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“It’s time for an Excellence Cluster at Potsdam …” – Vice President Prof. Dr. Barbara Höhle is highly determined

Barbara Höhle has a passion for science: With curiosity and experiments, she keeps advancing her subject psycholinguistics with great strides. Calm in …
Dotti Moscati, a Berlin burlesque performer originally from Chicago, has enriched the Berlin scene as a “burlesque clown” since 2017.

Queer Stagecraft – Joanna Staśkiewicz explores the neo-burlesque scenes in New Orleans, Berlin and Warsaw

A white veil and a red cloth alternately reveal and veil the body of a woman dancing on a stage bathed in blue light. Sometimes as a white wedding …
Udo Dannemann im Interview

A Question of Stance – How do you react to antisemitic remarks in the classroom or to racism among students at school? A model project provides answers.

Discrimination and right-wing thinking do not stop at classroom doors. It is an enormous challenge for teachers to respond to them adequately. A model …
Migrant teachers at Refugee Teachers Program. The photo is from Andres Friese.

Gaining a Foothold at German Schools – Refugee Teachers Program Wants to Bring More Refugee Teachers to Brandenburg’s Schools

Our society is diverse – and schools need to reflect that, Dr. Anna Aleksandra Wojciechowicz and Diana Gonzalez Olivo agree. Since 2016, they have …
Helene Shani Braun | Foto: Dr. Jana Scholz

Young, Jewish, Queer – Helene Shani Braun Wants to Become a Female Rabbi – And Bring Feminism into the Congregations

A young woman hops off an e-scooter near a busy shopping street in Berlin. Around her neck she wears a necklace with the inscription "feminist." She …
Man with two children in the kitchen.

Care – Work That Is Invisible – Sociologist Roland Verwiebe on Care Work

It is 8:30 p.m. and the children need to go to bed. An hour passes before they finally fall asleep on most days. The single mother is expecting a …
Jolanda Hermanns and Bernd Schmidt. The photo is from Sandra Scholz.

Career Times Two – Dual Career Couples in Academia

Many academics have a partner who is just as well-trained as they are. However, these dual career couples can find it difficult to find two jobs in …

Better Equal – the University of Potsdam is Leader in Gender Equality Germany-Wide

 More female professors, more young female researchers: Gender equality work at the University of Potsdam is bearing fruit. This is evidenced by the …
Gruppenfoto von Frauen (Teilnehmerinnen des Mentoring-Programms an der Universität Potsdam (Foto: Nicole Körner)

Per Tandem ins Berufsleben – Mentoring Plus fördert junge Akademikerinnen

26 Studentinnen und Nachwuchswissenschaftlerinnen starten am 6. Oktober in das Mentoring Plus-Programm, mit dem die Potsdam Graduate School und der …
Foto: Thomas Roese.

Gleichberechtigt – Universität erhält erneut das Prädikat Total E-Quality für Chancengleichheit

Die Universität Potsdam erhält zum sechsten Mal in Folge das Prädikat „Total E-Quality für Chancengleichheit“. Es gilt drei Jahre  und steht für einen …