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From Biotechnology to IT Management: Continuing Education for Specialists and Managers
Absorbing new knowledge, training skills, expanding competencies: Lifelong learning is considered a guarantee of success in a rapidly changing world,... more
Gender Gaps – Economist Katharina Wrohlich About Inequalities in the Labor Market
The gender pay gap, i.e. the income difference between women and men, is still at 18% in Germany. Although there are now gender quotas on supervisory... more
Designing the Factory of Tomorrow – Dr.-Ing. Sander Lass, Technical Director of the Potsdam Center for Industry 4.0
Everyone is talking about digitization, Industry 4.0, the smart factory.... But what exactly is behind these buzzwords? And how can these general... more
The red thread to energy transition – The joint research project “Ariadne” is looking for the best ways to achieve a climate neutral society
The coming years will determine whether humanity can tame climate change. Important steps need to be taken right now to advance economic... more
Education in times of the pandemic – How schools and universities master digitization
The Covid-19 pandemic and the resulting restrictions on public life led to a kind of forced fast-track digitization in spring 2020. This has affected... more
Hoppla! Here comes Koppla! – The revolution for craft enterprises
“We want every craftsman and woman to work with our software – because it is easy to use and simplifies many processes. At the end of the day, it... more
The climate clock is ticking – Economist Matthias Kalkuhl researches what is key to developing successful climate policies
Every morning, on his way to work at the Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC) in Berlin, Matthias Kalkuhl passes by... more![[Translate to Übersetzung Englisch:] Ingo Balderjahn | Foto: Karla Fritze](/fileadmin/_processed_/f/2/csm_2021-01_Balderjahn_05_3f0b953705.jpg "[Translate to Übersetzung Englisch:] Ingo Balderjahn | Foto: Karla Fritze")
Less Is More…At Least When It Comes to Consumption – Economists want to raise awareness of sustainable consumption
Every year the latest phone model, the fifth pair of stylish brand sneakers, an expensive bottle of wine every night. Consumption can take many forms... more
The Courage to Take a Risk and a Passion for Innovation – Alexander Kritikos is a researcher and teacher at the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) and at the University of Potsdam
An expert on the Greek crisis, Alexander Kritikos is frequent commentator for newspapers, television, and radio. Although Kritikos was born in Munich,... more