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Prof. Dr. Anna Helena Albrecht

33 Questions to Anna Helena Albrecht

What is the actual benefit of the threat of punishment? Why do young people violate rules so often? And who defines what is criminal? Anna Helena …
Dr. Maximilian Korges (li.) und Prof. Max Wilke

From Very Old Deposits to Active Underwater Volcanos – Geoscience Researchers Study the Formation of Ore Deposits

In the DFG Priority Program DOME, it is all about ore: How are mixtures of different minerals and metals formed, which have very different properties …
Prof. Dr. Camilla Rjosk während des Interviews.

Truely Heterogeneous Instead of (Only) Inclusive – Camilla Rjosk wants to put school development on many footings

How can school be improved ? How should pupils learn in the future? What should teachers teach? These questions are discussed intensively time and …
Dr. Judith Klinger

Did You Know … that kings and peasants dressed up as Robin Hood?

Bow and arrow, green clothing with a hood. That can only be Robin Hood, can’t it? In fact, the stories about the outlaw in the Sherwood Forest were so …
Prof. Dr. Marie-Luise Raters

Learning From Brandenburg – How a school subject promotes tolerance and respect

So far, the subject with the rather longwinded name “Lifestyle, Ethics, Religious Studies”, or L-E-R for short, has made headlines because it was …
The future Leibniz Innovation Farm in Groß Kreutz

More Precise, Efficient, and Environmentally Friendly – How digital tools are changing agriculture

Can we produce food in a more climate- and environmentally friendly way? This question has been on the minds of researchers for decades and is now …
Prof. Dr. Rebecca Lazarides

Pepper, ChatGPT & Co. - How intelligent tutoring systems are changing teaching

With its triumphant advance, ChatGPT has proven its worth: AI has arrived at work, university - and also at school. More than half of schoolchildren …
Scales of justice. A bird's eye view of trees in the background.

Everything for the Climate or Climate for Everyone? – German Chancellor Fellow Kalia R. Barkai researches “Climate Justice”

Climate change has long since become a crisis. Most people have now realized this. However, we are not all experiencing this crisis in the same way. …
At Ground Zero, the former site of the World Trade Center

On the Path to a Doctorate – Terrorism and Gender

Ever since the attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, the United Nations (UN) has been dealing intensively with combatting and …
Clara Schumann

On the Path to a Doctorate – How Women Become Visible in Musical History

Clara Schumann (1819-1896) was not only one of the most famous pianists of her time. She was also a composer, teacher, and editor. She toured …