Digital Research Magazine

The University of Passau focuses its research on the guiding themes of ‘Digitalisation, Networked Society and (Internet) Cultures’, ‘Europe and Global Transformation’ and ‘Migration, Sustainable Development and Just Order’. The Digital Research Magazine presents selected projects on the University's research themes in a high-quality online format.

'Sender unknown' convention

Open talks on a difficult topic: at the University of Passau, speakers from science, politics and the media analysed together with the audience the way in which anonymous accusations and tip-offs are handled.

Projects related to the guiding theme 'Migration, Sustainable Development and Just Order'

The German Research Foundation (DFG) network SONA – the voice of sociology in the sustainability debate

The EU project SUNI-SEA aims to massively increase effective prevention against high blood pressure and diabetes.

EU-project SUNI-SEA: Fight against 'silent killers' in Southeast Asia

EU project EcoVeloTour: fostering bicycle tourism in the Danube region

Reisbauern bei der Arbeit in Indonesien, Foto: V. Schreer

IndORGANIC: Passau Researchers prepare real Green Transformation Indonesia

Research project Human+ investigates sign of future migration movements

Research project Human+ investigates signs of future migration movements

Das europaweite Netzwerk WEGO nimmt den Gender-Aspekt bei Veränderungen in der Umwelt unter die Lupe.

European network "WEGO: Wellbeing, Ecology, Gender and cOmmunity"

Discussion with irrigation scheme committee members in Malawi

Cash for Work II: How public works programmes work

Frauen bekommen in Burkina Faso Unterstützung zur Unternehmensplanung

FIdES: Formal Insurance and Productive Effects Study

Project Multi-Resilience - Resilience in multimodal energy distribution systems

Sustainable Development

What role can judges play in tackling the climate crisis? Professor Jörg Fedtke discusses these and other issues with an international panel including judges and legal scholars as well as students from the University of Passau.

At the awards ceremony for the Bavarian state round of the Maths Olympiad at the University of Passau, climate expert Professor Hans Joachim Schellnhuber motivates pupils to become active in climate protection. By Nicola Jacobi

Gender Inequality

To mark International Women's Day, 'Economics of Gender Inequality' about the work of Professor Stephan Klasen is being published on line. He has been one of the first researchers to put gender inequality on the academic and political agenda.

Cyber-Spaces

The Passau economist Professor Carolin Häussler is a member of the Expert Commission for Research and Innovation, which has handed over its annual report to Chancellor Angela Merkel. One of the topics is the innovative achievements of East Germany.

Professor Stefan Bauernschuster and Dr. Ramona Rekers have spent four years evaluating millions of datasets to show that speed trap campaigns are only effective in the short term.

Professor Hannah Schmid-Petri is new member of the board of directors of the Bavarian Research Institute for Digital Transformation. In this interview, she talks about digitalisation in public discourse and what challenges it brings with it.

Projects related to guiding theme 'Digitalisation, Networked Society and (Internet) Cultures'

Bild zum Projekt DaGeWe von Prof. Dr. Schumann und Prof. Dr. Obermaier, Universität Passau; Symbolbild: Colourbox

How Data-Driven Start-Ups Really Tick: Passau Project Examines Strategies and Business Models

Symbolbild zum Projekt Rusinform, Informationentransfer in Russland

ERC Consolidator Grant RUSINFORM 2019 - 2024

Making Electromobility User-Friendly: The University of Passau Participates in "BDL" Innovation Project

Projekt FOR BRAC, Symbolbild Hören; Colourbox

Why Do People Act and How Does It Work?

Bild zum INTERREG-Verbund DataKMU; Symbolbild: Colourbox

INTERREG Network DataKMU – Data Analysis Without Limits

Foto einer Dashcam in einem Auto, Symbolbild: Colourbox

The “Privacy BlackBox” project: data protection-compliant in-car camera use

Bild eines Laptops zum BMBF-Projekt SORRIR

SORRIR project to increase the level of security of the “Internet of Things”

Symbolbild zum Projekt Cross-Domain AI - Schlauer Werkzeugkasten für Data Scientists

Cross-domain AI – a smart toolbox for data scientists

INTERREG-Projekt Informatikkoffer: Mit Markierungen und Farbcodes erteilen Kinder in der Grundschule kleinen Lernrobotern Befehle.

INTERREG project Computer Science Bags (Informatikkoffer) tests small learning robots on primary schools in the border region

Professor Doktor Tomas Sauer und sein Team analysieren gemeinsam mit Doktor Doris Kurella vom Linden-Museum Stuttgart die computertomografischen Aufnahmen der mehr als 1.000 Jahre alten peruanischen Mumie aus dem Linden-Museum.

“Big Picture”: measuring data giants

Welche Regeln gelten in digitalen Märkten? Zu diesem Thema forscht der Wirtschaftsinformatiker Prof. Dr. Jan Krämer.

Services versus data: DFG project investigates market mechanisms and their regulation in the digital platform economy

In einem DFG-Projekt analysiert der Passauer Forscher Dr. Andrii Mironchenko Rückkopplungen zwischen unendlich-dimensionalen Systemen.

DFG project: mathematical theories to counteract turbulences

classEx@school – smartphone experiments for economics education

Projekt ISEM - Industrial Service Excellence Monitor - Symbolbild

ISEM: Auf dem Weg zu exzellenten Dienstleistungen in der Industrie

EU-project PRISMACLOUD - Privacy and Security Maintaining services in the CLOUD

EU-Projekt IMPRESS weckt mit Lernspielen Interesse an Software-Tests

Project IMPRESS: higher software quality through gamification in education programmes

EMSIG

Project QUAR: FORWISS Institute at the University of Passau is developing an intelligent system to automate the monitoring of some of these production processes

QUAR – Artificial Intelligence for Industry 4.0

Web archives – archiving the internet for future generations

Werkzeuge für präzise Prognosen mit Big Data

Tools for accurate predictions with Big Data

MICO: Analysing multimedia content on the Web

International Guests

Max Planck Fellow and legal scholar Suhailah Akbari is one of very few Afghan women who pursue a professorship career. During her stay at the University of Passau, she became a mother and successfully managed to combine family and research.