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.

Sustainable Development

Why is the demographic transition in sub-Saharan Africa faltering? Based on historical data from the USA, I can show why climate change could increase the fertility rates in the poorest regions By Prof. Dr. Michael Grimm

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

Cyber-Spaces

The internet giants need smart regulation, says Passau business information specialist Professor Jan Krämer. He and his team, including doctoral student Janina Hofmann, are developing models for this.

Received wisdom states that business founders should withdraw from their company once it achieves a certain size. A study conducted by researchers from the University of Passau, from Frankfurt and Heilbronn comes to a different conclusion.

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

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

Up until now, the black community in the U.S. has not received any compensation for slavery. Professor Jörg Fedtke discusses with Professor Robert Westley from Tulane University the reasons and the German concept of Vergangenheitsbewältigung.

In May 2019 Dr Vinicius Mariano de Carvalho took part in the international programme for guests scholars, by invitation from Professor Dr Malte Steinbrink. In interview, he explains the reasons for Bolsonaro's electoral success.

‘I think Passau is a very family-friendly town’: Mindy Nunez Duffourc lived in Passau from October 2016 to March 2019 to conduct comparative research on medical malpractice law at the Chair of Common Law, which is held by Professor Jörg Fedtke.

Phil Bednarczyk, political advisor on Europe for the US Congress, has spent the last months as Robert Bosch Fellow in Passau and Dresden. His impressions. By Phil Bednarczyk

Knowledge Transfer

The district of Lower Bavaria is documenting public art on the "Art in Lower Bavaria" web platform. Thanks to the work of students at the Chair of Professor Trempler, the project has been enriched by around 70 works of art in recent months.