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Floods, droughts, and rainfall-induced landslides affect millions of people every year.

Global Bias – Hydro-Hazard Research Needs More Investment in Low-Income Countries

Media Information 08-10-2024 / Nr. 092

Research efforts on floods, droughts and landslides are not fairly distributed globally. Although research is increasing in areas affected by these …
Springbok with tracking collar.

Adapted – Study Shows That Wild Animals Also Get Accustomed to Humans

Media information 30-09-2024 / No. 089

Wild animals are less susceptible to human disturbance if they live in areas with a high human footprint. Potsdam researchers have highlighted this in …
Villages on a slow-moving landslide in the Poqueira Valley, Spain.

Landslide hazard – Human settlement pressure increases disaster risk in mountain regions

Media Information 18-09-2024 / Nr. 086

Climate change together with population expansion will increase disaster risk especially for people in mountain regions. An underestimated danger in …

Opportunities Seized, Expansion Mastered – Ten Years of the Center for Teacher Training and Education Research

Media information 02-09-2024 / No. 082

The goal of the Center for Teacher Training and Education Research (ZeLB), which was founded in 2014, was to bring teacher training into the focus of …
The picture shows (from left to right) Pia Greiten, Leonie Menzel, Tabea Schendekehl and Maren Völz of the German double four at their award ceremony.

Potsdam Students Excel at the Olympics – A Testimony to the University of Potsdam’s Promotion of Sports

Media information 15-08-2024 / No. 079

Two of Germany's twelve gold medals at the Olympic Games went to Potsdam: Jacob Schopf, who is studying in a teaching degree program at the University …
Artist’s impression of a warp bubble collapse (AI)

What no one has seen before – simulation of gravitational waves from failing warp drive

Medieninformation 29-07-2024 / Nr. 076

Physicists have been exploring the theoretical possibility of spaceships driven by compressing the four-dimensional spacetime for decades. Although …
Sprachstudie in Gahana. Mutter und Baby sitzen vor einem Bildschirm

Universal Euphony – Experimental Study in Africa Proves Our Preference for Linguistic Harmony

Media information 09-07-2024 / No. 069

Babies who grow up surrounded by multiple languages prefer harmonious linguistic patterns long before they learn to speak. A research team led by …
Tyler Prize winner Prof. Dr. Johan Rockström in a panel discussion with the Director of the Alfred Wegener Institute, Prof. Dr. Antje Boetius in the Audimax of the University of Potsdam.

Groundbreaking Research on Planetary Boundaries – Johan Rockström Receives Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement

Media information: 17-05-2024 / No. 040

Climate researcher Prof. Dr. Johan Rockström was awarded the prestigious 2024 Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement in Potsdam today. Rockström, …

Building Bridges in Europe – Franco-German Degree Program in Law Turns 30

An institution celebrates its anniversary: The Franco-German degree Program in law, which was jointly initiated by the Universities of Potsdam and …
Prof. Dr. Sandra Wachter

University of Potsdam Looks Forward to a Third Humboldt Professorship – Award for AI and Law Expert Prof. Sandra Wachter

Media information 13-06-2023 / No. 055

Technology law expert Sandra Wachter, currently a professor at Oxford University, has been awarded a Humboldt Professorship and will be joining the …