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.

    Communicative Appropriation of Digital Sports

    An exploratory analysis of chat communication in esports, using the Paris Major Blast 2023 as a case study.

    Gestures as Cultural Markers: The Importance of Tact Gestures for Social Preference and Learning in Infancy and Early Childhood in France and Germany

    SocialGestures is a joint research project between the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam and the Université Grenoble Alpes. The project was developed jointly and is being carried out under joint responsibility. It is funded by Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft (GR 4756/3-1).

    Prison Architecture – Use of Space and Everyday Experience in a Berlin Prison

    The research interest of the ethnographic study concerns the perception of prison architecture as well as the practices of space use and space appropriation by prisoners and staff in a Berlin correctional facility.

    Event Series "Elternwissen" with the Healthy Kids Network Potsdam

    Events for parents with infants and toddlers aged 0 to 3 years with topics about parenting and child development in the first three years of life

    Self-help in the Context of Addiction, Penal System and Release from Prison

    The study examines addiction self-help services in prison and after release from prison.

    Me — We — Potsdam-Bornstedt: Biography of a District

    In the spirit of the question formulated in the seminar title about the "biography of a district", Potsdam-Bornstedt was to be researched by means of an interdisciplinary and intergenerational approach in order to work out the urban and socio-spatial development of the district and ultimately make it presentable.

    WIM - Women Scientists in the Media

    Opportunities and challenges for women arising from the digital expansion of traditional science communication: Research into the under-representation of female scientists in journalism and science communication, and the development of formats and a support structure to increase the visibility of female experts and create role models for the next generation of scientists. The project investigates…

    Coming to Terms with the Violent Constellation in the Martinstift (Moers)

    The research project aimed to systematically collect and evaluate the experiences of the persons involved in coming to terms with the constellation of violence in the Protestant alumnat Martinstift in the 1950s.

    Gaming for Sustainability

    In an Interflex seminar, students developed online games on the topic of sustainability.

    Psychoanalytic-Interactionally Oriented Parent-Child Groups

    The aim of this research and development project is to develop structured, group-based interventions over a period of 24 sessions, accompanied by mixed methods impact research.

    Stadium Alliances in Football - Current Evaluation and Prospects

    This research project aims to conduct a scientific exploration and initial assessment of stadium alliances, with a view to developing transferable insights for further implementation and optimisation at local level, for application in other federal states, and to laying the groundwork for subsequent in-depth scientific evaluations.

    students4students Peer-2-Peer-Mentoring (s4s)

    The "students4students" project was launched in 2021 at the Department of Social Sciences and Education to offer students in their first and second semesters continuous support. The aim is to provide students with targeted counselling to help them succeed in their studies. From winter semester 2023/24, a three-year support and research project will be carried out with funding from the European…