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Cornelia Steinbock in portrait

Eroticism for the Ears – Years After Completing Her Political Science Studies at the University of Potsdam, Cornelia Steinbock Founded the App Xounds with the “EXIST Start-Up Grant”

Anyone who enters the austere “xounds” office at the University of Potsdam’s startup service might not expect to find a new platform for erotic audio …
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Campus Brauhausberg on Track – Positive Update from the Task Force

A positive status update presented today in Potsdam confirmed that the development of a fourth campus for the University of Potsdam on Brauhausberg …
Dr. Malte Teichmann in the brewery cellar

A Good Recipe – How Malte Teichmann Wants to Convey Scientific Methods Through Beer Brewing

What does beer brewing have to do with scientific work? A lot, says Malte Teichmann. Starting in 2026, the business informatics expert will offer a …
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Key Network for European Public Administration – Prof. Sabine Kuhlmann Becomes President of the EGPA

How can public administration take on an ever-growing range of tasks while simultaneously reducing bureaucracy? How can artificial intelligence be …
Portrait of Christin Siegfried

“There Is No Black and White in Economic Activities” – Business education expert Christin Siegfried wants to improve economic education

Whether it’s pocket money or buying a house: we all deal with money throughout our lives. From juggling leverage products on the financial market to …
Steffen Hagemann in a portrait in front of a grey concrete wall on the Griebnitzsee campus.

How Data Scientists Work – Steffen Hagemann About Algorithms, Habitus and Social Context

From business to dating, digital technologies have become part of almost all areas of life. Algorithms increasingly shape everyday practices and the …
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Smart City Potsdam – Students at the University of Potsdam Demonstrate How Companies Can Utilize Publicly Available Data

Data, data everywhere. Looking at it from a certain perspective, a city like Potsdam consists of vast amounts of information. Thanks to …
Portrait of Oke Seliger

State Parliament Horizontally and Vertically – How Oke Seliger gives students an understanding of Brandenburg’s state politics

Do state politicians represent the interests of their voters irrespective of party lines? Was there a Brandenburg-specific approach during the Covid …
Sönke Beier

“Cool Committee Work Attracts More People” – How democratic politicization works among students

Getting politically active at the university? For Sönke Beier, this was an integral part of his physics studies. From the student council and the …
Christoph M. Abels

The Power of Encounter – How our behavior can strengthen democracy

Psychologist and political scientist Christoph M. Abels is an expert in political behavioral science and currently works on the European Research …