Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences is the largest and most powerful university of applied sciences in Lower Saxony. It pursues the goal of solving socially relevant issues through practical research in close dialog with partners from the economic, social and political environment. One of the four profile-defining research focal points is “Energy Systems, Economics and Law”, in which the Faculties of Computer Science and Engineering, Economics and Social Sciences and the Faculty of Management, Culture and Technology work together on an interdisciplinary basis.