Diversity-oriented research at the UP

The four main areas of focus are: 1) Migration and the Rise of Populism, 2) Legal Pluralism, 3) Successful Cities, 4) Familial Pluralism and Religion.

It is a space for international critical and lively sociological and interdisciplinary debates on the most important economic, political, social and cultural problems and challenges facing the world today.

The centre examines language and language variation in the context of migration and multilingualism across the entire lifespan – a topic of central importance in modern societies. The centre is based in the Faculty of Arts, with interdisciplinary links to cognitive science and educational science.

The focus on inclusion and heterogeneity centres on developing teaching and learning formats that tap into the long-term expertise in inclusive education of various departments at the University of Potsdam as a resource for the entire teacher training programme (available in German only).

With its publication series "Studien zu Grund- und Menschenrechten", the Human Rights Centre at the University of Potsdam has created a forum for research work dealing with issues of international, regional and national human rights protection (available in German only). 

The Research Training Group (RTG) Minor Cosmopolitanisms establishes new ways of studying and understanding the cosmopolitan project against and beyond its Eurocentric legacies. Specifically designed as a training programme for early career researchers, it offers an international framework connecting Berlin and Potsdam with partner universities in Australia, South Africa, India and the Americas to pursue PhD and Postdoctoral projects in a diverse, decentral, collective and convivial environment.

Gender studies are firmly established at the University of Potsdam in various ways. Research assistants and professors in almost all faculties deal with issues of gender, ethnicity and social background. The Interdisciplinary Gender Studies Network brings together researchers, teachers, students and interested parties. Network meetings are held regularly, events are planned together, and action days are prepared – for example, the annual Science Day #4GenderStudies.