Zum 1. Juli begrüßte der Lehrstuhl Athanasia Gkirini (Fachhochschule Oberösterreich) zu einem dreimonatigen Praktikum infolge einer Initiativbewerbung. Hier stellt sie sich kurz selbst vor:
"My name is Athanasia Gkiriniand currently I am doing my master program "Innovation and Product Management" in the University of Applied Sciences of Upper Austria. During my summer break, I chose to do an ERASMUS placement traineeship in a research project in the University of Passau, in order to put theory into practice and gain international working experience. Indeed, this project gave me the opportunity to increase my knowledge and skills related to market research, product positioning and service design. My mighty thanks to Prof.Lehnerfor giving me this opportunity and Michael Langbauerfor his useful guidelines and feedback."