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Eine Gruppe von Menschen auf den Stufen des Süd-Communs

Expanding Bridges – EDUC European University Alliance Receives Renewed European Funding

The European Digital UniverCity (EDUC) - the alliance of eight universities led by the University of Potsdam - will receive funding from the European …
Eye movement measurement

In the Blink of an Eye – Eye movements can reveal a lot – A junior research group investigates what exactly

Eye movements have long been a subject of research. For decades, cognitive psychology and psycholinguistics have been analyzing eye movements to …
Prof. Peter van der Beek researches the driving forces behind mountain formation

Across Mountains and Valleys – Prof. Peter van der Beek researches the driving forces behind mountain formation

Geoscientist Peter van der Beek is a specialist in thermochronology. With this method, he looks far back into the history of mountain ranges and …
Coastal morphology of the seismically active area of Pichilemu (Chile)

Blind faults - New findings on earthquake hazards in coastal regions

For decades, earthquake researchers have been dealing with so-called blind faults. These are often seismically active and very dangerous structures in …
Annika Koch (left) and Prof. Maja Apelt (right) in interview

Diversity with the Potential for Conflict – The project “Bodyrules” researches official and unofficial rules related to the body

How do cultural and religious diversity influence the way we deal with each other in public institutions such as schools, swimming pools, and …
Numerical-relativity simulation of the binary neutron star coalescence and merger which resulted in the detected gravitational wave event GW190425.

Hypermodels help understand gravitational waves

A new approach to analyze binary neutron star mergers, developed by Dr. Gregory Ashton (University of London) and Prof. Dr. Tim Dietrich (Potsdam …
DNA-Sequenzierung des Grauwolfs

Dog ancestry can be traced to two separate wolf populations

An international group of geneticists and archaeologists with participation of the University of Potsdam have found that the ancestry of dogs can be …
At the BabyLAB

“It’s time for an Excellence Cluster at Potsdam …” – Vice President Prof. Dr. Barbara Höhle is highly determined

Barbara Höhle has a passion for science: With curiosity and experiments, she keeps advancing her subject psycholinguistics with great strides. Calm in …
Neckargmünd under water

When Heavy Rainfall Turns into Flash Floods – Hydrology research group examines the hazards of flash floods for cities

In July 2021, there were devastating floods caused by heavy rainfall with 180 deaths and immense economic damages in Rhineland-Palatine and …
Illustration for the project „HateLess“: A red finger is chrushing a man under a keyboard. The illustraion is from Andreas Töpfer.

Preempting Hate Speech – How the “HateLess” program helps young people free their schools from hate speech

Scrolling through the comment sections of news platforms, one sometimes wishes there was a delete button to remove all the hate mail, insults, and …