Research Projects

BioCult project: Passau researcher studying biodiversity and biomass in the forests of Kenya and Ethiopia

Tropical forests are home to a remarkable diversity of species and often of major cultural significance to the people living there. However, many of these forests are being depleted and threatened by conversion into agricultural areas.

Harnessing wild edible plants to improve food security

Crop failures and unbalanced nutrition are a problem in northern Kenya. A project backed by Germany's Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development is looking into how wild edible plants could help to improve the diet of the local population.

Fraunhofer research group 'Science Communication'

The Fraunhofer Cluster of Excellence 'Integrated Energy Systems' CINES is establishing a research group relating to science communication: the group led by Professor Hannah Schmid-Petri is extending the research performance of the excellence cluster by the central dimension of science and technology communication.

ISA:Dig: Internal Degree Programme Audits Before the Background of Digitalisation

The project ISA:Dig "Internal Degree Programme Audits Before the Background of Digitalisation – Didactics in Higher Education as a Stakeholder in Programme Development and Evaluation" aims to develop and evaluate an audit procedure for degree programmes using an iterative approach.

BMBF consortium MiTra-Wa: team of geographers from Passau investigating the nexus of migration and livelihood security in West Africa

In West Africa, migration is an integral part of everyday life. A research team at the Chair of Human Geography at the University of Passau is leading the joint international project MiTra-Wa, funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), which aims to provide a systematic analysis of the relationships between migration and securing a livelihood and their social, economic and ecological consequences.

CLASSIC vhb course: “Social Network Analysis (SNA) – methods, concepts, applications"

Increasingly, the globalised world is being organised in networks. The CLASSIC vhb course "Social Network Analysis (SNA) – methods, concepts, applications" from the Chair of Human Geography, aims to give students the empirical equipment to give them a better understanding of worldwide networking, the way it works, and the impacts it has.

Certificate Programmes in Digital Technology and Entrepreneurship

Since the summer semester of 2018, the University of Passau has been offering two interdisciplinary English-language certificate programmes. Students of all faculties can apply to the Entrepreneurial Pathfinder and the Honours Degree in Digital Technology and Entrepreneurship.

Strategies for Skills Acquisition: Innovative Teaching Concepts in Teacher Training, digitally enhanced (SKILL.de)

Since 2016, in the project 'Strategies for Skills Acquisition: Innovative Teaching and Consultation Concepts in Teacher Training' (SKILL), scientists at the University of Passau have been working to close the gaps between scientific discipline, teaching methodology and educational sciences.

Project researches psychological and technical hindrances to using right to data portability

Why do users hardly make any use of their right to data portability? The University of Passau is participating in the project 'amiDaPo', which is looking into this question from a psychological and technical point of view.

ERC Consolidator Grant RUSINFORM 2019 - 2024

ERC Consolidator Grant „The Consequences of the Internet for Russia's Informational Influence Abroad“ 2019 – 2024: The research group analyses how political elites in Moscow can influence media audiences in Germany, Belarus or Estonia via new internet-based technologies.