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.

    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.

    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.

    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.

    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…

    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.

    "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.

    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.

    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?

    Virtual Exhibition "Bitte Abstand halten!"

    "Please keep your distance! – Photographs of students' everyday life during the coronavirus pandemic"