Skip to main content

News from the University of Potsdam

Subjects
Selected Subject:

show all

Forschende beugen sich über Geräte bei einer Übung im Gelände

Study Trip to Namibia – Day 3: Methodology ranging from soil analysis to drone flying

Potsdam researchers in the African savannah

Today, after a quick breakfast, we set off on our first field excursion. The site is just a short drive away, and after our bus helps "de-bush" the …
altes Buch, das von einer Kette umwickelt ist

Protect science, save democracy – researchers publish anti-autocracy handbook

Media information 19-06-2025 / Nr. 059

Democracy is in danger. Two out of three people worldwide currently live in an autocracy; 20 years ago, it was only one in two. Even in traditionally …
Blick in einen Seminarraum mit Teilnehmende

Study Trip to Namibia – Day 2: Knowledge Exchange

Potsdam researchers in the African savannah

The second day of our field course begins promptly at 09:00 with Dr. Stefan Liehr’s insightful lecture on “Understanding Social-Ecological Systems …
Haus vor einem Berg

Study Trip to Namibia – Day 1: Get to know NamTip

Potsdam researchers in the African savannah

Today is the start of our NamTip Winter School, to which students from the Namibian universities NUST and UNAM are participating. These institutions …
Zwei Forschende führen wissenschaftliche Messungen in der afrikanischen Savanne durch

Study Trip to Namibia – Understanding and Managing Tipping Points in Dryland Ecosystems

Potsdam researchers in the African savannah

From 16 to 26 June 2025, a delegation from the University of Potsdam - including University President Prof. Oliver Günther - and German research …
Illustration des Meeresbodens

Why Do Submarine Canyons Form in Places Where the Seafloor Is Particularly Steep?

Submarine canyons are large, kilometer-deep gorges on the seafloor along continental margins that transport sediments, nutrients, and carbon from …
Vier Frauen mit einem gemeinsamen Buch

Ten questions for a book – “Educating Teachers for Sustainable Development and Global Citizenship”

Ten questions for a book, posed to Prof. Dr. Britta Freitag-Hild, Stefanie Goertz, Prof. Dr. Isolde Malmberg, and Prof. Dr. Linda P. Juang, editors of …
Four people are standing on the steps of the south common at the Campus Neues Palais.

Strong development boost for the science location Brandenburg and the science hub Potsdam – University of Potsdam to receive a new campus on the Brauhausberg and Hasso Plattner Institute to be significantly expanded at Griebnitzsee

The University of Potsdam (UP) is adding a new campus: Over the next ten years, the historic site of the former state parliament on the Brauhausberg …
Grafik eines biochemischen Prozesses

Kinetic Coupling – Breakthrough in understanding Biochemical Networks

Media information 28-05-2025 / Nr. 053

A new concept of kinetic modules in biochemical networks could revolutionize the understanding of how these networks function. Scientists from the …
Eine Frau und ein Mann in einem gemeinsamen Interview

"A Strong Mediator in Times of Global Crises" – Why the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Is So Important

University of Potsdam celebrates 100th anniversary of the DAAD

Founded in 1925 as a student initiative in Heidelberg, the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) celebrates its 100th anniversary in 2025. During …