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.

    New Ways into the FH;P – Summer School and Study-Related Courses

    "Neue Wege in die FH;P" is a pilot project of the Department of Civil Engineering funded by the Ministry of Economics, Research and Culture from the European Social Fund, which is divided into the two sub-projects summer school and study-accompanying courses.

    CMI.BA – Center for Metropolitan Innovation in Bratislava

    Model project of an ecologically and socially sustainable building modernization of the Nová Cvernovka Foundation in Bratislava, Slovakia

    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.

    dpi Lab: Digital Participation and Inclusion Lab

    The dpi-lab was installed in May 2020 at the Department of Social and Educational Sciences at the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam to bundle the various research activities at the interface of digital technologies, social work and educational science.

    COLLISIONS – Media Collisions as Innovation Drivers for New Approaches to Cultural Heritage

    The project explores the potential of immersion and narration for visualising and making available cultural assets.

    INSO – Inclusion in the Social Space

    The research project "Inklusion im Sozialraum – Partizipative kinderrechtsbasierte Schulentwicklung durch schüler*innenaktive Forschung" aims to investigate the conditions for success of inclusive schools and to give general recommendations for action.

    Feedback Box

    The feedback box was created during the first full digital semester in 2020 and designed by students in cooperation with ZEDI – Studies and Teaching Unit at the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam (FHP) and the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU). The development of the feedback box was funded by the Ministry of Science, Research and Culture of the State of…

    "Das Neue Gartenfeld" – Resilience and Transformation of Urban Structures

    Design and research project work based on the planned urban neighbourhood "Das Neue Gartenfeld" in Berlin-Spandau – a real-life laboratory of urban innovation and an arena for social debate.

    The Babyhelfer – Virtual Psychological Counselling for Expecting and New Parents – The Babyhelfer App

    The aim of the project "Die Babyhelfer" is to provide virtual psychological counselling to expecting and new parents by means of an app in order to reduce the shortage of care for certain sub-pathological and psychological problems.

    EDIT – Development of dialogical interaction and participation

    EDIT is a cooperative practice research program of the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam (FHP) and the University of Potsdam (UP). In EDIT, practice development and practice research on the development of dialogical interaction and participation in early childhood education are implemented.

    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.

    Metal in Flux. From Casting to Mould

    An exhibition project with the Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin with the question: What potential do archives have for designers and what new types of design processes can be conceived in art casting?