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Urban Futures

The Master's programme Urban Futures is a full-time programme including a research internship therein and concludes with a Master of Arts degree. The programme is designed as a four-semester course that offers students from different disciplinary backgrounds the possibility of inter- and transdisciplinary study.

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Institute for Applied Research Urban Futures (IaF)

The Institute for Applied Research takes up inter- and transdisciplinary issues of urban developments and works on them in research projects of the Master's programme Urban Futures.

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TDR4HAW: Transdisciplinary Research at Universities of Applied Sciences – Status Quo and Potential of a Sleeping Giant

The project consortium analyses research at universities of applied sciences (UAS) with a special focus on transdisciplinary research projects.

GraDiM: Granularities of Dispersion and Materiality – Visualising a Photo Archive on Diaspora

In collaboration with photographer Frédéric Brenner and his international project team, the GraDiM research project is developing theoretical and technical concepts for the visualisation of a photo archive with particular sensitivity for a collection documenting the Jewish diaspora.

InNoWest - Just do it! Sustainable and digital together in North-West Brandenburg

The three partners in the InNoWest project are Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development (HNEE), the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam (FHP) and the Brandenburg University of Applied Sciences (THB). Together with regional stakeholders from politics, administration, municipalities, small and medium-sized enterprises (KMU) and the Federal Agency for Civic Eduacation, transfer projects…

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Pfaueninsel Palace - Between reconstruction and conservation

The comprehensive restoration of the palace on the Pfaueninsel has been completed - a project of exceptional duration, complexity and scientific depth. Over a period of seven years, the summer palace, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, was thoroughly examined, repaired and conserved.

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Innovation Management in Practice: Cooperation with Radio TEDDY Creates New Perspectives

In the FLEX innovation seminar, students worked with a well-known radio station to develop new business models and realistic concepts for a sustainable family radio station.

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Save the date: Writing Night for FHP Students on the 23rd of April 2026

In April, the Student Counselling Services and the University Library at University of Applied Sciences Potsdam are once again organising the "Writing Night" - an opportunity for concentrated writing and networking.

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New FLEX Course in Cooperation With the Waschhaus Potsdam

The Entrepeneurship School's FLEX courses are once again open for self-enrolment. There are 5 interdisciplinary courses to choose from in the summer semester 2026. The cooperation with the Waschhaus Potsdam is new.

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27–28/03
Location: Lecture Hall (House D/Room 0.11)
31/03
09:00 – 15:00
Location: OnlineRoom via Zoom
13/04
10:00 – 13:00
Location: House 2Room 0.11
13/04
09:00 – 15:00

Contact

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Research professor for resource-optimised and climate-adapted construction
Head of Urban Future (M. A.)

Institute for Applied Research Urban Futures (IaF)

Room 3.09a