Are you interested in joining an interdisciplinary program and taking part on an impactful journey around circular systems? Then Apply until May 20th for the Global Entrepreneurship Summer School, offered by the Social Entrepreneurship Akademie! The Social Entrepreneurship Akademie is looking for…

Conducting field research in methodologically challenging settings virtual workshop

An opportunity for researchers to reflect on their data gathering and analysis practices. Over the past two decades the interest of management research toward developing countries and other challenging low-income settings has proliferated. The methodological foundations of management research…

A Partnership for Innovation and Sustainable Development: KNUST and TUM together in scientific, technological, and entrepreneurial excellence

Together with other nine projects, the SEED Center is featured in the new partnership brochure of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) and the Technical University of Munich (TUM). The wide range of collaborative projects are specially future-oriented in the areas of water…