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Recognizing dangers during floods and droughts: Science looks at risks of extreme events

Masses of water pushing mud and piling up debris. Idyllic streams that turn into raging rivers within just a few hours, burying bridges, houses, and …
African antelopes seeking for shady places during phases of extreme heat

Keeping cool – how African antelopes respond to the climate crisis

The climate crisis is turning the temperature up all over the world, but in southern Africa, the rise has been particularly concerning. Scientists …
Delegation of the University of South-Eastern Norway (USN) with the President of the University of Potsdam, Prof. Oliver Günther, Ph.D. (5th from right), and the Vice President for International Affairs and Fundraising, as well as the President's Representative for the European Digital UniverCity - EDUC, Prof. Dr. Florian J. Schweigert (at left).

Building Strong Alliances - EDUC and YERUN partners from Norway visit Potsdam

Representatives of the University of South-Eastern Norway (USN) visited the University of Potsdam on June 5-6, 2023. The two universities are doubly …
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“We need a more complex picture of ecological processes.” – Why a paradigm shift towards an individual-based ecology is necessary

The world is in crisis. But not only climate change is alarming researchers; the biodiversity crisis has also assumed threatening proportions. There …
Der botsuanische Bodenwissenschaftler Prof. Peter Eze sitzt am Schreibtisch an seinem Laptop.

“Soils build the basis for existence of lives on our planet” – Georg Forster Research Fellowship for Batswana soil scientist Peter Eze

Peter N. Eze is a soil scientist and professor at the Botswana International University of Science & Technology. His research centers on pure and …

Ethnic diversity in school classrooms promotes positive social relationships among refugee youth

In more ethnically diverse school classes, young people with a refugee background have more friends and experience less rejection than in more …
Besuch einer Basic School in Winneba

Cooperation with Ghana – Shared Projects for the Internationalization of Teacher Education

In December, the Faculty of Arts and the Center for Teacher Training and Education Research (ZeLB) at the University of Potsdam signed a memorandum of …
2013 flood on the Elbe near Dessau-Rosslau.

Natural flood prevention – higher trust through better communication

In many places today, dikes are being moved back, and floodplains are being revitalised in order to give the river more space during times of …
Two hands holding a component for a solar cell

World Record Efficiency – Important progress in all-perovskite tandem solar cells

Improving solar cells to increase their energy efficiency is necessary to become independent from fossil energy sources. Prof. Dewei Zhao from Sichuan …
A group of people on the stairs in front of a builing.

Close Partnership – University Potsdam Expands Cooperation with Israel

A delegation from the University of Potsdam traveled to Israel this week to expand partnerships with universities there and to establish new ones. The …