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

Under the direction of Wiebke Loeper, students from the Department of Design presented their photographic work as part of the exhibition "The opposite of fear is courage" at the Kulturhaus Wittenberge in November 2024.

For the first time, the FLEX elective course "Innovation Management: Development of Knowledge-Intensive Business Ideas" was organised in cooperation with Radio Teddy. The students gained valuable insights into the creative and realistic development of viable business ideas.

Exchange programme for students and teachers within the framework of the DAAD ISAP programme

The exhibition ‘Drängende Gegenwart - Fotografie als Forschungsinstrument’ and ‘Drängende Gegenwart - textiles in transit’ combines photographic and textile works. The exhibition opening took place on the 6^th of June 2024. The exhibition itself was on display at the Luckenwalde branch until the 27^th of June 2024.

Multimedia, web-based and interactive access to study-relevant content in structural engineering

Underground stations are often perceived as spaces of fear, with some being more affected than others. The central question of this thesis is how spaces of fear arise in underground stations and how these can be appropriately counteracted in terms of architecture and heritage conservation. The case study of the Elsterwerdaer Platz underground station is analysed.

The FLEX Data Competence (DigiFLEX) project will create e-learning programmes for teaching data skills by 2026, which are aimed at students from all departments and are specially tailored to the needs of the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam.

The research project funded by the Hans Böckler Foundation is investigating the challenges and needs of employees who sign during career transitions.

The measure "Early help in a clinical setting for (expectant) parents with mental illness and at risk of addiction " is being developed in order to transfer parents under stress from inpatient to outpatient structures, to strengthen cooperation within early help and to ensure support during pregnancy and parenthood.

Promoting international talent for integration into studies and the labour market

The demands on the allotment gazebo have changed, and for good reason: the ecological crisis − climate change, extreme weather events, species extinction − requires a different kind of gazebo. One that can cope with these changed conditions. This was the task set when the Federal Federation of German Allotment Garden Associations (BKD), the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam and the Eberswalde…

The aim of the project, which is subsidised by the European Regional Development Fund, is to set up an interdisciplinary test and experimental environment for social robots.