From Theory to Practice: Projects at the FH Potsdam at a Glance

Here you will find a current overview of selected projects at the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam. You can filter the projects by departments and degree programs, by project type, or by content focus.

    Gründungsmonitor: Study of the Propensity to Start a Business at the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam

    Research project by Ulrike Köpke and Enrico Sass on the propensity of FHP members to start a business.

    CMI.BA - Centre for Metropolitan Innovation in Bratislava

    A pilot project for the environmentally and socially sustainable renovation of the Nová Cvernovka Foundation in Bratislava, Slovakia.

    KOLLISIONEN - Media collisions as drivers of innovation for new approaches to cultural heritage

    The project explores the potential of immersion and narration for visualising and making cultural collections accessible.

    INSO - Inclusion in the Social Environment

    The research project "Inclusion in the Social Environment – Participatory, child-rights-based school development through pupil-led research" aims to investigate the conditions necessary for the success of inclusive schools and to provide general recommendations for action.

    Die Babyhelfer - Virtual Psychological Counselling for Expectant and New Parents - Die Babyhelfer-App

    The aim of the "Babyhelfer" project is to use an app to provide expectant and new parents with virtual psychological support, in order to alleviate the shortage of care for certain sub-clinical and psychological issues.

    EDIT - Development of Dialogue-Based Interaction and Participation

    EDIT is a collaborative practice-based research programme run by the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam (FHP) and the University of Potsdam. Within EDIT, practice development and practice-based research are applied to foster dialogic interaction and participation in early childhood education.

    Wood | Investigation of the Ageing of Binders in Wood Preservation

    As part of the Art Technology and Working Techniques module, students have been working with selected recipes of coating materials from the 19th century, interpreting them and implementing them as accurately as possible.

    Natural Sciences | Thermal Analysis of Historical and Modern Building Materials

    Modern thermoanalytical methods are used to analyse and study both historical and modern building materials and plastics, as well as in the recycling of building materials. Furthermore, the measurement system is suitable for use in the targeted development of new modern materials.

    SmartUpLab - Decision Support Tools for Integrated Mobility Systems

    SmartUpLab is developing a smart, interconnected toolkit to support the roll-out of innovative mobility systems.

    Digital Cultural Heritage as an Economic Factor in Cultural Tourism KEW@T (2020)

    KWE@T is an application-oriented research project aimed at linking digital content from the fields of cultural heritage and cultural tourism in the state of Brandenburg. This collaborative project between the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam and the Tourismus Marketing Brandenburg GmbH (TMB) is funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the state of Brandenburg.

    Discomfort with History? Dealing with Contemporary Anti-Semitism and Right-Wing Extremism at Memorial Sites

    The research focus of this qualitative study is on how contemporary anti-Semitism and right-wing extremism manifest themselves in memorial sites, and what challenges and needs this gives rise to.

    CoAct – Co-designing Citizen Social Science for Collective Action

    The EU research project "CoAct" pursues an innovative approach to participatory citizen research. The focus is on the further development of a Citizen Social Science (CSS) and its research methods. CoAct is funded by the European Commission's Horizon 2020 program under the call "SwafS-15-2018-2019 - Exploring and supporting citizen science"

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