All News of the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam

Under the title "Data Streams and Cultural Oases", ISI2025 provided a stimulating opportunity to discuss current developments and challenges in the information sciences. During the conference, the broad spectrum of topics and the necessity of a comprehensive examination of these issues for the…

The Department of Information Sciences and the Centre for Further and Continuing Education (ZEW) have relaunched the continuing education course "Archives in the Information Age" in cooperation with Freie Universität Berlin. Applications for the new certificate course are now open.

With the publication of the "Creative Commons Public Licence - Commentary and Handbook for Legal Practice", a legal commentary on the Creative Commons Licences (CCPL) is being published for the first time in Germany - completely openly licensed. The work is not only a new standard work on the legal…

Together with representatives from business, universities, alumni and students, we discuss the challenges and opportunities of starting a career and look for concrete solutions.

The symposium "Building Material Recycling and Earthen Building Materials – Perspectives for a Circular Economy in the Construction Industry" took place on the 26th of August 2022 at the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam. The conference proceedings are now available.

The Science Slam is about presenting scientific topics in a creative, understandable and entertaining way in a short space of time. Within ten minutes, the participants bring their research topic closer to the audience - not with PowerPoint karaoke, but eloquently with passion, humour and…

Award for international students of the FH Potsdam - Nomination deadline: 15th of May 2025

The University of Applied Sciences Potsdam is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr Birgit Schmidt as Honorary Professor in the Department of Information Science in the Library Science programme. Dr Birgit Schmidt is an international expert in the field of library and information science…

Due to filming, only limited library use is possible from 29th - 30th April 2025 and the library will be closed on 2nd of May.

What does it take for a crowdfunding campaign in the cultural sector to succeed? Why is it worth relying on your own community even when resources are scarce? Sophie Gnest is a designer, entrepreneur and crowdfunding consultant at Startnext. In our training course "Cultural financing – basics…

On the 9th of April 2025, the latest meeting of the "Digital Services" working group took place, which is regularly organised by the State Office for Archives and Public Libraries. The working group is aimed at colleagues from Brandenburg's public libraries. The main topics were the presentation of…

The digital transformation is also shaping social work and raises the question of how professionals and institutions can deal with the technological challenges of digitalisation and artificial intelligence. Answers to these questions can be found in the anthology "#GesellschaftBilden im…