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Visualisation of a Photo Archive about Diaspora
The photographer Frédéric Brenner has accompanied Jewish communities in over forty countries with his camera since 1978. The research project "Granularities of Dispersion and Materiality: Visualising a Photo Archive on Diaspora" (GraDiM) at the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam is working with…
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Inaugural Lecture by Prof. Hannah Jonas
On the occasion of her appointment as Professor of Design Typology at the Department of CITY | BUILDING | CULTURE, Professor Hannah Jonas will give her inaugural lecture entitled "Typology – Thinking Space of Design".
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What makes TikTok tick? BMBF Joint Project DataSkop analyses the Platform's For You Feed
As part of the Human-Technology Interaction for Digital Sovereignty funding priority, a cooperative data donation project is being launched today to investigate the personalisation of the For You feed on the TikTok platform and enable users to experience their usage behaviour with the help of…
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Together for a Safe Stadium Experience – BMI welcomes Evaluation of "Stadium Alliances in Football" by the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam
Fairness, respect and non-violence as core values in sport are inextricably linked to the safe organisation of sporting events and the prevention of spectator violence. A study by the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam confirms this: Cooperation between clubs, fan representatives, police and…
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University of Applied Sciences Potsdam signs Berlin Declaration
The President of the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam, Prof. Dr. Eva Schmitt-Rodermund, signed the Berlin Declaration on the 24th of January 2023. The Berlin Declaration from 2003 is considered one of the most important cornerstones of the Open Access movement. The University of Applied…
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Disappeared Villages: A Brief History of Open-Cast Mining
Since the end of the Second World War, over 300 villages in Germany have been demolished for lignite mining and over 120,000 people have been resettled. With the help of a data visualisation in scrollytelling format, interface design student Tim Hönig tells the story of German open-cast mining and…
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Inaugural Lecture by Prof. Dr. Rainer Schützeichel
On the occasion of his appointment as Professor of the History of Architecture and Urban Planning at the Department of CITY | BUILDING | CULTURE, Prof. Dr. Rainer Schützeichel will give his inaugural lecture entitled "History as a Resource".
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Lecture Series "Sustainable Building": The Cradle to Cradle Principle – The Reused Building Materials of the Future
In the joint lecture series "Sustainable Building" organised by the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam and the Brandenburg Chamber of Architects, architect Jörg Finkbeiner will present the topic "The cradle to cradle principle – The reused building materials of the future".
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Inaugural Lecture by Prof. Dr. Tanja Salem
On the occasion of her appointment as Professor of Theory and Practice of Childhood Education at the Department of Social and Educational Sciences, Prof. Dr. Tanja Salem will give her inaugural lecture entitled "The importance of space for language education in the context of migration".
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Inaugural Lecture by Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Maren Brakebusch
To mark her appointment as part-time Professor of Garden and Landscape Architecture at the Department of CITY | BUILDING | CULTURE, Professor Maren Brakebusch will give her inaugural lecture entitled "The Nature of the City".
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Science Competition: Science Slammers wanted!
The Brandenburg Science Slam enters its second round in spring. (Young) scientists are invited to present their research topics and results to the audience in ten minutes.
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Germany Scholarships awarded to 45 Students
In the 2022/23 funding period, 45 out of 127 applicants were awarded a Deutschlandstipendium scholarship. The outstanding students receive 300 euros per month for one year. Since the start of the programme, the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam, together with many partners and the Federal…