ABSTRACT
This Special Issue provides a platform for research-based learning and the valuable output of these approaches. Research-based learning is a learning / teaching format in higher education that is better suited than most other to prepare students for the challenges of our digital knowledge economy. The content of the issue confirms that the students are highly interested in recent economic policy issues, epecially regarding the pandemic, digitalization, and institutional developments. The selected papers tackle a wide range of topics including tax evasion and digitization, coporate strategies during the pandemic, the sharing economy, and moral develpment and corruption. With this publication we would like to point out that it is important to provide publication possibilities for student research in standard academic journals.