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Zwei Arme halten jeweils ein Smartphone in der Hand worauf zwei Bilder zu sehen sind, die zusammengesetzt eines ergeben.

The Island of the Language of Love – With their app LoveLane, Heike Kraft and Carolyn Litzbarski want to make couples happier

Who doesn’t wish for the perfect, happy relationship? Reality, however, is often different: Many partnerships fail, the divorce rate in Germany is …
Two students at the university campus golm

Continuing Research Together – Launching the “UP Reconnect” Alumni Support Program for Researchers

At the beginning of 2023, the University of Potsdam will launch the new UP Reconnect fund-ing program. The support enables scientists and institutes …

Sport as Medicine – New Findings on Therapy for Depression

More and more people worldwide suffer from depression. Often, the illness remains untreated. In the future, however, sports could represent another …

Searching for the DNA of the State – Political Scientist Prof. Dr. Julia Fleischer Receives ERC Consolidator Grant

Who or what determines the structures of a government? Parties with their politicians who are elected for a few years? Or do completely different …
Tracking down the role of opinions: philosopher Dr. Eric-John Russell.

I Am of the Opinion – Therefore I Am?! – Eric-John Russell Researches the Philosophy of Opinion

It’s good when people agree on something instead of arguing all the time, isn’t it? Otherwise, of course, everyone is allowed to have their own …
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“We Provide a Productive Break With Everyday Understanding” – Sociology between analyzing everyday life and encouraging critical thinking

Jürgen Mackert is Professor of General Sociology. But a look at his research interests shows that they are anything but general: He researches …
Prof. Dr. Sabine Kuhlmann

“Crises Will Happen in More Rapid Succession and Even Overlap” – Prof. Sabine Kuhlmann and her team examined the crisis management of public administrations in Germany

The global spread of the novel coronavirus in early 2020 presented major challenges not only for health care systems, but also for administrations and …
Prof. Henrike Müller-Werkmeister

Shorter than the blink of an eye – Prof. Henrike Müller-Werkmeister can watch molecules in action with ultrashort laser beams

 

The sun was one of the first objects to be studied spectroscopically. As early as the 19th century, the researchers Robert Bunsen and Gustav Robert …

New Research Partnership Supports Early-Career Scientists in the Field of Drug Research

Das Promotionsprogramm PharMetrX der Freien Universität Berlin und der Universität Potsdam erhält mit dem Pharmaunternehmen Novo Nordisk einen …
Freigeist Fellow Felix Lang at Campus Golm

The Ultimate Semiconductor – Felix Lang develops solar cells and radiation detectors for outer space and medicine

Dr. Felix Lang prefers to work in the lab rather than at the computer. „When we test our solar cells, you can see immediately whether they are good or …