Academic Institutions
Academic institutions are organised on an inter-university, inter-departmental or intra-departmental basis and perform university tasks in the areas of teaching, research, study and continuing education.
At a Glance
Institute for Applied Research Urban Futures (IaF)
The Institute for Applied Research Urban Futures (IaF) takes up inter- and transdisciplinary questions of urban developments and works on them in research projects.
Institute for Building Research and Conservation
The Institute for Building Research and Conservation develops, acquires and carries out technology-oriented, object-oriented projects for knowledge transfer. Its main areas of activity are building preservation, building conservation and restoration.
Current projects from the IaF
More projects
TDR4HAW: Transdisciplinary Research at Universities of Applied Sciences – Status Quo and Potential of a Sleeping Giant
The project consortium analyses research at universities of applied sciences (UAS) with a special focus on transdisciplinary research projects.
GraDiM: Granularities of Dispersion and Materiality – Visualising a Photo Archive on Diaspora
In collaboration with photographer Frédéric Brenner and his international project team, the GraDiM research project is developing theoretical and technical concepts for the visualisation of a photo archive with particular sensitivity for a collection documenting the Jewish diaspora.
CLIMATE MAPS: Visualising Local Climate Futures
Cooperation with the daily newspapers taz and UCLAB with the aim of conveying climate information via various channels using data visualisations. For this purpose, both physical and digital postcards with visualisations on different aspects of climate protection in Germany were designed and produced.