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KAWI KWA TAIFA – Energy for the nation – Potsdam and Kenyan Geosciences Researchers Investigate Geothermal Areas in the East African Rift Valley
Ol Karia – red ochre in the Maasai language, is a clayey, iron rich deposit found in areas with volcanic hot springs in the Kenya Rift. Red ochre is... more
Forging New Alliances – The Research Training Group minor cosmopolitanisms wants to encourage dialogue
Cosmopolitans are at home everywhere; the world is their home. Neighbors, friends, like-minded people, and peers all around. A charming idea that, in... more
From Cagliari to Potsdam and the Internet - Master's Student Patrizia Boi Comes to the University of Potsdam with an EDUC scholarship
For Patrizia Boi, EDUC is a stroke of luck and has long been more than just an acronym. Thanks to the European University Alliance, which is led by... more
Living sustainably, but how? - Third International Summer School on Sustainability at the University of Potsdam
What will the earth look like in the future? How can we live so that future generations will still be able to make the earth their home? For the third... more
Keeping cool – how African antelopes respond to the climate crisis
The climate crisis is turning the temperature up all over the world, but in southern Africa, the rise has been particularly concerning. Scientists... more
Moving Closer Together - EDUC partners from the Czech Republic and Ukraine visit Potsdam
Representatives of the Czech Masaryk University (MU) and the Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University (PNU) from the Ukrainian Ivano Frankivsk... more
Building Strong Alliances - EDUC and YERUN partners from Norway visit Potsdam
Representatives of the University of South-Eastern Norway (USN) visited the University of Potsdam on June 5-6, 2023. The two universities are doubly... more
Cultures of Violence – Insights from work towards a systematic approach to military violence
Deportation, torture, and killing: How has the use of violence changed or even become radicalized in the armies of the great European powers? What has... more
“Soils build the basis for existence of lives on our planet” – Georg Forster Research Fellowship for Batswana soil scientist Peter Eze
Peter N. Eze is a soil scientist and professor at the Botswana International University of Science & Technology. His research centers on pure and... more