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

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.

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.

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

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.

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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What is intersectionality? How are discrimination and privilege related? What does intersectional discrimination mean? These questions are answered in the web-based article "Inter...was? Intersektionalität! – Eine visuelle Einführung" answers them. With a combination of text, animated illustration and interactive data visualisation, it offers an introduction to the socially relevant topic of…

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.

Over a period of one year, the project "Nachrichtenaneignung in Zeiten Sozialer Medien" looked at the news activities of young people aged 14 - 19 years on digital platforms.

EcoDM is a collaborative project funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, running until March 2022. The project partners are Deutsches Archäologisches Institut (DAI), the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam (FHP) and the Helmholtz Open Science Office, which is based at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Potsdam – Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum (GFZ).

VIDAN develops innovative interaction and visualisation techniques for presenting and exploring complex data

The project addresses digital inclusion in the context of social anxiety disorders.