Program Overview

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The University of Potsdam offers various programs for students and professionals.

Summer School Programs

• EDUC | Refugee Integration? Critical reflections on past and present
• Sustainable Development Academy | SDA
• EDUC | Picture This! Visual meaning making in theory and practice
• Human Growth Data Analyses and Statistics

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• Deutsch(land)kurs Willkommen Spring
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Potsdam Summer School 2021

Overview

The Potsdam Summer School 2021 addressed the central topic of water as the single most precious resource on our planet. Due to the ongoing pandemic situation, it was conducted as an online event.

Details

• Timeframe: 09-18 August 2021
• Location: online
• Language: English
• Target group: early career researchers and young professionals
• Fee: Information will follow soon
• ECTS:
  • 1 ECTS-credit for the preparation/pre-readings
  • 2 ECTS-credits for participation in the ten-day programme
  • 1 ECTS-credit for follow-up research

Objective

The aim of the Potsdam Summer School is to bring together talented early-career scientists and young professionals operating in the private sector, governmental agencies, and non-governmental organisations from many different parts of the world to discuss frontier research questions on future sustainable development.

Organisation

The 2021 Potsdam Summer School was jointly organised by the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), Helmholtz-Centre Potsdam GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS), Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), and the University of Potsdam.

Programme

The programme comprised lectures, various discussion formats, and interactive group work activities. Experts, stakeholders, and guest lecturers from high-level national and international institutes and organisations contributed knowledge and insights to the Summer School programme.

Goal

The goal is to improve science awareness and help develop informed opinions and enhance the transferable skills of current researchers and practitioners. The Potsdam Summer School provides a unique opportunity for all participants to foster international cooperation and an interdisciplinary exchange of ideas.