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Four students in the University of Potsdam building.

“I’d Rather Attend Lectures in the Afternoon Than Watch Netflix” – The Junior Studies Program attracts high school students from Berlin and Brandenburg to the University of Potsdam

Her schedule is full to the brim. That’s exactly how Maja-Jeanne Schmidt likes it. The 17-year-old attends the 11th grade in Oranienburg, is class …
A mountain made of books. There is a tree at the top.

Can Reading Give Us a Better Understanding of Nature? Literary scholar Sabine Röttig researches ecological children’s literature

Gundula Priebe is the only one who regrets that the century-old linden tree in her village is to be chopped down – in favor of traffic. Since the girl …
Dr Katharina Rein in her office.

Threefold Magic – Technology, Tricks, and Show Effects

Sophisticated card tricks, floating objects, or alleged mind reading: Hardly anyone has not been amazed by the illusions and spectacles of …
Frederike Offizier during the interview.

All Totally Healthy? – American Studies Scholar Frederike Offizier About Biosecurity

Early diagnostics, genetic tests, self-surveillance: In the scientific community, the term biosecurity has long since ceased to refer only to the …
Students Mercy Ekua Grimmon-Thompson (left) and Diyorbek Toshniyozov (right) connect the cables for the geoelectric measurements together with Jens Tronicke.

Looking Beneath the Surface – Geophysicists and students from the University of Potsdam are searching for traces of a Jewish cemetery in Lenzen, Brandenburg

It is a summery September day in Lenzen, a small town on the Elbe river in the outer northwestern part of the state of Brandenburg, with a history of …
Symbolische Darstellung eines Netzwerks

“The Aim is to Increase the Competitiveness and Visibility of Young Universities” – The Young European Research Universities Network YERUN

The European Union has transformed a continent that was divided and even hostile for centuries into a community that exchanges ideas, makes joint …
Symbolic image: Solidarność movement

From Solidarność to PiS and Back? – The Path of Polish Democracy in Europe

Where is Polish democracy heading? This question weighs on the minds of many who have followed the country’s political developments in recent years, …
Iain Macdonald is Professor of Philosophy at the Université de Montréal and visited the University of Potsdam for the second time as a guest researcher.

Rediscover Old Paths with UP Reconnect – Alumni Can Return to the University of Potsdam for Short Stays via a Funding Program

Going back to conduct research at your former alma mater, cultivating old or new friendships, and developing scientific ideas together: With the “UP …

Opportunities Seized, Expansion Mastered – Ten Years of the Center for Teacher Training and Education Research

Media information 02-09-2024 / No. 082

The goal of the Center for Teacher Training and Education Research (ZeLB), which was founded in 2014, was to bring teacher training into the focus of …
Eli Friedlander

From Kant’s Philosophy to Benjamin’s Aesthetics – The Israeli Philosopher Eli Friedlander Is a Guest at the University of Potsdam

Wer sich die Gemälde von Franz Marc ansieht, findet neben expressionistisch und fast kubistisch anmutenden Formen vor allem eins: satte, …